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Maverick's Progress

An Autobiography

By: James T. Flexner

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Flexner, a biographer and historian and a recipient of prestigious awards including the National Book Award and a Special Pulitzer Prize, chronicles his development as a writer, from his experiences as a journalist to his historical biographies. He reveals his methodology as a biographer, and discusses his work as an advisor to historical sites and as president of PEN and the Society of American Historians, as well as his personal relationships. Contains bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823216616

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Random Harvest

By: James Thomas Flexner

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Random Harvest

By: James Thomas Flexner

A collection of Flexner's writings, including a commencement address from 1929, writings that first appeared in the New York Herald Tribune, two short stories, essays on American painting, some biographical pieces, essays on American history, and some pieces that offer glimpses of the author's personal life.

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0823217302

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The Young Hamilton

A Biography

By: James Thomas Flexner

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The Young Hamilton

A Biography

By: James Thomas Flexner

Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became.

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0823217906

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Random Harvest

By: James T. Flexner

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By: James T. Flexner

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Doctors on Horseback

Pioneers of American Medicine

By: James Thomas Flexner

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Doctors on Horseback

Pioneers of American Medicine

By: James Thomas Flexner

The man in the street would not, perhaps, recognize all the names of the brilliant scientists whose careers and personalities animate this book, but doctors know them. Morgan, who founded the first medical school in America and, fighting beside Washington, was ruined by the petty politics of the Revolution; McDowell, who, although on the fringe of the wilderness, dared the operation that prepared the way for all abdominal surgery; Rush, the equivocal personality who, for better or worse, dominated American medicine for more than fifty years; Beaumont, who, saving a life, won a living laboratory; Drake, who brought modern medicine to the new West; Long and Morton, who banished pain from surgery and earned it for themselves - these men are honored in their profession today. Mr. Flexner approaches his subject with authority, sympathy, and humor. The bitter antagonisms, personal jealousies, tragic misconceptions which inevitably arose are given their place in the story, but always the reader is conscious that these men were making lasting contributions to their profession and to their country. The book is one that will have immediate appeal for those who enjoy being behind the scenes of the scientific world, and for those who like to wander through the by ways of history.

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082321379X

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9780823213795

States Dyckman

American Loyalist

By: James Thomas Flexner

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States Dyckman

American Loyalist

By: James Thomas Flexner

James Thomas Flexner has been a professional writer most of his adult life. After several year spent at the City desk at the New York Herald Tribune after graduating from Harvard University , Flexner went on to become one of America's foremost historians. He has written with great distinction in a unique style accessible to and enjoyed by the scholar and general reader, twenty-six books in the fields of American history and art. Although he is principally known for his historical books, notably his four -volume biography of George Washington, Flexner has written in many forms and for many outlets. He has written for print and television; he has been a lecturer, columnist, reviewer, and even a fiction writer.

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0823213692

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9780823213696

Young Hamilton

By: James T. Flexner

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Young Hamilton

By: James T. Flexner

Available in a new digital edition with reflowable text suitable for e-readers Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton’s life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton’s early years shaped him into the statesman he became.

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1531510884

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An American Saga

The Story of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner

By: James Thomas Flexner

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An American Saga

The Story of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner

By: James Thomas Flexner

This tale of two families is set on a grand scale, as James Thomas Flexner brings his talents to bear on his own noteworthy heritage. An American Saga is an historical narrative, grounded on documentary sources, which ends with the marriage of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner. The account deals equally with the lives and the backgrounds of husband and wife, the author's parents. Simon Flexner was the famous medical investigator, discoverer of the "Flexner vacillus" and the "Flexner serum, " who became the creating director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) and, eventually, the acknowledged leader of American medical science. The Kentucky-born son of impoverished German Jewish immigrants, he grew up in penury. As he never completed the eighth grade, he was almost completely self-educated when he appeared at The Johns Hopkins University even before its celebrated medical school had been founded. Almost instantly he began making the discoveries that soon made him the leading younger medical scientist in the United States. Helen Thomas' family were Quakers. Her ancestors, among the original settlers of Maryland, bankrupted themselves in 1810 by freeing some hundred slaves. Exiled from plantation life, they settled in Baltimore where they regained prosperity and aristocratic position. Helen's father played an important role in establishing The Johns Hopkins University and its Medical School, and Bryn Mawr College, of which Helen's older sister, Carey, became president. Helen's mother's family, the Whitalls, was characterized by women with strong feminist and religious beliefs. Helen herself was a striking redhead with literary interests andachievements. She was twenty-nine when she met Simon, then thirty-seven. Coming from such different backgrounds, it took three years of courtship for them to come together in a union which was to have great impact on the society of their day. Featured in this multi-faceted saga are such p

