H. Williams's Books

The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793-1813

A History and Comprehensive Record of Merchant Marine Losses

By: Greg H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793-1813

A History and Comprehensive Record of Merchant Marine Losses

By: Greg H. Williams

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies. Legally and illegally, French privateers and cruisers took cargo from merchant vessels of every nation, perhaps the United States more than any other. At least 6,479 U.S. claims involving more than 2,300 vessels were filed and these claims give a close approximation of American goods lost to the French. The three main sections of this reference book present a comprehensive accounting of the losses (arranged by ship), descriptions of court cases involving important questions of law, and the disposition of claims. Also included are a glossary, a list of geographical locations mentioned in the text, and an overview of relevant acts of Congress, proclamations, treaties, and foreign decrees.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

543

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786454075

ISBN 13

9780786454075

Quantifying Measurement

The Tyranny of Numbers

By: Jeffrey H Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quantifying Measurement

The Tyranny of Numbers

By: Jeffrey H Williams

Measurements and experiments are made each and every day, in fields as disparate as particle physics, chemistry, economics and medicine, but have you ever wondered why it is that a particular experiment has been designed to be the way it is. Indeed, how do you design an experiment to measure something whose value is unknown, and what should your considerations be on deciding whether an experiment has yielded the sought after, or indeed any useful result? These are old questions, and they are the reason behind this volume. We will explore the origins of the methods of data analysis that are today routinely applied to all measurements, but which were unknown before the mid-19th Century. Anyone who is interested in the relationship between the precision and accuracy of measurements will find this volume useful. Whether you are a physicist, a chemist, a social scientist, or a student studying one of these subjects, you will discover that the basis of measurement is the struggle to identify the needle of useful data hidden in the haystack of obscuring background noise.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

169

Publisher

Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1681744341

ISBN 13

9781681744346

The Nature Handbook

A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors

By: Ernest H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Nature Handbook

A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors

By: Ernest H. Williams

A field guide that explores and explains the patterns of nature, revealing them to the many different types of nature observers--from birders to gardeners, hikers to environmentalists, wildflower enthusiasts to butterfliers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195179293

ISBN 13

9780195179293

Wilderness and Paradise in Christian Thought

By: George H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wilderness and Paradise in Christian Thought

By: George H. Williams

Paradise or wasteland--the wilderness has always been a challenge to Westerners. Wilderness and Paradise in Christian Thought traces the exciting theme of the quest for the wilderness--both physical and metaphysical--to create a new and important perspective for understanding Christian civilization. With a wealth of knowledge, a renowned historian presents the biblical understanding of the religious and ethical significance of the desert and how this understanding has influenced later Christian history and culture. Dr. Williams specifically applies the paradise theme to the university today and shows the continuing vitality of this ancient concept.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

265

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498224563

ISBN 13

9781498224567

Pendulum

How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future

By: Roy Williams,Michael Drew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pendulum

How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future

By: Roy Williams,Michael Drew

Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable. Are these new values randomly chosen or is there a pattern? Pendulum chronicles the stuttering history of western society; that endless back-and-forth swing between one excess and another, always reminded of what we left behind. There is a pattern and it is 40 years: 2003 was a fulcrum year, as was 1963, its opposite. Pendulum explains where we have been as a society, how we got here, and where we are headed. If you would benefit from a peek into the future, you would do well to read this book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

Vanguard

Published Date

ISBN 10

1593157150

ISBN 13

9781593157159

Order from Force

A Natural History of the Vacuum

By: Jeffrey H Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Order from Force

A Natural History of the Vacuum

By: Jeffrey H Williams

The present theme concerns the forces of nature, and what investigations of these forces can tell us about the world we see about us. The story of these forces is long and complex, and contains many episodes that are not atypical of the bulk of scientific research, which could have achieved greater acclaim 'if only...'. The intention of this book is to introduce ideas of how the visible world, and those parts of it that we cannot observe, either because they are too small or too large for our scale of perception, can be understood by consideration of only a few fundamental forces. The subject in these pages will be the authority of the commonly termed, laws of physics, which arise from the forces of nature, and the corresponding constants of nature (for example, the speed of light, c, the charge of the electron, e, or the mass of the electron, me).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

198

Publisher

Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1681740494

ISBN 13

9781681740492

Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics

By: James H. Williams, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics

By: James H. Williams, Jr.

