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Book The Express Years

Download or read book The Express Years written by Jack Webster and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 1994-06-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a selection of articles that were written for the "Scottish Daily Express" during the 1960s and 1970s. Covering a wide range of subjects and experiences - from trips to Moscow to meetings with Charlie Chaplin and Mohammed Ali, this book is a companion to Webster's volumes of autobiography.

Book The Express

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert C. Gallagher
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2008-09-02
  • ISBN : 0345510879
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book The Express written by Robert C. Gallagher and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He could do it all, beat every opponent . . . except one.” –plaque honoring Ernie Davis, in the lobby of Elmira Free Academy Ernie Davis was an All-American on the gridiron, and a man of integrity off the field. A multi-sport high school star in Elmira, New York, Davis went on to Syracuse University, where as a sophomore he led his team to an undefeated season and a national championship in 1959, and earned his nickname, the Elmira Express. Two seasons later, Davis had broken the legendary Jim Brown’s rushing records, and became the first black athlete to be awarded the Heisman Trophy. The number one pick in the 1962 NFL draft, Davis signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns and appeared to be headed for professional stardom. But Davis never ended up playing in the NFL: He was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer before his rookie season and succumbed to the disease less than a year later. In battling his illness, Davis showed great dignity and courage, inspired the nation, and moved President John F. Kennedy to eulogize him as “ an outstanding man of great character.” An enduring story of a true scholar-athlete, The Express is a touching, impeccably researched, deeply personal portrait of Ernie Davis, and a vivid look at sport in America at the dawn of the Civil Rights era.

Book A Leaf of Express History

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ebenezer Henry Virgil
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-09-16
  • ISBN : 3368628062
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book A Leaf of Express History written by Ebenezer Henry Virgil and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-16 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Express Messenger

Download or read book The Express Messenger written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Deportation Express

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ethan Blue
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2021-10-19
  • ISBN : 0520973100
  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book The Deportation Express written by Ethan Blue and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the United States' systematic expulsion of "undesirables" and immigrants, told through the lives of the passengers who travelled from around the world, only to be locked up and forced out aboard America's first deportation trains. The United States, celebrated as a nation of immigrants and the land of the free, has developed the most extensive system of imprisonment and deportation that the world has ever known. The Deportation Express is the first history of American deportation trains: a network of prison railroad cars repurposed by the Immigration Bureau to link jails, hospitals, asylums, and workhouses across the country and allow forced removal with terrifying efficiency. With this book, historian Ethan Blue uncovers the origins of the deportation train and finds the roots of the current moment, as immigrant restriction and mass deportation once again play critical and troubling roles in contemporary politics and legislation. A century ago, deportation trains made constant circuits around the nation, gathering so-called "undesirable aliens"—migrants disdained for their poverty, political radicalism, criminal conviction, or mental illness—and conveyed them to ports for exile overseas. Previous deportation procedures had been violent, expensive, and relatively ad hoc, but the railroad industrialized the expulsion of the undesirable. Trains provided a powerful technology to divide "citizens" from "aliens" and displace people in unprecedented numbers. Drawing on the lives of migrants and the agents who expelled them, The Deportation Express is history told from aboard a deportation train. By following the lives of selected individuals caught within the deportation regime, this book dramatically reveals how the forces of state exclusion accompanied epic immigration in early twentieth-century America. These are the stories of people who traveled from around the globe, only to be locked up and cast out, deported through systems that bound the United States together, and in turn, pulled the world apart. Their journey would be followed by millions more in the years to come.

Book Maths Express Year 6  Teachers  Resource Book

Download or read book Maths Express Year 6 Teachers Resource Book written by and published by Ginn. This book was released on 2000-01-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Numeracy Extras series provides a range of materials developed to be used alongside existing resources as extras to support maths teaching. The books in the Maths Express range are designed to stretch the more able pupil in a whole class context, and feature challenging exercises.

Book Maths Express Year 4  Teachers  Resource Book

Download or read book Maths Express Year 4 Teachers Resource Book written by and published by Ginn. This book was released on 2000-01-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Numeracy Extras series provides a range of materials developed to be used alongside existing resources as extras to support maths teaching. The books in the Maths Express range are designed to stretch the more able pupil in a whole class context, and feature challenging exercises.

Book Maths Express Year 3  Teachers  Resource Book

Download or read book Maths Express Year 3 Teachers Resource Book written by and published by Ginn. This book was released on 2000-01-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Numeracy Extras series provides a range of materials developed to be used alongside existing resources as extras to support maths teaching. The books in the Maths Express range are designed to stretch the more able pupil in a whole class context, and feature challenging exercises.

Book Off Like the Wind

Download or read book Off Like the Wind written by Michael P. Spradlin and published by Walker Childrens. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery-the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.

