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Family in Crisis

By: Alice Davis Wood

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Sarah Millers surgery is not going well and she needs blood. However, she has given her doctor written instructions not to give her blood because she is a Jehovahs Witness. He briefly interrupts the surgery to ask her children gathered there if they will override her instructions. Because without blood, she will die. A few weeks later one of Sarahs sons tells his family that he has Aids. They will have to care for him because he is single. Members of the family describe how they simultaneously coped with these two crises. Sarah describes the death of her mother when she was a young child and her fathers unsuccessful attempts to keep her and her young brother together. Also, her marriage to Ralph Miller and her life after his death.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450034659

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9781450034654

Dorothea Dix and Dr. Francis T. Stribling: an Intense Friendship

Letters: 1849-1874

By: Alice Davis Wood

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Dorothea Dix and Dr. Francis T. Stribling: an Intense Friendship

Letters: 1849-1874

By: Alice Davis Wood

This is primarily the story of the long-time friendship between Dorothea Dix and Dr. Stribling as told by them in their unedited letters. The letters are preceded by summaries of their life experiences at the time their friendship began. Dix was the most politically active and well-traveled woman her time. She enlarged or founded thirty-two mental hospitals in fifteen states, and other countries, fifteen schools for the feeble-minded, a school for the blind, and several training schools for nurses. Dix successfully petitioned Congress to create the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington, D. C. Dix petitioned Congress in 1854 to sell twelve million acres of public land whose proceeds would befit the insane, blind and paupers throughout the nation. After it was passed by Congress but then vetoed by Congress, a devastated Dix, too ill to work, traveled to England to recuperate. By the late 60s Western State and similar institutions were filled with incurable patients, leaving little room for those who could be cured. By 1871, only eight of Striblings patients were expected to be cured, twenty-six others were doubtful, and the remaining three hundred and six patients were decidedly unfavorable. The situation was depressing for Stribling, his staff and the caretakers who constantly drew on their skills, energies, and goodness of heart to soothe patients' depressed spirits and replace their delusions with pleasant thoughts. It would have been far easier to restore curable patients who would be in the hospital only for the brief duration of their illness. Stribling died in 1974. Because of his crusade to cure the insane in the South, he had been one of the most influential Virginians of his time. Dix continued her crusade until the Civil war when she became head of the Union nurses. Afterwards she resumed her efforts to help those who could not help themselves. Dix died on July 17, 1887 at the New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton.

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157

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Xlibris Corporation

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1462841155

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9781462841158

President by Massacre

Indian-Killing for Political Gain

By: Barbara Alice Mann

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President by Massacre

Indian-Killing for Political Gain

By: Barbara Alice Mann

President by Massacre pulls back the curtain of "expansionism," revealing how Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, and Zachary Taylor massacred Indians to "open" land to slavery and oligarchic fortunes. President by Massacre examines the way in which presidential hopefuls through the first half of the nineteenth century parlayed militarily mounted land grabs into "Indian-hating" political capital to attain the highest office in the United States. The text zeroes in on three eras of U.S. "expansionism" as it led to the massacre of Indians to "open" land to African slavery while luring lower European classes into racism's promise to raise "white" above "red" and "black." This book inquires deeply into the existence of the affected Muskogee ("Creek"), Shawnee, Sauk, Meskwaki ("Fox"), and Seminole, before and after invasion, showing what it meant to them to have been so displaced and to have lost a large percentage of their members in the process. It additionally addresses land seizures from these and the Tecumseh, Tenskwatawa, Black Hawk, and Osceola tribes. President by Massacre is written for undergraduate and graduate readers who are interested in the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, U.S. slavery, and the settler politics of U.S. expansionism.

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455

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216131946

Skater's Edge Sourcebook

Ice Skating Resource Guide

By: Alice Berman

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Skater's Edge Sourcebook

Ice Skating Resource Guide

By: Alice Berman

Dubbed "The Whole Earth Catalog of Skating," The SKATER'S EDGE SOURCEBOOK compiles extensive resource information for the popular sport of ice skating. (Second edition scheduled for release 1/98, 336 pp, ISBN 0-9643027-1-3). Book includes detailed listings of more than 400 companies that make or sell skating-related products (apparel, boots, blades, accessories, etc.); that design or build skating rinks; or that serve as consultants to the industry. All companies cross-referenced by the type of services provided. Book also profiles close to 1,000 skating rinks in the U.S. {address, phone, # of ice surfaces, whether enclosed, months open, etc.} Other sections include listings of skating books, videos, associations, organizations, federations, training centers, summer skating schools, & more. Book includes consumer articles on such topics as GUIDE TO FITTING SKATES, SKATE BOOTS (makes, models, manufacturers), GUIDE TO BLADES (makes, specifications, uses), LACING SKATES, CHOOSING A PRO, & more. The SKATER'S EDGE SOURCEBOOK is published by SKATER'S EDGE, the world's leading "how-to" skating magazine with instructional articles & tips by the world's top coaches & pros. SKATER'S EDGE is published 5 times a year; the SOURCEBOOK is updated every three years. For more information, contact: SKATER'S EDGE, Box 500, Kensington, MD 20895. Phone/FAX: (301) 946-1971; e-mail: Skateredge@aol.com. The SKATER'S EDGE SOURCEBOOK is available direct from the publisher, or from Koen Book Distributors or Baker & Taylor.

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0964302705

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9780964302709

Selected from the Temple of My Familiar

By: Alice Walker

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Selected from the Temple of My Familiar

By: Alice Walker

For the adult new reader, selections from the novel of African-American lives.

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Signal Hill Publications

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0929631595

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A Tour Guide to the Civil War

By: Alice Cromie

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A Tour Guide to the Civil War

By: Alice Cromie

A comprehensive guide to the landmarks, relics, museums, and other points of interest related to the Civil War. Designed for the tourist, student, and history buff, it is an ideal sightseeing companion. Illustrated.

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406

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Dutton Adult

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0876901534

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9780876901533

Virginia's Blue Ridge

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

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Virginia's Blue Ridge

By: Mary Alice Blackwell,Anne Patterson Causey

The Shenandoah Valley conjures up a beautiful landscape and a resonant Civil War history. This guide delivers the best experiences in the area, peak to peak, from wonderful mountain flowers and streams, to rolling farmlands and white clapboard chapels to tales of invention, scholarship, and military encounters. Maps. Photos.

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Insiders' Guide

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0762725125

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9780762725120

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Skater's Edge Sourcebook

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A Tour Guide to the Civil War

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