An introductory engineering textbook by an award-winning MIT professor that covers the history of dynamics and the dynamical analyses of mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems. This introductory textbook offers a distinctive blend of the modern and the historical, seeking to encourage an appreciation for the history of dynamics while also presenting a framework for future learning. The text presents engineering mechanics as a unified field, emphasizing dynamics but integrating topics from other disciplines, including design and the humanities. The book begins with a history of mechanics, suitable for an undergraduate overview. Subsequent chapters cover such topics as three-dimensional kinematics; the direct approach, also known as vectorial mechanics or the momentum approach; the indirect approach, also called lagrangian dynamics or variational dynamics; an expansion of the momentum and lagrangian formulations to extended bodies; lumped-parameter electrical and electromagnetic devices; and equations of motion for one-dimensional continuum models. The book is noteworthy in covering both lagrangian dynamics and vibration analysis. The principles covered are relatively few and easy to articulate; the examples are rich and broad. Summary tables, often in the form of flowcharts, appear throughout. End-of-chapter problems begin at an elementary level and become increasingly difficult. Appendixes provide theoretical and mathematical support for the main text.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

885

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262039710

ISBN 13

9780262039710

Combinatorial Set Theory

By: Lev D. Beklemishev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Combinatorial Set Theory

By: Lev D. Beklemishev

Combinatorial Set Theory

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

221

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0080954995

ISBN 13

9780080954998

The Bodies Keep Coming

Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

By: Brian H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Bodies Keep Coming

Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

By: Brian H. Williams

A tour de force that diagnoses the structural root of the violence that plagues us all. Trauma surgeon and professor Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all: gunshot wounds, stabbings, and traumatic brain injuries. In The Bodies Keep Coming, Williams ushers us into the trauma bay, where the wounds of a national emergency amass. As a Harvard-trained physician, Williams learned to keep his head down and his scalpel ready. As a Black man, he learned to swallow the rage when patients told him to take out the trash. Just days after the tragic police shootings of two Black men, Williams tried to save the lives of police officers shot in Dallas in the deadliest incident for US law enforcement since 9/11. Thrust into the spotlight in a nation that loves feel-good stories about heroism more than hard truths about racism, Williams came to rethink everything he thought he knew about medicine, injustice, and what true healing looks like. Now, in raw and intimate detail, Williams narrates not only the events of that night in 2016, but the grief and anger of a Black doctor on the front lines of trauma care. Working in the physician-writer tradition of Atul Gawande and Damon Tweedy, Williams diagnoses the roots of the violence that plagues us. He draws a through line between white supremacy, gun violence, and the bodies he tries to revive, and he trains his surgeon's gaze on the structural ills that manifest themselves in the bodies of his patients. What if racism is a feature of our healthcare system, not a bug? What if profiting from racial inequality is exactly what it was designed to do? Black and brown bodies will continue to be wracked by all types of violence, Williams argues, until something changes. Until we transform policy and law with compassion and care, the bodies will keep coming.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

Broadleaf Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1506483135

ISBN 13

9781506483139

The Liberty Ships of World War II

A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien

By: Greg H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Liberty Ships of World War II

A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien

By: Greg H. Williams

This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards, giving each ship's namesake and detailed descriptions of the companies that built the ships and the steamship companies that operated them during the war. This book also details the formation of two shipyards in South Portland, Maine, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corp. South Portland's shady operations were investigated by the U.S. Congress and resulted in the merger of both companies into the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in April 1943. Also featured is the Jeremiah O'Brien. Built by New England Ship in 1943 and one of only two operational Liberty ships left in the world, its service history and crew information are given along with its postwar restoration and return to Normandy in 1994.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

