James L. Smith's Books

Autobiography of James L. Smith

Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, Etc.

By: James L. Smith

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Autobiography of James L. Smith

Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, Etc.

By: James L. Smith

Published in 1881, this is the autobiography of James L. Smith, who lived as a slave in Northumberland County, Virginia before the Civil War. Includes recollections of the Civil War, education of freedmen and more.

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172

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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ISBN 10

1492140651

ISBN 13

9781492140658

The Cattle Guard

Its History and Lore

By: James F. Hoy

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The Cattle Guard

Its History and Lore

By: James F. Hoy

With this study the cattle guard joins the sod house, the windmill, and barbed wire as a symbol of range country on the American Great Plains. A U.S. folk innovation now in use throughout the world, the cattle guard functions as both a gate and a fence: it keeps livestock from crossing, but allows automobiles and people to cross freely. The author blends traditional history and folklore to trace the origins of the cattle guard and to describe how, in true folk fashion, the device in its simplest form—wooden poles or logs spaced in parallel fashion over a pit in the roadway—was reinvented and adapted throughout livestock country Hoy traces the origins of the cattle guard to flat stone stiles unique to Cornwall, England, then through the railroad cattle guard, in use in this country as early as 1836, and finally to the Great Plains where, probably in 1905, the first ones appeared on roads. He describes regional variations in cattle guards and details unusual types. He provides information on cattle-guard makers, who range from local blacksmiths and welders to farmers and ranchers to large manufacturers. In addition to documenting the economic and cultural significance of the cattle guard, this volume reveals much about early twentieth-century farm and ranch life. It will be of interest not only to folklorists and historians of agriculture and Western America, but also to many Plains-area farmers, ranchers, and oilmen.

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260

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University Press of Kansas

Published Date

ISBN 10

0700631569

ISBN 13

9780700631568

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

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Black Baseball, 1858-1900

A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires

By: James E. Brunson III

This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Helena Pastimes. Player biographies trace their connections between teams across the country. Essays frame the biographies, discussing the social and cultural events that shaped black baseball. Waiters and barbers formed the earliest organized clubs and developed local, regional and national circuits. Some players belonged to both white and colored clubs, and some umpires officiated colored, white and interracial matches. High schools nurtured young players and transformed them into powerhouse teams, like Cincinnati's Vigilant Base Ball Club. A special essay covers visual representations of black baseball and the artists who created them, including colored artists of color who were also baseballists.

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1402

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

1476616582

ISBN 13

9781476616582

Dwight L. Moody

American Evangelist, 1837-1899

By: James F. Findlay

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Dwight L. Moody

American Evangelist, 1837-1899

By: James F. Findlay

No one can claim to understand the American social and religious mind of the last half of the nineteenth century who does not understand sympathetically what evangelist Dwight L. Moody and his career represented. Moody was an entrepreneur, a self-made man, a living expression of much that was hearty and some of what was crass about religion in his day. This is the first biography to place him fully within the context of the broad social, theological, and cultural developments of his time. Most of the existing biographical literature about Moody is either simplistically eulogistic or sarcastically hostile. These polar views reflect the split that occurred within the Protestant church between fundamentalists and modernists during and after Moody's career. It is with an objective overview of these divergencies that the author has prepared his biography. Mr. Findlay demonstrates how Moody's outlook evolved from the small-town framework of early nineteenth-century New England and developed into the mainstream of American evangelicalism. In the rising cities of Boston and Chicago, he concentrated his efforts to urbanize revivalism as part of a general struggle to adapt a traditional faith to a rapidly changing external environment. After his triumphant revival crusades of the 1870s, the impact of his style and message faded before the progressive liberal approach to religion that was to shape twentieth-century Protestantism. The present biography of this great evangelist is far superior to any other, both for its scholarly approach in determining the place of evangelicalism in American social and religious history and for its portrayal of the overpowering impact of Moody's personality. It will be particularly fascinating to those interested in American social history and the history of evangelism, the man and the movement.

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459

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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ISBN 10

1556356234

ISBN 13

9781556356230

Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management

By: James S. Gaynor,William W. Muir

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Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management

By: James S. Gaynor,William W. Muir

- NEW! Eight new chapters include the latest information on: - the human-animal bond - local and regional techniques - preventive and multimodal analgesia - energy modalities - acupuncture - physical examination with emphasis on isolating and locating pain - therapeutic goals - pain in laboratory animals - NEW! Completely updated drug information, with new agents, doseforms, and routes provides the most current pain management therapies for use in the clinical setting. - NEW! Expanded sections on the cat and exotics address the growing popularity of these pets by providing additional species-specific information.

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638

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323222145

ISBN 13

9780323222143

Casper Rader 1732-1812 Wythe County, Virginia

By: James L. Rader

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Casper Rader 1732-1812 Wythe County, Virginia

By: James L. Rader

The first 3 generations of Casper Rader's Descendants. He is found first on the ship Edinberg in 1750 Pennsylvania. He lives in Lebanon county and Cumberland county Pennsylvania during the Rev War -- --- His children are in Greene County Tennessee and other places The major improvement over earlier versions is the inclusion of $3,000 of land research. The land they lived on is plotted on Quad maps in detail sufficient for you to go right to each place they lived ---- visit my website at www.rader.org for more details

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364

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Lulu.com

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ISBN 10

0615182178

ISBN 13

9780615182179

Book's by James L. Smith

Autobiography of James L. Smith

Autobiography of James L. Smith

The Cattle Guard

The Cattle Guard

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

Black Baseball, 1858-1900

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight L. Moody

Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management

Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management

Casper Rader 1732-1812 Wythe County, Virginia

Casper Rader 1732-1812 Wythe County, Virginia

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