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The Lost Skiff

By: Donald Wetzel

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The sequel to the well-received The Rain and The Fire and The Will of God, continues the Huck Finn–like adventures of Jack and Rodney, teenagers whose innocence is challenged by growing up. Rodney, who lives in a New York suburb and is spending the summer in Alabama with his friend, is responsible for the loss of a skiff belonging to Jack’s family. The boys set out on a river journey, a quest for the runaway homemade boat. Although the skiff does not turn up, other things do and Rodney’s introduction to the pleasure and pain of human love begins in a delightful way.

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Open Road Media

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1504032667

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The Oxford Guide to the United States Government

By: John J. Patrick,Richard M. Pious,Donald A. Ritchie

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The Oxford Guide to the United States Government

By: John J. Patrick,Richard M. Pious,Donald A. Ritchie

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government is the ultimate resource for authoritative information on the U.S. Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court. Compiled by three top scholars, its pages brim with the key figures, events, and structures that have animated U.S. government for more than 200 years. In addition to coverage of the 2000 Presidential race and election, this Guide features biographies of all the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Supreme Court Justices, as well as notable members of Congress, including current leadership; historical commentary on past elections, major Presidential decisions, international and domestic programs, and the key advisors and agencies of the executive branch; in-depth analysis of Congressional leadership and committees, agencies and staff, and historic legislation; and detailed discussions of 100 landmark Supreme Court cases and the major issues facing the Court today. In addition to entries that define legal terms and phrases and others that elaborate on the wide array of government traditions, this invaluable book includes extensive back matter, including tables of Presidential election results; lists of Presidents, Vice Presidents, Congresses, and Supreme Court Justices with dates of service; lists of Presidential museums, libraries, and historic sites; relevant websites; and information on visiting the White House, the Capitol, and Supreme Court buildings. A one-stop, comprehensive guide that will assist students, educators, and anyone curious about the inner workings of government, The Oxford Guide to the United States Government will be a valued addition to any home library.

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Oxford University Press

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0199770840

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9780199770847

Understanding Human Motivation

What Makes People Tick?

By: Donald Laming

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Understanding Human Motivation

What Makes People Tick?

By: Donald Laming

Understanding Human Motivation is a lively presentation of how factors such as biological nature, instinct, past experience, and society determine what we do. Draws on many different domains of human behavior and links together many motivational factors such as fear, sex, consciousness, and rage. Illustrates the theoretical bases of motivation through real-life examples and case studies. Written in accessible manner for use in courses.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470775181

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The American Chestnut

An Environmental History

By: Donald Edward Davis

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The American Chestnut

An Environmental History

By: Donald Edward Davis

Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. Although historical evidence suggests the natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than four hundred thousand square miles of territory—an area stretching from eastern Maine to southeast Louisiana—stands of the trees could also be found in parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Washington State, and Oregon. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was preferred for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it was rot resistant and straight grained. The hearty and delicious nuts also fed wildlife, people, and livestock. Ironically, the tree that most piqued the emotions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans has virtually disappeared from the eastern United States. After a blight fungus was introduced into the United States during the late nineteenth century, the American chestnut became functionally extinct. Although the virtual eradication of the species caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, considerable folklore about the American chestnut remains. Some of the tree’s history dates to the very founding of our country, making the story of the American chestnut an integral part of American cultural and environmental history. The American Chestnut tells the story of the American chestnut from Native American prehistory through the Civil War and the Great Depression. Davis documents the tree’s impact on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century American life, including the decorative and culinary arts. While he pays much attention to the importation of chestnut blight and the tree’s decline as a dominant species, the author also evaluates efforts to restore the American chestnut to its former place in the eastern deciduous forest, including modern attempts to genetically modify the species.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820369500

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Prehistoric Cultural Ecology and Evolution

Insights from Southern Jordan

By: Donald O. Henry

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Prehistoric Cultural Ecology and Evolution

Insights from Southern Jordan

By: Donald O. Henry

Offering the most comprehensive study of southern Jordan, this illuminating account presents detailed data from over a hundred archaeological sites stretching from the Lower Paleotlithic to the Chalcolithic periods. The author uses archaeological and paleoenvironmental evidence to reconstruct synchronic and evolutionary aspects of the cultural ecology of the prehistoric inhabitants of southern Jordan. This study exemplifies that cultural historic and processual approaches are integral to examining prehistoric cultural ecology. Numerous artifact illustrations as well as tables and appendixes containing primary data are included.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475723970

