Author: William Lawrence
Publisher:
ISBN: 1406852767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Memoirs of Sergeant William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns, published posthumously in 1886 and edited by George Nugent Bankes.
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
Author: William Lawrence
Publisher:
ISBN: 1406852767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Memoirs of Sergeant William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns, published posthumously in 1886 and edited by George Nugent Bankes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1406852767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Memoirs of Sergeant William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns, published posthumously in 1886 and edited by George Nugent Bankes.
Memoir of William Lawrence
Author: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Memoir of William Lawrence
Author: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259833352
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoir of William Lawrence: Written for the American Journal of Education Want teaches us value. They know best how to prize a thing, who are deprived of it, or have never been blest with its possession. This explains the fact, that education, for its wider diffusion and its enlarged instrumentalities, is greatly indebted to the benefactions of many, who, in their youth, had themselves but slight participation in its advantages. If the facilities of commerce have been multiplied, and her gains increased by the discoveries of sci ence and the inventions of art, commerce has repaid the debt, by her rich gifts to schools and colleges, her noble endowment of institutions of learning, at which science can be studied and art promoted, and where many successive generations can have the benefit of the highest intellectual and moral culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259833352
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoir of William Lawrence: Written for the American Journal of Education Want teaches us value. They know best how to prize a thing, who are deprived of it, or have never been blest with its possession. This explains the fact, that education, for its wider diffusion and its enlarged instrumentalities, is greatly indebted to the benefactions of many, who, in their youth, had themselves but slight participation in its advantages. If the facilities of commerce have been multiplied, and her gains increased by the discoveries of sci ence and the inventions of art, commerce has repaid the debt, by her rich gifts to schools and colleges, her noble endowment of institutions of learning, at which science can be studied and art promoted, and where many successive generations can have the benefit of the highest intellectual and moral culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In Faulkner's Shadow
Author: Lawrence Wells
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496829956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
What happens when you marry into a family that includes a Nobel Prize winner who is arguably the finest American writer of the twentieth century? Lawrence Wells, author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir, fills this lively tale with stories that answer just that. In 1972, Wells married Dean Faulkner, the only niece of William Faulkner, and slowly found himself lost in the Faulkner mystique. While attempting to rebel against the overwhelming influence of his in-laws, Wells had a front-row seat to the various rivalries that sprouted between his wife and the members of her family, each of whom dealt in different ways with the challenges and expectations of carrying on a literary tradition. Beyond the family stories, Wells recounts the blossoming of a literary renaissance in Oxford, Mississippi, after William Faulkner’s death. Both the town of Oxford and the larger literary world were at a loss as to who would be Faulkner’s successor. During these uncertain times, Wells and his wife established Yoknapatawpha Press and the quarterly literary journal the Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review. In his dual role as publisher and author, Wells encountered and befriended Larry Brown, Barry Hannah, Willie Morris, and many other writers. He became both participant and observer to the deeds and misdeeds of a rowdy collection of talented authors living in Faulkner’s shadow. Full of personal insights, this memoir features unforgettable characters and exciting behind-the-scene moments that reveal much about modern American letters and the southern literary tradition. It is also a love story about a courtship and marriage, and an ode to Dean Faulkner Wells and her family.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496829956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
What happens when you marry into a family that includes a Nobel Prize winner who is arguably the finest American writer of the twentieth century? Lawrence Wells, author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir, fills this lively tale with stories that answer just that. In 1972, Wells married Dean Faulkner, the only niece of William Faulkner, and slowly found himself lost in the Faulkner mystique. While attempting to rebel against the overwhelming influence of his in-laws, Wells had a front-row seat to the various rivalries that sprouted between his wife and the members of her family, each of whom dealt in different ways with the challenges and expectations of carrying on a literary tradition. Beyond the family stories, Wells recounts the blossoming of a literary renaissance in Oxford, Mississippi, after William Faulkner’s death. Both the town of Oxford and the larger literary world were at a loss as to who would be Faulkner’s successor. During these uncertain times, Wells and his wife established Yoknapatawpha Press and the quarterly literary journal the Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review. In his dual role as publisher and author, Wells encountered and befriended Larry Brown, Barry Hannah, Willie Morris, and many other writers. He became both participant and observer to the deeds and misdeeds of a rowdy collection of talented authors living in Faulkner’s shadow. Full of personal insights, this memoir features unforgettable characters and exciting behind-the-scene moments that reveal much about modern American letters and the southern literary tradition. It is also a love story about a courtship and marriage, and an ode to Dean Faulkner Wells and her family.
