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Book The Mountain Meadows Massacre

Download or read book The Mountain Meadows Massacre written by Juanita Brooks and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Fall of 1857, some 120 California-bound emigrants were killed in lonely Mountain Meadows in southern Utah; only eighteen young children were spared. The men on the ground after the bloody deed took an oath that they would never mention the event again, either in public or in private. The leaders of the Mormon church also counseled silence. The first report, soon after the massacre, described it as an Indian onslaught at which a few white men were present, only one of whom, John D. Lee, was actually named. With admirable scholarship, Mrs. Brooks has traced the background of conflict, analyzed the emotional climate at the time, pointed up the social and military organization in Utah, and revealed the forces which culminated in the great tragedy at Mountain Meadows. The result is a near-classic treatment which neither smears nor clears the participants as individuals. It portrays an atmosphere of war hysteria, whipped up by recitals of past persecutions and the vision of an approaching "army" coming to drive the Mormons from their homes.

Book Tomorrow Land

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  • Author : Joseph Tirella
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2013-12-23
  • ISBN : 149300333X
  • Pages : 373 pages

Download or read book Tomorrow Land written by Joseph Tirella and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by potentially turning Flushing Meadows, literally a land of refuse, into his greatest public park, Robert Moses—New York's "Master Builder"—brought the World's Fair to the Big Apple for 1964 and '65. Though considered a financial failure, the 1964-65 World' s Fair was a Sixties flashpoint in areas from politics to pop culture, technology to urban planning, and civil rights to violent crime. In an epic narrative, the New York Times bestseller Tomorrow-Land shows the astonishing pivots taken by New York City, America, and the world during the Fair. It fetched Disney's empire from California and Michelangelo's La Pieta from Europe; and displayed flickers of innovation from Ford, GM, and NASA—from undersea and outerspace colonies to personal computers. It housed the controversial work of Warhol (until Governor Rockefeller had it removed); and lured Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Meanwhile, the Fair—and its house band, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians—sat in the musical shadows of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who changed rock-and-roll right there in Queens. And as Southern civil rights efforts turned deadly, and violent protests also occurred in and around the Fair, Harlem-based Malcolm X predicted a frightening future of inner-city racial conflict. World's Fairs have always been collisions of eras, cultures, nations, technologies, ideas, and art. But the trippy, turbulent, Technicolor, Disney, corporate, and often misguided 1964-65 Fair was truly exceptional.

Book What s Fair

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  • Author : Carrie Menkel-Meadow
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2004-03-29
  • ISBN : 0787973637
  • Pages : 594 pages

Download or read book What s Fair written by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the crucial topic of ethics in negotiation. Edited by Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, What's Fair contains contributions from some of the best-known practitioners and scholars in the field including Roger Fisher, Howard Raiffa, and Deborah Kolb. The editors and distinguished contributors offer an examination of why ethics matter individually and socially, and explain the essential duties and values of negotiation beyond formal legal requirements. Throughout the book, these experts tackle difficult questions such as: What do we owe our counterparts (if anything) in the way of candor or disclosure? To what extent should we use financial or legal pressure to force settlement? Should we worry about whether an agreement is fair to all the parties, or the effects our negotiated agreements might have on others?

Book Miscellaneous Publication

Download or read book Miscellaneous Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Records   Briefs

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1232 pages

Download or read book Records Briefs written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Brightworking

Download or read book The Brightworking written by Paul B. Thompson and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In part one of the trilogy, Mikal, a blacksmith's son, enjoys working with fiery metal in his father's forge, but when the sorcerers' Guild of Constant Working comes to his small village for a Gleaning, the young boy's destiny is changed forever. Mikal begins a life of servitude at the Guild and soon learns of the magical world around him. Before long, he is apprenticed to the most powerful wizard in all of Phalia, Master Harlano. Mikal's new Master commands an army of wizards, but even he must answer to the mysterious rulers of the Guild, but when Harlano pursues a strange ambition of his own, will Mikal follow his Master, or stand against him? With help from his scruffy friend Lyra and a magical metal head, Mikal confronts danger at every turn as he uncovers the mystery of the Brightworking.