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Supreme City

How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

By: Donald L. Miller

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Supreme City

How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

By: Donald L. Miller

An award-winning historian surveys the astonishing cast of characters who helped turn Manhattan into the world capital of commerce, communication and entertainment --

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Simon and Schuster

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1416550208

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Canaan: A Novel

By: Donald McCaig

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Canaan: A Novel

By: Donald McCaig

A bred-in-the-bones storyteller." —Geraldine Brooks Canaan fills a vast canvas. Its points of reference are Richmond in the throes of Reconstruction; the trading floors of Wall Street; a Virginia plantation; and the Great Plains, where the splendidly arrogant George Custer—Yellowhair—rides to his fate against Sitting Bull’s warriors. This is the story of America over twenty years of its most turbulent history. The characters are black, white, and red, ex-Union and ex-Confederate; and the principal narrator is a Santee woman She Goes Before who marries an ex-slave. Through her eyes we witness the hanging of her father by whites in the mass execution of 1863, Red Cloud’s banquet with President Grant, and that final confrontation on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393347567

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Managerial Accounting

Tools for Business Decision Making

By: Jerry J. Weygandt,Paul D. Kimmel,Donald E. Kieso

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Managerial Accounting

Tools for Business Decision Making

By: Jerry J. Weygandt,Paul D. Kimmel,Donald E. Kieso

Managerial Accounting provides students with a clear introduction to fundamental managerial accounting concepts. One of the major goals of this product is to orient students to the application of accounting principles and techniques in practice. By providing students with numerous opportunities for practice with a focus on real-world companies, students are better prepared as decision makers in the contemporary business world.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119390389

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Hate Crimes

A Reference Handbook

By: Donald Altschiller

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Hate Crimes

A Reference Handbook

By: Donald Altschiller

Hate crime is a disturbing phenomenon that is the subject of constant debate, discussion, and legislation. This book helps readers understand the complex issue and see how the government and activists are proactively combating hate crime. With the first two editions widely praised by reviewers, Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, Third Edition remains the most comprehensive reference source on bias-motivated violence committed in the United States. The book contains vital history on hate crime legislation, provides a detailed chronology of recent events, and offers the most up-to-date information on its prevalence and the affected religious, racial, and other targeted communities, such as Jewish Americans and Sikh Americans. Dozens of expert contributors—such as Kenneth L. Marcus, president and general counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law—present a balanced range of perspectives on the growing phenomenon, enabling readers to fully comprehend the widespread problem and develop their own informed opinion. Written in an accessible style suited to high school and undergraduate-level students as well as general readers, this book provides an essential, current, and easy-to-read ready reference on the timely and evolving issue of hate crime in the United States. The material provides an introductory overview of the topic of hate crime as well as insightful discussion of specific subjects, such as U.S. Supreme Court decisions and federal and state legislation regarding hate crimes, the incidence of hate crimes committed on America's college campuses, and governmental and citizen efforts to combat this disturbing phenomenon.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216094678

Problems in Trial Advocacy, 2023 Edition

By: Anthony J. Bocchino,Donald H. Beskind

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Problems in Trial Advocacy, 2023 Edition

By: Anthony J. Bocchino,Donald H. Beskind

Looking to add practical skills to your class or training? Problems in Trial Advocacy is the ideal resource. Updated for the 2023 Edition, Problems in Trial Advocacy is the premier volume for realistic and accessible courtroom simulations. With problems based on real trials, both civil and criminal, this series of vignettes guides the reader through opening statements, direct and cross-examination of lay and expert witnesses, exhibit introduction, witness impeachment, and closing arguments. These hands-on exercises include a variety of electronic exhibits, providing practice for the contemporary courtroom experience. Problems in Trial Advocacy lets students practice their courtroom skills without memorizing a full case file of facts. Problems in Trial Advocacy is the advocacy standard, updated with modern challenges to advocacy skills. Professors and students will benefit from: Brief fact patterns that can be used for preparing opening and closing statements, direct examination, cross-examination, and more. Multiple types of exhibits encourage students to learn the rules of evidence and practice entering assorted exhibits into evidence before a judge. Easy to use fact patterns that can be adopted for multiple class types.