Gyro!
Author: William Wyatt Davenport
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
My Giant Life
Author: Lawrence Taylor
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1633195996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
For more than three decades, the New York Giants have been one of the most competitive teams in the National Football League, winning four Super Bowls and eight conference championships in that time. Now, Lawrence Taylor—Hall of Fame player and consummate Giant—teams up with William Wyatt to tell the stories of the Giants' most memorable players and coaches, including Bill Parcells, Rays Perkins, Carl Banks, Harry Carson, and Gary Reasons to name but a few. In My Giant Life, Taylor looks back at the best games, best moments, and behind-the-scenes stories of the men who played and coached for the team.
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1633195996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
For more than three decades, the New York Giants have been one of the most competitive teams in the National Football League, winning four Super Bowls and eight conference championships in that time. Now, Lawrence Taylor—Hall of Fame player and consummate Giant—teams up with William Wyatt to tell the stories of the Giants' most memorable players and coaches, including Bill Parcells, Rays Perkins, Carl Banks, Harry Carson, and Gary Reasons to name but a few. In My Giant Life, Taylor looks back at the best games, best moments, and behind-the-scenes stories of the men who played and coached for the team.
Memoirs of Chaplain Life
Author: William Corby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The autobiography of William Corby, who became famous for granting general absolution to the soldiers of the Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The autobiography of William Corby, who became famous for granting general absolution to the soldiers of the Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.
A New Vision for Missions
Author: William Lawrence Svelmoe
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817315934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A deep biography of the pioneering missionary William Cameron Townsend
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817315934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A deep biography of the pioneering missionary William Cameron Townsend
My Journey at the Nuclear Brink
Author: William Perry
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804797145
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
“Perry has long been one of the more strenuous advocates for confronting the dangers of the nuclear age, and his engaging memoir explains why.” —Foreign Affairs My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat. Decades of experience and special access to top-secret knowledge of strategic nuclear options have given Perry a unique, and chilling, vantage point from which to conclude that nuclear weapons endanger our security rather than securing it. This book traces his thought process as he journeys from the Cuban Missile Crisis, to crafting a defense strategy in the Carter Administration to offset the Soviets’ numeric superiority in conventional forces, to presiding over the dismantling of more than 8,000 nuclear weapons in the Clinton Administration, and to his creation in 2007, with George Shultz, Sam Nunn, and Henry Kissinger, of the Nuclear Security Project to articulate their vision of a world free from nuclear weapons and to lay out the urgent steps needed to reduce nuclear dangers. “Perry’s authoritative memoir. . . . is a clear, sobering and, for many, surprising warning that the danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is actually greater than it was during that era of U.S.-Soviet competition…a significant and insightful memoir and a necessary read.” —Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804797145
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
“Perry has long been one of the more strenuous advocates for confronting the dangers of the nuclear age, and his engaging memoir explains why.” —Foreign Affairs My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat. Decades of experience and special access to top-secret knowledge of strategic nuclear options have given Perry a unique, and chilling, vantage point from which to conclude that nuclear weapons endanger our security rather than securing it. This book traces his thought process as he journeys from the Cuban Missile Crisis, to crafting a defense strategy in the Carter Administration to offset the Soviets’ numeric superiority in conventional forces, to presiding over the dismantling of more than 8,000 nuclear weapons in the Clinton Administration, and to his creation in 2007, with George Shultz, Sam Nunn, and Henry Kissinger, of the Nuclear Security Project to articulate their vision of a world free from nuclear weapons and to lay out the urgent steps needed to reduce nuclear dangers. “Perry’s authoritative memoir. . . . is a clear, sobering and, for many, surprising warning that the danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is actually greater than it was during that era of U.S.-Soviet competition…a significant and insightful memoir and a necessary read.” —Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
Author: William Lawrence
Publisher: Lushena Books
ISBN: 9781631826450
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
Publisher: Lushena Books
ISBN: 9781631826450
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence