True...at First: Poems, Musings & Flash Fiction, Davis Brenda
Автор: Rebecca Frost Название: Words of a Monster: Analyzing the Writings of H.H. Holmes, America`s First Serial Killer ISBN: 1476677042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476677040 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 33270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Decades before the coining of the term ""serial killer,"" H.H. Holmes murdered dozens of people in his now-infamous Chicago ""Murder Castle"". This book uses Holmes` writings and confessions to inspect how the Arch Fiend represented himself.
Автор: Marcil Eileen Reid Название: The PS Royal William of Quebec: The First True Transatlantic Steamer ISBN: 1771862297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771862295 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28650.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Paddle Steamer Royal William, built in the Port of Quebec, steamed across the Atlantic from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Portsmouth, England in 1833. That was the first transatlantic crossing under steam. Ships from the US and Holland have challenged her right to the title. This book shows that the PS Royal William`s claim is valid.
Автор: Westfall Matthew Название: Devil`s Causeway: The True Story of America`s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue ISBN: 0762788453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780762788453 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The epic, forgotten story of a tragic military rescue mission as the Spanish-American War in the Philippines became a violent guerilla war between the United States and native Filipinos, and the Heart of Darkness story of American POWs in an unforgiving, foreign land.
Автор: Stuart B. McIver Название: Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America`s First Martyr to Environmentalism ISBN: 0813066018 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813066011 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Guy Bradley, born in Chicago in 1870, was killed in 1905 only three years into his tenure as game warden in a south Florida that was still very much a frontier. His murderer, never prosecuted, was a one-eyed former Civil War sharpshooter who made his living supplying exotic plumage for women's hats. At the time, an ounce of feathers was worth more than an ounce of gold. Bradley's death sent shock waves across America and helped give impetus to the burgeoning environmental movement.
Автор: Lewis L. Gould Название: Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Creating the Modern First Lady ISBN: 0700626514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700626519 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 25070.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to her husband. Lewis Gould's path-breaking study, however, presents a more complex and interesting figure than the somewhat secularized saint Edith Roosevelt has become in the literature on first ladies. While many who knew her found her inspiring and gracious, family members also recalled a more astringent and sometimes nasty personality. Gould looks beneath the surface of her life to examine the intricate legacy of her tenure from 1901 to 1909.The narrative in this book thus uncovers much new about Edith Roosevelt. Far from being averse to activism, Edith Roosevelt served as a celebrity sponsor at a New York musical benefit and also intervened in a high-profile custody dispute. Gould traces her role in the failed marriage of a United States senator, her efforts to secure the ambassador from Great Britain that she wanted, and the growing tension between her and Helen Taft in 1908-1909. Her commitment to bringing classical music artists to the White House, along with other popular performers, receives the fullest attention to date.Gould also casts a skeptical eye over the area where Edith Roosevelt's standing has been strongest, her role as a mother. He looks at how she and her husband performed as parents and dissents from the accustomed judgment that all was well with the way the Roosevelt offspring developed. Most important of all, Gould reveals the first lady's deep animus toward African Americans and their place in American society. She believed ""that any mixture of races is an unmitigated evil."" The impact of her bigotry on Theodore Roosevelt's racial policies must now be an element in any future discussion of that sensitive subject.On balance, Gould finds that Edith Roosevelt played an important and creative part in how the institution of the first lady developed during the twentieth century. His sprightly retelling of her White House years will likely provoke controversy and debate. All those interested in how the role of the presidential wife has evolved will find in this stimulating book a major contribution to the literature on a fascinating president. It also brings to life a first lady whose legacy must now be seen in a more nuanced and challenging light.
Автор: Hilton, L. S. Название: Maestra ISBN: 1785760831 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785760839 Издательство: Bonnier Books Рейтинг: Цена: 2640.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: A shockingly original thriller - the launch title of Zaffre, the new fiction imprint of Bonnier Publishing Fiction
Автор: Branche Название: The Poetics and Politics of Diaspora ISBN: 1138800163 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138800168 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 163330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book studies the creative discourse of the modern African diaspora by analyzing poems, novels, essays, hip-hop and dub poetry in the Caribbean, England, Spain, and Colombia. It captures diasporan movement through mutually intersecting axes of dislocation and relocation, and efforts at political group affirmation and settlement, or "location."
Автор: Lewis Название: David Glasgow Farragut ISBN: 1591144329 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591144328 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 37890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The second volume of this authoritative biography of America’s first admiral examines the last ten years of David Glasgow Farragut’s life, which included the ever-fascinating period of the Civil War. Farragut was as carefully methodical in preparation for battle as he was fearlessly swift in the execution of his plans. In Our First Admiral, the reader will learn of gross inefficiency and waste in the conduct of war, in the North as well as the South; of jealous ambition and malicious criticism; of lukewarm support of the government, lack of cooperation between the Army and Navy, and the inroads upon morale made by war weariness and disease, all of which tried Farragut’s courage as much as the enemy in battle. Farragut was a practical resourceful leader with vision and intuition (a rare combination), a courageous hard-hitting fighter who hated war, and a deeply religious man with an exuberant spirit and love of fellowship who was also exceedingly loyal to the Navy and his country. Though he was small in physical stature, Farragut was tall indeed in the fundamental characteristics of true manhood.
Автор: Harte Lawrence S. Название: Listen Up!: Musings & Cartoons ISBN: 1098373553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098373559 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 31260.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Welcome to the irresistibly fun and thought-provoking world of Flipdip the fantastical dog and his sidekick, Dr. Larry Harte, long known as a modern-day Benjamin Franklin and a 21st century renaissance man. Theirs is a world of flying ideas, spontaneity, creativity, and joie de vivre. With this new volume, "Listen Up! Musings & Cartoons," a sequel to Dr. Hartes "Brooklynese Proverbs & Cartoons," you are invited to jump into the visuals, from clever cartoons to original sculptures, and dive into the writing, from sizzling one-liners to easily digestible tidbits on topics of the day. Youll even find a quiz at the back of the book to challenge you to predict the future of the world! Theres something for everyone in this wondrous, whimsical, and witty smorgasbord of delightful wisdom.
Автор: Counts Robert Название: First Light and Other Poems ISBN: 098495368X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780984953684 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Green, Ellen J. Название: A murder in the neighborhood ISBN: 1909770701 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909770706 Издательство: Conran Octopus Рейтинг: Цена: 0.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Through the Gate explores the story of the first recorded mass shooting in the United States.
In 1908, at the height of Jim Crow, Virginia switched from public hanging at local gallows to the electric chair in the basement of the State Penitentiary in Richmond. The change was as much a victory for progressive reformers, who desired a more humane form of capital punishment, as for segregationists, who wanted to stop large crowds of Blacks from congregating and praying in public, and prevent condemned prisoners from being considered martyrs on their way to "the promised land." Simply, it put White males more in control over the lives - and now deaths - of Black citizens.
Virginia used the electric chair as a form of legal lynching, railroading mostly young, Black males through mob accusations, minutes-long sham trials, convictions and speedy electrocutions, sometimes with no legal counsel and for such nonsense crimes as scaring a white school girl. With the execution process now a secret, however, the Legislature and the Richmond press agreed that capital punishment and lynching began serving the same purpose -- "to inspire terror in the heart of the superstitious African."
These are the true stories of the first 99 men and one woman executed in Virginia's brand new electric chair.
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