Book The End of the Innocence

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  • Author : Lawrence R. Samuel
  • Publisher : Syracuse University Press
  • Release : 2010-08-13
  • ISBN : 0815651457
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book The End of the Innocence written by Lawrence R. Samuel and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From April 1964 to October 1965, some 52 million people from around the world flocked to the New York World’s Fair, an experience that lives on in the memory of many individuals and in America’s collective consciousness. Taking a perceptive look back at “the last of the great world’s fairs,” Samuel offers a vivid portrait of this seminal event and of the cultural climate that surrounded it. He also counters critics’ assessments of the fair as the “ugly duckling” of global expositions. Opening five months after President Kennedy’s assassination, the fair allowed millions to celebrate international fellowship while the conflict in Vietnam came to a boil. This event was perhaps the last time so many from so far could gather to praise harmony while ignoring cruel realities on such a gargantuan scale. This world’s fair glorified the postwar American dream of limitless optimism even as a counterculture of sex, drugs, and rock `n` roll came into being. It could rightly be called the last gasp of that dream: The End of the Innocence. Samuel’s work charts the fair from inception in 1959 to demolition in 1966 and provides a broad overview of the social and cultural dynamics that led to the birth of the event. It also traces thematic aspects of the fair, with its focus on science, technology, and the world of the future. Accessible, entertaining, and informative, the book is richly illustrated with contemporary photographs.

Book 1964 1965 New York World s Fair  The

Download or read book 1964 1965 New York World s Fair The written by Bill Cotter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair showcases the beauty of this international spectacular through rare color photographs, published here for the first time. Advertised as the "Billion-Dollar Fair," the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair transformed a sleepy park in the borough of Queens into a fantasy world enjoyed by more than 51 million visitors from around the world. While many countries and states exhibited at the fair, the most memorable pavilions were built by the giants of American industry. Their exhibits took guests backward and forward in time, all the while extolling how marvelous everyday life would be through the use of their products. Many of the techniques used in these shows set the standard for future fairs and theme parks, and the pavilions that housed them remain the most elaborate structures ever built for an American fair.

Book Flushing Meadow and Beyond

Download or read book Flushing Meadow and Beyond written by Flushing Meadows Corona Park World's Fair Association and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal

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  • Author : Ireland. Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1908
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 900 pages

Download or read book Journal written by Ireland. Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Instruction and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Herd Register

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  • Author : American Guernsey Cattle Club
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1924
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1418 pages

Download or read book Herd Register written by American Guernsey Cattle Club and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Herd Register

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  • Author : American Jersey Cattle Club
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 784 pages

Download or read book Herd Register written by American Jersey Cattle Club and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cherry the Cake Fairy  Party Fairies  1

Download or read book Cherry the Cake Fairy Party Fairies 1 written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Party Fairies' magic is missing --- and the Fairyland jubilee is going to be a flop! This is our tenth group of Rainbow Magic fairies; all seven books in the group will be released at once.It's party time! A big bash for King Oberon and Queen Titania is underway in Fairyland. The Party Fairies keep everything running smoothly, until Jack Frost's goblins steal their magic party bags. Now parties everywhere aren't festive --- they're a flop! It's Kirsty's birthday, but her cake could be ruined! Goblins are stealing candles and stomping in icing. Can Cherry the Cake Fairy make Kirsty's special day sweet again? Find the magic party bag in each book and save celebrations everywhere!

Book Around the Fireside

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  • Author : Howard Carleton Tripp
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1893
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Around the Fireside written by Howard Carleton Tripp and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meadows in the Sierra Nevada of California

Download or read book Meadows in the Sierra Nevada of California written by Raymond D. Ratliff and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Weekly Weather   Crop Bulletin

Download or read book Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final yearly issue includes index of special articles. December through March issues contain reports of snow and ice conditions.

Book Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin

Download or read book Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: