Lee Byrd's Books

The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

By: Michael Lee Pope

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Byrd Machine in Virginia: The Rise and Fall of a Conservative Political Organization

By: Michael Lee Pope

The Byrd Machine ran Virginia politics for more than half a century. This political organization rose to power during the era of Jim Crow, wielding power and influence over everything from who got the nod to be governor to how the state maintained racial segregation. Inheriting its tactics from two previous political machines, the Byrd organization operated with a pathological hatred of debt spending, crushing the power of labor unions and forcing its will on Black schoolchildren protesting separate and unequal facilities. The nadir of its era was massive resistance, a move to close public schools rather than integrate them. Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope details the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

176

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1467139203

ISBN 13

9781467139205

A History of Western Choral Music

By: Chester Lee Alwes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A History of Western Choral Music

By: Chester Lee Alwes

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, important composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Divided across two volumes, this comprehensive investigation moves from the Medieval period through the Avant-Garde." -- Publisher description.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

505

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199361932

ISBN 13

9780199361939

Show Time

The Logic and Power of Violent Display

By: Lee Ann Fujii

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Show Time

The Logic and Power of Violent Display

By: Lee Ann Fujii

In Show Time, Lee Ann Fujii asks why some perpetrators of political violence, from lynch mobs to genocidal killers, display their acts of violence so publicly and extravagantly. Closely examining three horrific and extreme episodes—the murder of a prominent Tutsi family amidst the genocide in Rwanda, the execution of Muslim men in a Serb-controlled village in Bosnia during the Balkan Wars, and the lynching of a twenty-two-year old Black farmhand on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1933—Fujii shows how "violent displays" are staged to not merely to kill those perceived to be enemies or threats, but also to affect and influence observers, neighbors, and the larger society. Watching and participating in these violent displays profoundly transforms those involved, reinforcing political identities, social hierarchies, and power structures. Such public spectacles of violence also force members of the community to choose sides—openly show support for the goals of the violence, or risk becoming victims, themselves. Tracing the ways in which public displays of violence unfold, Show Time reveals how the perpetrators exploit the fluidity of social ties for their own ends.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501758551

ISBN 13

9781501758553

Virginia Ghosts

By: Marguerite du Pont Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Virginia Ghosts

By: Marguerite du Pont Lee

This collection of more than 100 ghost stories has entertained lovers of Virginia genealogy, history and folklore for generations. Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, daughter of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, humanitarian and campaigner for women's rights, was also a great student of psychic phenomena. This interest in the unexplained led her to gather tales of ghosts and the paranormal from around her adopted state, many of them dating back to the colonial period. Charmingly written and illustrated throughout, most of the tales (like the encounter of Warner Taliaferro of Belle Ville in Gloucester County with the spirit of his neighbor, Mrs. Tabb, on the night of her death) deal with ghosts sited at the venerable homesteads that proliferate in Virginia. Thus, for example, we have stories set at The Anchorage and Gunston Hall in the Alexandria area, Federal Hill and Traveller's Rest near Fredericksburg, Mount Airy and Woodlawn in the Tidewater, Edgewood and Westover near Richmond, Ash Lawn and Fairfield within the Piedmont, Carter Hall and Elmwood in the Shenandoah Valley, Ivanhoe and Ellerslie in Southside, and still other tales from the Eastern Shore, Southwest Virginia, and West Virginia. Many of the ghost stories, of course, concern early Virginians who materialize on the family trees of Virginia researchers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

Genealogical Publishing Com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806350954

ISBN 13

9780806350950

Congress and Its Members

By: Roger H. Davidson,Walter J. Oleszek,Frances E. Lee,Eric Schickler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Congress and Its Members

By: Roger H. Davidson,Walter J. Oleszek,Frances E. Lee,Eric Schickler

Congress and Its Members has been the gold standard for Congress courses for thirty years. In the fifteenth edition, authors Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, and Eric Schickler offer comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Congress and the legislative process by examining the tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and as a collection of politicians constantly seeking re-election. The fifteenth edition considers the 2014 midterm elections and discusses the agenda of the new Congress, White House–Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization, as well as covering changes to budgeting, campaign finance, lobbying, public attitudes about Congress, reapportionment, rules, and procedures. Always balancing great scholarship with currency, Congress and Its Members, Fifteenth Edition features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