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An American Saga

The Story of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner

By: James Thomas Flexner

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An American Saga

The Story of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner

By: James Thomas Flexner

This tale of two families is set on a grand scale, as James Thomas Flexner brings his talents to bear on his own noteworthy heritage. An American Saga is an historical narrative, grounded on documentary sources, which ends with the marriage of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner. The account deals equally with the lives and the backgrounds of husband and wife, the author's parents. Simon Flexner was the famous medical investigator, discoverer of the "Flexner vacillus" and the "Flexner serum", who became the creating director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) and, eventually, the acknowledged leader of American medical science. The Kentucky-born son of impoverished German Jewish immigrants, he grew up in penury. As he never completed the eighth grade, he was almost completely self-educated when he appeared at The Johns Hopkins University even before its celebrated medical school had been founded. Almost instantly he began making the discoveries that soon made him the leading younger medical scientist in the United States. Helen Thomas' family were Quakers. Her ancestors, among the original settlers of Maryland, bankrupted themselves in 1810 by freeing some hundred slaves. Exiled from plantation life, they settled in Baltimore where they regained prosperity and aristocratic position. Helen's father played an important role in establishing The Johns Hopkins University and its Medical School, and Bryn Mawr College, of which Helen's older sister, Carey, became president. Helen's mother's family, the Whitalls, was characterized by women with strong feminist and religious beliefs. Helen herself was a striking redhead with literary interests andachievements. She was twenty-nine when she met Simon, then thirty-seven. Coming from such different backgrounds, it took three years of courtship for them to come together in a union which was to have great impact on the society of their day. Featured in this multi-faceted saga are such prominent persons as Bertrand Russell and Logan Pearsall Smith, Drs. Welch and Osler, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Lyman Dwight Moody, and Walt Whitman.

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George Washington in the American Revolution, 1775-1783

By: James Thomas Flexner

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George Washington in the American Revolution, 1775-1783

By: James Thomas Flexner

Considers the strengths and weaknesses of this civilian general whose hard-won military lessons won the American Revolution

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Little Brown & Company

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0316285951

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9780316285957

John Singleton Copley

By: James Thomas Flexner

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John Singleton Copley

By: James Thomas Flexner

****Reprint of the 1948 edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.), which is cited in BCL3; in 1939, a lesser version was published as part of Flexner's book America's Old Masters (The Viking Press). Biographical detail and astute art criticism are combined in this study of an exceptional self-taught artist who was born in Boston in 1738, and moved to London to escape the turmoil of the Revolution. Includes 32 full-page reproductions of Copley's paintings, some in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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On Desperate Seas

A Biography of Gilbert Stuart

By: James Thomas Flexner

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On Desperate Seas

A Biography of Gilbert Stuart

By: James Thomas Flexner

Born in poverty in Rhode Island, Stuart became through his art the intimate of the great of two continents. Yet he never abandoned his disdain for worldly rank, or his fascination with character. He made huge sums in England, but spent even more in dissipation. Prison yawned for him, and he fled his creditors. During the thirty-five American years he painted with brilliance, creating a unique portrait manner. His rank as an artist was never questioned, but his nerves would not quiet.

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Mohawk Baronet

A Biography of Sir William Johnson

By: James Thomas Flexner

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Mohawk Baronet

A Biography of Sir William Johnson

By: James Thomas Flexner

William Johnson was among the most powerful and romantic figures in early American history. Beginning as an impoverished eighteenth century Irish immigrant, he became the wealthiest and most influential Indian leader on the North American continent. Married to Molly Brant, sister of the celebrated Mohawk Joseph Brant, Johnson served as a mediator in the evolving clash of the European and Native American cultures. This new edition brings back into print a classic work that will be welcomed reading for all those interested in early American history and American-Indian relations.

