Publication date: 1984-02-01
Dewey code: 973.920922
Price: $12.50
Review All the President's Kin / New York University Press:
Publication date: 2007-09-30
Dewey code: 973.7115
Price: $199.00
Review Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations / M.E. Sharpe:The culmination of years of research in dozens of archives and libraries, this fascinating encyclopedia provides an unprecedented look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. In operation as early as the 1500s and reaching its peak with the abolitionist movement of the antebellum period, the Underground Railroad saved countless lives and helped alter the course of American history. This is the most complete reference on the Underground Railroad ever published. It includes full coverage of the Railroad in both the United States and Canada, which was the ultimate destination of many of the escaping slaves. "The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations" explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible. More than 1,500 entries detail the families and personalities involved in the operation, and sidebars extract primary source materials for longer entries. This encyclopedia features extensive supporting materials, including maps with actual Underground Railroad escape routes, photos, a chronology, genealogies of those involved in the operation, a listing of Underground Railroad operatives by state or Canadian province, a "passenger" list of escaping slaves, and primary and secondary source bibliographies.
Publication date: 2004-04-16
Dewey code: 920
Price: $31.95
Review Thomas Jefferson / Kessinger Publishing:1926. Biography of the third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. He was one of the most brilliant individuals in history. His interests were boundless, and his accomplishments were great and varied. He was a philosopher, educator, naturalist, politician, scientists, architect, inventor, pioneer in scientific farming, musician, and writer, and he was the foremost spokesman for democracy of his day.
Creator: Jeffrey D. Marshall
Publication date: 1999-05-01
Dewey code: 973.781
List Price: $60.00
Price: $397.19
Review A War of the People: Vermont Civil War Letters / UPNE:The Civil War left no Vermonters untouched, and few families free from pain. Vermont raised seventeen infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, three batteries of light artillery, and three companies of sharpshooters - nearly 35,000 soldiers in all. More than 140 letters - carefully selected from some 9000 in several archives - convey in personal terms the combat experience of Vermonters throughout the war. A War of the People covers the war chronologically, with editor Jeffrey D. Marshall providing running commentary. Supplemented with maps and photographs, it includes many voices - from privates to colonels, mothers, wives, and best friends, young and old - writing about battle narratives, camp life, financial advice, family matters, and much more. An African-American soldier from Hinesburgh, a French-Canadian soldier who enlisted in Milton, and dozens of others record their experiences at home and on the battlefront in unforgettable words.
Publication date: 2005-07-21
Dewey code: 941
List Price: $18.60
Price: $390.57
Review Queen Victoria's Youngest Son: The Untold Story of Prince Leopold / Sutton Publishing Ltd:Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84), is acknowledged to have been the most intelligent and, in the words of one writer, 'by far and away the most interesting' of Queen Victoria's four sons. He was a strong-willed, attractive character, with an immense thirst for life. He was also, however, the first royal haemophiliac and suffered continual ill health: in addition to haemophilia, Leopold suffered from epilepsy. A compelling human story which also touches on the wider worlds of late nineteenth-century Oxford and of literature, art and politics in the Victorian period, it examines the question of haemophilia and the royal family from a new angle, at the first appearance of the condition. For example, when did the Queen and Prince Albert realise that their youngest son was ill and how much did they understand of his illness? The book also presents a full and balanced picture of Leopold's relationship with his mother, looking beyond snapshots of individual quarrels between mother and son. Finally, it examines Leopold's life at Oxford, the varied and interesting friendships he developed there with Lewis Carroll, John Ruskin and Oscar Wilde; his political views; and the importance of his work as unofficial secretary to the Queen.
Authors
- Edmond Charles Clinton Genet
Review War letters of Edmond Genet,: The first American aviator killed flying the stars and stripes, / C. Scribner's sons:
Publication date: 2002-11-01
Dewey code: 941.069092
Price: $95.00
Review Marlborough: His Life and Times, Book One / University Of Chicago Press:"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes. "—from the preface to Volume OneJohn Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't win. Although he helped James II crush the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, Marlborough later supported William of Orange against James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and brilliantly managed England's diplomatic triumphs during the War of the Spanish Succession. Marlborough also bequeathed the world another great British military strategist and diplomat—his descendant, Winston S. Churchill, who wrote this book to redeem Marlborough's reputation from Macaulay's smears. One million words long and ten years in the making, Churchill's Marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the Churchill of World War II, for just as Churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of Marlborough's life, so too did his writing of Marlborough help Churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacy. This two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original maps.