771

Publisher

CQ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483388891

ISBN 13

9781483388892

Congress Vs. the Bureaucracy

Muzzling Agency Public Relations

By: Mordecai Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Congress Vs. the Bureaucracy

Muzzling Agency Public Relations

By: Mordecai Lee

Government bureaucracy is something Americans have long loved to hate. Yet despite this general antipathy, some federal agencies have been wildly successful in cultivating the people’s favor. Take, for instance, the U.S. Forest Service and its still-popular Smokey Bear campaign. The agency early on gained a foothold in the public’s esteem when President Theodore Roosevelt championed its conservation policies and Forest Service press releases led to favorable coverage and further goodwill. Congress has rarely approved of such bureaucratic independence. In Congress vs. the Bureaucracy, political scientist Mordecai Lee—who has served as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill and as a state senator—explores a century of congressional efforts to prevent government agencies from gaining support for their initiatives by communicating directly with the public. Through detailed case studies, Lee shows how federal agencies have used increasingly sophisticated publicity techniques to muster support for their activities—while Congress has passed laws to counter those PR efforts. The author first traces congressional resistance to Roosevelt’s campaigns to rally popular support for the Panama Canal project, then discusses the Forest Service, the War Department, the Census Bureau, and the Department of Agriculture. Lee’s analysis of more recent legislative bans on agency publicity in the George W. Bush administration reveals that political battles over PR persist to this day. Ultimately, despite Congress’s attempts to muzzle agency public relations, the bureaucracy usually wins. Opponents of agency PR have traditionally condemned it as propaganda, a sign of a mushrooming, self-serving bureaucracy, and a waste of taxpayer dollars. For government agencies, though, communication with the public is crucial to implementing their missions and surviving. In Congress vs. the Bureaucracy, Lee argues these conflicts are in fact healthy for America. They reflect a struggle for autonomy that shows our government’s system of checks and balances to be alive and working well.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806184477

ISBN 13

9780806184470

FDR's Budgeteer and Manager-in-Chief

Harold D. Smith, 1939-1945

By: Mordecai Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

FDR's Budgeteer and Manager-in-Chief

Harold D. Smith, 1939-1945

By: Mordecai Lee

In this book, Mordecai Lee provides a long-overdue examination of a key member of FDR's administration. Harold D. Smith was FDR's budget director from 1939 through to Roosevelt's death in 1945. In that capacity, he was also the de facto manager-in-chief of the federal government. During his tenure, he reformed and expanded the Bureau of the Budget (now Office of Management and Budget) into an elite cadre of apolitical experts dedicated to serving the institutionalized presidency. He pursued management reforms, reorganization, policymaking, economic planning, public relations, and a pinch of politics. In addition, Smith was a leader in professionalizing the emerging field of public administration, cofounding the American Society for Public Administration in 1939 and serving as its second president. A major figure in his time, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1943, and FDR considered him irreplaceable. In response to Smith's offer to resign in 1944, Roosevelt lightheartedly replied, "I would no more accept your resignation than fly by jumping off a roof. You are essentially persona grata and doing a grand job. If you talk any more about resigning, I will act. A Marine Guard from Quantico will be stationed at your side during every minute of every twenty-four hours.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

541

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438485352

ISBN 13

9781438485355

Labour’s Decline and the Social Democrats’ Fall

By: Geoffrey Lee Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Labour’s Decline and the Social Democrats’ Fall

By: Geoffrey Lee Williams

This book traces the decline of the Labour Party's popularity and the development of the Social Democratic party. The authors have also written "Crisis in European Defence" and "The European Defence Initiative: Europe's Bid for Equality".

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

213

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1349199486

ISBN 13

9781349199488

Promoting the War Effort

Robert Horton and Federal Propaganda, 1938-1946

By: Mordecai Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Promoting the War Effort

Robert Horton and Federal Propaganda, 1938-1946

By: Mordecai Lee

A former reporter, Horton headed the public relations department for the U.S. Maritime Commission from 1938 to 1940. Then--until Pearl Harbor in December 1941--he directed the Division of Information (DOI) in the Executive Office of the President, where he played key roles in promoting the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented third-term reelection campaign, and the prewar arms-production effort. After Pearl Harbor, Horton's DOI encouraged support for the war, primarily focusing on raising civilian and workforce morale. But the DOI under Horton assumed a different wartime tone than its World War I predecessor, the Committee on Public Information. Rather than whipping up prowar hysteria, Horton focused on developing campaigns for more practical purposes, such as conservation and production. In mid-1942, Roosevelt merged the Division and several other agencies into the Office of War Information.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

