Download or read book The Cowboy and the Canal written by J.M. Carlisle and published by Tangent Publishers. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within a richly layered context, The Cowboy and the Canal probes the intrigue behind Roosevelt's decision to purchase the expiring concession, rotting machinery, and dilapidated buildings from the bankrupt French Panama Canal Company and dig the interoceanic canal in Panama instead of the favored site, Nicaragua. Drawing from primary sources-newspaper stories, editorials, political cartoons, the Congressional record, books, magazines, journals, and letters-The Cowboy and the Canal reintroduces the voices who criticized Roosevelt's actions and questioned his motives, that through time and historical homogenization, have removed from what was at the time, a heated national conversation. These voices add a balance to what has been a one-sided conversation that lauds Roosevelt for "taking Panama" and ignores his indispensable role in manufacturing a rebellion within the country of an ally, Colombia, and in creating one of the biggest frauds of its kind ever perpetrated upon the American people.
Download or read book The Cowboy and the Canal written by Carlisle and published by Tangent Publishers. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within a richly layered context, The Cowboy and the Canal probes the intrigue behind Roosevelt's decision to purchase the expiring concession, rotting machinery, and dilapidated buildings from the bankrupt French Panama Canal Company and dig the interoceanic canal in Panama instead of the favored site, Nicaragua. Drawing from primary sources-newspaper stories, editorials, political cartoons, the Congressional record, books, magazines, journals, and letters-The Cowboy and the Canal reintroduces the voices who criticized Roosevelt's actions and questioned his motives, that through time and historical homogenization, have removed from what was at the time, a heated national conversation. These voices add a balance to what has been a one-sided conversation that lauds Roosevelt for "taking Panama" and ignores his indispensible role in manufacturing a rebellion within the country of an ally, Columbia, and in creating one of the biggest frauds of its kind ever perpetrated upon the American public. The villains who abetted, encouraged and facilitated Roosevelt's behind-the-scenes American takeover of the Columbian province of Panama and the subsequent diversion of millions of American taxpayer dollars into the hands of a few capitalists and financiers are varied. They range all the way from Roosevelt's youngest sister Corrine and her husband Douglas Robinson, to the scheming would-be French aristocrat, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, a slick New York corporate lawyer, William Nelson Cromwell, and the venerable John Hay, Roosevelt administration Secretary of State. Some of the most prominent industrialists and capitalists of the day, including financier J.P. Morgan, former president of the New York Stock Exchange, J. Edward Simmons, railroad magnate C. P. Huntington, and Charles Taft, multimillionaire older brother of the soon to become U.S. president, William Howard Taft, played supporting roles in this saga. An ex-Confederate general, Democratic Senator John Tyler Morgan, and an ailing but indomitable Joseph Pulitzer, and Pulitzer's editorial staff of his The World newspaper are among the unlikely heroes in this political drama.
Download or read book Hawaiian Cowboys written by John Yau and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1995 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen stories on people of mixed Asian and Caucasian origin. In the title story a man of Chinese-Dutch origin, who feels a foreigner wherever he goes, discovers the pleasure of feeling at home when on a visit to Hawaii people take him for a local resident. By the author of Crossing Canal Street.
Download or read book Erie Canal Sings The A Musical History of New York s Grand Waterway written by Bill Hullfish With Dave Ruch and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life working along the banks of the Erie Canal is preserved in the songs of America's rich musical history. Thomas Allen's "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" has achieved iconic status in the American songbook, but its true story has never been told until now. Erie songs such as "The E-ri-e Is a-Risin'" would transform into "The C&O Is a-Risin'" as the song culture spread among a network of other canals, including the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Main Line. As motors replaced mules and railroads emerged, the canal song tradition continued on Broadway stages and in folk music recordings. Author Bill Hullfish takes readers on a musical journey along New York's historic Erie Canal.
Download or read book The Cowboy s Deadly Reunion written by Cindy Dees and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestselling Author He helped her once. This time it could be fatal. When Wes Morgan rescued his boss’s rebellious daughter, her lies destroyed his career in the Navy. Months later, Jessica has arrived at his Montana ranch…and she needs the Marine-turned-cowboy’s protection. Someone wants both her and Wes dead. Much as he can’t handle Jessica, Wes can’t refuse the city slicker’s need or deny their still-sizzling attraction. Can they get past their tempestuous history…alive? From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama. Runaway Ranch Book 1: Navy SEAL’s Deadly Secret Book 2: The Cowboy’s Deadly Reunion
Download or read book Louisiana Cowboys written by Jones, Bill and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text explore the history of cowboys in Louisiana, discussing cattle ranching, trail drives, the Acadians, and the landscape; and including interviews and anecdotes.