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Aspen Publishing

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9798886690262

Problems in Trial Advocacy

2021 Edition

By: Anthony J. Bocchino,Donald H. Beskind

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Problems in Trial Advocacy

2021 Edition

By: Anthony J. Bocchino,Donald H. Beskind

Problems in Trial Advocacy, 2021 Edition, is the premier volume for realistic and accessible courtroom simulations. Many of the problems are based on real trials, both civil and criminal. A series of vignettes lead the reader through opening statements, direct and cross-examination of lay and expert witnesses, exhibit introduction, witness impeachment, and closing arguments. These hands-on exercises include variety of electronic exhibits, providing practice for the changing courtroom experience. Problems in Trial Advocacy lets students practice their courtroom skills without memorizing a full case file of facts. The advocacy standard, updated with modern challenges to advocacy skills.

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1601569610

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Defying Jim Crow

African American Community Development and the Struggle for Racial Equality in New Orleans, 1900-1960

By: Donald E. DeVore

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Defying Jim Crow

African American Community Development and the Struggle for Racial Equality in New Orleans, 1900-1960

By: Donald E. DeVore

From the earliest days of Jim Crow, African Americans in New Orleans rallied around the belief that the new system of racially biased laws, designed to relegate them to second-class citizenship, was neither legitimate nor permanent. Drawing on shared memories of fluid race relations and post-Civil War political participation, they remained committed to a disciplined and sustained pursuit of equality. Defying Jim Crow tells the story of this community's decades-long struggle against segregation, disenfranchisement, and racial violence. Amid mounting violence and increasing exclusion, black New Orleanians believed their best defense depended upon maintaining a close-knit and politically engaged community. Donald E. DeVore's peerless research shows how African Americans sought to reverse the trends of oppression by prioritizing the kind of capacity building-investment in education, participation in national organizations, and a spirit of entrepreneurship in markets not dominated by white businessmen-that would ensure the community's ability to keep fighting for their rights in the face of setbacks and hostility from the city's white leaders. As some black activists worked to attain equity within the "separate but equal" framework, they provided a firm foundation and crucial support for more overt challenges to the racist government structures. The result of over a decade's research into the history of civil rights and community building in New Orleans, Defying Jim Crow provides a thorough and insightful analysis of race relations in one of America's most diverse cities and offers a vital contribution to the complex history of the African American struggle for freedom.

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LSU Press

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0807160385

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North from the Mountains

A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio

By: John S. Kessler,Donald B. Ball

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North from the Mountains

A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio

By: John S. Kessler,Donald B. Ball

Kessler and Ball have written the definitive book on the Carmel Melungeon settlement in Highland, Ohio. Available in both hardback and paperback.

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Mercer University Press

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0865547009

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9780865547001

Great Movie Serials Cb

Great Movie Serial

By: Jim Harmon,Donald F. Glut

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Great Movie Serials Cb

Great Movie Serial

By: Jim Harmon,Donald F. Glut

First published in 1973. Movie Serials Their Sound and Fury, invites you to take a nostalgic trip back to Saturday afternoon and remember your local cinema anytime from 1030 to the 1950s. Thrill once again to the spine-tingling adventures of Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, The Green Hornet, The Shadow, The Perils of Pauline, and all the other super-heroes and arch-villians of by-gone days.

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Routledge

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1136223215

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Shooting from the Lip

The Life of Senator Al Simpson

By: Donald Loren Hardy

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Shooting from the Lip

The Life of Senator Al Simpson

By: Donald Loren Hardy

Shortly before Wyoming’s Alan K. Simpson was elected majority whip of the United States Senate, he decided to keep a journal. “I am going to make notes when I get home in the evening, as to what happened during each day.” Now the senator’s longtime chief of staff, Donald Loren Hardy, has drawn extensively on Simpson’s personal papers and nineteen-volume diary to write this unvarnished account of a storied life and political career. Simpson gave full authorial control to Hardy, telling him, “Don, just tell the truth, the whole truth, as you always have. Leave teeth, hair, and eyeballs on the floor, if that results from telling the truth.” Taking Simpson at his word, Hardy shows readers a thrill-seeking teenager in Cody and a tireless politician who has thoroughly enjoyed his work. Full of entertaining tales and moments of historical significance, Shooting from the Lip offers a privileged and revealing backstage view of late-twentieth century American politics. Hardy’s richly anecdotal account reveals the roles Simpson played during such critical events as the Iran-Contra scandal and Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings. It divulges the senator’s candid views of seven American presidents and scores of other national and world luminaries. Simpson is a politician unfettered by partisanship. Among President George H. W. Bush’s closest compatriots, he was also a close friend and admirer of Senator Ted Kennedy and was never afraid to publicly challenge the positions or tactics of fellow lawmakers, Democratic and Republican alike. Simpson’s ability to use truth and humor as both “sword and shield,” combined with his years of experience and issue mastery, has led to an impressive post-Senate career. In 2010, for example, he co-chaired President Barack Obama’s Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Shooting from the Lip portrays a statesman punching sacred cows, challenging the media, and grappling with some of the nation’s most difficult challenges.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806182784