301

Publisher

LSU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807145300

ISBN 13

9780807145302

Congress and Its Members, Fourteenth Edition

By: Roger H. Davidson,Walter J. Oleszek,Frances E. Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Congress and Its Members, Fourteenth Edition

By: Roger H. Davidson,Walter J. Oleszek,Frances E. Lee

Fully updated with all the latest changes and developments, this thirteenth edition continues to provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to US Congress.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

661

Publisher

CQ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1608716422

ISBN 13

9781608716425

Adventures with a Texas Humanist

By: James Ward Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adventures with a Texas Humanist

By: James Ward Lee

The author discusses the writers and trends in Texas literature beginning with early twentieth-century writer J. Frank Dobie and Larry McMurtry during the 1960s and places writers, politicians, and cultural leaders in the context of each age.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

TCU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0875652883

ISBN 13

9780875652887

Big Jim Eastland

The Godfather of Mississippi

By: J. Lee Annis Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Big Jim Eastland

The Godfather of Mississippi

By: J. Lee Annis Jr.

For decades after the Second World War, Senator James O. Eastland (1904–1986) was one of the more intransigent leaders of the Deep South's resistance to what he called “the Second Reconstruction.” And yet he developed, late in his life, a very real friendship with state NAACP chair Aaron Henry. Big Jim Eastland provides the life story of this savvy, unpredictable powerhouse. From 1947 to 1978, Eastland wore that image of resistance proudly, even while recognizing from the beginning his was the losing side. Biographer J. Lee Annis Jr. chronicles such complexities extensively and also delves into many facets lesser known to the general public. Born in the Mississippi Delta as part of the elite planter class, Eastland was appointed to the US Senate in 1941 by Democratic Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr. Eastland ran for and won the Senate seat outright in 1942 and served in the Senate from 1943 until his retirement in 1978. A blunt man of few words but many contradictions, Eastland was an important player in Washington, from his initial stint in 1941 where he rapidly salvaged several key local projects from bungling intervention, to the 1970s when he shepherded the Supreme Court nominees of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford to Senate confirmation. Annis paints a full picture of the man, describing the objections Eastland raised to civil rights proposals and the eventual accommodations he needed to accept after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

445

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496806158

ISBN 13

9781496806154

Atlantic Virginia

Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century

By: April Lee Hatfield

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Atlantic Virginia

Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century

By: April Lee Hatfield

A solid, thought-provoking study of a far more complex world than historians of seventeenth-century Virginia have yet offered."--"Journal of Southern History

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

081221997X

ISBN 13

9780812219975

Indian Wars: The Fightings in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois

History of Conflicts Between European Colonists and the Indigenous Peoples of North America: Wars in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois

By: Enoch Lawrence Lee,Black Hawk,Charles M. Scanlan,Alexander Scott Withers,Joseph Kossuth Dixon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Indian Wars: The Fightings in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois

History of Conflicts Between European Colonists and the Indigenous Peoples of North America: Wars in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois

By: Enoch Lawrence Lee,Black Hawk,Charles M. Scanlan,Alexander Scott Withers,Joseph Kossuth Dixon

This carefully edited historical collection of has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Indian Wars is the collective name for the various armed conflicts fought by European governments and colonists, and later the United States government and American settlers, against the indigenous peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred from the time of the earliest colonial settlements in the 17th century until the 1920s. Contents: Indian Wars in North Carolina 1663-1763 Chronicles of Border Warfare – Indian Wars in West Virginia Autobiography of the Sauk Leader Black Hawk and the History of the Black Hawk War of 1832 The Vanishing Race - The Last Great Indian Council

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

861

Publisher

e-artnow

Published Date

ISBN 10

8027245486

ISBN 13

9788027245482

4Th Street Playground

The Mecca

By: Ronald Lee Fleming

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

4Th Street Playground

The Mecca

By: Ronald Lee Fleming

Never underestimate the importance of a playground such as 4th Street (Mount Vernon, New York). Or an institution, such as a Boys Club & Girls Club, or a Community Center, in its ability to knit people together. No matter where you go in this life you take a piece of your community with you. One Love.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

252

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1514488248

ISBN 13

9781514488249

Howard Baker

Conciliator in an Age of Crisis

By: J. Lee Annis, Jr.,James Lee Annis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Howard Baker

