Author: Judy Cohen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491793104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"You were the crown of your tree and you held your head high among your branches. Your sprouts reciprocated the care they got from you with joy. But you left us so young, dried out before it was your time, you left your sprouts to the mercy of the wind..." "I took his notebook and gazed at it. Its cover was cracked and the pages inside yellowed with age...all I could do was stare at my father's handwriting. Some entries were written in blue or black ink...I was trying to imagine my father - such a quiet man - having a secret gift...which he had never shared with anyone..." The poems and letters in his notebook were dated from 1940 to 1946; the years my father had spent in Palestine after escaping war-ravaged Europe. Torn from his family and uprooted from his native country, he took to writing poetry as a way of coping with the torment and emptiness that had engulfed him. Song of the Silent Bell contains my parents' memoirs and the tragic fates of their families. My mother endured the horrors of three concentration camps and my father escaped Hungary on the Sakarya, one of the largest ships that brought illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine at the beginning of 1940. This book, born from an astonishing discovery, describes an intimate family portrait of a lifetime journey of courage, opportunity and love.
Song of the Silent Bell
Author: Judy Cohen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491793104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"You were the crown of your tree and you held your head high among your branches. Your sprouts reciprocated the care they got from you with joy. But you left us so young, dried out before it was your time, you left your sprouts to the mercy of the wind..." "I took his notebook and gazed at it. Its cover was cracked and the pages inside yellowed with age...all I could do was stare at my father's handwriting. Some entries were written in blue or black ink...I was trying to imagine my father - such a quiet man - having a secret gift...which he had never shared with anyone..." The poems and letters in his notebook were dated from 1940 to 1946; the years my father had spent in Palestine after escaping war-ravaged Europe. Torn from his family and uprooted from his native country, he took to writing poetry as a way of coping with the torment and emptiness that had engulfed him. Song of the Silent Bell contains my parents' memoirs and the tragic fates of their families. My mother endured the horrors of three concentration camps and my father escaped Hungary on the Sakarya, one of the largest ships that brought illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine at the beginning of 1940. This book, born from an astonishing discovery, describes an intimate family portrait of a lifetime journey of courage, opportunity and love.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491793104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
"You were the crown of your tree and you held your head high among your branches. Your sprouts reciprocated the care they got from you with joy. But you left us so young, dried out before it was your time, you left your sprouts to the mercy of the wind..." "I took his notebook and gazed at it. Its cover was cracked and the pages inside yellowed with age...all I could do was stare at my father's handwriting. Some entries were written in blue or black ink...I was trying to imagine my father - such a quiet man - having a secret gift...which he had never shared with anyone..." The poems and letters in his notebook were dated from 1940 to 1946; the years my father had spent in Palestine after escaping war-ravaged Europe. Torn from his family and uprooted from his native country, he took to writing poetry as a way of coping with the torment and emptiness that had engulfed him. Song of the Silent Bell contains my parents' memoirs and the tragic fates of their families. My mother endured the horrors of three concentration camps and my father escaped Hungary on the Sakarya, one of the largest ships that brought illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine at the beginning of 1940. This book, born from an astonishing discovery, describes an intimate family portrait of a lifetime journey of courage, opportunity and love.
Sleigh Rides, Jingle Bells, and Silent Nights
Author: Ronald D. Lankford
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081304782X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday, and at warm diners on lonely Christmas Eve nights. Over the years, other favorites have been added to America’s annual playlist, including Elvis Presley’s "Blue Christmas," the King Cole Trio’s "The Christmas Song," Gene Autry’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Willie Nelson’s "Pretty Paper," and, of course, Elmo & Patsy’s "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Viewing American holiday values through the filter of familiar Christmas songs, Ronald Lankford examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family. He surveys more than seventy-five years of songs and reveals that the “modern American Christmas” has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of meanings. Interpreting tunes against the backdrop of the eras in which they were first released, he identifies the repeated themes of nostalgia, commerce, holiday blues, carnival, and travesty that underscore so much beloved music. This first full-length analysis of the lyrics, images, and commercial forces inextricably linked to Yuletide music hits the heart of what many Americans think Christmas is--or should be.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 081304782X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday, and at warm diners on lonely Christmas Eve nights. Over the years, other favorites have been added to America’s annual playlist, including Elvis Presley’s "Blue Christmas," the King Cole Trio’s "The Christmas Song," Gene Autry’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Willie Nelson’s "Pretty Paper," and, of course, Elmo & Patsy’s "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Viewing American holiday values through the filter of familiar Christmas songs, Ronald Lankford examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family. He surveys more than seventy-five years of songs and reveals that the “modern American Christmas” has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of meanings. Interpreting tunes against the backdrop of the eras in which they were first released, he identifies the repeated themes of nostalgia, commerce, holiday blues, carnival, and travesty that underscore so much beloved music. This first full-length analysis of the lyrics, images, and commercial forces inextricably linked to Yuletide music hits the heart of what many Americans think Christmas is--or should be.
Reading the Everyday
Author: Joe Moran
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134372167
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Studying the work of important continental theorists, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and how they are represented through political discourse, news media, material culture, photography, reality TV and more.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134372167
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Studying the work of important continental theorists, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and how they are represented through political discourse, news media, material culture, photography, reality TV and more.
The Bells
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
ISBN:
Category : Bells
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher: Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
ISBN:
Category : Bells
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Modern Elocutionist Or Popular Speaker
Author: Guy Steeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Family Library of Poetry and Song
Author: William Cullen Bryant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Many Thoughts of Many Minds
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
A New Library of Poetry and Song
Author: William Cullen Bryant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Pentecostal Hymns
Author: Henry Date
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns, English
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns, English
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The young Singer's book of Songs. Songs and fables in verse. Selected and adapted to popular melodies by H. Formby. First thousand
Author: Henry Formby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description