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Plain Folk of the Old South

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley

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First published in 1949, Frank Lawrence Owsley’s Plain Folk of the Old South refuted the popular myth that the antebellum South contained only three classes—planters, poor whites, and slaves. Owsley draws on a wide range of source materials—firsthand accounts such as diaries and the published observations of travelers and journalists; church records; and county records, including wills, deeds, tax lists, and grand-jury reports—to accurately reconstruct the prewar South’s large and significant “yeoman farmer” middle class. He follows the history of this group, beginning with their migration from the Atlantic states into the frontier South, charts their property holdings and economic standing, and tells of the rich texture of their lives: the singing schools and corn shuckings, their courtship rituals and revival meetings, barn raisings and logrollings, and contests of marksmanship and horsemanship such as “snuffing the candle,” “driving the nail,” and the “gander pull.” A new introduction by John B. Boles explains why this book remains the starting point today for the study of society in the Old South.

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LSU Press

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0807133426

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9780807133422

Filibusters and Expansionists

Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821

By: Frank L. Owsley,Gene Allen Smith

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Filibusters and Expansionists

Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821

By: Frank L. Owsley,Gene Allen Smith

Examines the roles that Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe played in the saga of Gulf Coast territorial expansion and Manifest Destiny. Focusing on expansion into the south and southwest, the authors describe the relentless official and unofficial federally sponsored efforts and filibustering expeditions used to encourage Americans to fulfill their goal of landownership. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Alabama Press

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0817351175

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9780817351175

Plain Folk of the Old South

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley

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Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands

The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812–1815

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley Jr.

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Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands

The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812–1815

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley Jr.

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

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University Press of Florida

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1947372351

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9781947372351

A Great Civil War

A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

By: Russell Frank Weigley

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A Great Civil War

A Military and Political History, 1861-1865

By: Russell Frank Weigley

Major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity.

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Indiana University Press

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0253337380

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9780253337382

The C.S.S. Florida

Her Building and Operations

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.

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The C.S.S. Florida

Her Building and Operations

By: Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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1512805130

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A History of American Magazines, Volume V: 1905-1930

By: Frank Luther Mott

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A History of American Magazines, Volume V: 1905-1930

By: Frank Luther Mott

In 1939 Frank Luther Mott received a Pulitzer Prize for Volumes II and III of his History of American Magazines. In 1958 he was awarded the Bancroft Prize for Volume IV. He was at work on Volume V of the projected six-volume history when he died in October 1964. He had, at that time, written the sketches of the twenty-one magazines that appear in this volume. These magazines flourished during the period 1905-1930, but their "biographies" are continued throughout their entire lifespan--in the case of the ten still published, to recent years. Mott's daughter, Mildred Mott Wedel, has prepared this volume for publication and provided notes on changes since her father's death. No one has attempted to write the general historical chapters the author provided in the earlier volumes but which were not yet written for this last volume. A delightful autobiographical essay by the author has been included, and there is a detailed cumulative index to the entire set of this monumental work. The period 1905-1930 witnessed the most flamboyant and fruitful literary activity that had yet occurred in America. In his sketches, Mott traces the editorial partnership of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, first on The Smart Set and then in the pages of The American Mercury. He treats The New Republic, the liberal magazine founded in 1914 by Herbert Croly and Willard Straight; the conservative Freeman; and Better Homes and Gardens, the first magazine to achieve a circulation of one million "without the aid of fiction or fashions." Other giants of magazine history are here: we see "serious, shaggy...solid, pragmatic, self-contained" Henry Luce propel a national magazine called Time toward its remarkable prosperity. In addition to those already mentioned, the reader will find accounts of The Midland, The South Atlantic Quarterly, The Little Review, Poetry, The Fugitive, Everybody's, Appleton's Booklovers Magazine, Current History, Editor & Publisher, The Golden Book Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Hampton's Broadway Magazine, House Beautiful, Success, and The Yale Review.

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Harvard University Press

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0674395549

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9780674395541

The Alabama, British Neutrality, and the American Civil War

By: Frank J. Merli

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The Alabama, British Neutrality, and the American Civil War

By: Frank J. Merli

A study of the Confederacy's inept attempts to win foreign support for its cause.

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Indiana University Press

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0253344735

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9780253344731

Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

By: Frank J. Merli

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Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

By: Frank J. Merli

A tale of intrigue about the attempts of the Confederacy to build a navy in Britain.

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0253217350

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Book's by Frank Lawrence Owsley

Plain Folk of the Old South

Plain Folk of the Old South

Filibusters and Expansionists

Filibusters and Expansionists

Plain Folk of the Old South

Plain Folk of the Old South

Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands

Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands

A Great Civil War

A Great Civil War

The C.S.S. Florida

The C.S.S. Florida

A History of American Magazines, Volume V: 1905-1930

A History of American Magazines, Volume V: 1905-1930

The Alabama, British Neutrality, and the American Civil War

The Alabama, British Neutrality, and the American Civil War

Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

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