Download or read book Stride Toward Freedom written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott. In his memoir about the event, he tells the stories that informed his radical political thinking before, during, and after the boycott—from first witnessing economic injustice as a teenager and watching his parents experience discrimination to his decision to begin working with the NAACP. Throughout, he demonstrates how activism and leadership can come from any experience at any age. Comprehensive and intimate, Stride Toward Freedom emphasizes the collective nature of the movement and includes King’s experiences learning from other activists working on the boycott, including Mrs. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin. It traces the phenomenal journey of a community and shows how the 28-year-old Dr. King, with his conviction for equality and nonviolence, helped transform the nation and the world. This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped one of them at random.
Download or read book A Shot in the Moonlight written by Ben Montgomery and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad ) Named a most anticipated book of 2021 by O, The Oprah Magazine Named a "must-read" by the Chicago Review of Books One of CNN's most anticipated books of 2021 After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of twenty-five white men gathered in a patch of woods near Big Road in southwestern Simpson County, Kentucky. Half carried rifles and shotguns, and a few tucked pistols in their pants. Their target was George Dinning, a freed slave who'd farmed peacefully in the area for 14 years, and who had been wrongfully accused of stealing livestock from a neighboring farm. When the mob began firing through the doors and windows of Dinning's home, he fired back in self-defense, shooting and killing the son of a wealthy Kentucky family. So began one of the strangest legal episodes in American history — one that ended with Dinning becoming the first Black man in America to win damages after a wrongful murder conviction. Drawing on a wealth of never-before-published material, bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ben Montgomery resurrects this dramatic but largely forgotten story, and the unusual convergence of characters — among them a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer named Bennett H. Young, Kentucky governor William O'Connell Bradley, and George Dinning himself — that allowed this unlikely story of justice to unfold in a time and place where justice was all too rare.
Download or read book Grandma Gatewood s Walk written by Ben Montgomery and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.
Download or read book Dirt written by David R. Montgomery and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.
Download or read book The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women who Started it written by Jo Ann Gibson Robinson and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how Robinson and the Women's Political Caucus started the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1954
Download or read book Montgomery It s Where My Story Begins written by Luanas Montgomery Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montgomery Notebook and the perfect Diary for real patriots of Montgomery.You are proud to be born in Montgomery.Yes this city is great! Additional details: This notebook has the size of 6x9 inches! The notebook contains 120 blank lined pages. Examples of use: diary notebook creative logbook sketchbook homework diary fitness planner / sports
Download or read book My Story Begins in Montgomery written by Dennex Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a gift for women, men, girls or boys? This notebook (120 dot grid white pages, 6x9 inches) will be the perfect present for everyone who loves their hometown Montgomery. It can be used as a composition book, exercise book, journal, diary or planner. This beautifully designed notebook has a matte, sturdy paperback cover, perfect bound, for a gorgeous look and feel. PERFECT gift under 10$
Download or read book My Story Begins in Montgomery written by Dennex Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a gift for women, men, girls or boys? This notebook (120 blank white pages, 6x9 inches) will be the perfect present for everyone who loves their hometown Montgomery. It can be used as a composition book, exercise book, journal, diary or planner. This beautifully designed notebook has a matte, sturdy paperback cover, perfect bound, for a gorgeous look and feel. PERFECT gift under 10$
Download or read book My Story Begins in Montgomery written by Dennex Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a gift for women, men, girls or boys? This notebook (120 checkered white pages, 6x9 inches) will be the perfect present for everyone who loves their hometown Montgomery. It can be used as a composition book, exercise book, journal, diary or planner. This beautifully designed notebook has a matte, sturdy paperback cover, perfect bound, for a gorgeous look and feel. PERFECT gift under 10$
Download or read book Montgomery It s Where My Story Begins written by Luanas Montgomery Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montgomery Notebook and the perfect Diary for real patriots of Montgomery.You are proud to be born in Montgomery.Yes this city is great! Additional details: This notebook has the size of 6x9 inches! The notebook contains 120 graph paper pages. Examples of use: diary notebook creative logbook sketchbook homework diary fitness planner / sports
Download or read book Maud written by Melanie J. Fishbane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a young adult novel about the teen years of L.M. Montgomery, the author who brought us ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. Fourteen-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Maud to her friends -- has a dream: to go to college and become a writer, just like her idol, Louisa May Alcott. But living with her grandparents on Prince Edward Island, she worries that this dream will never come true. Her grandfather has strong opinions about a woman's place in the world, and they do not include spending good money on college. Luckily, she has a teacher to believe in her, and good friends to support her, including Nate, the Baptist minister's stepson and the smartest boy in the class. If only he weren't a Baptist; her Presbyterian grandparents would never approve. Then again, Maud isn't sure she wants to settle down with a boy -- her dreams of being a writer are much more important. But life changes for Maud when she goes out West to live with her father and his new wife and daughter. Her new home offers her another chance at love, as well as attending school, but tensions increase as Maud discovers her stepmother's plans for her, which threaten Maud's future -- and her happiness forever.