Conciliator in an Age of Crisis

By: J. Lee Annis, Jr.,James Lee Annis

A brilliant and perceptive look at an intellectually gifted and multitalented man. In our increasingly partisan and fragmented political system, Howard Baker's legacy stands as a symbol of the way things should be: He sought consensus and compromise where partisans wanted to fight rather than govern. And he insisted that civility must be part of our character lest we surrender to the evils of spite and recrimination." --Senator William S. Cohen, R-Maine "Lee Annis's volume is a wonderful book about a man who all of his life has worked to give public service a good name. No one in politics is more respected than Howard Baker. This is a timely read in an age when there is so much cynicism about government. It will give you hope." --Lamar Alexander "A wonderful book about a truly good man who has served his state and nation with great integrity and ability." --Bill Brock "An insightful look at one of the truly great legislative leaders of our time. Great reading for those interested in public policy." --Former Senator Warren B. Rudman, R-New Hampshire "An inspiring, nuanced portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest political figures. Annis is uniquely qualified to systematically investigate the inner workings of Senator Baker's mind." --Senator Bill Frist Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from Watergate to the Reagan White House, Howard Baker was at the center of U.S. politics. As the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Watergate, Baker framed the question that would bring down Richard Nixon: What did the president know and when did he know it? As chief of staff after the Iran/contra scandal, Baker helped to put the Reagan White House back on course. Originally published in 1995, Howard Baker: Conciliator in An Age of Crisis is the first and only authoritative biography of Baker. J. Lee Annis Jr. examines Baker's life and his work as a negotiator and statesman who could make government work and argues that Baker brought to Washington moderation and diplomatic talents that are often lacking in politics today. In this second edition, Annis has added a new chapter covering Senator Baker's life and times since leaving the White House in 1988. Scholars of southern history, southern politics, and Tennessee history and politics will find Howard Baker: Conciliator in An Age of Crisis an essential addition to their library. J. Lee Annis Jr. is a professor of history at Montgomery College in Maryland. He is coauthor, with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, of Tennessee Senators, 1911-2001: Portraits of Leadership in a Century of Change.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1572335912

ISBN 13

9781572335912

Old Southern Bible Records: Transcriptions of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from Family Bibles, Chiefly of the 18th and 19th Centuries

By: Memory Aldridge Lester

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Old Southern Bible Records: Transcriptions of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from Family Bibles, Chiefly of the 18th and 19th Centuries

By: Memory Aldridge Lester

Here is a collection of genealogical records from 581 Southern family Bibles, providing data on more than 15,000 individuals. The Bible records have been reassembled here and integrated into a single alphabetical sequence under the names of the principal families."--Amazon.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

382

Publisher

Genealogical Publishing Com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806306173

ISBN 13

9780806306179

Flag Day

A Play in Two Plays

By: Lee Blessing

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Flag Day

A Play in Two Plays

By: Lee Blessing

THE STORY: A play in two plays, FLAG DAY examines white/black relations in our society with an unblinking eye. The first play, GOOD, CLEAN FUN, is a darkly funny office comedy pitting two workers--one black, one white--against each other as they try

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822222043

ISBN 13

9780822222040

Wolford's Cavalry

The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky

By: Dan Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wolford's Cavalry

The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky

By: Dan Lee

Colonel Frank Wolford, the acclaimed Civil War colonel of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, is remembered today primarily for his unenviable reputation. Despite his stellar service record and widespread fame, Wolford ruined his reputation and his career over the question of emancipation and the enlistment of African Americans in the army. Unhappy with Abraham Lincoln's public stance on slavery, Wolford rebelled and made a series of treasonous speeches against the president. Dishonorably discharged and arrested three times, Wolford, on the brink of being exiled beyond federal lines into the Confederacy, was taken in irons to Washington DC to meet with Lincoln. Lincoln spared Wolford, however, and the disgraced colonel returned to Kentucky, where he was admired for his war record and rewarded politically for his racially based rebellion against Lincoln. Although his military record established him as one of the most vigorous, courageous, and original commanders in the cavalry, Wolford's later reputation suffered. Dan Lee restores balance to the story of a crude, complicated, but talented man and the unconventional regiment he led in the fight to save the Union. Placing Wolford in the context of the political and cultural crosscurrents that tore at Kentucky during the war, Lee fills out the historical picture of "Old Roman Nose.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612348602

