Download or read book The Black Extended Family written by Elmer P. Martin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1980-02-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misunderstood and stereotyped, the black family in America has been viewed by some as pathologically weak while others have acclaimed its resilience and strength. Those who have drawn these conflicting conclusions have gnerally focused on the nuclear family—husband, wife, and dependent children. But as Elmer and Joanne Martin point out in this revealing book, a unit of this kind often is not the center of black family life. What appear to be fatherless, broken homes in our cities may really be vital parts of strong and flexible extended families based hundreds of miles away—usually in a rural area. Through their eight-year study of some thirty extended families, the Martins find that economic pressures, including federal tax and welfare laws, have begun to make the extended family's flexibility into a liability that threatens its future.
Download or read book The Story of Elmer in Yosemite written by Richard Barna and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1930's Yosemite campers have long been confused and amused by shouts from all directions calling the name "Elmer!" Imagine sitting in your campsite, enjoying an evening campfire and the quietness of the evening is suddenly interrupted by all of your neighbors erupting into a shouting match calling for the little boy that got lost decades ago. The inescapable exchange is often heard in the campgrounds in Yosemite Valley. A tale that has survived for years around the campfire is now a children's book to read around the fire by flashlight. So cuddle up in your sleeping bag and learn The Story of Elmer and a little bit about Yosemite National Park.
Download or read book Elmer Iseler written by Walter Pitman and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-07-28 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index.
Download or read book The Centralia Tragedy of 1919 written by Tom Copeland and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 11, 1919, the citizens of Centralia, Washington, gathered to watch former servicemen, local Boy Scouts, and other community groups march in the Armstice Day parade. When the marchers swung past the meeting hall of the Industrial Workers of the World, a group of veterans broke ranks, charged the hall, and were met by gunshots. Before the day was over, four of the marchers were dead and one of the Wobblies had been lynched by the mob. Through a wealth of newly available primary source material including previously sealed court documents, FBI records released under the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with surviving witnesses, Tom Copeland has pieced together the events of that day and has traced the fate of the men who were accused and convicted of murdering the marchers. Copeland focuses on Elmer Smith, the local attorney who advised the Wobblies that they had the right to defend their hall against an anticipated attack. Although he never belonged to the IWW, Smith sympathized with their interests, championing the rights of working people, and speaking on their behalf. He was originally arrested with the Wobbles and then took up their cause in the courts, beginning a life-long struggle to free the men who were charged with murdering the Centralia marchers. Copeland recounts Smith’s disbarment and eventual reinstatement, his run for political office, his speeches throughout the Northwest, and his unyielding support for the workers’ cause. This book is a balanced treatment of the Centalia tragedy and its legal repercussions written by a practicing lawyer. It is also a compelling human drama, centering on the marginal life of an industrial frontier labor lawyer, a study of radical politics of the 1920s, and a depiction of conditions of life in the lumber camps and towns. It is thus biography as well as legal, political, and social history.
Download or read book Our Family written by Toni Richard Turk and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Harrison County Mississippi written by John H. Lang and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To my friends: I am writing a history of Harrison County, Mississippi and her people who lived here prior to 1873.... As I have lived all my life of nearly 82 years in the county, I feel competent to do the subject justice. Respectfully submitted, John H. Lang" -- Prelim p.
Download or read book Genealogical and Family History of Central New York written by William Richard Cutter and published by New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company. This book was released on 1912 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elmer and the Dragon written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1987-11-12 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.
Download or read book Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey written by Francis Bazley Lee and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elmer s Opposites written by David McKee and published by Andersen Press USA. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elmer and his friends introduce opposites. On board pages.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Massachusetts Biographical genealogical written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Stone House written by Berta Hader and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the story of the Doe family, who live in a crowded city apartment. The family decides to build a house in the country, although everyone around them says it can't be done. How a house is built is explained through the family's joint effort in construction.
Download or read book Elmer Bischoff written by Susan Landauer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elmer Bischoff is one of the small handful of truly fine artists at mid-century and beyond working in Northern California. His art is of national importance. In Susan Landauer he has the author who can bring his life and art to us."—Walter Hopps, Twentieth Century Curator, The Menil Collection "This first substantial monograph on Elmer Bischoff offers a warm appraisal of a deacon of West Coast painters, justly celebrated for his lifelong navigation of the "tightrope" between abstract painting's sensual materiality and the ethical implications of a figurative art. Susan Landauer meets her own high standards of nuanced social history, and Bill Berkson's brief introduction is studded with gems."—Caroline Jones, author of Bay Area Figurative Art "Susan Landauer’s new monograph is a welcome addition to Twentieth Century Bay Area art history. She is a specialist, who explores the life and work, attitudes and ideals of this important artist, his European and American influences, in parallel with those of his famous colleagues, Richard Diebenkorn and David Park. She brings historical understanding and esthetic subtlety to the study as she digs into the artist’s esthetic and educational philosophy, the relation between painting and improvised jazz, temporary blocks and personal crises, as well as his complete reinventions of his drawing and painting. All this is set in the context of the life of art in the Bay Area community (1940-1990) and results in a readable work of value to professionals while remaining accessible to more casual readers."—Gerald Nordland, author of Richard Diebenkorn
Download or read book Biographical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Union and Middlesex Counties New Jersey written by W. Woodford Clayton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Nothing Is Impossible for Me written by and published by Young Lives. This book was released on 2009 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on 2002 interviews of 6-13 years old children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. Gives information about children's lives, health, schooling, work, and family.
