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The Essential George Johnston

By: George Johnston

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Subtle, varied and elegant, exact in their tuning, traditionally informed yet wholly original, the poems of George Johnston have yet to find the wide readership they deserve. That they flew beneath the radar in Canada during his lifetime can be attributed in part to the vagaries of literary fashion: Johnston’s early verse, in The Cruising Auk (1959) and Home Free (1966), was formal and traditional, using stanza, metre and rhyme with great sophistication, at a moment when free verse had become de rigueur; thus he was dismissed by the reputation-makers of the day as old-fashioned. His later verse, markedly more contemporary in tone though no less formally accomplished, escaped notice for a different reason: its modesty. Johnston wrote on everyday subjects, in language carefully modulated to avoid ostentation, and he masked his formal virtuosity with a conversational casualness. The rhymes are still there, but hidden: half-rhymes, internal rhymes, vowel and consonant echoes. Regularity of metre has given way to accentual rhythm and syllable count. Effects are subliminal, easily missed in a cursory reading. You could mistake this for free verse, and many probably did. But it came at a time when Canadian readers, grown accustomed to prosy-colloquial free verse, expected some novelty of content, shock effect, biting cleverness, or gut-wrenching anecdote to make it ‘poetry’. Lost on such readers was the prodigious artistry at work here, the nuanced ear, the refinements of diction that infuse these quiet poems with uncanny staying power.

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The Porcupine's Quill

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1123659753

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9781123659757

Philosophical Commentaries by George Berkeley

Transcribed From the Manuscript and Edited with an Introduction by George H. Thomas, Explanatory Notes by A.A. Luce

By: George Berkeley

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Philosophical Commentaries by George Berkeley

Transcribed From the Manuscript and Edited with an Introduction by George H. Thomas, Explanatory Notes by A.A. Luce

By: George Berkeley

This edition of George Berkeley’s Philosophical Commentaries, first published in 1989, provides an accurate transcription of Berkeley’s manuscript, and introduction to set it in perspective, extensive notes to aid in interpreting it, and a full index to facilitate the use of it.

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320

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Routledge

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0429639775

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9780429639777

The Confederate Republic

A Revolution against Politics

By: George C. Rable

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The Confederate Republic

A Revolution against Politics

By: George C. Rable

Although much has been written about the ways in which Confederate politics affected the course of the Civil War, George Rable is the first historian to investigate Confederate political culture in its own right. Focusing on the assumptions, values, and beliefs that formed the foundation of Confederate political ideology, Rable reveals how southerners attempted to purify the political process and avoid what they saw as the evils of parties and partisanship. According to Rable, secession marked the beginning of a revolution against politics, in which the Confederacy's founding fathers saw themselves as the true heirs of the American Revolution. Nevertheless, factionalism developed as the war dragged on, with Confederate nationalists emphasizing political unity and support for President Jefferson Davis's administration and libertarian dissenters warning of the dangers of a centralized Confederate government. Both sides claimed to be the legitimate defenders of a genuine southern republicanism and of Confederate nationalism, and the conflict between them carried over from the strictly political sphere to matters of military strategy, civil religion, and education. Rable concludes that despite the war's outcome, the Confederacy's antipolitical legacy had a profound impact on southern politics.

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625

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863963

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9780807863961

Fevre Dream

A Novel

By: George R. R. Martin

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Fevre Dream

A Novel

By: George R. R. Martin

A THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet; nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York’s reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious York’s actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare—and humankind’s most impossible dream.

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Bantam

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055357793X

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9780553577938

Whip the Rebellion

Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command

By: George Walsh

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Whip the Rebellion

Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command

By: George Walsh

How the unprepossessing Ulysses S. Grant, whose military genius ultimately preserved the Union, came to the forefront in the Civil War is a story as surprising as it is compelling. Forced to resign his commission in the peacetime army for drinking, and thereafter reduced to eking out a living for himself and his family with hardscrabble jobs, at the outbreak of hostilities he suddenly found himself a colonel, and then a general, of volunteers. Grant made the most of unexpected commands. What he knew best, it turned out, was how to wage war, relentlessly and with irresistible force. Early in 1862, with the conflict a year old and both sides in the West reluctant to fight, Grant seized the initiative and took Forts Henry and Donelson, capturing an entire rebel army. Later, in Mississippi, he conducted the arduous campaign against Vicksburg, cutting the confederacy in half and capturing a second army. All the time Grant was forced to cope with jealous superiors, like General Henry Halleck, while finding staunch allies in General William Sherman and Admiral David Dixon Porter, and dealing with disloyalty, like that of General John McClernard, who actually came close to replacing him. But for his many victories Grant was named commander in the West, and sent to relieve the siege of Chattanooga, which earned him his promotion to general-in-chief. "Whip the Rebellion" were Grant's watchwords every day of the war. This dramatic narrative--peopled with the heroics of hundreds of officers and enlisted men, crammed with first-hand accounts of battles, tactics, and civilian hardships--offers fresh insights into both the public and personal lives of Grant and his immediate circle.