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Snakes of Virginia

By: Donald W. Linzey

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Snakes of Virginia

By: Donald W. Linzey

The classic field guide to snakes found in the Old Dominion, now available in paperback.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813921546

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Presidential Elections, 1789-2008

County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data

By: Donald Richard Deskins,Hanes Walton,Sherman C. Puckett

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Presidential Elections, 1789-2008

County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data

By: Donald Richard Deskins,Hanes Walton,Sherman C. Puckett

From Washington to Obama, the single best source on U.S. presidential elections

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University of Michigan Press

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0472116975

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9780472116973

Boundary Retracement

Processes and Procedures

By: Donald A. Wilson

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Boundary Retracement

Processes and Procedures

By: Donald A. Wilson

The survey and the transference are the distinctive and operative acts in the transmission of real property and, where they differ from each other, one must of necessity control the other. This book addresses the aforementioned concepts by external explanations in order to understand the discrepancies between them. It also helps to avoid expensive and wasteful litigation over boundaries that were previously not in conflict. The text offers an extensive review of the law for boundary retracement and cites numerous case examples.

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CRC Press

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1498727115

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9781498727112

American Memory Hole

How the Court Historians Promote Disinformation

By: Donald Jeffries

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American Memory Hole

How the Court Historians Promote Disinformation

By: Donald Jeffries

Donald Jeffries takes another deep dive down the historical rabbit holes with American Memory Hole: How the Court Historians Promote Disinformation. You will discover how cancel culture was born during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. And how our interventionist foreign policy was established during the Woodrow Wilson presidency. Jeffries documents the tragically common atrocities committed by US troops, beginning with the Mexican-American War, which became official policy under the “total war” and “scorched earth” strategy of Abraham Lincoln’s bloodthirsty generals. He recounts the shocking abuses of our military forces, in countries like Mexico, Haiti, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Jeffries builds on his groundbreaking investigation into the murder of John F. Kennedy, Jr., uncovering even more evidence of conspiracy and cover-up. He talked to people no researcher has talked to before, in a powerful new section on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jeffries explores the Kennedy family in general, and finds that the establishment, especially the Left, continues to treat them unfairly. The events of September 11, 2001, and the Oklahoma City Bombing are investigated in depth as never before. There is stunning new information on much maligned Senator Joseph McCarthy, who emerges here not as some irredeemable monster, but as a genuine American patriot who has been demeaned in death even more than he was in life. The reader will never look at the supposed heroes and villains of American history the same way again after reading this book. History is written by the victors.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510781951

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Climate Change Ethics

Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm

By: Donald A. Brown

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Climate Change Ethics

Navigating the Perfect Moral Storm

By: Donald A. Brown

This book provides an important new perspective on the debate over climate change ethics in light of a thirty-five year history of national and international debates about climate change policies. Donald A. Brown has written the first book of its kind that makes practical recommendations on how to increase consideration of ethical matters into policy, giving readers a new way of thinking about climate ethics.

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Routledge

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0415625718

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The Pride of African American History

By: Donald Wilson,Jane Y. Wilson

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The Pride of African American History

By: Donald Wilson,Jane Y. Wilson

The true measure of a nation's worth in this great family of nations is proportionate to that nation's contribution to the welfare and happiness of the whole. Similarly, an individual is measured by the contributions he or she makes to the well being of the community in which he or she lives. If inventions therefore have played the important part here assigned to them in the gradual development of our complex national life, it becomes important to know what contributions the African American has made to the inventive skill of this country. In this book you will learn that the African American has contributed a disproportionate amount of creativity and resourcefulness on a list of more than 1100 U.S. Patents for inventions ranging from the propeller, the gas mask, air conditioning, pain relieving drugs, heart pace-maker controls and cellular phones to the elevator, rapid-fire guns, nuclear reactors and three-stage rockets. Throughout their long history, African Americans have created a rich, complex and highly diverse culture laced with outstanding role models who have helped make America the strongest country in the world.