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Cowboys Full

The Story of Poker

By: James McManus

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Cowboys Full

The Story of Poker

By: James McManus

From James McManus, author of the bestselling Positively Fifth Street, comes the definitive story of the game that, more than any other, reflects who we are and how we operate. Cowboys Full is the story of poker, from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe to its ascent as a global—but especially an American—phenomenon. It describes how early Americans took a French parlor game and, with a few extra cards and an entrepreneurial spirit, turned it into a national craze by the time of the Civil War. From the kitchen-table games of ordinary citizens to its influence on generals and diplomats, poker has gone hand in hand with our national experience. Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama have deployed poker and its strategies to explain policy, to relax with friends, to negotiate treaties and crises, and as a political networking tool. The ways we all do battle and business are echoed by poker tactics: cheating and thwarting cheaters, leveraging uncertainty, bluffing and sussing out bluffers, managing risk and reward. Cowboys Full shows how what was once accurately called the cheater's game has become amostly honest contest of cunning, mathematical precision, and luck. It explains how poker, formerly dominated by cardsharps, is now the most popular card game in Europe, East Asia, Australia, South America, and cyberspace, as well as on television. It combines colorful history with firsthand experience from today's professional tour. And it examines poker's remarkable hold on American culture, from paintings by Frederic Remington to countless poker novels, movies, and plays. Braiding the thrill of individual hands with new ways of seeing poker's relevance to our military, diplomatic, business, and personal affairs, Cowboys Full is sure to become the classic account of America's favorite pastime.

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1429990686

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John Singleton Copley

By: James Thomas Flexner

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John Singleton Copley

By: James Thomas Flexner

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On Desperate Seas

A Biography of Gilbert Stuart

By: James Thomas Flexner

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On Desperate Seas

A Biography of Gilbert Stuart

By: James Thomas Flexner

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The Traitor and the Spy

Benedict Arnold and John André

By: James Thomas Flexner

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The Traitor and the Spy

Benedict Arnold and John André

By: James Thomas Flexner

An account of the traitorous trio who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom.

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0815602634

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Decision in Philadelphia

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

By: Christopher Collier,James Lincoln Collier

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Decision in Philadelphia

The Constitutional Convention of 1787

By: Christopher Collier,James Lincoln Collier

Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus—casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.

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Blackstone Publishing

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162064195X

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Mohawk Baronet

A Biography of Sir William Johnson

By: James Thomas Flexner

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Mohawk Baronet

A Biography of Sir William Johnson

By: James Thomas Flexner

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Syracuse University Press

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America's Old Masters

By: James Thomas Flexner

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America's Old Masters

By: James Thomas Flexner

Essays on Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charls Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart.

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Courier Corporation

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048627957X

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Young Hamilton

By: James T. Flexner

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Young Hamilton

By: James T. Flexner

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Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero

An American Warrior Reconsidered

By: James K. Martin

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Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero

An American Warrior Reconsidered

By: James K. Martin

This landmark biography stands as an invaluable antidote to the historical distortion surrounding the life of Benedict Arnold.

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NYU Press

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0814756468

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Maverick's Progress

An Autobiography

By: James T. Flexner

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Maverick's Progress

An Autobiography

By: James T. Flexner

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823216616

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The Face of Liberty

Founders of the United States

By: James Thomas Flexner,Linda Bantel Samter

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The Face of Liberty

Founders of the United States

By: James Thomas Flexner,Linda Bantel Samter

By James Thomas Flexner ; biographies of sitters and painters by Linda Bantel Samter ; in cooperation with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

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Crown Publishing Group (NY)

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0517524910

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9780517524916

Stories of Saint Nicholas

By: James Kirke Paulding

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Stories of Saint Nicholas

By: James Kirke Paulding

Throughout the 1820s and 1830s, Paulding wrote a number of Christmas tales, the best of which are brought together in this collection and which predate Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Paulding presents his stories as they have been translated from the original Dutch by a fictitious author. In them Saint Nicholas - a sixteenth-century Dutch Protestant baker - miraculously befriends those who uphold Dutch traditions and sets straight those who are either mean or given to "newfangled notions".

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Syracuse University Press

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0815603258

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9780815603252

The American Experiment

The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

By: James MacGregor Burns

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The American Experiment

The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

By: James MacGregor Burns

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War. In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he combines the color and texture of early American life with meticulous scholarship. Focusing on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, Burns brilliantly shows how Americans became divided over the meaning of Liberty. In The Workshop of Democracy, Burns explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as a new global power. And in The Crosswinds of Freedom, Burns offers an articulate and incisive examination of the US during its rise to become the world’s sole superpower—through the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the rapid pace of technological change that gave rise to the “American Century.”