Download or read book Montgomery It s Where My Story Begins written by Luanas Montgomery Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montgomery Notebook and the perfect Diary for real patriots of Montgomery.You are proud to be born in Montgomery.Yes this city is great! Additional details: This notebook has the size of 6x9 inches! The notebook contains 120 dotted pages / 120 dot-grid pages. Examples of use: diary notebook creative logbook sketchbook homework diary fitness planner / sports
Download or read book Picking Up the Crumbs written by Hugh Walters and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He survived his father’s suicide, brother’s murder, two divorces, alcoholism and upheavals in employment. He took communion with Bill and Hillary Clinton, shook hands with Muhammad Ali, met and married his life’s love and best friend, and has three beautiful children. He went snorkeling in the Caribbean, Barbados, the Bahamas and freshwater springs of Florida, cruised throughout the Virgin Islands and attended 30 major rock concerts. He details stories of modern swashbuckling adventures which have moments that will leave you in shock and awe. But there is so much more in Picking Up the Crumbs, a book bursting with tales of love and heartbreak, success and disappointment, tragedy and wonder, evil and beauty all told vividly with humor, emotion and insight. The author states simply, “I’ve done many things in my life. This is my story.” About the Author Hugh Walters is a retired and unrenowned philosopher, poet, and historian with a BS in Philosophy from Frostburg State. A wanderer, an adventurer. A husband and father. A former track star and certified optimist. A consistent loser of speed-thinking games. His current hobbies include cooking, gardening, reading, and spending time with his family watching movies. He attends the United Methodist Church, makes a mean chocolate cake, walks daily and is re-engaging in bike riding. All things interest him as you’ll find out in his book.
Download or read book The Alpine Path The Story of My Career written by L. M. Montgomery and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir offers a charming and intimate look into the life and career of one of literature's most cherished writers, Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of the Anne of Green Gables series. In this captivating narrative, Montgomery takes readers on a journey through her childhood, filled with dreams and imaginings that would later shape her literary voice. She vividly recounts her early years on Prince Edward Island, sharing the experiences and influences that sparked her love for storytelling. As Montgomery progresses from a young girl with a passion for writing to a celebrated author, she candidly describes the challenges and triumphs she faced along the way. Her inspirational road to literary success is a testament to her perseverance, creativity, and unwavering belief in her craft. Originally published as a series of autobiographical essays in the Toronto magazine Everywoman’s World from June to November in 1917, The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career not only provides valuable insights into Montgomery's personal and professional life but also serves as an encouraging tale for aspiring writers and dreamers.
Download or read book Christmas Classics Premium Collection 150 Novels Stories Poems in One Volume Illustrated written by Louisa May Alcott and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 2980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Christmas Classics Premium Collection: 150+ Novels, Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) The Twelve Days of Christmas Silent Night Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Martha Finley) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Birds' Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Elizabeth Harrison) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) The Christmas Angel (Abbie Farwell Brown) The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Toinette and the Elves (Susan Coolidge) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) At the Back of the North Wind (George MacDonald) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) The Princess and the Goblin (George MacDonald) Thurlow's Christmas Story (John Kendrick Bangs) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Little Match Girl The Elves and the Shoemaker ...
Download or read book Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing written by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