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1410728730

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The State of Sequoyah

Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State

By: Donald L. Fixico

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The State of Sequoyah

Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State

By: Donald L. Fixico

Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian Territory gathered in 1905 to form their own, Indian-led state. Leaders of the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Muscogees, and Seminoles drafted a constitution, which eligible voters then ratified. In the end, Congress denied their request, but the movement that fueled their efforts transcends that single defeat. Researched and interpreted by distinguished Native historian Donald L. Fixico, this book tells the remarkable story of how the state of Sequoyah movement unfolded and the extent to which it remains alive today. Fixico tells how the Five Nations, after removal to the west, negotiated treaties with the U.S. government and lobbied Congress to allow them to retain communal control of their lands as sovereign nations. In the wake of the Civil War, while a dozen bills in Congress proposed changing the status of Indian Territory, the Five Tribes sought strength in unity. The Boomer movement and seven land dispensations—beginning with the famous run of 1889—nevertheless eroded their borders and threatened their cultural and political autonomy. President Theodore Roosevelt ultimately declared his support for the merging of Indian Territory with Oklahoma Territory, paving the way for Oklahoma statehood in 1907—and shattering the state of Sequoyah dream. Yet the Five Tribes persevered. Fixico concludes his narrative by highlighting recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, most notably McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), that have reaffirmed the sovereignty of Indian nations over their lands and people—a principal inherent in the Sequoyah movement. Did the story end in 1907? Could the Five Tribes revive their plan for separate statehood? Fixico leaves the reader to ponder this intriguing possibility.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806195053

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Unlearning the Language of Conquest

Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism in America

By: Donald Trent Jacobs

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Unlearning the Language of Conquest

Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism in America

By: Donald Trent Jacobs

Responding to anti-Indianism in America, the wide-ranging perspectives culled in Unlearning the Language of Conquest present a provocative account of the contemporary hegemony still at work today, whether conscious or unconscious. Four Arrows has gathered a rich collection of voices and topics, including: • Waziyatawin Angela Cavender Wilson's "Burning Down the House: Laura Ingalls Wilder and American Colonialism," which probes the mentality of hatred woven within the pages of this iconographic children's literature. • David N. Gibb's "The Question of Whitewashing in American History and Social Science," featuring a candid discussion of the spurious relationship between sources of academic funding and the types of research allowed or discouraged • Barbara Alice Mann's "Where Are Your Women? Missing in Action," displaying the exclusion of Native American women in curricula that purport to illuminate the history of Indigenous Peoples. Bringing to light crucial information and perspectives on an aspect of humanity that pervades not only U.S. history but also current sustainability, sociology, and the ability to craft accurate understandings of the population as a whole, Unlearning the Language of Conquest yields a liberating new lexis for realistic dialogues.

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University of Texas Press

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0292713266

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Becoming Americans

By: Donald Batchelor

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Becoming Americans

By: Donald Batchelor

The docks of seventeenth century London and Bristol funneled yeomen, thieves, whores and stolen children by the thousands onto tiny, crowded ships bound for Virginia. This is historical fiction describing the life of such immigrants 100 years before the American Revolution.

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Bitingduck Press LLC

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1886420254

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9781886420250

Pursued by Grace

A Pastor's Restorative Journey

By: Colin A. Gittens,Donald A. Lichi

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Pursued by Grace

A Pastor's Restorative Journey

By: Colin A. Gittens,Donald A. Lichi

In Pursued by Grace: A Pastor's Restorative Journey, Colin recounts his experience of moral failure and his public and humiliating removal from ministry as a lead pastor of a large congregation. He candidly shares the effects this had on his family and on himself as a husband, father, and member of the clergy. Supported by references from the scriptures and lessons learned from other literature, Colin weaves his own story in with a very thorough examination of what leads someone—especially a Christian leader—to sin. He offers a firsthand account of the true cost of sin, and juxtaposes that humiliating and alienating ordeal with the tender, yet firm, love of his Heavenly Father, his loyal wife, his family and his supportive friends. Pursued by Grace is a story of redemption, restoration and resilience in the face of failure. While of particular interest to pastors, bible college students, and other Christian and secular leaders, this book provides important reflections and lessons for anyone struggling to avoid temptation, recover from doing wrong, and follow a Christian path.