Publication date: 2006-11
Dewey code: 782.42166092
Price: $70.00
Review The Love There That's Sleeping: The Art And Spirituality of George Harrison / Continuum International Publishing Group:From his days as the "quiet Beatle" - a tag he quite disliked - to his immensely successful and critically admired solo career, George Harrison produced one of the most memorable bodies of music in modern times. His "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" can certainly lay claim to being the best offerings on The Beatles' Abbey Road, while his 1970 album "All Things Must Pass" introduced new musical styles to rock and roll. Harrison was the pioneer in making mainstream rock a vehicle for religious convictions. In this respect, he is a forerunner of bands such as U2 and Creed. People often criticized him for being preachy or didactic. Reviewers over the years exhibited either an anxious disinclination to say much about his evangelistic lyrics or showed a condescending tendency to dismiss them. His devotional language was not their language. They regularly thought him sanctimonious and full of irrelevant religious platitudes. Allison's book views Harrison's religious bent as his most interesting trait. Harrison should be admired for having something distinctive to say, and for saying it while knowing that many would not understand and that others who might understand might not be sympathetic. [+]He had the courage of his convictions, to sing to the public what he sang to himself in his heart. Allison traces Harrison's religious pilgrimage from Liverpool Roman Catholicism to a brand of philosophical Hinduism. He sorts through Harrison's musical corpus - through its mixed bag of fragmentary feelings, religious poetry, secular love songs, perceptions of the world, and anxieties about life, to interpret what matters most to Harrison. In short, this is a book about Harrison's religious sentiments as they surface in his songs.
Creator: Harry, Jr. Macy
Edition: Supplement
Publication date: 2008-08
Dewey code: 929
List Price: $362.00
Price: $362.00
Review Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 2009: A Guide to Published Records of More Than 4,940,000 Immigrants Who Came to the New World Between the Sixteenth ... and Immigration Lists Index Supplement) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 1999-03
Dewey code: 920
Price: $30.00
Review Golden Phoenix: The Biography of Peter Munk / Key Porter Books:
Edition: Supplement
Publication date: 2007-08-03
Dewey code: 929
List Price: $362.00
Price: $362.00
Review Passenger And Immigration Lists Index 2008: A Guide to Published Records of More Than 4,815,000 Immigrants Who Came to the New World Between the Sixteenth ... and Immigration Lists Index Supplement) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 2002-04
Dewey code: 977.803092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Abiel Leonard, Yankee Slaveholder, Eminent Jurist, and Passionate Unionist (Studies in American History, Volume 38) / Edwin Mellen Press:This book is a biography on one prominent player who gives context and meaning to history played through many actors. Abiel Leonard played history's stage in a profoundly important and interesting period in Missouri and the nation. His career as a lawyer, Whig politician Missouri Supreme Court Judge, Slaveholding landowner, and Union loyalist is fille with the conflicts and contradictions that shaped the history leading up to the Civil War.
Publication date: 1981-10-02
Price: $96.00
Review CHURCHILL COMP VOL 5 PT 1 / Houghton Mifflin:
Publication date: 2002-08
Dewey code: 966.903
Price: $24.95
Review Omuluabi: Ulli Beier, Yoruba Society and Culture / Africa World Press:
Authors
- Joseph M. Siracusa
- Jeffrey L. Chidester
- Stephen F. Knott
- Shirley Anne Warshaw
Dewey code: 973
Price: $255.00
Review Presidential Profiles / Facts on File:
Publication date: 2005-01-30
Dewey code: 987.0632092
Price: $99.95
Review The Rise And Fall Of Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez: An Historical Examination The Later Years 1973-2004 (Latin American Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:This current volume details the later political career of Carlos Andres Perez, focusing on his two presidential administrations and his fall from political power. This work builds upon the early political foundations of Perez which have been detailed in Volume One. During his first administration (1974-79), President Perez introduced Venezuela into the economic and political realities of a new and ever- changing world order, as a result of the revenue generated by the nation's petroleum exports. For his part, Perez sought to modernize Venezuela Is democracy and to bring Venezuela to a level of development which would enable it to compete successfully within the New Economic World Order. Not long after beginning his second term as president (1989-1993), Carlos Andres Perez was faced with economic and social crises. Consequently, in the early days of his administration, events transpired which considerably weakened the political foundation of his government. By late 1992, two coup d'etat attempts had been made against the President, and by Spring 1993 the Supreme Court ruled that there were sufficient grounds for an indictment on charges of corruption. This ruling resulted in the decision by the National Congress to remove President Perez from office so that he could be brought to trial. Following his trial, the Supreme Court sentenced Carlos Andres Perez to 2 years and 4 months of house arrest for the crime of aggravated generic embezzlement.