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Open Road Media

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148043020X

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George Washington

First in War, First in Peace

By: James A. Crutchfield

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George Washington

First in War, First in Peace

By: James A. Crutchfield

Between 1753, when he was commissioned as a major of Virginia militia, and 1775, when the Second Continental Congress named him Commander-in-Chief of all colonial military forces, George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor landowner and surveyor to become America's first national hero. With little military training he led the thirteen fledgling colonies through six years of grueling war against formidable British forces, steered the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and served two terms as the first president of the United States. His accomplishments were so stunning and he was so revered that by the end of the war some of his generals urged him to install himself as king, an idea he looked upon with "abhorrence," calling the very thought "painful." Nor would he consider standing for a third term as president. In this revealing book, James Crutchfield writes of Washington as an enigmatic man-"No more elusive personality exists in history" as an eminent Harvard historian observed. His outward commonness concealed a quick, analytic mind, capable of learning from mistakes, gauging his successes not on winning battles but on the effect his decisions would have on the future of his country. "Washington remains an American hero, in every definition of the word," Crutchfield says. "He was a man who rose above the political uncertainty of the infant United States to chart its destiny for two centuries into the future.

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Macmillan

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0765310708

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The Antebellum Period

By: James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo

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The Antebellum Period

By: James M. Volo,Dorothy Volo

The Antebellum Era was a complex time in American culture. Young ladies had suitors call upon them, while men often settled quarrels by dueling, and mill girls worked 16-hour days to help their families make ends meet. Yet at the same time, a new America was emerging. The rapid growth of cities inspired Frederick Law Olmstead to lead the movement for public parks. Stephen Foster helped forge a catalog of American popular music; writers such as Washington Irving and Ralph Waldo Emerson raised the level of American literature; artists such as Thomas Cole and Thomas Doughty defined a new style of painting called the Hudson River School. All the while, schisms between northern and southern culture threatened to divide the nation. This volume in Greenwood's American Popular Culture Through History recounts the ways in which things old and new intersected in the decades before the Civil War. James and Dorothy Volo are one of the more prolific author teams in reference publishing today, and with this volume they make important contributions to Greenwood's successful series on America's other history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313052972

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9780313052972

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

By: James E. Seaver

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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

By: James E. Seaver

As one of the earliest literary forms of colonial America, the Indian captivity narrative is important not only in the history of American letters but also as an indispensable source concerning the colonization of the “frontier,” the peoples who dwelt on either side of it, and the often limited understanding they had of one another. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison is one of the best of this literary genre. In 1758, fifteen-year-old Mary Jemison and her family were captured near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by a Shawnee and French raiding party. Shortly thereafter, her family was killed; she was turned over to a Seneca family, adopted by them, and four years later taken to their western New York homeland—where, by choice, she spent the rest of her life as an Iroquois wife, mother, and landed proprietor. In time she gained respect as a negotiator and was known in New York and adjacent states as the “white woman of the Genesee.” James E. Seaver’s account of her life, written in the first person, taking on her voice as narrator, tells not only of her own adventures and misfortunes but also of the lives, customs, and attitudes of the Indians with whom she identified. When Seaver (about whom very little is known) interviewed Jemison in 1823, she was eighty years old. She did not read or write English, but she spoke it fluently. The book, published in 1824 and reprinted more than thirty times both in the United States and abroad, lives on; for readers continue to wonder at the strength and complexity of this remarkable woman’s life.

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0815624913

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For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions

By: James R. Gaines

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For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions

By: James R. Gaines

On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse he could find and kicked it into a gallop. So began what have been called the "sister revolutions" of France and America. In a single, thrilling narrative, this book tells the story of those revolutions, and shows just how deeply intertwined they actually were. Their leaders, George Washington and the marquis de Lafayette, had a relationship every bit as complex as the long, fraught history of the French-American alliance. Vain, tough, ambitious, they strove to shape their characters and records into the form they wanted history to remember. Book jacket.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393333515

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9780393333510

The South on Paper

Line, Color and Light

By: James C. Kelly

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The South on Paper

Line, Color and Light

By: James C. Kelly

Explores forty-four southern artists and eighty of their works.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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0963283634

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The Workshop of Democracy, 1863–1932

By: James MacGregor Burns

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The Workshop of Democracy, 1863–1932

By: James MacGregor Burns

DIVDIVThe second volume of Burns’s acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression/divDIV /divDIVAbraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope—that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government for people of different races, religions, and aspirations. The scars of the Civil War would not soon heal, but with that one short speech, the president held out the possibility that such a nation might not simply survive, but flourish. The Workshop of Democracy explores more than a half-century of dramatic growth and transformation of the American landscape, through the addition of dozens of new states, the shattering tragedy of the First World War, the explosion of industry, and, in the end, the emergence of the United States as an new global power. /divDIV /divDIV /divDIV/div/div

