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An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890

By: John Vance Lauderdale

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An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890

By: John Vance Lauderdale

This selection of Lauderdale's writings, edited and annotated by a premier historian of the American West, offers an insightful account of army life that will teach readers much about the settlement and growth of the West in a time of rapid change.

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University of New Mexico Press

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082635453X

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An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890

By: John Vance Lauderdale

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Journals and Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, 1864-1890

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University of New Mexico Press

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I Hope to Do My Country Service

The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry

By: John Bennitt

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I Hope to Do My Country Service

The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry

By: John Bennitt

Although a number of memoirs from Civil War surgeons have been published in the last decade, "I Hope to Do My Country Serviceis the first of its kind from a Michigan regimental surgeon to appear in more than a century.

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Wayne State University Press

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081433170X

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9780814331705

A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs

The Man on the Firing Line

By: John Cullen Gruesser

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A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs

The Man on the Firing Line

By: John Cullen Gruesser

Writing, publishing, and marketing five politically engaged novels that appeared between 1899 and 1908, Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933) was among the most prolific African American authors at the turn of the twentieth century. In contrast to his Northern contemporaries Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt, Griggs, as W. E. B. Du Bois remarked, "spoke primarily to the Negro race," using his own Nashville-based publishing company to produce four of his novels. Griggs pastored Baptist churches in three Southern states and played a leading role in the influential but understudied National Baptist Convention. Until recently, little was known about the personal and professional life of this religious and community leader. Thus, critics could only contextualize his literary texts to a limited degree and were forced to speculate about how he published them. This literary biography, the first written about the author, draws extensively on primary sources and late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, local and national, African American and white. A very different Sutton Griggs emerges from these materials—a dynamic figure who devoted himself to literature for a longer period and to a more profound extent than has ever been previously imagined but also someone who frequently found himself embroiled in controversy because of what he said in his writings and the means he used to publish them. The book challenges currently held notions about the audience for, and the content, production, and dissemination of politically engaged US black fiction, altering the perception of the African American literature and print culture of the period.

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273

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Oxford University Press

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019266980X

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9780192669803

Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers

Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest

By: John P. Langellier

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Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers

Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest

By: John P. Langellier

On a hot summer’s day in Montana, a daring frontier cavalry officer, Powhatan Henry Clarke, died at the height of his promising career. A member of the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 1884, Clarke graduated dead last, and while short on academic application, he was long on charm and bravado. Clarke obtained a commission with the black troops of the Tenth Cavalry, earning his spurs with these “Buffalo Soldiers.” He evolved into a fearless field commander at the troop level, gaining glory and first-hand knowledge of what it took to campaign in the West. During his brief, action-packed career, Clarke saved a black trooper’s life while under Apache fire and was awarded the Medal of Honor. A chance meeting brought Clarke together with artist Frederic Remington, who brought national attention to Clarke when he illustrated the exploit for an 1886 Harper’s Weekly. The officer and artist became friends, and Clarke served as a model and consultant for future artwork by Remington. Remington’s many depictions of Clarke added greatly to the cavalryman’s luster. In turn, the artist gained fame and fortune in part from drawing on Clarke as his muse. The story of these two unlikely comrades tells much about the final stages of the Wild West and the United States’ emergence on the international scene. Along the way Geronimo, The Apache Kid, “Texas” John Slaughter, and others played their roles in Clarke’s brief, but compelling drama.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574418203

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9781574418200

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees

How Stephen Smith Changed New York

By: John M. Harris Jr.

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Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees

How Stephen Smith Changed New York

By: John M. Harris Jr.