371

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476617546

ISBN 13

9781476617541

Teaching Children Gymnastics

By: Peter H. Werner,Lori H. Williams,Tina J. Hall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Teaching Children Gymnastics

By: Peter H. Werner,Lori H. Williams,Tina J. Hall

This text introduces gymnastics education in two parts. Part one presents the importance of using a developmentally appropriate approach, how to tailor gymnastics intruction to fit your teaching situation. Part two is organized around three skill themes: travelling, statics and rotation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1450410928

ISBN 13

9781450410922

Blackwater

By: Thomas H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blackwater

By: Thomas H. Williams

Cover SynopsisBlackwater A mans body is found in a tree on a lonely ridge in the Dolly Sods Wilderness deep in the mountains of West Virginia. It is wrapped in an old blanket and tied to a high limb. It had been there for monthsbirds and other predators had been working on it. The medical examiner determines that he had been bludgeoned to death with a rock. When the local police forces investigation stalls, Dr. James Houston, college professor and avid fly fisherman, is asked by the deceased mans fianc to investigate the killing. Hes off for the summerwhat else does he have to do? He enlists his friend, Sam Miller, a former state policeman, to help. Together, they travel through the Allegheny Mountains seeking justice for a dead man. They begin their investigation by asking the most obvious questions. How did the dead mans body end up in a tree? What was the motive for the killing? Although the deceased man was a likable loner who occasionally argued with family members, a clear reason for the killing proves to be elusive. He had little of value except an old farm with a tumble-down house that he planned to donate to a nature preserve. With no obvious leads, everyone is a suspect. As Jimmy and Sam set out to solve this mystery, they seek answers in the lush Canaan Valley and the enigmatic waters of the Blackwater River.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

309

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1984523643

ISBN 13

9781984523648

Backbone Mountain

A Novel

By: Thomas H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Backbone Mountain

A Novel

By: Thomas H. Williams

College professor and fly-fishing enthusiast Dr. James Boyd Houston is accused of harassing an attractive coed who is enrolled in one of his classes. The dean honors his one-year terminal contract but refuses to approve his application for tenure. He will be out of a job when the contract expires. Jimmy begins a halfhearted attempt to find other employment, but his primary task is to clear his name. State police trooper Peter Kowalski and lieutenant Sam Miller discover a young womans body abandoned along a lonely stretch of West Virginia highway. Preliminary investigation reveals that she was driving a rental car from Philadelphia and had been shot in the head. The front of the car is speckled with tiny gossamer-winged mayflies. Lieutenant Miller, an aging police officer with an eye for detail, pieces together the womans background and is surprised to discover evidence that leads him to the local college campus. The suspect is a well-respected botany professor. Jimmy is charged with the murder of his student. Out on bail, he uses his skills as a scientist and researcher to analyze the evidence against him. An uneasy truce is declared between Houston and Miller, who is not convinced of his guilt. Together they travel the mountains of West Virginia in search of the truth. Their investigation leads them through the dark worlds of devious friends, property developers, and drug dealers. As Dr. Houston experiences one catastrophe after another, he retreats to his mountain-top cabin. Unexpected help comes from the deans administrative assistant, an attractive young woman who is willing to risk her job to help him. They discover a mutual attraction as they search for answers and explore the mountains they both so dearly love. As the mystery deepens, Jimmy is led from Laurel Mountain to Canaan Valley, Blackwater Falls, and Dolly Sods in his search for the truth.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

286

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1524586668

ISBN 13

9781524586669

The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet

The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942

By: Greg H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet

The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942

By: Greg H. Williams

After the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7), American sailors of the Asiatic Fleet (where it was December 8) were abandoned by Washington and left to conduct a war on their own, isolated from the rest of the U.S. naval forces. Their fate in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies was often grim--many died aboard burning ships, were executed upon capture or spent years as prisoners of war. Many books have been written about the ships of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, yet few look into the experiences of the common sailor. Drawing on official reports, past research, personal memoirs and the writings of war correspondents, the author tells the story of those who never came home in 1945.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476631670