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FriesenPress

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152556336X

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9781525563362

100 Things Patriots Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Dynasty Edition

By: Donald Hubbard

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100 Things Patriots Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Dynasty Edition

By: Donald Hubbard

Perfect for Patriots fans who think they already know everything—updated through Super Bowl XLIX With pep talks, records, and Patriots lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every New England fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. All things Patriots are covered: the team's improbable run to Super Bowl XX, the origins of the Pat Patriot mascot, and the best Pats bar in the Boston area. This Dynasty Edition includes the Patriots' 2014 championship season and Super Bowl win over the Seattle Seahawks.

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Triumph Books

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1633193721

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9781633193727

The Gareloi Solution

By: Donald E. Phillipson

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The Gareloi Solution

By: Donald E. Phillipson

It is 2032, and shockingly, the threat of a food shortage hangs over the United States. Crop yields are down, and if the trend continues, the country could be facing a disastrous reduction in food supplies. With this in mind, the president of the United States takes immediate action, creating a small team of scientists, diplomats, and military personnel, overseen by the vice president. This teams mission is to determine what is causing the crop failuresand what might be done to prevent them. As they uncover secret information from an obscure French research project and strange trends observed in US labs, their worst fears are confirmed: crops are dwindling not just in the United States but worldwide due to odd weather patterns that might signal a shift in global climates. In order to stave off disaster, the team devises a bizarre and difficult plan relying on the use of Cold War relics. Now theyre in a race against time: can they save the worlds food supply, or is humanity about to experience a famine that affects the entire planet? In this science fiction novel, a specialized governmental scientific team works to develop and enact a plan designed to prevent a global food shortage that threatens humankind.

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1491789220

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Renegade Amish

Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers

By: Donald B. Kraybill

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Renegade Amish

Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers

By: Donald B. Kraybill

How a series of violent Amish-on-Amish attacks shattered the peace of a peace-loving people and led to a new interpretation of the federal hate crime law. On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn’t a friendly visit. Within moments, the men, wearing headlamps, had pulled their frightened father out of bed, pinned him into a chair, and—ignoring his tearful protests—sheared his hair and beard, leaving him razor-burned and dripping with blood. The women then turned on Mrs. Miller, yanking her prayer cap from her head and shredding it before cutting off her waist-long hair. About twenty minutes later, the attackers fled into the darkness, taking their parents’ hair as a trophy. Four similar beard-cutting attacks followed, disfiguring nine victims and generating a tsunami of media coverage. While pundits and late-night talk shows made light of the attacks and poked fun at the Amish way of life, FBI investigators gathered evidence about troubling activities in a maverick Amish community near Bergholz, Ohio—and the volatile behavior of its leader, Bishop Samuel Mullet. Ten men and six women from the Bergholz community were arrested and found guilty a year later of 87 felony charges involving conspiracy, lying, and obstructing justice. In a precedent-setting decision, all of the defendants, including Bishop Mullet and his two ministers, were convicted of federal hate crimes. It was the first time since the 2009 passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act that assailants had been found guilty for religiously motivated hate crimes within the same faith community. Renegade Amish goes behind the scenes to tell the full story of the Bergholz barbers: the attacks, the investigation, the trial, and the aftermath. In a riveting narrative reminiscent of a true crime classic, scholar Donald B. Kraybill weaves a dark and troubling story in which a series of violent Amish-on-Amish attacks shattered the peace of these traditionally nonviolent people, compelling some of them to install locks on their doors and arm themselves with pepper spray. The country’s foremost authority on Amish society, Kraybill spent six months assisting federal prosecutors with the case against the Bergholz defendants and served as an expert witness during the trial. Informed by trial transcripts and his interviews of ex-Bergholz Amish, relatives of Bishop Mullet, victims of the attacks, Amish leaders, and the jury foreman, Renegade Amish delves into the factors that transformed the Bergholz Amish from a typical Amish community into one embracing revenge and retaliation. Kraybill gives voice to the terror and pain experienced by the victims, along with the deep shame that accompanied their disfigurement—a factor that figured prominently in the decision to apply the federal hate crime law. Built on Kraybill’s deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history.