This is the first full-length biography of New York surgeon and social activist Stephen Smith (1823–1922), who was appointed to fifty years of public service by three mayors, seven governors, and two U.S. presidents. The book presents the complex life of Stephen Smith, a consistent figure in the history of public health, mental health, housing reform in New York, and even urban reforestation. Utilizing Smith’s writings, public records, and recently discovered personal correspondence, this research shows how Smith succeeded where others failed. It also acknowledges that Smith was unsuccessful in convincing his fellow professionals to fight for a cabinet level public health department or to resist the rise of custodial care for the mentally impaired. Given Smith’s many accomplishments, the book asks us to consider if what stopped him stops us, highlighting the relevance of Smith’s story to contemporary debates. Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees is a readable and well-documented narrative and a resource for students and scholars, filling gaps in the history of American medicine, public health, mental health, and New York social reform.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003821340

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9781003821342

More Work Than Glory

Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866-1916

By: John P. Langellier

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More Work Than Glory

Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866-1916

By: John P. Langellier

Prior to the 1960s, the term “Buffalo Soldier” was a fairly obscure one. Then, a trickle of titles became a torrent of books, articles, novels, monuments, and expanding numbers of historic sites along with museums all of which have changed the picture. Even an occasional nod from television and movies helped transform these once relatively little-known Black U.S. Army troops into familiar figures, who have taken their place in a mythic past. Indeed, powerful imagemakers from William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody and his Congress of Rough Riders to Frederic Remington, the dean of frontier artists, helped lionize the Black troops whose exploits brought them to the American West, Cuba, the Philippines, Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii in the years between 1866 and 1916. Despite a significant shift in emphasis, numerous efforts treating this element of the vital, complex story of the post-Civil War U.S. Army frequently repeated earlier studies rather than added fresh perspectives. Also, the narrative typically ended with the so-called Indian Wars or Spanish American War. Many authors likewise dwelt on military operations rather than numerous other relevant contributions and activities of these men who played a role in the nation’s complex evolution during the half century after the American Civil War. Profusely illustrated with compelling images and detailed maps, along with an array of appendices, this latest addition to the Buffalo Soldier saga represents over five decades of research by military historian John P. Langellier. Further, More Work an Glory: Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866–1916 combines the best features of prior scholarship while enhancing the scope with new or underused primary sources. The author views the subject through the broader perspectives of race. He sets the text against the backdrop of the transition of the U.S. Army from a frontier constabulary to an international power. In the process, he highlights the staggering assortment of non-military missions including assignments to national parks and forests; road building; exploration; pioneer military bicycling; duty along the explosive border between the United States and Mexico; employment as agents of law and order, along with a litany of other contributions that enhanced an impressive combat record against formidable Native Americans and others. Langellier frames the narrative within the context of continuity and change from Reconstruction in the 1860s through the early twentieth century. Above all, he focuses on the soldiers themselves to provide a human perspective as well as challenges prevalent misconceptions that often overshadow more fascinating facts.

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Helion and Company

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1804516031

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9781804516034

Fighting for Uncle Sam

Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army

By: John P. Langellier

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Fighting for Uncle Sam

Buffalo Soldiers in the Frontier Army

By: John P. Langellier

An exciting general history of the first generation of blacks to serve in the US Army Rousing narrative and accompanying images bring to life over a century of African American military history Combines a half century of combing public and private collections across the nation

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Schiffer + ORM

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1507300301

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9781507300305

Three and Out

Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football

By: John U. Bacon

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Three and Out

Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football

By: John U. Bacon

The brilliant but star-crossed Rich Rodriguez led the young Wolverines through three of the program's toughest seasons. With the entire sports world watching, they enjoyed thrilling victories and suffered heartbreaking losses.

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Macmillan

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1250016975

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9781250016973

Research Genres

Explorations and Applications

By: John M. Swales

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Research Genres

Explorations and Applications

By: John M. Swales

This book provides a rich and accessible account of genre studies by a world-renowned applied linguist. The hardback edition discusses today's research world, its various configurations of genres, and the role of English within the genres. Theoretical and methodological issues are explored, with a special emphasis on various metaphors of genre. The book is full of carefully worded detail and each chapter ends with suggestions for pedagogical practice. The volume closes with evaluations of contrastive rhetoric, applied corpus linguistics, and critical approaches to EAP. Research Genres provides a rich and scholarly account of this key area.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521533341

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Book's by John Vance Lauderdale

An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

An Army Doctor on the Western Frontier

I Hope to Do My Country Service

I Hope to Do My Country Service

A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs

A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs

Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers

Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees

More Work Than Glory

More Work Than Glory

Fighting for Uncle Sam

Fighting for Uncle Sam

Three and Out

Three and Out

Research Genres

Research Genres

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