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Birdmen

The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies

By: Lawrence Goldstone

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Birdmen

The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies

By: Lawrence Goldstone

From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The feud between this nation’s great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the public mind with death-defying stunts. For more than a decade, they battled each other in court, at air shows, and in the newspapers. The outcome of this contest of wills would shape the course of aviation history—and take a fearsome toll on the men involved. Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights’ war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger-than-life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or “Cap’t Tom” as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent-film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. And then there is Lincoln Beachey, perhaps the greatest aviator who ever lived, who dazzled crowds with an array of trademark twists and dives—and best embodied the romance with death that fueled so many of aviation’s earliest heroes. A dramatic story of unimaginable bravery in the air and brutal competition on the ground, Birdmen is at once a thrill ride through flight’s wild early years and a surprising look at the personal clash that fueled America’s race to the skies. Praise for Birdmen “A meticulously researched account of the first few hectic, tangled years of aviation and the curious characters who pursued it . . . a worthy companion to Richard Holmes’s marvelous history of ballooning, Falling Upwards.”—Time “The daredevil scientists and engineers who forged the field of aeronautics spring vividly to life in Lawrence Goldstone’s history.”—Nature “The history of the development of an integral part of the modern world and a fascinating portrayal of how a group of men and women achieved a dream that had captivated humanity for centuries.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Captivating and wonderfully presented . . . a fine book about these rival pioneers.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] vivid story of invention, vendettas, derring-do, media hype and patent fights [with] modern resonance.”—Financial Times “A powerful story that contrasts soaring hopes with the anchors of ego and courtroom.”—Kirkus Reviews “A riveting narrative about the pioneering era of aeronautics in America and beyond . . . Goldstone raises questions of enduring importance regarding innovation and the indefinite exertion of control over ideas that go public.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Ballantine Books

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0345538056

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Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming Family Name

By: F. Lawrence Fleming

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Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming Family Name

By: F. Lawrence Fleming

Compiled in this publication, which aspires to document the history of the medieval Fleming family of the British Isles, are the edited and corrected texts of four previously published books by F. Lawrence Fleming, namely: A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (2008), A Genealogy of the Ancient Flemings (2010), The Ancestry of the Earl of Wigton (2011), and Wigton Revisited (2014), along with various essays by the same author.

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1726069885

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The Indignant Generation

A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960

By: Lawrence P. Jackson

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The Indignant Generation

A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960

By: Lawrence P. Jackson

Recovering the lost history of a crucial era in African American literature The Indignant Generation is the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. The years between these two indispensable epochs saw the communal rise of Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, and many other influential black writers. While these individuals have been duly celebrated, little attention has been paid to the political and artistic milieu in which they produced their greatest works. With this commanding study, Lawrence Jackson recalls the lost history of a crucial era. Looking at the tumultuous decades surrounding World War II, Jackson restores the "indignant" quality to a generation of African American writers shaped by Jim Crow segregation, the Great Depression, the growth of American communism, and an international wave of decolonization. He also reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. As Jackson shows through contemporary documents, the years that brought us Their Eyes Were Watching God, Native Son, and Invisible Man also saw the rise of African American literary criticism—by both black and white critics. Fully exploring the cadre of key African American writers who triumphed in spite of segregation, The Indignant Generation paints a vivid portrait of American intellectual and artistic life in the mid-twentieth century.

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Princeton University Press

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1400836239

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Ralph Ellison

Emergence of Genius

By: Lawrence Patrick Jackson

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Ralph Ellison

Emergence of Genius

By: Lawrence Patrick Jackson

Author, intellectual, and social critic, Ralph Ellison (1914-94) was a pivotal figure in American literature and history and arguably the father of African American modernism. Universally acclaimed for his first novel, Invisible Man, a masterpiece of modern fiction, Ellison was recognized with a stunning succession of honors, including the 1953 National Book Award. Despite his literary accomplishments and political activism, however, Ellison has received surprisingly sparse treatment from biographers. Lawrence Jackson’s biography of Ellison, the first when it was published in 2002, focuses on the author’s early life. Powerfully enhanced by rare photographs, this work draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison’s relatives, friends, and associates. Tracing the writer’s path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite, Jackson explores Ellison’s important relationships with other stars, particularly Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, and examines his previously undocumented involvement in the Socialist Left of the 1930s and 1940s, the black radical rights movement of the same period, and the League of American Writers. The result is a fascinating portrait of a fraternal cadre of important black writers and critics--and the singularly complex and intriguing man at its center.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820329932