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1421425122

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Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

A Genealogical History

By: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates

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Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America

A Genealogical History

By: Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman,Donald N. Yates

Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish ancestry. Supporting references include historical writings, ship manifests, wills, land grants, DNA test results, genealogies, and settler lists that provide for the first time the Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Jewish origins of more than 5,000 surnames, the majority widely assumed to be British. By documenting the widespread presence of Jews and Muslims in prominent economic, political, financial and social positions in all of the original colonies, this innovative work offers a fresh perspective on the early American experience.

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0786489065

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A Walking Miracle

Just For My Kids

By: Richard Donald Pietz

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A Walking Miracle

Just For My Kids

By: Richard Donald Pietz

A Walking Miracle, primarily written for the author’s children, is a collection of personal stories revealing the life and times of a youngster growing up from the rural northern plains to the southern city streets. From the college campus to life in the military during the Vietnam crisis. Surviving several close calls with the grim reaper leads the author to the conclusion that anyone reaching the age of twenty five is a walking miracle. Part two contains stories from his father, a WW I diary kept by his grandfather, and a diary from the time of his great, great grandfather.

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1450075215

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Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War

By: Donald McCaig

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Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War

By: Donald McCaig

Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to Gatewood Plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south, and Duncan is packed off to the Virginia Military Institute--he will eventually fight for Robert E. Lee. Another Gatewood slave, Jesse--whose love for Maggie is unrequited--escapes to find her. Jesse finds his freedom and enlists in Mr. Lincoln's army; in time he will confront his former masters.In his award-winning novel of the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, Donald McCaig conjures a passionate and richly textured story in the heart of America's greatest war.

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0393337103

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Iron and Steel in Ancient China

By: Donald B. Wagner

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Iron and Steel in Ancient China

By: Donald B. Wagner

This book is a study of the production and use of iron and steel in China up to the second century B.C., and simultaneously a methodological study of the reconciliation of archaeological and written sources in Chinese cultural history. An introductory chapter describes and discusses the available sources and their use, gives a brief outline of early Chinese archaeology and history, and develops certain important themes, especially the interaction of North and South in early China. Further chapters consider the invention of iron in a barbarian culture of southeast China, its spread to the area of Chinese culture, and the development of a large-scale iron industry in the third century B.C. The technology of iron production in early China is considered in two chapters, on the microstructures of wrought and cast iron artifacts.

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BRILL

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9004484116

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Bubbles, Booms, and Busts

The Rise and Fall of Financial Assets

By: Donald Rapp

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Bubbles, Booms, and Busts

The Rise and Fall of Financial Assets

By: Donald Rapp

This book deals at some length with the question: Since there are many more poor than rich, why don’t the poor just tax the rich heavily and reduce the inequality? In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the topic of inequality was discussed widely. Ending or reducing inequality was a prime motivating factor in the emergence of communism and socialism. The book discusses why later in the 20th century, inequality has faded out as an issue. Extensive tables and graphs of data are presented showing the extent of inequality in America, as well as globally. It is shown that a combination of low taxes on capital gains contributed to a series of real estate and stock bubbles that provided great wealth to the top tiers, while real income for average workers stagnated. Improved commercial efficiency due to computers, electronics, the Internet and fast transport allowed production and distribution with fewer workers, just as the advent of electrification, mechanization, production lines, vehicles and trains in the 1920s and 1930s produced the same stagnating effect.

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Springer

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1493910922

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If You Were Only White

The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

By: Donald Spivey

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If You Were Only White

The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

By: Donald Spivey

If You Were Only White explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Leroy “Satchel” Paige was arguably one of the world’s greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball. But in this biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a blazing fastball pitcher. Spivey follows Paige from his birth in Alabama in 1906 to his death in Kansas City in 1982, detailing the challenges Paige faced battling the color line in America and recounting his tests and triumphs in baseball. He also opens up Paige’s private life during and after his playing days, introducing readers to the man who extended his social, cultural, and political reach beyond the limitations associated with his humble background and upbringing. This other Paige was a gifted public speaker, a talented musician and singer, an excellent cook, and a passionate outdoorsman, among other things. Paige’s life intertwined with many of the most important issues of the times in U.S. and African American history, including the continuation of the New Negro Movement and the struggle for civil rights. Spivey incorporates interviews with former teammates conducted over twelve years, as well as exclusive interviews with Paige’s son Robert, daughter Pamela, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, and John “Buck” O’Neil to tell the story of a pioneer who helped transform America through the nation’s favorite pastime. Maintaining an image somewhere between Joe Louis’s public humility and the flamboyant aggression of Jack Johnson, Paige pushed the boundaries of segregation and bridged the racial divide with stellar pitching packaged with slapstick humor. He entertained as he played to win and saw no contradiction in doing so. Game after game, his performance refuted the lie that black baseball was inferior to white baseball. His was a contribution to civil rights of a different kind—his speeches and demonstrations expressed through his performance on the mound.