ISBN 13

9781476631677

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

1808–1840

By: Jefferson Davis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

1808–1840

By: Jefferson Davis

Much of Jefferson Davis' life and career has been obscured in controversy and misinterpretation. This full, carefully annotated edition will make it possible for scholars to reassess the man who served as President of the Confederacy and who in the aftermath of war became the symbolic leader of the South. For almost a decade a dedicated team of scholars has been collecting and documenting Davis' papers and correspondence for this multi-volume work. The first volume includes not only Davis' private and public correspondence but also the important letters and documents addressed to and concerning him. Two autobiographical accounts, a detailed genealogy of the Davis family, and a complete bibliography are also included. This volume covers Davis' early years in Mississippi and Kentucky, his career at West Point, his first military assignments, and his tragic marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor. Together, the letters and documents unfold a human story of the first thirty-two years of a long life that later became filled with turbulence and controversy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

692

Publisher

LSU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807109436

ISBN 13

9780807109434

Blow the Man Down!

A Yankee Seaman’s Adventures Under Sail

By: James H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blow the Man Down!

A Yankee Seaman’s Adventures Under Sail

By: James H. Williams

A weathered manuscript discovered among old papers was the foundation of this powerful book. James H. Williams’ spellbinding recollections of his adventures before the mast in sailing-ship days bring alive again that gruelling but romantic era on the seas. Though he called himself a common sailor, James H. Williams (1864-1927) was a most uncommon man. An African-American seaman with reddish hair, he left his Massachusetts home to go to sea at the age of eleven. Yet in spite of his limited formal education, he, wrote in later life with a verve and color that many professional writers would envy. Although he had once killed a man in escaping from a hell-ship at Hong Kong, Williams possessed a high sense of moral virtue. A practical man who survived countless storms and two major shipwrecks, he instinctively sought out the ships of masts and spars in an age in which the merchant marine was making its transition from sail to steam. Within him, too, burned a reforming fervor so intense that he became an uncompromising—and highly effective—enemy of all who preyed upon the common seaman. Vivid, salty, and enlivened by an unfailing sense of humor, James H. Williams’ reminiscences form a remarkable chronicle of life and adventure under sail and along the waterfronts of deep-water ports from America to China. Here are the thrill of the whale hunt and the terror of a boat’s crew as an infuriated whale capsizes them. Here are episodes of hardship and the brutality of bucko captains and mates that belied the beauty of taut, queenly ships. Here, too, are magnificent accounts of sailing ships and the stalwart men who manned them; of heroic deeds; of exotic anchorages and boisterous sprees ashore; of the immensity of the sea and its awe-inspiring gales and typhoons; of shipwreck in the English Channel on a bitter winter night; of drifting on a spar in the lonely South Atlantic and surviving for three months on an uninhabited island.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Pickle Partners Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1789125642

ISBN 13

9781789125641

United States Army in World War 2, Special Studies, Chronology, 1941-1945 (Hardcover)

By: Mary H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

United States Army in World War 2, Special Studies, Chronology, 1941-1945 (Hardcover)

By: Mary H. Williams

United States Army in World War 2. Center of Military History Pub. 11-1. Chronicles primarily the tactical events of World War 2, from the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, to the surrender of Japan in Aug. 1945, with emphasis on ground action by United States armed forces.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

680

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Published Date

ISBN 10

0160018765

ISBN 13

9780160018763

Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads

By: Roy H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads

By: Roy H. Williams

The author of "The Wizard Of Ads" offers guidance for putting advertising principles into action--and shows how to write compelling ad copy, price products and services, and formulate a plan for a small business.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Wizard of Ads

Published Date

ISBN 10

1885167393

ISBN 13

9781885167392

Thinking Through Dilemmas

Schemas, Frames, and Difficult Decisions

By: Lawrence H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Thinking Through Dilemmas