Book Maths Express Year 5  Teachers  Resource Book

Download or read book Maths Express Year 5 Teachers Resource Book written by and published by Ginn. This book was released on 2000-01-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Numeracy Extras series provides a range of materials developed to be used alongside existing resources as extras to support maths teaching. The books in the Maths Express range are designed to stretch the more able pupil in a whole class context, and feature challenging exercises.

Book Encyclopedia of American Business History

Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Business History written by Charles R. Geisst and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.

Book The Pony Express

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-01-11
  • ISBN : 9781542469081
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book The Pony Express written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Explains the route of the Pony Express and accounts from Pony Express riders. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. "I, [name], do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while I am an employee of Russell, Majors, and Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm, and that in every respect I will conduct myself honestly, be faithful to my duties, and so direct all my acts as to win the confidence of my employers, so help me God." - The oath taken by Pony Express riders Although it was only in operation for about 18 months, the Pony Express remains the most famous and romanticized mailing system in American history, and it still instantly brings to mind all of the old themes of the untamed frontier and the Wild West. Starting shortly before the Civil War erupted across the United States, the Pony Express connected the east and west by having riders deliver mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, a route setup by previous explorations and a system of relay stations and waypoints. When working in perfect unison, the Pony Express dramatically cut down the time it took to travel to California, with the mail traveling nearly 1,900 miles to California just 10 days after the beginning of the journey in Missouri. Naturally, the Pony Express also ran from west to east as well. Of course, part of the allure of the Pony Express is in the way it challenged riders and horses, which ties it to Americans' fond visions of the frontier as an untamed landscape that only the most pioneering and rugged individuals could survive. At the same time, the Pony Express needed small riders to reduce the weight being carried by the horses; Mark Twain described the Pony Express riders he saw as "usually a little bit of a man." To get from St. Joseph to Sacramento, riders would generally switch horses every 10 miles at a new stop, and riders traveled at all hours of the day, sometimes riding 20 straight hours to reach the destination on time. Riders typically traveled over 70 miles a day, working in tough conditions and not necessarily safe ones, given the fact that the routes forced them to contend with bandits and potentially hostile Native Americans nearby. The most notable disruption came during the Paiute War, when members of the Paiute tribe attacked Pony Express outposts, but it would ultimately be technological advances that made the Pony Express obsolete. The advent of telegraph lines in the early 1860s eventually made communication between east and west much faster, easier, and safe. The Pony Express: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Mail Service comprehensively examines the history of the Pony Express from beginning to end, explaining how it operated and who worked for it. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Pony Express like never before, in no time at all.

Book Transcript of Proceedings of the National Railway Labor Panel Emergency Board

Download or read book Transcript of Proceedings of the National Railway Labor Panel Emergency Board written by United States. Emergency Board (Carriers and Employees, Non-operating, 1943) and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of The Pony Express

Download or read book A History of The Pony Express written by Glenn D. Bradley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of The Pony Express by Glenn D. Bradley is a concise, fact-filled look at the history and legacy of AmericaÕs once most famous mail service, taking the reader from its inception to eventual replacement by freight.

Book They re Off

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cheryl Harness
  • Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2002-07-01
  • ISBN : 9780689851216
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book They re Off written by Cheryl Harness and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860, with North and South about to be divided by war, East and West were united through an extraordinary venture -- the Pony Express. Over the course of ten days in April, eighty riders and five hundred horses delivered mail between California and Missouri -- a mission that took three weeks by stagecoach. Although it existed for only a year and a half, the Pony Express remains a legendary chapter in American history and a symbol of the bold, adventurous character of the Old West. The spirit of the brave riders and their ponies is captured perfectly in Cheryl Harness's lively, brightly illustrated, and information-filled account.

Book Treasury  Postal Service  and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993  United States Postal Service

Download or read book Treasury Postal Service and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993 United States Postal Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Expressly Yours  Samantha

    Book Details:
  • Author : Becky Lower
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-03-16
  • ISBN : 1440578966
  • Pages : 271 pages

Download or read book Expressly Yours Samantha written by Becky Lower and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samantha Hughes has one day to escape from her wicked uncle, and a sign in the post office is her answer. She'll cut her hair to pose as a man and become Sam Hughes, a Pony Express rider. Valerian Fitzpatrick doesn't want the weight of responsibility that his brothers have in the family business. Fortunately, the Pony Express offers a chance to make his own way in the world. He assumes his new buddy, Sam, is on the run from the law, until she's hit by a stray gunshot and he has to undress her to staunch the wound. Friendship quickly turns to attraction - and more - but when Sam's uncle tracks her down, she is forced to run yet again. Val's determined to find her, but will a future with Sam mean giving up the freedom he's always craved? Sensuality Level: Sensual