Author: Douglas D. Scott
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Category : Christian County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Archeological Overview and Assessment for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Greene and Christian Counties, Missouri
Author: Douglas D. Scott
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Category : Christian County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Publisher:
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Category : Christian County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Author: United States. National Park Service
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Category : Battlefields
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category : Battlefields
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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In Search of Silence
Author: Samuel R. Delany
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 081957693X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
The renowned novelist and critic’s private journals, spanning from his years as a high school student in the Bronx to early adult life in San Francisco. For fifty years Samuel Delany has cultivated a special relationship with language in works of fiction, criticism, and memoir that have garnered critical praise and legions of fans. The present volume—the first in a series—reveals a new dimension of his genius. In Search of Silence presents over a decade’s worth of Delany’s private journals, commencing in 1957 when he was still a student at the Bronx High School of Science, and ending in 1969 when he was living in San Francisco and on the verge of reconceiving the novel that would become Dhalgren. In these pages, Delany muses on the writing of the stories that will establish him as a science fiction wunderkind, the early years of his marriage to the poet Marilyn Hacker, performances as a singer-songwriter during the heyday of the American folk revival, travels in Europe, experiences in a New York City commune, and much more—and crosses paths with artists working in many genres, including poets such as Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, and Marie Ponsot, and science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ. Delany scholar Kenneth R. James presents the journal entries alongside generous samplings of story outlines, poetry, fragments of novels and essays that have never seen publication, and more; James also provides biographical synopses and an extensive set of endnotes to supply contextual information and connect journal material to Delany’s published work. “This is a tremendously significant and vital addition to the oeuvre of Samuel Delany; it clarifies questions not only of the writer’s process, but also his development—to see, in his juvenilia, traces that take full form in his novels—is literally breathtaking.” —Matthew Cheney, author of Blood: Stories “Traversing Delany’s youth, we see a precocious mind grappling with his own talent he lives on two registers, participating in the world and also observing it, living simultaneously as a kid in NYC and, ‘a writer of genius.’” —Robert Minto, New Republic “Mesmerizing . . . a true portrait of an artist as a young Black man . . . already visible in these pages are the wit, sensitivity, penetration, playfulness and the incandescent intelligence that will characterize Delany and his extraordinary work.” —Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 081957693X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
The renowned novelist and critic’s private journals, spanning from his years as a high school student in the Bronx to early adult life in San Francisco. For fifty years Samuel Delany has cultivated a special relationship with language in works of fiction, criticism, and memoir that have garnered critical praise and legions of fans. The present volume—the first in a series—reveals a new dimension of his genius. In Search of Silence presents over a decade’s worth of Delany’s private journals, commencing in 1957 when he was still a student at the Bronx High School of Science, and ending in 1969 when he was living in San Francisco and on the verge of reconceiving the novel that would become Dhalgren. In these pages, Delany muses on the writing of the stories that will establish him as a science fiction wunderkind, the early years of his marriage to the poet Marilyn Hacker, performances as a singer-songwriter during the heyday of the American folk revival, travels in Europe, experiences in a New York City commune, and much more—and crosses paths with artists working in many genres, including poets such as Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, and Marie Ponsot, and science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ. Delany scholar Kenneth R. James presents the journal entries alongside generous samplings of story outlines, poetry, fragments of novels and essays that have never seen publication, and more; James also provides biographical synopses and an extensive set of endnotes to supply contextual information and connect journal material to Delany’s published work. “This is a tremendously significant and vital addition to the oeuvre of Samuel Delany; it clarifies questions not only of the writer’s process, but also his development—to see, in his juvenilia, traces that take full form in his novels—is literally breathtaking.” —Matthew Cheney, author of Blood: Stories “Traversing Delany’s youth, we see a precocious mind grappling with his own talent he lives on two registers, participating in the world and also observing it, living simultaneously as a kid in NYC and, ‘a writer of genius.’” —Robert Minto, New Republic “Mesmerizing . . . a true portrait of an artist as a young Black man . . . already visible in these pages are the wit, sensitivity, penetration, playfulness and the incandescent intelligence that will characterize Delany and his extraordinary work.” —Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Wilson's Creek
Author: William Garrett Piston
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807874787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil War. In providing the first in-depth narrative and analysis of this important but largely overlooked battle, William Piston and Richard Hatcher combine a traditional military study of the fighting at Wilson's Creek with an innovative social analysis of the soldiers who participated and the communities that supported them. In particular, they highlight the importance of the soldiers' sense of corporate honor--the desire to uphold the reputation of their hometowns--as a powerful motivator for enlistment, a source of sustenance during the campaign, and a lens through which soldiers evaluated their performance in battle.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807874787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Missouri, it was largely settled at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, in a contest that is rightly considered the second major battle of the Civil War. In providing the first in-depth narrative and analysis of this important but largely overlooked battle, William Piston and Richard Hatcher combine a traditional military study of the fighting at Wilson's Creek with an innovative social analysis of the soldiers who participated and the communities that supported them. In particular, they highlight the importance of the soldiers' sense of corporate honor--the desire to uphold the reputation of their hometowns--as a powerful motivator for enlistment, a source of sustenance during the campaign, and a lens through which soldiers evaluated their performance in battle.
The Southwestern Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
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The Wrong Brother's Bride
Author: Allison Merritt
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1616505303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A haunted past, a marriage of convenience. . .a love for a lifetime? After a tragic accident leaves Loyal Redfearn alone and pregnant, she writes to her deceased fiance's ne'er-do-well brother, August OíDell. Her hope is he'll help save her beloved home. What she doesn't expect from him is a proposal so soon on the heels of his brother's death. Although they grew up together, she's never thought of August as the man she would marry, even as a means to save face with her family and friends. Although returning to the township where August spent his troubled youth means facing the past, he sees an opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he's loved since boyhood. They agree the marriage is in name-only, but August works to earn Loyal's trust and waits for the day she'll see his hard work as proof that she didn't marry the wrong brother after all. When evidence from a crime committed years ago points to August as the culprit, he and Loyal must face the reality that their newly forged family may be torn apart. 61,214 Words
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1616505303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
A haunted past, a marriage of convenience. . .a love for a lifetime? After a tragic accident leaves Loyal Redfearn alone and pregnant, she writes to her deceased fiance's ne'er-do-well brother, August OíDell. Her hope is he'll help save her beloved home. What she doesn't expect from him is a proposal so soon on the heels of his brother's death. Although they grew up together, she's never thought of August as the man she would marry, even as a means to save face with her family and friends. Although returning to the township where August spent his troubled youth means facing the past, he sees an opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he's loved since boyhood. They agree the marriage is in name-only, but August works to earn Loyal's trust and waits for the day she'll see his hard work as proof that she didn't marry the wrong brother after all. When evidence from a crime committed years ago points to August as the culprit, he and Loyal must face the reality that their newly forged family may be torn apart. 61,214 Words
No Easy Choices
Author: Kenneth Elkins
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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History of Butler County, Pennsylvania
Author: Robert C. Brown
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1514
Book Description
History of Butler County, Pennsylvania
Author: Robert C. Brown
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Battlefields of the Civil War
Author: Blair Howard
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1556506856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Harper's Ferry, Fort Sumter, Richmond, Cumberland Gap, Appomattox, Andersonville, the Peninsula campaign, Sherman's march through Georgia, the Shenandoah Valley.
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1556506856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Harper's Ferry, Fort Sumter, Richmond, Cumberland Gap, Appomattox, Andersonville, the Peninsula campaign, Sherman's march through Georgia, the Shenandoah Valley.