Creator: Celeste Walker
Publication date: 1982-03-26
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $109.50
Price: $109.50
Review Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 2, March 1786 - December 1788, Index (Adams Papers) / Belknap Press:
Authors
- Howard Kirschenbaum
- Paul Malo
- Robert Engel
Price: $24.95
Review Santanoni: From Japanese Temple to Life at Adirondack Great Camp / North Country Books:
Publication date: 2007-05
Review The Woman I Am / Jeremy P. Tarcher:
Creator: Marlies K. Danziger
Publication date: 2008-09-09
Dewey code: 808
List Price: $110.00
Price: $109.99
Review James Boswell: The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers Jame) / Yale University Press:
Authors
- Robert Browning
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Publication date: 2004-08-31
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $109.50
Price: $109.50
Review The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-1846, Volume 1, January 1845 to March 1846 / Harvard University Press:
Authors
- Shahrokh Shahrokh
- Keikhosrow Shahrokh
- Rashna Writer
Dewey code: 955.052092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review The Memoirs of Keikhosrow Shahrokh (Jewish Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:
Publication date: 1992-08
List Price: $99.00
Price: $112.84
Review Memories & Adventures (Bcl1-Pr English Literature Series) / Reprint Services Corp:
Publication date: 2003-08
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $82.99
Price: $82.99
Review Memoirs of General William T. Sherman / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 2008
Review Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler {Unabridged} {Audio} {Cd}:Adult/High SchoolAn engaging account of a most undeservedly obscure figure. The book itself is a fortuitous happenstance; had a certain volume not caught Robertss eye during a wander break through the stacks on a library visit, the story of Lieutenant James Holman, known to his contemporaries as the Blind Traveler, might still be lost to a modern audience. Born in 1786, Holman began service in the British navy at the age of 12. The rigorous lifestyle ravaged him physically; by age 20, pain had left him nearly incapacitated; five years later, he was blind, ill, and strapped for funds. Holman pursued a coursetravelthat proved the best remedy. The Blind Traveler traversed the globe, encountering a plethora of colorful characters and gaining short-lived fame, if not fortune, from his narratives and memoirs. Roberts re-creates each journey, both geographical and physiological, providing insights into 18th-century beliefs, mores, and worldly knowledge, along with a ghastly array of cures inflicted on Holman by practitioners of medicine. The admiration and respect that the author feels for his subject are unmistakable, but in no way diminish the accomplishments of the most restless man in history. Black-and-white reproductions show Holman as he was depicted by contemporaries during his travels. This volume is an obvious addition to any number of booklists, from biographies to nonfiction that reads like fiction. [+]Dori DeSpain, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Publication date: 2004-05-25
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $16.95
Price: $111.40
Review Jabo's Boy - Now His Manchild / PublishAmerica:“I was born in the midst of the farm environment in the black idiom. The back-wooded country of St. Luke, on Rt. 1, Ozan in southwest Arkansas. As a child, in this environment, I was exposed to many realistic experiences and expressions that have not been forgotten; the singing, praying and shouting, the infinite love and strength that I felt among my people— my Race. Hunting rabbits, gathering pecans, mending fences for the cattle and, of course, picking cotton and hauling hay. I recall the smell of hay mown in July, and hearing the sounds of deep tone bells of the black church for a funeral, or simply gathering for Sunday school or regular service. These memories could have very well been forgotten in time but such memories have been the motivation behind my ‘art’ as in the painting entitled, Evolution of the Blues. ”.
Authors
- Shahrokh Shahrokh
- Keikhosrow Shahrokh
- Rashna Writer
Dewey code: 955.052092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review The Memoirs of Keikhosrow Shahrokh (Jewish Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:
Publication date: 1979
Review George Wythe: Teacher of Liberty / Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission:One of a series of books about Virginia in the Revolution by leading experts of the period.
