Author: Deborah Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439169810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
Guest of Honor
Author: Deborah Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439169810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439169810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Documents the 1901 White House dinner shared by former slave Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt, documenting the ensuing scandal and the ways in which the event reflected post-Civil War politics and race relations.
The Guest of Honor
Author: Irving Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385298186
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385298186
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Guest of Honour
Author: Nadine Gordimer
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0747559880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Brilliant and shocking novel set in South Africa by the Nobel Prize-winner
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0747559880
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Brilliant and shocking novel set in South Africa by the Nobel Prize-winner
Guest of Honor
Author: Deborah Davis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439169837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, politics, and the lives and legacies of two of America’s most iconic figures. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion with the First Family. The next morning, news that the president had dined with a black man—and former slave—sent shock waves through the nation. Although African Americans had helped build the White House and had worked for most of the presidents, not a single one had ever been invited to dine there. Fueled by inflammatory newspaper articles, political cartoons, and even vulgar songs, the scandal escalated and threatened to topple two of America’s greatest men. In this smart, accessible narrative, one seemingly ordinary dinner becomes a window onto post–Civil War American history and politics, and onto the lives of two dynamic men whose experiences and philosophies connect in unexpected ways. Deborah Davis also introduces dozens of other fascinating figures who have previously occupied the margins and footnotes of history, creating a lively and vastly entertaining book that reconfirms her place as one of our most talented popular historians.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439169837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, politics, and the lives and legacies of two of America’s most iconic figures. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion with the First Family. The next morning, news that the president had dined with a black man—and former slave—sent shock waves through the nation. Although African Americans had helped build the White House and had worked for most of the presidents, not a single one had ever been invited to dine there. Fueled by inflammatory newspaper articles, political cartoons, and even vulgar songs, the scandal escalated and threatened to topple two of America’s greatest men. In this smart, accessible narrative, one seemingly ordinary dinner becomes a window onto post–Civil War American history and politics, and onto the lives of two dynamic men whose experiences and philosophies connect in unexpected ways. Deborah Davis also introduces dozens of other fascinating figures who have previously occupied the margins and footnotes of history, creating a lively and vastly entertaining book that reconfirms her place as one of our most talented popular historians.
A Guest of Honour
Author: Nadine Gordimer
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his triumph and his undoing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his triumph and his undoing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches
Author: Mike Resnick
Publisher: Isfic Press
ISBN: 9780975915639
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes 31 speeches from 1939 to 2005.
Publisher: Isfic Press
ISBN: 9780975915639
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes 31 speeches from 1939 to 2005.
The Guest of Honor
Author: Irving Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385297424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385297424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
You're the Guest of Honor, Charlie Brown
Author: Charles Monroe Schulz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780030110269
Category : Brown, Charlie (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Charlie Brown comic strip classics by Charles M. Schulz.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780030110269
Category : Brown, Charlie (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Charlie Brown comic strip classics by Charles M. Schulz.
The Eagle Court of Honor Book
Author: Mark A. Ray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780965120715
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Definitive guide to staging successful courts of honor from physical arrangements to promotion to the ceremony itself.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780965120715
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Definitive guide to staging successful courts of honor from physical arrangements to promotion to the ceremony itself.
The Guest of Honor
Author: William Hodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description