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Unionists in Virginia

Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War

By: Lawrence M. Denton

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Unionists in Virginia

Politics, Secession and Their Plan to Prevent Civil War

By: Lawrence M. Denton

Whether the Civil War was preventable is a debate that began shortly after Appomattox and continues today. But even earlier, in 1861, a group of Union-loyal Virginians--led by George Summers, John Brown Baldwin, John Janney and Jubal Early--felt war was avoidable. In the statewide election for delegates to the Secession Convention that same spring, the Unionists defeated the Southern Rights Democrats with a huge majority of the votes across the state. These heroic men unsuccessfully negotiated with Secretary of State William Henry Seward to prevent the national tragedy that would ensue. Author and historian Lawrence M. Denton traces this remarkable story of Virginians working against all odds in a failed attempt to save a nation from war.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625852797

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The Ancestry of the Earl of Wigton

By: F. Lawrence Fleming

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The Ancestry of the Earl of Wigton

By: F. Lawrence Fleming

The essays contained in this volume concern the early history of the Fleming family of the British Isles. My main motivation in writing these essays has been my moral obligation to compliment with additional information my two earlier publications: A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane and A Genealogy of the Ancient Flemings. This publication will naturally be of most interest to those who have already read these books and would like to learn of any more recent developments in my ongoing research into the history of the Fleming family. The ancestry of the Earls of Wigton and the Lords Fleming of Scotland has always been a hard nut to crack. Some have said that Baldwin, the first sheriff of Lanarkshire, was the progenitor of the Scottish house of Fleming; others have said differently. I contend that the progenitor of the house of Fleming was the man who is known from Scottish records as Jordanus Flandrensis. Jordan the Fleming first came to Scotland from Cumbria in England in about 1147. He would have been the great-grandson of Erkenbald the Fleming, a companion of the Conqueror in 1066. I cannot conclusively prove my contention, but I trust that the evidence I present in this publication will show that such a contention is not only plausible, it is very likely.

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Paragon Publishing

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1907611592

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The Marxist Goliath Among Us

By: Ronald J. Lawrence

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The Marxist Goliath Among Us

By: Ronald J. Lawrence

Many believe America is secure and we are safe because communism is dead. That prevailing supposition is delusive. Marxism is flourishing and no less venomous. Christianity and family are predicted to collapse, our freedom replaced with its tyranny. Jesus prophesied: "They will deliver you to tribulation and will kill you." So did Lenin: "Destroy the family, you destroy the country." Who are Marxism's covert operatives? - Ministers influenced by Marxist theology are helping create "Christian Socialism." A church group supports Cuban spies in America and has financed communist movements. - The unwanted, the burdens on society, are eliminated by euthanasia's hired killers as "death with dignity." - Humanism, a powerful weapon in Marxism's arsenal, promotes individualism and marital infidelity, insisting God is a mass "sociopathic killer." - Marxism endorses drug trafficking to destroy our culture. - Planned Parenthood promotes youthful sex and disobedience to parental authority, protects pedophiles and offers abortion. It has advocated killing Christians. - The Communist Party insists it is tolerant of, and cooperative with, Christianity, but it is no less atheistic. - Jesus is being crucified with evil words and depictions his crowns of thorns on Marxism's cross of decadence. - Satanism is prospering with its death rituals and immorality because Karl Marx was a committed emissary of Satan. How can we rescue ourselves from this threat and save America? God tells us in His Word. We must confront the Marxist goliath, as David did, and annihilate it. Ronald J. Lawrence is a retired criminal investigative reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He gained knowledge of Marxism during the Vietnam War when he infiltrated the Young Socialist Alliance, an influential communist organization, rose to second-in-command and later testified before the U. S. House Committee on Internal Security. He is a committed Christian and has dedicated his life to God.

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Xulon Press

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1612153526

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Higher, Steeper, Faster

The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

By: Lawrence Goldstone

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Higher, Steeper, Faster

The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

By: Lawrence Goldstone

Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history. Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically fatal tailspin. As Beachey and other aviators took to the skies in death-defying acts in the early twentieth century, these innovative daredevils not only wowed crowds, but also redefined the frontiers of powered flight. Higher, Steeper, Faster takes readers inside the world of the brave men and women who popularized flying through their deadly stunts and paved the way for modern aviation. With heart-stopping accounts of the action-packed race to conquer the skies, plus photographs and fascinating archival documents, this book will exhilarate readers as they fly through the pages.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316350222

