Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385420784
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Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385420784
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Catalogue of the Remaining Portion of the Library of the Late E.N. Coburn, of Charlestown, Mass
Author: E. N. CoburnPublisher:
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Glory Bound
Author: David K. WigginsPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815627340
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
African American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together for the first time eleven essays that explore this complex topic. In his writings, well-known sports scholar David K. Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to participate fully in sports while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride. Wiggins examines the seminal moments that defined and changed the black athlete's role in white America from the nineteenth century to the present: the personal crusade of Wendell Smith to promote black participation in organized baseball, the triumph of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics and the proposed boycott of the Games, and the response of America's black press and community. Glory Bound demonstrates how the civil rights movement changed the face of American athletics and society forever. With the genesis of the black power movement in sport, Wiggins notes a significant shift in black—and white—America's attention to the African American athlete.
McClellan's War
Author: Ethan S. RafusePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
“An important book that rescues George B. McClellan’s military reputation.” —Chronicles Bold, brash, and full of ambition, George Brinton McClellan seemed destined for greatness when he assumed command of all the Union armies before he was 35. It was not to be. Ultimately deemed a failure on the battlefield by Abraham Lincoln, he was finally dismissed from command following the bloody battle of Antietam. To better understand this fascinating, however flawed, character, Ethan S. Rafuse considers the broad and complicated political climate of the earlier 19th Century. Rather than blaming McClellan for the Union’s military losses, Rafuse attempts to understand his political thinking as it affected his wartime strategy. As a result, Rafuse sheds light not only on McClellan’s conduct on the battlefields of 1861-62 but also on United States politics and culture in the years leading up to the Civil War. “Any historian seriously interested in the period will come away from the book with useful material and a better understanding of George B. McClellan.” —Journal of Southern History “Exhaustively researched and lucidly written, Rafuse has done an excellent job in giving us a different perspective on ‘Little Mac.’” —Civil War History “Rafuse’s thoughtful study of Little Mac shows just how enthralling this complex and flawed individual continues to be.” —Blue & Gray magazine
New Peterson Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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Peterson's Magazine
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: First [to fifth] supplements. [Additions from 1873-1887
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Author: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Includes titles on all subjects, some in foreign languages, later incorporated into Memorial Library.
“The” Athenaeum
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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