Download or read book Proud to Be from Virginia written by Lee Keesling and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-04 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you proud to be from your state? This book gives you the opportunity to explore the reasons for your pride. Through twenty-five activities you will flesh out: - your personal connections to the state - things that make your state distinctive from others - the special things that make your state what it is In so doing you will utilize both words and more creative explorations to really understand why you are proud to be from your state. By the end of the book, you will be able to express your pride in ways that you can share with others. This book is part of the Home Town Pride Series published by Fun Books Press. To explore other books in that series, check out www.FunBooksPress.com.
Download or read book The Horse in Virginia written by Julie A. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The equine tradition in Virginia is unique and enduring; this book is the celebration it deserves.
Download or read book Proud Heritage 3 volumes written by Chuck Stewart and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 1611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking three-volume reference traces the roots and development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and issues in the United States from the pre-colonial period to the present day. With the social, religious, and political stigmas attached to alternative lifestyles throughout history, most homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender people lived covertly for much of, if not all of, their lives. Likewise, the narrative of our country excludes the contributions, struggles, and historical achievements of this group. This revealing, chronologically arranged reference work uncovers the rich story of the LGBT community in the United States and discusses the politics, culture, and issues affecting it since the early 17th century. Author Chuck Stewart traces the evolution of LGBT issues as part of our nation's shared cultural past and modern-day experience. Volume 1 focuses on the origins of the movement with the founding of Jamestown in 1607 through the 1970s and the beginning of gay rights activism in the United States. Volume 2 spans the 1980s and the AIDs pandemic through the present-day issues of marriage equality. Volume 3 gives a concise review of this society in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Download or read book The Virginia Dynasty written by Lynne Cheney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The narrative offers informed, exacting characterizations of the uncertain political alliances, strained interactions and ideological growing pains that elites of the post-revolutionary decades put the country through.”—Andrew Burstein, The Washington Post A vivid account of leadership focusing on the first four Virginia presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe—from the bestselling historian and author of James Madison. From a small expanse of land on the North American continent came four of the nation's first five presidents—a geographic dynasty whose members led a revolution, created a nation, and ultimately changed the world. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe were born, grew to manhood, and made their homes within a sixty-mile circle east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Friends and rivals, they led in securing independence, hammering out the United States Constitution, and building a working republic. Acting together, they doubled the territory of the United States. From their disputes came American political parties and the weaponizing of newspapers, the media of the day. In this elegantly conceived and insightful new book from bestselling author Lynne Cheney, the four Virginians are not marble icons but vital figures deeply intent on building a nation where citizens could be free. Focusing on the intersecting roles these men played as warriors, intellectuals, and statesmen, Cheney takes us back to an exhilarating time when the Enlightenment opened new vistas for humankind. But even as the Virginians advanced liberty, equality, and human possibility, they held people in slavery and were slaveholders when they died. Lives built on slavery were incompatible with a free and just society; their actions contradicted the very ideals they espoused. They managed nonetheless to pass down those ideals, and they became powerful weapons for ending slavery. They inspired Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and today undergird the freest nation on earth. Taking full measure of strengths and failures in the personal as well as the political lives of the men at the center of this book, Cheney offers a concise and original exploration of how the United States came to be.
Download or read book Proud to Be from West Virginia written by Lee Keesling and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you proud to be from your state? This book gives you the opportunity to explore the reasons for your pride. Through twenty-five activities you will flesh out: - your personal connections to the state - things that make your state distinctive from others - the special things that make your state what it is In so doing you will utilize both words and more creative explorations to really understand why you are proud to be from your state. By the end of the book, you will be able to express your pride in ways that you can share with others. This book is part of the Home Town Pride Series published by Fun Books Press. To explore other books in that series, check out www.FunBooksPress.com.
Download or read book Proud Sorrows written by James R. Benn and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth installment in this fan-favorite WWII mystery series, US Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates a murder in a charming English village, where personal vendettas tangle with wartime espionage. Norfolk, England, November 1944: After a series of dangerous missions in the South of France, US Army Captain Billy Boyle is finally on leave, and is settling into a peaceful rest at the country estate of Sir Richard Seaton, the father of Billy’s British lover, Diana. Seaton Manor is a comfortable haven, and Billy is eager to spend a few precious days in Diana’s company pretending the war is far away. Unfortunately, Billy’s leave is cut short when a crashed German bomber resurfaces off the coast with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat. The nearby village of Slewford hosts a top-secret military intelligence operation, home to high-ranking German POWs, and so the crash is a matter of national security. Billy is assigned by the commander of the POW facility to investigate. After the plane is discovered, a local villager is murdered—and suddenly what had appeared to be a failed enemy military operation takes on an even more sinister aspect. All Billy’s ex-Boston cop instincts are put to the test as he interviews the grieving, angry, and conniving citizens of this idyllic English country village in search of the truth.