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9780316350228

The Assault on Priesthood

A Biblical and Theological Rejoinder

By: Lawrence B. Porter

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The Assault on Priesthood

A Biblical and Theological Rejoinder

By: Lawrence B. Porter

The concept and institution of priesthood in the Catholic Church has been the subject of serious challenge not only since the time of the Protestant Reformation but also, more recently, from within the Catholic Church, as the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and theologians afterward have reconsidered the place and function of priests in relation to both bishops and laity. In dialogue with those challenges, and by means of research into Scripture and the theological tradition--patristic, medieval, and modern--the author of this book considers classic images of priests and priestly ministry as a way of recovering an understanding of the priesthood that is at once both biblically and theological sound.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1630876062

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Chester B. Himes: A Biography

By: Lawrence P. Jackson

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Chester B. Himes: A Biography

By: Lawrence P. Jackson

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work Finalist for the PEN America/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Chester B. Himes has been called “one of the towering figures of the black literary tradition” (Henry Louis Gates Jr.), “the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “a quirky American genius” (Walter Mosely). He was the twentieth century’s most prolific black writer, captured the spirit of his times expertly, and left a distinctive mark on American literature. Yet today he stands largely forgotten. In this definitive biography of Chester B. Himes (1909–1984), Lawrence P. Jackson uses exclusive interviews and unrestricted access to Himes’s full archives to portray a controversial American writer whose novels unflinchingly confront sex, racism, and black identity. Himes brutally rendered racial politics in the best-selling novel If He Hollers Let Him Go, but he became famous for his Harlem detective series, including Cotton Comes to Harlem. A serious literary tastemaker in his day, Himes had friendships—sometimes uneasy—with such luminaries as Ralph Ellison, Carl Van Vechten, and Richard Wright. Jackson’s scholarship and astute commentary illuminates Himes’s improbable life—his middle-class origins, his eight years in prison, his painful odyssey as a black World War II–era artist, and his escape to Europe for success. More than ten years in the writing, Jackson’s biography restores the legacy of a fascinating maverick caught between his aspirations for commercial success and his disturbing, vivid portraits of the United States.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393634132

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9780393634136

We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

By: Charlie Angus,Brit Griffin,Sally Lawrence

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We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of a Mining Town

By: Charlie Angus,Brit Griffin,Sally Lawrence

Based on in-depth oral interviews with local residents, and rich archival sources, We Lived A Life and Then Some relates the common person’s struggle to overcome harsh working conditions and government neglect. The unique culture of the hardrock mining town of Cobalt is exposed through the eyes of retired miners, young welfare mothers, and grade-school children. Angus and Griffin reveal why, in spite of great adversity, Cobalt remains a distinctive and cohesive working-class community.

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Between the Lines

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1926662474

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The Measurement of Moral Judgment

By: Anne Colby,Lawrence Kohlberg,Anat Abrahami,John Gibbs,Ann Higgins

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The Measurement of Moral Judgment

By: Anne Colby,Lawrence Kohlberg,Anat Abrahami,John Gibbs,Ann Higgins

This volume reviews Kohlberg's stage theory of classifying moral judgment and issues of reliability and validity are addressed.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521169100

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Electing Our Masters

The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair

By: Jon Lawrence

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Electing Our Masters

The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair

By: Jon Lawrence

An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics.

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Oxford University Press

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0199550123

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9780199550128

Global Solidarity

By: Lawrence Wilde

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Global Solidarity

By: Lawrence Wilde

This book explores the development of the goal of human solidarity at a time when the processes of globalisation offer the conditions for the development of a harmonious global community.

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Edinburgh University Press

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074867456X

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Edwin Dickinson

A Critical History of His Paintings

By: John Lawrence Ward,Edwin Walter Dickinson

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Edwin Dickinson

A Critical History of His Paintings

By: John Lawrence Ward,Edwin Walter Dickinson

Featuring 19 color plates and 65 b&w illustrations, this text critically examines the imagery, process, and pictorial structure of works by American painter Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978). Drawing upon 56 years of the artist's journals and several thousand pages of his letters, Ward makes connections b

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Birdmen

Birdmen

Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming Family Name

Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming Family Name

The Indignant Generation

The Indignant Generation

Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

Unionists in Virginia

Unionists in Virginia

The Ancestry of the Earl of Wigton

The Ancestry of the Earl of Wigton

The Marxist Goliath Among Us

The Marxist Goliath Among Us

Higher, Steeper, Faster

Higher, Steeper, Faster

The Assault on Priesthood

The Assault on Priesthood

Chester B. Himes: A Biography

Chester B. Himes: A Biography

We Lived a Life and Then Some

We Lived a Life and Then Some

The Measurement of Moral Judgment

The Measurement of Moral Judgment

Electing Our Masters

Electing Our Masters

Global Solidarity

Global Solidarity

Edwin Dickinson

Edwin Dickinson

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