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484

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Macmillan

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0765305275

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9780765305275

Cotton's Renaissance

A Study in Market Innovation

By: Timothy Curtis Jacobson,George David Smith

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Cotton's Renaissance

A Study in Market Innovation

By: Timothy Curtis Jacobson,George David Smith

A history of Cotton Incorporated's impact on the cotton market in the United States.

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382

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Cambridge University Press

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0521808278

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9780521808279

Much Embarrassed

Civil War Intelligence and the Gettysburg Campaign

By: George Donne

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Much Embarrassed

Civil War Intelligence and the Gettysburg Campaign

By: George Donne

“Lucid analysis of Union and Confederate intelligence gathering functions and services . . . a must read for its incisive rendition of the battle of wits.” —Civil War News Before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg—for many, the most significant engagement of the American Civil War—a private battle had been raging for weeks. Whoever could secure accurate information on their opponent would have a decisive advantage once the fighting started. When the Confederate Army and Federal Forces finally met on the morning of 1 July 1863 their understanding of the prevailing situation could not have been more different. While the Rebel Third Corps was expecting to brush away a group of local militia guarding the town, the Federal I Corps was preparing itself for a major battle. For three brutal days, the Rebel Army smashed at the Union troops, without success. The illustrious Confederate General Robert E. Lee would lose a third of his army and the tide of the rebellion would begin its retreat. Much Embarrassed investigates how the Confederate and Union military intelligence systems had been sculpted by the preceding events of the war and how this led to the final outcome of the Gettysburg Campaign. While the success of the Confederate strategy nurtured a fundamental flaw in their appreciation of intelligence, recurrent defeat led the Federal Army to develop one of the most advanced intelligence structures in history. Lee was right to highlight the importance of military intelligence to his failure at Gettysburg, but he would never appreciate that the seeds of his defeat had been sown long before.

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Casemate Publishers

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1911096885

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9781911096887

Humor & Drama of Early Texas

By: George Hubbard

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Humor & Drama of Early Texas

By: George Hubbard

Entertaining historical vignettes focus on the human-interest aspects of real people and actual events of frontier Texas. Included are stories about the early colonists, the Indians, the cowboys, the gunslingers, the lawmen, the entrepreneurs, and the statesmen. Subjects such as the conflicts with Mexico, the railroads, the Civil War, and the cattle drives are also included. The vignettes, short and well written in an easily readable style, bring history to life with the humor and drama of the people who settled Texas.

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305

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461625610

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9781461625612

Black Ice

The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925

By: George Robert Fosty,Darril Fosty

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Black Ice

The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925

By: George Robert Fosty,Darril Fosty

The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in 1895 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Comprised of the sons and the grandsons of runaway American slaves, the league helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey, changing this winter game from the primitive "gentleman's past-time" of the Nineteenth Century to the to the modern fast moving game of today. In an era when many believed Blacks could not endure cold, possessed ankles too weak to effectively skate, and lacked the intelligence for organized sport, these men defied the established myths. The Colored League was one of the most complex sports organizations ever created and was lead by Baptist ministers and church laymen. Natural leaders and proponents of Black Pride, these men represented a concept in spots never before seen. Their rule book was The Bible. Their game book, the coded words and oral history derived from the experiences of American slavery and the Underground Railroad. Their strategy, the principles and teachings of American Black leader Booker T. Washington (the founder of the Tuskegee Institute) and a believer in the concept of racial equality through racial separation. Twenty-five years before the Negro Baseball Leagues in the United States, and twenty-two years before the birth of the National Hockey League, the Colored League would emerge as a premier force in Canadian hockey and supply the resilience necessary to preserve a unique culture which exists to this day. Unfortunately their contributions were conveniently ignored, or simply stolen, as White teams and hockey officials, influenced by the Black league, copied elements of the Black style or sought to take self-credit for Black hockey innovations. Seven years of research has gone into this book. This is the first book ever written on the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes.

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Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc. New York

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0965116875

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9780965116879

Newberry County, South Carolina

Historical and Genealogical Annals

By: George Leland Summer

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Newberry County, South Carolina

Historical and Genealogical Annals

By: George Leland Summer

The opening chapters of this encyclopedic treatment deal with the Newberry County's formation, early settlers, soldiers, notable citizens, government institutions, and social and economic development, while later chapters are given over to biographies, cemetery inscriptions, family reminiscences and folklore. At the heart of the book is a long section devoted to genealogies of pioneer families of Newberry County.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806308729

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9780806308722

Book's by George Johnston

The Essential George Johnston

The Essential George Johnston

Philosophical Commentaries by George Berkeley

Philosophical Commentaries by George Berkeley

The Confederate Republic

The Confederate Republic

Fevre Dream

Fevre Dream

Whip the Rebellion

Whip the Rebellion

Cotton's Renaissance

Cotton's Renaissance

Much Embarrassed

Much Embarrassed

Humor & Drama of Early Texas

Humor & Drama of Early Texas

Black Ice

Black Ice

Newberry County, South Carolina

Newberry County, South Carolina

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