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University of Missouri

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0826219780

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Savannah Food: A Delicious History

By: Stu Card and Donald Card

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Savannah Food: A Delicious History

By: Stu Card and Donald Card

Savannah's remarkable cuisine is a reflection of its unique history. Delicate local ingredients are balanced carefully using time-honored techniques to produce unforgettable dishes. Initially a colonial experiment of sorts, Savannah became not only the first capital of Georgia but also the capital of all Lowcountry cuisine. From the insolvent freed from debtors' prisons to help seek new cash crops for England to the religious refugees from Austria-Germany and the Scottish Highlanders, Savannah's eclectic European influences mix neatly with traditional Gullah techniques, surprising local ingredients and world-class seafood. Follow authors and award-winning Savannah Taste Experience Food Tour operators Stu and Donald Card on their journey to find the roots of Savannah's famed dishes and the current restaurant renaissance.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625858337

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Historic Maritime Maps

By: Donald Wigal

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Historic Maritime Maps

By: Donald Wigal

Esta obra contiene numerosas recetas para preparar un plato único: la pizza. Infinitas variantes estimularán su apetito y gratificarán su vista y su paladar. De las más clásicas a las más innovadoras y sorprendentes; de las más simples a las más elaboradas; de las más rústicas a las más refinadas. En definitiva, pizzas para todos los gustos. Verduras, hortalizas, carnes, pescados y quesos personalizan y enriquecen las pizzas, los quiches, las tortas saladas, las empanadas... Una obra llena de ideas y consejos, de pequeños y grandes trucos para resolver de forma práctica y brillante una comida rápida, una cena, un tentempié...

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Parkstone International

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1683251008

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Indians of Oklahoma

By: Donald Ricky

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Indians of Oklahoma

By: Donald Ricky

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications. Since much of Native American history occurred before statehood, there is a need for information on Native Americans of the region to fully understand the history and culture of the native peoples that occupied Oklahoma and the surrounding areas. Indians of Oklahoma fills this void that exists in many library collections. Articles on tribes and nations indigenous to, or associated with, the state and region are included in this work. Biographies, daily life and general subject articles of Native Americans are included in this unique set. Many recorded Indian Treaties with the government of the United States from as early as the 1700s are also included in this work.

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Somerset Publishers, Inc.

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0403098653

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The Full Gospel Assembly (FGA) of Washington, DC, 1907–1934

Creating a Vibrant, Independent Full Gospel Community in the Heart of the District of Columbia

By: Donald W. Kammer

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The Full Gospel Assembly (FGA) of Washington, DC, 1907–1934

Creating a Vibrant, Independent Full Gospel Community in the Heart of the District of Columbia

By: Donald W. Kammer

The 1906 earthquake of Pentecostalism at the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles, California, sent a jolt to Washington, DC, during 1906–1907. This Washington, DC, shock wave began when a group of women read and acted upon reports in the Azusa Street Mission’s Apostolic Faith newspaper. This event resulted in the creation and development of an influential church in the District of Columbia, Full Gospel Assembly. In a well-researched examination of a little-recognized and nearly forgotten religious community in Washington, DC, retired United States Army chaplain Don Kammer explores the church’s beginnings as part of the early twentieth-century Pentecostal and Charismatic revival. Full Gospel Assembly was an example of an early Pentecostal-evangelistic fusion, a common element in today’s American evangelical religion. Kammer identifies the challenges, successes, and the impact on the surrounding DC community. As he leads others through FGA’s fascinating history, Kammer explains why the story of FGA is important, reflects upon the conflicted definitions of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, describes popular malign portraits of holy rollers and tongue talkers, tells the tales of meetings on the Electric Street Railway Line, in theaters, in Parlor Houses, identifies denominational influence, and much more. The Full Gospel Assembly (FGA) of Washington, DC, 1907–1934 is a fascinating and comprehensive examination of the neglected history of an early twentieth-century revival with ties to the 1906 Azusa Street Mission and revival.

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