Download or read book North Star Country written by Milton C. Sernett and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Star Country is the story of the remarkable transformation of Upstate New York's famous 'Burned over District;' where the flames of religious revival sparked an abolitionist movement that eventually burst into the conflagration of the Civil War. Milton C. Sernett details the regional presence of African Americans from the pre-Revolutionary War era through the Civil War, both as champions of liberty and as beneficiaries of a humanitarian spirit generated from evangelical impulses. He includes in his narrative the struggles of great abolitionists—among them Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Beriah Green, Jermain Loguen, and Samuel May—and of many lesser-known characters who rescued fugitives from slave hunters, maintained safe houses along the Underground Railroad, and otherwise furthered the cause of freedom both regionally and in the nation as a whole. Sernett concludes with a compelling examination of the moral choices made during the Civil War by upstate New Yorkers—both black and white—and of the post-Appomattox campaign to secure freedom for the newly emancipated.
Download or read book Bullets Bugles Cannonfire written by Kelly Chance Beckman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized account of William Joseph Kelly of Sandusky, a volunteer for the Union Army during the Civil War. Written to demonstrate the impact of the war on a common soldier and the aftermath of the war, this novel includes actual and extensive historical documents, archives, research and the genealogy for the Kelly family of Ohio.
Download or read book The Hawk and the Dove written by Tom Baker and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawk and the Dove is historical fiction with threads of magical realism and romance. It develops over six wartime periods: the Viking era, the Peninsula War, the US Civil War, World War II, and the killing fields of Rwanda and Vietnam. A hawk and dove flow through these times, influencing characters in their struggles.
Download or read book Round the Year with the Poets written by Martha Capps Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Borderline written by Sigmund A. Stoler and published by Associated University Presses. This book was released on 1992 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alex Blake, a thirty-six-year-old bachelor, had a successful private practice as a psychotherapist for years. But one day, on returning home after counseling for twelve solid hours, he by chance glanced at the glass panes in his front door - he could see a reflection of the bushes and trees behind him, but he couldn't see himself!" "Frightened, he reared back. He recently experienced some bothersome neurotic symptoms that may be attributed to occupational stress, but the feeling he might be disappearing is too much." "A nearby state institution for the mentally retarded recently offered him a job. His friend, Stanford Samuel, who is himself employed as a psychologist there, has told him some of the horror stories about the place, but also about its benefits." "Alex is undecided. Does he want to lay himself open for this? Working with the mentally retarded can be endlessly frustrating. Can he learn to cope with adult men who still mess in their diapers? Or work with victims of Hurler's syndrome? Or deal with surprise attacks from maddened, frustrated residents?" "When his long-time girlfriend, Elaine, a volunteer at the institution, urges him to do it, Alex decides to give it a try. The first day on the job, he meets a number of ... unexpected people. There's Winnie, a gorgeous-looking blonde nurse who can't seem to hold on to whatever is in her hands. There's Martha Toolan, known as "No Foolin' Toolan," the iron fist in the not-so-velvet glove. There's Stoney Stoneslifer who can't seem to finish a sentence." "There are also some residents: Mike. He's found religion. Walter. He leaves a trail in the underground tunnels. Ellie. She wants a mommy. Alex learns that while these people may be retarded, their sexual needs are as insistent as those of persons on the "outside." The only-hitch is that males are segregated with males, females with females, and homosexuality and masturbation are frowned upon ...." "As the months drift by, Alex finds out each resident is an individual with individual preferences and needs. He also realizes he must come to terms with his mother's long-term illness, his relationship with his brother, and, most importantly, his true feelings for the two women in his life." "The novel essentially is a love story played out against the background of a state-owned institution for the mentally retarded. What life is really like for persons who are "warehoused" is accurately described by Sigmund Stoler who worked as an institutional psychologist and came to realize that - more than a refuge for the developmentally disabled - an institution is a kind of "haven" for its employees, too."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confessions of a Poachin Parson written by Dun Gordy and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A preacher wrote this collection of absolutely essential nonsense. It is guaranteed that every word you read will be the purely fabricated and well-garnished truth based on solid and verifiable fiction. By necessity, the names of some of the folk on these pages have been changed in order to protect their guilt. The preacher is a sometime fisherman and an every-chance-I-get hunter. He holds charter membership in one of the most notorious and exclusive sporting clubs in all of North America. And it is because of his frequent association with fellow members that he sometimes has difficulty handling the truth without taking some awful liberties with it. You would too, if you hung around with the likes of this crew. He has traveled over a lot of the real estate of our wonderful globe. He has seen the beauty of Galilee's sea and Australia's great coral reefs, Hawaii's silver sand and Canada's magnificent Rockies. He has traveled by dugout log canoe to headwaters of the mighty Amazon and gazed on Niagara Falls. He's been from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top of the Sears Tower. But the most beautiful sights in this world, he declares, are seen from the top of Pole Creek ridge, Marble Creek pass, the knob on Greenhorn Mountain and an elk stand in Eastern Oregon.
Download or read book Field Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.
Download or read book Salmon River Odyssey written by Hope Irvin Marston and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing and revealing look at the historical development of Pulaski, New York, and the people who guided it into the twenty-first century.
Download or read book American Poetry written by Percy Holmes Boynton and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landed Estate written by Ben Kesp and published by Ben Kesp. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susanna Westby battles with family values, tradition, land and love in this historical mystery romance set in 18th and 19th century Ireland. Family secrets have been kept hidden sparking unresolved family disputes over her home and estate at Point Pleasant, leading to deceit and murder, tangled with the intricate lives of the aristocratic classes.
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Download or read book Colour Sergeant Chesney V C written by Steven Baker and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Chesney is having a tough childhood. After losing his mother to tuberculosis and his father to alcoholism, he is orphaned in Victorian England. As a result of losing his parents, he finds himself working in a Victorian workhouse. He then joins the army and rises through the ranks to become the Colour Sergeant and Victorian Cross Holder. However, after a devastating battle during an uprising on the North-West Frontier of India in which every man in his platoon is killed except him, his army career looks set to come to an inglorious end. Eventually returning to England, Harry becomes the guardian of the illegitimate son of Captain Shervington, a late hero of the regiment. In the final twist of the tale, Ravi honours both his real father and guardian Harry Chesney by joining the army to fight in the Boer War…
Download or read book Current Opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Journey To on and from the Golden Shore written by Sue A. Sanders and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sue A. Pike Sanders (1842-1931) traveled by rail from Delavan, Illinois, as part of the state's delegation to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at San Francisco in 1886. A journey to, on and from the "golden shore" (1887) describes that leisurely trip west with stops in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Sacramento. Once in San Francisco, Sanders provides details of the program for the G.A.R. convention and its attendant parades and receptions, Bay excursion cruise, and tours of Chinatown. She makes side trips to Oakland, San José, Napa Valley, the geysers, and Yosemite. In Southern California, Sanders and her party visit Los Angeles to embark on their return journey, which takes them to Flagstaff and Albuquerque.