Schemas, Frames, and Difficult Decisions

By: Lawrence H. Williams

Departing from the sociological dual process model that divides thoughts into automatic and unconscious, or deliberate and conscious occurrences, this book draws on empirical cases to demonstrate the existence of “automatic deliberation.” Through research into the ways in which people address difficult subjects, such as death and dying, pedophilia, and career decision-making, the author sheds light on a mode of thinking which is both habitual and effortful, displaying a combination of habituated understandings and conscious deliberation. Advancing a blended view of cognition by which individuals draw on schemas and frames to think through complex topics, this volume will appeal to sociologists and psychologists with interests in cognition and the ways in which we make decisions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

166

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000178684

ISBN 13

9781000178685

Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors

A Trading Post on the Upper Missouri

By: W. Raymond Wood,William J. Hunt,Randy H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors

A Trading Post on the Upper Missouri

By: W. Raymond Wood,William J. Hunt,Randy H. Williams

A thriving fur trade post between 1830 and 1860, Fort Clark, in what is today western North Dakota, also served as a way station for artists, scientists, missionaries, soldiers, and other western chroniclers traveling along the Upper Missouri River. The written and visual legacies of these visitors—among them the German prince-explorer Maximilian of Wied, Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, and American painter-author George Catlin—have long been the primary sources of information on the cultures of the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians, the peoples who met the first fur traders in the area. This book, by a team of anthropologists, is the first thorough account of the fur trade at Fort Clark to integrate new archaeological evidence with the historical record. The Mandans built a village in about 1822 near the site of what would become Fort Clark; after the 1837 smallpox epidemic that decimated them, the village was occupied by Arikaras until they abandoned it in 1862. Because it has never been plowed, the site of Fort Clark and the adjacent Mandan/Arikara village are rich in archaeological information. The authors describe the environmental and cultural setting of the fort (named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition), including the social profile of the fur traders who lived there. They also chronicle the histories of the Mandans and the Arikaras before and during the occupation of the post and the village. The authors conclude by assessing the results—published here for the first time—of the archaeological program that investigated the fort and adjacent Indian villages at Fort Clark State Historic Site. By vividly depicting the conflict and cooperation in and around the fort, this book reveals the various cultures’ interdependence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

420

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806150440

ISBN 13

9780806150444

Magnolia Island

By: Asbury H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Magnolia Island

By: Asbury H. Williams

Twenty years ago, a group of students from Clemson University planted a large number of Magnolia Trees on a large barrier island off of the Southern coast of South Carolina. Now the secluded barrier island is covered with beautiful Southern Magnolia trees. The isolated island is accessible only by boat, but that is about to change. A long bridge is being built to the island. This is going to be an island for the rich and famous. A hospital with state of the art equipment has been built on the island. Top physicians have been hired to treat the rich patients who come to the Magnolia Island Hospital from all over the world. Dr. Susan Pearson from Johns Hopkins Hospital comes to the island for a short vacation, but is so impressed, she decides to stay. Dr. Bradley Clark, the hospital administrator runs the hospital with an iron fist. The plot becomes more complex. Multiple problems occur as some of the best doctors in the world take care of the demanding rich and famous patients.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

141

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467076511

ISBN 13

9781467076517

World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands

The Boats and Ships Sold and Registered for Commercial and Recreational Purposes Under the American Flag

By: Greg H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands

The Boats and Ships Sold and Registered for Commercial and Recreational Purposes Under the American Flag

By: Greg H. Williams

During World War II, the U.S. Navy swiftly expanded to include an array of vessels, from smaller yachts and fishing boats bought early in the war for patrol work to fast, modern commercial ships built to haul troops and supplies. After the Allied victory, this diverse fleet became unnecessary and the Navy sold many of its vessels. This comprehensive catalog documents the Navy ships and boats sold after the war and registered under the American flag for commercial or recreational purposes. Focusing on those vessels with names or clearly identifiable hull numbers and crew accommodations, it chronicles each craft's prewar ownership, wartime history, and postwar fate. The product of painstaking detective work in a wide range of primary sources, this meticulous directory highlights an unexplored but illuminating aspect of U.S. maritime history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