Publication date: 1999-01-13
Dewey code: 943.083092
Price: $80.00
Review Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 / Cambridge University Press:This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period. Its aim is to set the characters on the stage and let them speak for themselves, which in their letters and diaries the Victorians and Wilhelminians did with quite extraordinary clarity and persuasive power. The central theme is the bitter conflict between the handicapped Prince and his liberal parents, and in particular with his mother, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and the utter failure of a daring educational experiment intended to turn the young Prince into a liberal Anglophile.
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Creator: Sterling Lecater Bland
Publication date: 2001-06-30
Dewey code: 973.049607300922
List Price: $429.95
Price: $429.95
Review African American Slave Narratives [3 volumes]: An Anthology / Greenwood Press:African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the atrocities of the antebellum South and provided a solid foundation for the African American literary tradition. By presenting 16 slave narratives in their entirety, this reference conveniently documents this historically significant literary genre. A vivid and moving history of African Americans seeking to establish community, liberty, economic independence, and education within the constraints of a repressive society. This reference intentionally avoids well-known narratives and instead collects unavailable and otherwise difficult-to-find texts. To add to the value of the work for researchers and general readers alike, each narrative is accompanied by a preface, explanatory notes, and suggestions for further reading. Many of the narratives gathered here were influential when initially published; Josiah Henson's presentation of himself, for example, embodies many of the characteristics given to Uncle Tom by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. While other collections often only provide excerpts from widely available texts, this reference includes complete narratives. The introductions and annotations redefine current thinking in the field by closely examining how these authors used language, structured their writing, and crafted their autobiographies. By examining the historical, cultural, literary, and social issues that African Americans have faced since their arrival, this reference provides the broad context necessary to understand the literary, historical, and intellectual traditions from which these writings developed.
Publication date: 1891
Review Military records of Schoharie County: Veterans of four wars / Weed, Parsons and Co:
Creator: Frank Northen Magill
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-10-30
Dewey code: 920.009034
List Price: $395.00
Price: $395.00
Review Great Lives from History: The 19th Century 1801-1900 (Great Lives from History) / Salem Press:In this expanded four-volume set of the "Great Lives from History" series, the lives of important men and women in all areas of achievement who flourished between 1801 and 1900 are profiled in extended biographical essays. The lengthy essays provide in-depth coverage and annotated bibliographic resources with worldwide focus including strong coverage of non-Europeans and women. A total of 737 essays covering 757 major figures comprise the set, including 123 women. Among the 189 sidebars, quotations from primary source documents supplement the text throughout. Both the geographic and the occupational scope of the individuals covered in "Great Lives from History: The 19th Century, 1801-1900" are intentionally broad, with a view to including influential individuals worldwide. Coverage is broad in areas of achievement as well as geography, while at the same time including the recognized shapers of history essential in any liberal arts curriculum. Major world leaders appear here, as well as the giants of religious faith who were central to the century: monarchs, presidents, popes, philosophers, writers, social reformers, educators, artists, scientists, and military leaders who left their imprint on political, cultural, and spiritual institutions. Also, however, the set includes figures who have received little attention in the past, from American educator and science writer Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz to Chinese statesman and military leader Zeng Guofan. By category, the contents include figures whose achievements fall into one or more of the following areas: agriculture, architecture, art, astronomy, biology, business, chemistry, church government, communications, crime, diplomacy, economics, education, engineering, entertainment, exploration, geography, geology, government and politics, historiography, journalism, law, linguistics, literature, mathematics, medicine, military, music, patronage of the arts, philanthropy, philosophy, photography, physics, psychology, religion and theology, scholarship, science and technology, social reform, sociology, sports, theater, warfare and conquest, and women's rights. Each essay ranges from 1,500 to 3,000 words in length (roughly 3 to 5 pages) and displays standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access to biographical information. [+]Several features distinguish this series as a whole from other biographical reference works. The front matter includes a complete list of contents; a key to pronunciation; a list of maps and sidebars. The front matter of each volume contains a section of maps displaying major regions of the world during the 19th century. There are 4 volumes; 2,944 pages; 189 sidebars, primary source quotes; 350 photographs; 737 biographies, 120 new; regional and world maps; rulers and heads of state list; pronunciation guide; cross-references; chronological list of entries; category index; geographical index; personages index; and, subject index.
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