Creator: Peter Garside
Publication date: 2007-09-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $110.00
Price: $110.00
Review Journal of a Slave-Dealer: A Living History of the Slave Trade (Kegan Paul Africa Library) / Kegan Paul:This is a classic early account of the slave trade, taken from a journal kept by a young Irishman who crewed on the trans-Atlantic slave ships and became a trader on the West African coast. Covering the years 1746-1757, it was written before humanitarian feeling turned public opinion turned against slavery, and is notable for its matter-of-fact approach to what was then seen simply as another form of commerce. Its particular value lies in the light it throws on the Europeans involved in the slave trade - how they became involved in it, their role in the trading process, and their way of life at trading posts on the treacherous African coast. Owen provides valuable early descriptions of local African tribes such as the Mandingos, and detailed accounts of trade goods and how they were obtained and exchanged. The journal provides important insights into the European connection with the West African coast, and the vigorous, simple style in which this living history is written is reminiscent of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 920
Price: $17.95
Review The Horsieman: Memoirs of a Traveller / Birlinn Publishers:Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson, and great-grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers, and storytellers. In this book he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candour, and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the summer, and walking with barrows and prams and, later, with horse and cart, the length and breadth of Scotland. He recalls camping with hundreds of traveler families from the 1940s to the 1960s, his marriage to his cousin, Jeanie Townsley, and all the various traditional skills and arts that must be perfected for a man to maintain his family adequately. The Horsieman is also the story of traditions long vanished-of traveler trades, of building tents, of routes traveled, and traditional camping sites, as well as of stories, songs, music, and cures that have been the heritage and tradition of traveling people in Scotland through the ages. Set in Argyll, Tayside, and all stations in between, Duncan Williamson's story is told with great warmth and humor and in the inimitable style of one Scotland's master storytellers.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1899
Review James Hogg by Sir George Douglas (Famous Scots Series) Hardcover, 1899 1st edition / Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier:Red cloth with lettering in gilt & black, black illustration on spine & front cover, Published: London, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, September 1899. Author: Sir George Douglas. 154pp + 6pp publisher's ads. Hogg was known as the "Ettrick Shepherd (from Ettrick Forest in Scotland), he was born in either 1770 or 1772.
Publication date: 1988-11
Dewey code: 940.548243
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Childhood in Germany During World War II: The Story of a Little Girl (Studies in German Thought and History, Vol 4) / Edwin Mellen Pr:
Publication date: 2006-01-30
Dewey code: 977.383042092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Growing Up on the Illinois Prairie During the Great Depression And the Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was / Edwin Mellen Press:Earl Hutchison has written a beguiling yet incisive memoir of growing up in a small town in central Illinois in the 1930s. Writing in a casual and engaging way, the author evokes a past that was pastoral and idyllic for a young boy, yet at the same time somber and precarious for his family and community because of the deprivations of the Depression and ominous tensions of the coal-mining dangers and disputes that haunted his family. The times were hard and challenging, but the people we meet reflect some of the best traits of the American character - tough, resilient, adaptive, and, above all, caring about their family and their community.
Publication date: 2006-01-30
Dewey code: 977.383042092
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review Growing Up on the Illinois Prairie During the Great Depression And the Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was / Edwin Mellen Press:Earl Hutchison has written a beguiling yet incisive memoir of growing up in a small town in central Illinois in the 1930s. Writing in a casual and engaging way, the author evokes a past that was pastoral and idyllic for a young boy, yet at the same time somber and precarious for his family and community because of the deprivations of the Depression and ominous tensions of the coal-mining dangers and disputes that haunted his family. The times were hard and challenging, but the people we meet reflect some of the best traits of the American character - tough, resilient, adaptive, and, above all, caring about their family and their community.
Creator: Celeste Walker
Publication date: 1982-03-26
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $109.50
Price: $109.50
Review Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 1, November 1779 - March 1786 (Adams Papers) / Belknap Press:
Publication date: 2002-11
Dewey code: 200
Price: $25.45
Review Diary of a Preacher's Daughter / Authorhouse:A warm and intimate story of a family. It will make you laugh and make you cry. Piercingly affective, painfully moving, this is one of those rare books that you never want to put down.
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Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 2, March 1786 - December 1788, Index (Adams Papers), Santanoni: From Japanese Temple to Life at Adirondack Great Camp, The Woman I Am, James Boswell: The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers Jame), The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1845-1846, Volume 1, January 1845 to March 1846, The Memoirs of Keikhosrow Shahrokh (Jewish Studies), Memories & Adventures (Bcl1-Pr English Literature Series), Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler {Unabridged} {Audio} {Cd}, Jabo's Boy - Now His Manchild, The Memoirs of Keikhosrow Shahrokh (Jewish Studies), George Wythe: Teacher of Liberty, Journal of a Slave-Dealer: A Living History of the Slave Trade (Kegan Paul Africa Library), The Horsieman: Memoirs of a Traveller, James Hogg by Sir George Douglas (Famous Scots Series) Hardcover, 1899 1st edition, Childhood in Germany During World War II: The Story of a Little Girl (Studies in German Thought and History, Vol 4), Growing Up on the Illinois Prairie During the Great Depression And the Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was, Growing Up on the Illinois Prairie During the Great Depression And the Coal Mine Wars: A Portrayal of the Way Life Was, Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 1, November 1779 - March 1786 (Adams Papers), Diary of a Preacher's DaughterTop headlines: Liberals to keep pressure on Obama for results: The President-elect drew plenty of support from moderates, but the liberal side of the Democratic Party followed him most resoundingly. 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