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1453245197

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The Soul's Code

In Search of Character and Calling

By: James Hillman

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The Soul's Code

In Search of Character and Calling

By: James Hillman

“[An] acute and powerful vision . . . offers a renaissance of humane values.”—Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life Plato called it “daimon,” the Romans “genius,” the Christians “guardian angel”; today we use such terms as “heart,” “spirit,” and “soul.” While philosophers and psychologists from Plato to Jung have studied and debated the fundamental essence of our individuality, our modern culture refuses to accept that a unique soul guides each of us from birth, shaping the course of our lives. In this extraordinary bestseller, James Hillman presents a brilliant vision of our selves, and an exciting approach to the mystery at the center of every life that asks, “What is it, in my heart, that I must do, be, and have? And why?” Drawing on the biographies of figures such as Ella Fitzgerald and Mohandas K. Gandhi, Hillman argues that character is fate, that there is more to each individual than can be explained by genetics and environment. The result is a reasoned and powerful road map to understanding our true nature and discovering an eye-opening array of choices—from the way we raise our children to our career paths to our social and personal commitments to achieving excellence in our time. Praise for The Soul’s Code “Champions a glorious sort of rugged individualism that, with the help of an inner daimon (or guardian angel), can triumph against all odds.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] brilliant, absorbing work . . . Hillman dares us to believe that we are each meant to be here, that we are needed by the world around us.”—Publishers Weekly

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Sweet Freedom's Song

"My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America

By: the late Robert James Branham,Stephen J. Hartnett

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Sweet Freedom's Song

"My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America

By: the late Robert James Branham,Stephen J. Hartnett

Although it isn't the official national anthem, America may be the most important and interesting patriotic song in our national repertoire. Sweet Freedom's Song: "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural and political roles played by the song America over the past 250 years. Popularly known as My Country 'Tis of Thee and as God Save the King/Queen before that this tune has a history as rich as the country it extols. In Sweet Freedom's Song, Robert Branham and Stephen Hartnett chronicle this song's many incarnations over the centuries. Colonial Americans, Southern slaveowners, abolitionists, temperance campaigners and labor leaders, among others, appropriated and adapted the tune to create anthems for their own struggles. Because the song has been invoked by nearly every grassroots movement in American history, the story of America offers important insights on the story of democracy in the United States. An examination of America as a historical artifact and cultural text, Sweet Freedoms Song is a reflection of the rebellious spirit of Americans throughout our nations history. The late Robert James Branham and his collaborator, Stephen Hartnett, have produced a thoroughly-researched, delightfully written book that will appeal to scholars and patriots of all stripes.

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Oxford University Press

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0190285907

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Pure Food

Securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906

By: James Harvey Young

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Pure Food

Securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906

By: James Harvey Young

Pure food" became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movement in the context of changing technology and medical theory and describes pioneering laws to control imported drugs and domestic oleomargarine. He explains controversy within the pure food coalition, showing how farming and business groups sought competitive commercial advantage, while consumer advocates wished to promote commercial integrity and advance public health. The author focuses on how the public became increasingly fearful of hazards in adulterated foods and narcotic nostrums and how Congress finally achieved the compromises necessary to pass the Food and Drugs Act and the meat inspection law of 1906. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400860326

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William Livingston's American Revolution

By: James J. Gigantino II

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William Livingston's American Revolution

By: James J. Gigantino II

William Livingston's American Revolution explores how New Jersey's first governor experienced the American Revolution and managed a state government on the war's front lines. A wartime bureaucrat, Livingston played a pivotal role in a pivotal place, prosecuting the war on a daily basis for eight years. Such second-tier founding fathers as Livingston were the ones who actually administered the war and guided the day-to-day operations of revolutionary-era governments, serving as the principal conduits between the local wartime situation and the national demands placed on the states. In the first biography of Livingston published since the 1830s, James J. Gigantino's examination is as much about the position he filled as about the man himself. The reluctant patriot and his roles as governor, member of the Continental Congress, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention quickly became one, as Livingston's distinctive personality molded his office's status and reach. A tactful politician, successful lawyer, writer, satirist, political operative, gardener, soldier, and statesman, Livingston became the longest-serving patriot governor during a brutal war that he had not originally wanted to fight or believed could be won. Through Livingston's life, Gigantino examines the complex nature of the conflict and the choice to wage it, the wartime bureaucrats charged with administering it, the constant battle over loyalty on the home front, the limits of patriot governance under fire, and the ways in which wartime experiences affected the creation of the Constitution.

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0812295501

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