Author: Shelia Steele Hunt
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781563116612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Dixon and Amburn Family History
Author: Shelia Steele Hunt
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781563116612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781563116612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Dixon and Amburn Family History
Author: Shelia Steele Hunt
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563116618
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563116618
Category : Tennessee
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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History of Randolph County, Indiana
Author: E. Tucker
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Bond Genealogy
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
Author: William Wade Hinshaw
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Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Quakers
Languages : en
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Dark Star
Author: Ellis Amburn
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635768365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This biography reveals the rock music legend’s dramatic life story, from his Texas youth and rise to stardom to his personal tragedies and untimely death. A true legend of American popular music, Roy Orbison perfected the soulful rock ballad, recording such perennial hits as “Only the Lonely” and “Crying.” In Dark Star, biographer Ellis Amburn reveals the stories behind his achingly beautiful sound. Amburn explores Orbison’s rockabilly roots, his first deal with Sun Records, and his numerous Billboard Top 40 hits. Amburn then delves into the personal tragedies, including the sudden deaths of his wife and two of his children, that led to his obscurity. His return to stardom is also covered in detail, including his work with the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys and his posthumous hit single “You got It.”
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635768365
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This biography reveals the rock music legend’s dramatic life story, from his Texas youth and rise to stardom to his personal tragedies and untimely death. A true legend of American popular music, Roy Orbison perfected the soulful rock ballad, recording such perennial hits as “Only the Lonely” and “Crying.” In Dark Star, biographer Ellis Amburn reveals the stories behind his achingly beautiful sound. Amburn explores Orbison’s rockabilly roots, his first deal with Sun Records, and his numerous Billboard Top 40 hits. Amburn then delves into the personal tragedies, including the sudden deaths of his wife and two of his children, that led to his obscurity. His return to stardom is also covered in detail, including his work with the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys and his posthumous hit single “You got It.”
The Highlander Folk School
Author: Aimee Isgrig Horton
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background information on Myles Horton, the founder of the school, and on circumstances that led him to establish the school. Horton's experience growing up in the South, as well as his educational experience as a sociology and theology student, served to strengthen his dedication to democratic social change through education. The next four sections of the book describe the programs developed during the school's 30-year history, including educational programs for the unemployed and impoverished residents of Cumberland Mountain during the Great Depression; for new leaders in the southern industrial union movement during its critical period; for groups of small farmers when the National Farmers Union sought to organize in the South; and for adult and student leadership in the emerging civil rights movement. Horton's pragmatic leadership allowed educational programs to evolve in order to meet community needs. For example, Highlander's civil rights programs began with a workshop on school desegregation and evolved more broadly to prepare volunteers from civil rights groups to teach "citizenship schools," where Blacks could learn basic literacy skills needed to pass voter registration tests. Beginning in 1958, and until the school's charter was revoked and its property confiscated by the State of Tennessee in 1961, the school was under mounting attacks by highly-placed government leaders and others because of its support of the growing civil rights movement. Contains 270 references, chapter notes, and an index. (LP)
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background information on Myles Horton, the founder of the school, and on circumstances that led him to establish the school. Horton's experience growing up in the South, as well as his educational experience as a sociology and theology student, served to strengthen his dedication to democratic social change through education. The next four sections of the book describe the programs developed during the school's 30-year history, including educational programs for the unemployed and impoverished residents of Cumberland Mountain during the Great Depression; for new leaders in the southern industrial union movement during its critical period; for groups of small farmers when the National Farmers Union sought to organize in the South; and for adult and student leadership in the emerging civil rights movement. Horton's pragmatic leadership allowed educational programs to evolve in order to meet community needs. For example, Highlander's civil rights programs began with a workshop on school desegregation and evolved more broadly to prepare volunteers from civil rights groups to teach "citizenship schools," where Blacks could learn basic literacy skills needed to pass voter registration tests. Beginning in 1958, and until the school's charter was revoked and its property confiscated by the State of Tennessee in 1961, the school was under mounting attacks by highly-placed government leaders and others because of its support of the growing civil rights movement. Contains 270 references, chapter notes, and an index. (LP)
The Families Geddie & McPhail
Author: Jack Geddie
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Category : Geddie family
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Geddie family
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Kettenring Family in America
Author: Henry Hardy Catron
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Joseph Peck
Author: Ira Ballou Peck
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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