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Cadet Gray

Stories of Morgan Park Military Academy

By: James Vesely

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Cadet Gray

Stories of Morgan Park Military Academy

By: James Vesely

Early morning formations and close-order drill, Saturday afternoon football games and the pure hell of being a plebe. Spit-shined shoes and polished brass, flying flags and fluttering guidons. Sunday parades, full-dress balls, and the never-ending grind of studies. The joy of cars and girls and dreams of youth. And above all, the exciting, confusing, always uncertain adventure of growing up and coming of age. Sixteen heartwarming, often humorous stories that cover four decades of ritual, custom, and tradition at Morgan Park Military Academy, seen through the eyes of one legendary instructor, Capt. Francis S. Gray. For more than forty years, his common sense and stubborn insistence on academic excellence helped generations of cadets struggle through awkward adolescence and into young manhood.

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iUniverse

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0595416802

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9780595416806

Gray Ghost

The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby

By: James Ramage

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Gray Ghost

The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby

By: James Ramage

Confederate John Singleton Mosby forged his reputation on the most exhilarating of military activities: the overnight raid. Mosby possessed a genius for guerrilla and psychological warfare, taking control of the dark to make himself the "Gray Ghost" of Union nightmares. Gray Ghost, the first full biography of Confederate raider John Mosby, reveals new information on every aspect of Mosby’s life, providing the first analysis of his impact on the Civil War from the Union viewpoint.

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432

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813129451

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9780813129457

Minimalism

Art and Polemics in the Sixties

By: James Meyer,James Sampson Meyer

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Minimalism

Art and Polemics in the Sixties

By: James Meyer,James Sampson Meyer

Critic and art historian Meyer, a leading authority on Minimalism, examines the style from its inception to its broader cultural influence. This sourcebook features an excellent selection of nearly 300 color and b&w images to illustrate the surprising variety of the work.

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358

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Yale University Press

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0300105908

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9780300105902

The Living Dead

A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature

By: James B. Twitchell

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The Living Dead

A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature

By: James B. Twitchell

In his Preface to The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature, James Twitchell writes that he is not interested in the current generation of vampires, which he finds "rude, boring and hopelessly adolescent. However, they have not always been this way. In fact, a century ago they were often quite sophisticated, used by artists varied as Blake, Poe, Coleridge, the Brontes, Shelley, and Keats, to explain aspects of interpersonal relations. However vulgar the vampire has since become, it is important to remember that along with the Frankenstein monster, the vampire is one of the major mythic figures bequeathed to us by the English Romantics. Simply in terms of cultural influence and currency, the vampire is far more important than any other nineteenth-century archetypes; in fact, he is probably the most enduring and prolific mythic figure we have. This book traces the vampire out of folklore into serious art until he stabilizes early in this century into the character we all too easily recognize.

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236

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Duke University Press

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0822307898

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9780822307891

The Illinois

By: James Gray

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The Illinois

By: James Gray

From the arrival of Marquette and Jolliet in 1673 to the emergence of the prairie poets---Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, and Vachel Lindsay---in the twentieth century, James Gray traces the saga of the Illinois River and the people of central Illinois. In vivid prose he depicts such famous figures as the French explorer Sieur de La Salle, circuit rider Peter Cartwright, abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy, and political leader Stephen A. Douglas. His chronicle of Illinois history also includes the Indian massacre at Starved Rock, life in the French villages of the Illinois Country, the struggles of the pioneers, steamboat days in Peoria, and the operation of modern towboats on the river. Of special interest is Gray's colorful account of the Illinois background of Abraham Lincoln. A work of literary art as well as historical interpretation, The Illinois is one of the early volumes in the famous Rivers of America series.

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382

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University of Illinois Press

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0252060520

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9780252060526

Texas Snakes

Identification, Distribution, and Natural History

By: John E. Werler,James R. Dixon

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Texas Snakes

Identification, Distribution, and Natural History

By: John E. Werler,James R. Dixon

From the legendary, fear-inspiring Western Diamondback rattlesnake to the tiny, harmless Plains blind snake, Texas has a greater diversity of snake species than any other state in the country. Recognizing the public's need for a complete guide to identifying and understanding Texas' snakes, two of the state's most respected herpetologists have joined forces to create this definitive reference to all 109 species and sub-species of Texas snakes. Well-written species accounts describe each snake's appearance, lookalikes, size, habitat, behavior, feeding, and reproduction. The authors also include color photos and finely detailed line drawings to aid field identification, along with accurate range maps, a checklist of Texas snakes, a key to the species, and a brief discussion of classification and taxonomy. The authors round out this volume with essays on snake myths and misinformation, snakebite and its prevention, conservation, Texas biotic provinces, and a brief history of Texas herpetology.

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524

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University of Texas Press

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0292793316

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9780292793316

Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization

Estimation, Simulation, and Control

By: James C. Spall

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Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization

Estimation, Simulation, and Control

By: James C. Spall

* Unique in its survey of the range of topics. * Contains a strong, interdisciplinary format that will appeal to both students and researchers. * Features exercises and web links to software and data sets.

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620

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471441902

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9780471441908

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1790-1794

By: Maeva Marcus,James R. Perry

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The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1790-1794

By: Maeva Marcus,James R. Perry

Volume 2 details the workings of the Court's experimental practice of sending Justices around the country to serve as judges at sessions of the various federal circuit courts. The documents in this volume reveal that the justices quickly voiced bitter complaints about the demands of their circuit duties. They also questioned the propriety--and perhaps constitutionality--of assigning the same individuals to act as superior and inferior court judges. The documents in this volume also touch upon topics that figured prominently in the law and politics of the era: neutrality, the boundary between state and federal crimes, the constitutional prohibition against impairing the obligations of contracts, and the relationship between law and morality.

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652

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Columbia University Press

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0231088698

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9780231088695

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1795-1800

By: Maeva Marcus,James R. Perry

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The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1795-1800

By: Maeva Marcus,James R. Perry

Volume 3 treats the justices on circuit, and include among other things, a circuit court calendar for each of the three circuits from 1790 to 1800 and a collection of grand jury charges.

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588

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Columbia University Press

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0231088701

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9780231088701

Early Settlers of Alabama

By: James Edmonds Saunders,Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs

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Early Settlers of Alabama

By: James Edmonds Saunders,Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs

A reprint of the 1899 Publication with two parts bound in one volume.

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586

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806303085

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9780806303086

The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas

By: Laura Spess Jackson,Carol A. Thompson,James J. Dinsmore

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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas

By: Laura Spess Jackson,Carol A. Thompson,James J. Dinsmore

The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas"—the first comprehensive statewide survey of Iowa's breeding birds—provides a detailed record of the composition and distribution of the avifauna of the Hawkeye State. The atlas documents the presence of 199 species, 158 of which were confirmed breeding. This landmark volume will alert Iowans to the limited distribution of numerous species and serve as a guide to the management practices—such as forest and wetland management, set-aside programs, reduction in farm chemical use, and crop diversity—which could help insure that many future changes are positive ones. "The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas" provides a welcome and much-needed baseline for future comparisons of changes in Iowa's birdlife and, by extension, the lives of all animals in the state.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587291169

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9781587291166

Book's by James Gray

Cadet Gray

Cadet Gray

Gray Ghost

Gray Ghost

Minimalism

Minimalism

The Living Dead

The Living Dead

The Illinois

The Illinois

Texas Snakes

Texas Snakes

Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization

Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1790-1794

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1790-1794

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1795-1800

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1795-1800

Early Settlers of Alabama

Early Settlers of Alabama

The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas

The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas

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