ISBN 13

9781612348605

Insecure Majorities

Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

By: Frances E. Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Insecure Majorities

Congress and the Perpetual Campaign

By: Frances E. Lee

“[A] tour de force. Building upon her argument in Beyond Ideology, she adds an important wrinkle into the current divide between the parties in Congress.” —Perspectives on Politics As Democrats and Republicans continue to vie for political advantage, Congress remains paralyzed by partisan conflict. That the last two decades have seen some of the least productive Congresses in recent history is usually explained by the growing ideological gulf between the parties, but this explanation misses another fundamental factor influencing the dynamic. In contrast to politics through most of the twentieth century, the contemporary Democratic and Republican parties compete for control of Congress at relative parity, and this has dramatically changed the parties’ incentives and strategies in ways that have driven the contentious partisanship characteristic of contemporary American politics. With Insecure Majorities, Frances E. Lee offers a controversial new perspective on the rise of congressional party conflict, showing how the shift in competitive circumstances has had a profound impact on how Democrats and Republicans interact. Beginning in the 1980s, most elections since have offered the prospect of a change of party control. Lee shows, through an impressive range of interviews and analysis, how competition for control of the government drives members of both parties to participate in actions that promote their own party’s image and undercut that of the opposition, including the perpetual hunt for issues that can score political points by putting the opposing party on the wrong side of public opinion. More often than not, this strategy stands in the way of productive bipartisan cooperation—and it is also unlikely to change as long as control of the government remains within reach for both parties.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

277

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

022640918X

ISBN 13

9780226409184

Get Things Moving!

FDR, Wayne Coy, and the Office for Emergency Management, 1941-1943

By: Mordecai Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Get Things Moving!

FDR, Wayne Coy, and the Office for Emergency Management, 1941-1943

By: Mordecai Lee

Shortly after Hitler's armies invaded Western Europe in May of 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt activated a new agency within the Executive Office of the President called the Office for Emergency Management (OEM). The OEM went on to house many prewar and wartime agencies created to manage the country's arms production buildup and economic mobilization. After World War II a consensus by historians quickly gelled that OEM was unimportant, viewing it as a mere administrative holding company and legalistic convenience for the emergency agencies. Similarly they have dismissed the importance of the Liaison Officer for Emergency Management (LOEM), viewing the position as merely a liaison channel between OEM agencies and the White House. Mordecai Lee presents a revisionist history of OEM, focusing mostly on the record of the longest serving LOEM, Wayne Coy. Drawing upon largely unexamined archival sources, including the Roosevelt and Truman Presidential Libraries and the National Archives, Lee gives a precise account of what Coy actually did and, contrary to the conventional wisdom, concludes he was an important senior leader in the Roosevelt White House, engaging in management, policy, and politics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

398

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438471386

ISBN 13

9781438471389

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival

By: Helen Lee Fletcher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival

By: Helen Lee Fletcher

For many cities and small towns across the South, agriculture has served, traditionally, as a backbone in shaping a communitys economic and social identity. These annual harvests have provided both an environment of work and play for its citizens, allowing people to meet, labor, and celebrate a years bountiful output. As our nation moved into the twentieth century, many of these events were formalized by town governments and committees into largescale fairs and festivals, bringing adults and children from the surrounding areas into town to join in the celebrations. Winchester, with its long history in the apple-growing industry, chose to honor the beauty and bounty of the apple blossom, beginning in the year 1924 and continuing to the present, and has seen their festival grow in size, extravagance, and national acclaim. In this volume of over 150 images, many never before published, you will experience the festivities from its inception to the present, seeing the early floats, parades of children and firemen, the massive colorful and inventive pageants, and the men and women devoted to making the festival a success. Not simply a pictorial history, Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival captures the spirit, optimism, and general excitement of the festival, which has kept the event popular for over 70 years with a wide variety of people: from the common person to those stars who served as grand marshals, such as Bob Hope, James Cagney, Ed Sullivan, and Bing Crosby.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

100

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439627045

ISBN 13

9781439627044

A Presidential Civil Service

FDR's Liaison Office for Personnel Management

By: Mordecai Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Presidential Civil Service