365

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476600406

ISBN 13

9781476600406

Slavery and freedom in Delaware, 1639-1865

By: William H. Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slavery and freedom in Delaware, 1639-1865

By: William H. Williams

William H. Williams fills a gap in the literature on slavery in America. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the 'peculiar institution' in the First State. An excellent text for courses in colonial and antebellum history, Slavery and Freedom in Delaware provides valuable insight into this unfortunate, unforgettable period in the nation's history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

0585199647

ISBN 13

9780585199641

Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way

The Paintings of John Baeder

By: John Baeder

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way

The Paintings of John Baeder

By: John Baeder

Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way surveys John Baeder's thirty-five-year obsession with roadside architecture, especially America's diners, and complements Baeder's Morris Museum of Art exhibit of the same name. Originally attracted to classic postcard images of mom-and-pop businesses and old black-and-white photos of downtowns, Baeder (b. 1938) has spent most of his art career depicting these beloved but unpretentious restaurants. Often classified as a photorealist, Baeder has always resisted being labeled. He sees his paintings as a plea for preservation and a way to reveal the psychology behind diners. Before the era of corporate fast food, Americans on the road looked to diners to provide \"meals like mother makes, \" a descriptive phrase found in Baeder\'s very first diner painting. Home cooking was especially appealing to weary tourists who took to the American highway in increasing numbers between the 1920s and the 1960s. By the late 1970s Baeder\'s paintings had become wildly popular. Baeder's paintings resonate in melodies of color and line and exhibit their personalities through hand-lettered placards and neon signs. They invite the viewer to absorb the everyday simplicity of roadside architecture in new ways and to discover the values of hearth and home in unexpected places. John Baeder of Nashville is a well-known realist painter. His work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, High Museum of Art, and many others. Jay Williams is curator at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. His previous publications include Illuminated Literature: The Art of Jerry and Brian Pinkney and What Dogs Dream: Paintings and Works on Paper by William Dunlap. Kevin Grogan is the director of the Morris Museum of Art. Donald Kuspit is professor of art history and philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

116

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

1934110221

ISBN 13

9781934110225

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

June 1865–December 1870

By: Jefferson Davis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

June 1865–December 1870

By: Jefferson Davis

Being powerless to direct the current, I can only wait to see whither it runs," wrote Jefferson Davis to his wife, Varina, on October 11, 1865, five months after the victorious United States Army took him prisoner. Indeed, in the tumultuous years immediately after the Civil War, Davis found himself more acted upon than active, a dramatic change from his previous twenty years of public service to the United States as a major political figure and then to the Confederacy as its president and commander in chief. Volume 12 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy as he and his family fight to find their place in the world after the Civil War. A federal prisoner, incarcerated in a "living tomb" at Fort Monroe while the government decided whether, where, and by whom he should be tried for treason, Davis was initially allowed to correspond only with his wife and counsel. Released from prison after two hard years, he was not free from legal proceedings until 1869. Stateless, homeless, and without means to support himself and his young family, Davis lived in Canada and then Europe, searching for a new career in a congenial atmosphere. Finally, in November 1869, he settled in Memphis as president of a life insurance company and, for the first time in four years, had the means to build a new life.Throughout this difficult period, Varina Howell Davis demonstrated strength and courage, especially when her husband was in prison. She fought tirelessly for his release and to ensure their children's education and safety. Their letters clearly demonstrate the Davises' love and their dependence on each other. They both worried over the fate of the South and of family members and friends who had suffered during the war. Though disfranchised, Davis remained careful but not totally silent on the subject of politics. Even while in prison, he wrote without regret of his decision to follow Mississippi out of the Union and of his unswerving belief in the constitutionality of state rights and secession. Likewise, he praised all who supported the Confederacy with their blood and who, like himself, had lost everything.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

N/A

Publisher

LSU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807133418

ISBN 13

9780807133415

Book's by H. Williams

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email