Download or read book Hobo Cowboy written by Jack Overbey and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Chief Sitting Bull stepped up on the porch, he turned to face the crowd. "My friends," he began by sweeping his right arm around, encompassing all in attendance, "I am called Sitting Bull, war chief of the Lakota Sioux, but it was not always so. My mother and father named me at birth Jumping Badger. My name was changed to Sitting Bull after my coming-of-age vision. My ancestors and I grew up in the sacred Black Hills of Dakota, where we lived happily for many thousands of years. And then the white eyes came. We lived by our own tribal law and the law of the great spirit which is true, and just then the Great White Father in Washington said he wanted all of our land for themselves, and the yellow iron found on it, then sending Yellow Hair Custer to our land to find the yellow iron, breaking our treaties, which we had signed many times but was broken each time by the white man, not us. They told us, upon threat of war and death, to give up our sacred land and go live on the white man's reservation. They said we must send our children to white man's school, learn the white man's ways, forget the ways of our fathers and grandfathers, plow the Mother Earth, they wanted our weapons turned over to the blue coats, these things we could not do. As any man worth his small ration of salt would do, even as the white eyes have done in their civil war, we fought for our freedom."
Download or read book The Countess and the Cowboy written by Elizabeth Lane and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She married an earl—but in the wilds of Wyoming, she’s discovering a different kind of romantic hero . . . Newly widowed, Eve Townsend is left with a grand title and not a penny to her name. She doesn’t know what future she can build in America’s Wild West . . . but she’s ready to learn, and to reunite with her family. When she arrives in Wyoming, she discovers her beloved sister has died and sets about caring for her niece and nephew. But burly rancher Clint Lonigan is everywhere she turns—and a range war is brewing that will pit him against Eve’s brother-in-law. Clint is Eve’s opposite in every way—but maybe a rough-mannered cowboy is just what this genteel countess needs . . .
Download or read book The World Book written by Michael Vincent O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forging of the American Empire written by Sidney Lens and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2003-06-20 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mexico to Vietnam, from Nicaragua to Lebanon, and more recently to Kosovo, East Timor and now Iraq, the United States has intervened in the affairs of other nations. Yet American leaders continue to promote the myth that America is benevolent and peace-loving, and involves itself in conflicts only to defend the rights of others; excesses and cruelties, though sometimes admitted, usually are regarded as momentary aberrations.This classic book is the first truly comprehensive history of American imperialism. Now fully updated, and featuring a new introduction by Howard Zinn, it is a must-read for all students and scholars of American history. Renowned author Sidney Lens shows how the United States, from the time it gained its own independence, has used every available means - political, economic, and military - to dominate other nations.Lens presents a powerful argument, meticulously pieced together from a huge array of sources, to prove that imperialism is an inevitable consequence of the U.S. economic system. Surveying the pressures, external and internal, on the United States today, he concludes that like any other empire, the reign of the U.S. will end -- and he examines how this time of reckoning may come about.
Download or read book The World Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Horse written by Cheryl Kimball and published by . This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an easy-to-read style, Cheryl Kimball provides a colorful, comprehensive, and entertaining account of horse history; equine history; lore; a breed guide; and the horse’s role in art and pop culture, myth, legend, and folklore. With all this and more, The Complete Horse has something for every horse lover. The light-hearted yet informative text is complemented by delightful illustrations, including photographs of different breeds. Also depicted are images of horses in pop culture, horses in ads, horse collectibles, and famous equines.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to New Orleans written by Samantha Cook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to New Orleans is the ultimate travel guide to this captivating city. Packed with smart, lively coverage of all the sights, hotels, restaurants and bars - as well as the best places to hear amazing live music, from jubilant Second Line street parades to atmospheric local clubs. This is the book that tells you what you really want to know about New Orleans - the best hole in the wall restaurants, the best French Quarter guesthouses, the sights that are worth seeing and those that aren't. New Orleans' vibrant festivals are covered in detail: Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest - the biggest roots music festival in the US - Essence, Voodoo, French Quarter Fest and many more. If you want to really experience the city like a local, encountering Mardi Gras Indians at dawn or dining at grand old Creole restaurants unchanged for centuries, this is the book for you. Katrina and its aftermath are covered honestly with no holds barred, and there are details on volunteering opportunities, from helping rebuild in the Ninth Ward to re-planting the nearby wetlands. Stunning photography brings this extraordinary city to life while detailed maps, marked with all sights, hotels, restaurants and bars, will help you get around. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to New Orleans.
Download or read book Daily Report Foreign Radio Broadcasts written by United States. Central Intelligence Agency and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book High as a Kite written by Frank Martin Neff and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that you will not soon forget about. It is about my father, a very unusual man. It is a collection of life events as seen by his young son. He definitely heard a different drummer and exposed his sons to a life few young people can ever imagine. It is both entertaining and thought-provoking. You will have your share of laughs and smiles.