Download or read book Proud Highway written by Hunter S. Thompson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
Download or read book Proud Kentuckian written by Frank H. Heck and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his brief life John C. Breckinridge embraced the roles of lawyer, politician, statesman, soldier, exile, and businessman. An imposing and tactful man, he was exceptional for evoking both loyal devotion from his followers and generous respect from his opponents during a strife-torn era. Breckinridge's meteoric rise to national prominence began with election to the Kentucky legislature in 1849 and to the United States Congress in 1851. His eloquence earned him the Democratic Party's nomination for the vice presidency in 1856, and he became the youngest man ever to hold that office. Nearing the end of his term Breckinridge was elected United States senator by the Kentucky legislature. He was a favorite of the Southern faction during the 1860 Democratic convention. Had the nation and the party not foundered on the divisive issues of slavery, section, and union, Breckinridge might well have reached the White House. With the sundering of the Union, Breckinridge joined the Confederate states, was commissioned a brigadier general, and fought valiantly at Shiloh, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, and elsewhere before becoming secretary of war. The collapse of the Confederacy drove him into exile in Canada and Europe. But in 1869 he returned to Kentucky to live out his life quietly and industriously as a lawyer and railroad executive. Proud Kentuckian portrays the most illustrious member of one of Kentucky's first families.
Download or read book Blue Collar and Proud of It written by Joe Lamacchia and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proud to Be a Marine written by C. Brian Kelly and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the Legacy of the Marines Behind one of the most celebrated military branches in America are the often little-known actions of its brave warriors. Proud to be a Marine amplifies the human voices amidst the cannon blasts and gun fire — from the American Revolution to modern day — and provides fresh insight that will inspire and excite those interested in the proud legacy of the Marines... This one of a kind collection includes: Union Corporal John Mackie's historic rallying cry as he earned the first ever Medal of Honor for a Marine The daring actions of Captain Bill Hawkins, the first Marine to step foot on Guadalcanal ROTC Cadet Vernice Armour's inspiring rise from police officer to first African-American female combat pilot in the history of the United States Marines From the shores of Tripoli to the careful action against deadly IEDs in the Middle East, the anecdotal back stories of these upstanding Marines are proof they have always been ready, and always the "First to Fight."
Download or read book Proud to Be Ashamed written by Jimmy D. Russell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This writing started out as a record for future generations inquisitees regarding heritage but quickly grew into a blueprint on reaching one’s potential and not letting societies’ placement prevent each of us from reaching any level and accomplishments we wish to obtain. This story is about my life and bursting through the shackles in place by others and proving that America’s limitations are non-existent when faced by persistence. Starting as a young boy raised in tenant houses and working the cotton fields of Oklahoma, through leaving home and joining the Merchant Marines, to enlisting in the Marine Corp and Vietnam, and ultimately building the family I always wanted and reaching financial independence. It covers the trials and obstacles overcome with dedicated focus to create several companies that are still thriving today.
Download or read book Benedict Arnold the Proud Warrior written by Charles Coleman Sellers and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Download or read book Ain t Too Proud to Beg written by Telford Work and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work proposes that Christians take whatever is happening in their world and set the Lord's Prayer in the middle of it to shed light on the scene, expose what matters--and then pray it. Ecumenical and evangelical in tone, the volume ends with three sparkling, joyful sermons.
Download or read book I Am Proud of Who I Am written by B. Woster and published by Barbara Woster. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 10 in a 15-book series which introduces to readers to people from across the globe: their homes, cultures, and beliefs. For more information on this series, the author, and her other work, visit BarbaraWosterAuthor.com
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Download or read book A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service written by History Committee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epsilon Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, has a long and distinguished history of which we are very proud. From its inception to present day, this chapter has provided service to all mankind in an exemplary and noteworthy manner. This is not only reflected in various awards and accolades bestowed upon the membership, but also through its longevity and growth in membership. Furthermore, the tremendous impact this chapter has had in diverse sectors of the community also emphasizes the outstanding works of this chapter. This distinct history will be chronicled through reflective summaries of the chartering of Epsilon Phi Omega and national, regional, and local programs. In addition, there are highlights of chapter membership, celebrations, community outreach, and awards. These narratives begin with notable events during the administration of the chapters first basileus, Velma Daye. Through her leadership Epsilon Phi Omega was chartered. The history will also include a recapping of current initiatives carried out under the leadership of Dr. Tesha Isler.
Download or read book Why I Am so Proud to Be a Black Man written by Mr. Michael and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the beginning, when God created the black man, He gave all his wisdom to his first creations without boundaries and fears. Unfortunately, for far too long, black men have been portrayed negatively in our society and by the daily rhetoric that surrounds us. In their comprehensive study compiled with facts, stories, and historical experiences, husband and wife team Mr. Michael and Ms. C illustrate to all black men that they should no longer feel degraded, but instead be bursting with pride about their heritage. Beginning with essays on life in Africa and the movement of the black man to the United States, Mr. Michael and Ms. C transition into issues concerning the contemporary African American community, providing a glimpse into the truth they hope will help black men gain a clearer vision of their race, others, and our planet. By encouraging black men to face racial hatred and demand respect, Mr. Michael and Ms. C lay a foundation intended to help all black men find the purpose of their existence. Also included are biographies of famous black men who overcame obstacles and changed the world. Why I Am So Proud to Be a Black Man shares the knowledge that can open the eyes, minds, and hearts of the African American community, enabling all to embrace Gods first, primal purpose.
