Download or read book Letters to the Chief written by Judi Lifton and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enchanting and unforgettable memoir, Judi Lifton captures her luminous years growing up in a small Minnesota town where childhood was a time to read a book, ride your bike, explore the neighborhood and let your mind sift through unexpected discoveries. Lifton's memories are creatively presented as letters written by her fourteen-year-old self to a beloved and terminally ill friend who frequently travelled to her hometown, Chief White Feather, an American Indian storyteller/singer and advocate for Indian rights. In reality, the letters were "letters of the heart," thus never written down until rendered now in sepia-tone prose that glistens with fondness for family and friends, nostalgia for the simple pleasures of childhood in the 50s, and the heartache of loneliness and loss. This is a story that will stay with you for a long time.
Download or read book Picture Letters From the Commander in Chief written by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest campaigns of WWII. Under the command of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the Japanese army held off U.S. Navy and Naval Air Corps. attack for over a month before finally succumbing to defeat. Comprised mostly of personal letters from Kuribayashi to his family, Picture Letters From the Commander in Chief offers readers a unique glimpse into arguably the most iconic battle of the second World War. A sensitive man, Kuribayashi is able to articulate in these letters his love for his family and his unwavering loyalty to his country. And in doing so, he helps bring a new voice and perspective to history.
Download or read book Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1947, two months after he became independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote the first of his fortnightly letters to the heads of the country’s provincial governments—a tradition he kept until a few months before his death. This carefully selected collection covers a range of themes and subjects, including citizenship, war and peace, law and order, governance and corruption, and India’s place in the world. The letters also cover momentous world events and the many crises the country faced during the first sixteen years after Independence. Visionary, wise and reflective, these letters are of great contemporary relevance for the guidance they provide for our current problems and predicaments.
Download or read book Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay written by John Jay and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-01-27 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution. The letters showcase Sarah as a devoted wife and mother who also helped further her husband's political career. Their correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife, their concern for their children, the dangers and difficulties of travel, descriptions of the lands they visited and events they witnessed, as well as a sense of the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth. The book includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families, family trees, and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wife,and other topics. Importantly, there are textual bridges between the letters where necessary.
Download or read book Letters to a Physician in chief of a Large Sanitarium written by Ellen Gould Harmon White and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a Letter from Chief of Ordnance United States Army of Nov 30 1883 with Report of Commanding Office written by United States War Dept and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...the locality and soil in which it was grown, and, when known, the diameter of the tree, and proportions of heart and sapwood. TRANSVERSE TESTS. Description of, and details of results, in table 1. Sticks supported at the ends and loaded at the middle. Size of specimen!. Breadth, 1."575. Depth, 1."575. Length between end supports, 39."37. The end bearings rested against the weighing platform of the testing machine. Loading was done by means of a plunger, which had a semicircular face of i" radins extending across the width of the specimen. The plnnger was secured to the piston of the bydraulic straining press. While being tested the sticks were in a vertical position. Loads were applied in increments of 110 pounds or 111 pounds each. After 441 pounds had been sustained, the load was entirely removed, and the set determined. Then followed the regular increments of load from 441 pounds till fracture occurred. Deflections were measured by the movement of a straight-edge in contact with the tension side of the specimen at the middle. The straigbt-edge was moved by the specimen over a graduated beam, where the deflections were directly read off. When more than one stick from a tree was tested, or when the same stick was tested in other directions than transversely, one of the first four letters of the alphabet is used in connection with distinguishing number of the specimen. Thirty larger specimens were tested and are recorded after the tabulation (r' the ahove sticks. These were 3."15 in breadth by 3."15 in depth, with the end bearings 39."37 apart, as before. The middle plunger had a face 1" wide, with the corners rounded to ahout J" radins. The specific gravities were computed from weights and...
Download or read book Letters Received by George Shakes Tlingit Chief written by George Shakes (Tlingit chief.) and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes business letters from the U.S. Marshall and Collector of Customs, character letter ("skookum paper") signed by S. Hall Young, Sheldon Jackson, A.L. Lindsley and H. Kendall, letters from Governor John Brady, personal letters from tribal members about schooling and money matters, a lease between Chief Shakes and R. Jensen for monthly land rental, a letter to Mrs. Shakes, and a list of charges against Colteen-eash.
Download or read book My Dearest Polly written by Frances Norton Mason and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Letter from Birmingham Jail written by MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.
Download or read book Letter 1838 Feb 15 Washington to Colo nel Thomas L McKenney written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a copy of a letter from John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to Colonel Thomas L. McKenney, commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated February 15, 1838. Ross expresses his gratitude for the kind sentiments offered by McKenney on the deteriorating state of affairs in the Cherokee Nation. Ross refers to the Cherokees as powerless and indicates that the sympathy of the U.S. government is their only hope for relief.
Download or read book Author in Chief written by Craig Fehrman and published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years.” —Thomas Mallon, The Wall Street Journal “Fun and fascinating…It’s witty, charming, and fantastically learned. I loved it.” —Rick Perlstein Based on a decade of research and reporting, Author in Chief tells the story of America’s presidents as authors—and offers a delightful new window into the public and private lives of our highest leaders. Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work that helped him win the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies—the rough equivalent of half a million books in today’s market—and it reveals something about Lincoln’s presidential ambitions. But it also reveals something about his heart and mind. When voters asked about his beliefs, Lincoln liked to point them to his book. In Craig Fehrman’s groundbreaking work of history, Author in Chief, the story of America’s presidents and their books opens a rich new window into presidential biography. From volumes lost to history—Calvin Coolidge’s Autobiography, which was one of the most widely discussed titles of 1929—to ones we know and love—Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, which was very nearly never published—Fehrman unearths countless insights about the presidents through their literary works. Presidential books have made an enormous impact on American history, catapulting their authors to the national stage and even turning key elections. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia, the first presidential book to influence a campaign, and John Adams’s Autobiography, the first score-settling presidential memoir, Author in Chief draws on newly uncovered information—including never-before-published letters from Andrew Jackson, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan—to cast fresh light on the private drives and self-doubts that fueled our nation’s leaders. We see Teddy Roosevelt as a vulnerable first-time author, struggling to write the book that would become a classic of American history. We see Reagan painstakingly revising Where’s the Rest of Me?, a forgotten memoir in which he sharpened his sunny political image. We see Donald Trump negotiating the deal for The Art of the Deal, the volume that made him synonymous with business savvy. Alongside each of these authors, we also glimpse the everyday Americans who read them. Combining the narrative felicity of a journalist with the rigorous scholarship of a historian, Fehrman delivers a feast for history lovers, book lovers, and everybody curious about a behind-the-scenes look at our presidents.
Download or read book Finding Themselves written by Julia Catherine Stimson and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Letters of the President and the Chief Engineer written by North Pennsylvania Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letter 1795 Sept 29 Chickasaw Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is a copy of a letter, dated September 29, 1795, by Chickasaw chief Piomingo (indicated in this letter as Opy Omingo and Opoia mingo) that was written to General James Robertson and sent to Colonel David Henley. Piomingo wrote this letter as a plea to the United States government for assistance. Hostility existed between the Chickasaws and the Creeks, and the letter described an attack by the Creek on the Chickasaw Nation. Although the Chickasaw were able to hold off and defeat the Creek, they endured considerable losses. Piomingo urged Robertson to think of Chickasaws as the brothers of Americans and that brothers should want to help each other in times of need. The Chickasaw chief asked for troops and provisions to be sent to his nation.
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