Author: Hasan Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 1543512909
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
"Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York's independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story."--Provided by publisher.
The Journey of York
Author: Hasan Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 1543512909
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
"Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York's independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1543512909
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
"Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York's independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story."--Provided by publisher.
Can't and Won't
Author: Lydia Davis
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374711437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A new collection of short stories from the woman Rick Moody has called "the best prose stylist in America" Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of "Bloomington" reads, "Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before." Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert's correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author's own dreams, or the dreams of friends. What does not vary throughout Can't and Won't, Lydia Davis's fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374711437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A new collection of short stories from the woman Rick Moody has called "the best prose stylist in America" Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of "Bloomington" reads, "Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before." Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert's correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author's own dreams, or the dreams of friends. What does not vary throughout Can't and Won't, Lydia Davis's fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.
Official Reports of the Supreme Court
Author: United States. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial
Author: John H. Langbein
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199258880
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which now typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems, was developed in England in the 18th century. This text shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199258880
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which now typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems, was developed in England in the 18th century. This text shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial.
Reports of Cases Determined in the District Courts of Appeal of the State of California
Author: California. District Courts of Appeal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Central Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Determind in the Supreme Court of Judicature ... By Isaac Blackford. [1817-47.]
Author: INDIANA, State of. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Cases Determined by the St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield Courts of Appeals of the State of Missouri from March 18, 1890 to April 29, 1890
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385568587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385568587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Montana
Author: Richard H. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
The American Decisions
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description