FDR's Liaison Office for Personnel Management

By: Mordecai Lee

A masterful account of the founding of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Liaison Office for Personnel Management (LOPM), and his use of LOPM to demonstrate the efficacy of a management-oriented federal civil service over a purely merit-based Civil Service Commission A Presidential Civil Service offers a comprehensive and definitive study of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Liaison Office for Personnel Management (LOPM). Established in 1939 following the release of Roosevelt’s Brownlow Committee report, LOPM became a key milestone in the evolution of the contemporary executive-focused civil service. The Progressive Movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries comprised groups across the political spectrum with quite different. All, however, agreed on the need for a politically autonomous and independent federal Civil Service Commission (CSC) to eliminate patronage and political favoritism. In A Presidential Civil Service, public administration scholar Mordecai Lee explores two models open to later reformers: continuing a merit-based system isolated from politics or a management-based system subordinated to the executive and grounded in the growing field of managerial science. Roosevelt’s 1937 Brownlow Committee, formally known as the President’s Committee on Administrative Management, has been widely studied including its recommendation to disband the CSC and replace it with a presidential personnel director. What has never been documented in detail was Roosevelt’s effort to implement that recommendation over the objections of Congress by establishing the LOPM as a nonstatutory agency. The role and existence of LOPM from 1939 to 1945 has been largely dismissed in the history of public administration. Lee’s meticulously researched A Presidential Civil Service, however, persuasively shows that LOPM played a critical role in overseeing personnel policy. It was involved in every major HR initiative before and during World War II. Though small, the agency’s deft leadership almost always succeeded at impelling the CSC to follow its lead. Roosevelt’s actions were in fact an artful and creative victory, a move finally vindicated when, in 1978, Congress abolished the CSC and replaced it with an Office of Personnel Management headed by a presidential appointee. A Presidential Civil Service offers a fascinating account and vital reassessment of the enduring legacy of Roosevelt’s LOPM.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

239

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0817318992

ISBN 13

9780817318994

Shenandoah

A Musical

By: Gary Geld,Peter Udell,James Lee Barrett,Philip Rose

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shenandoah

A Musical

By: Gary Geld,Peter Udell,James Lee Barrett,Philip Rose

This colorful and dramatic saga is based on the classic film. A strong-willed Virginia farmer is trying to keep his family neutral as the Civil War rages. Union forces and the Confederates see things only in shades of Blue or Grey, so the family is inevitably swept up in the conflict, against all odds. Their story is a heartwarming and heart-rending portrayal of the upheaval that left wounds on the land and its people for generations to come."--Publisher.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Samuel French, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

0573680736

ISBN 13

9780573680731

For Better Or for Worse

By: Charles C. Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

For Better Or for Worse

By: Charles C. Lee

For Better or For Worse Reese Phillip Dexter, III has a life that most men would envy. He has money in the bank, a good job, plenty of good looks and married to a woman who can only be described as a "legendary beauty." In what seems like all of a sudden, Reese's life takes a turn for the worse. He has become embroiled in a professional crisis and must face the possibility of a terminal illness involving his devoted mother, Joyce. A near tragedy involves his younger brother, James, and he has to contend with his wife, Sabella, icy demeanor and her deepest secret, all may ultimately change his life and end his marriage - forever. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this fast moving story as Reese tackles the challenges that have been placed before him -that could push an ordinary man over the edge. Reese's saving grace is his Heavenly Father and his well-connected earthly father, Reese, Jr.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

282

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595213871

ISBN 13

9780595213870

The Cutting-Off Way

Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

By: Wayne E. Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Cutting-Off Way

Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

By: Wayne E. Lee

Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E. Lee has argued throughout his distinguished career that wars and warfare cannot be understood by a focus that rests solely on logistics, strategy, and operations. Fighting forces bring their own cultural traditions and values onto the battlefield. In this volume, Lee employs his "cutting-off way of war" (COWW) paradigm to recast Indigenous warfare in a framework of the lived realities of Native people rather than with regard to European and settler military strategies and practices. Indigenous people lacked deep reserves of population or systems of coercive military recruitment and as such were wary of heavy casualties. Instead, Indigenous warriors sought to surprise their targets, and the size of the target varied with the size of the attacking force. A small war party might "cut off" individuals found getting water, wood, or out hunting, while a larger party might attempt to attack a whole town. Once revealed by its attack, the invading war party would flee before the defenders' reinforcements from nearby towns could organize. Sieges or battles were rare and fought mainly to save face or reputation. After discussing the COWW paradigm, including a deep look at Native logistics and their associated strategic flexibility, Lee demonstrates how the system worked and evolved in five subsequent chapters that detail intra-tribal and Indigenous-colonial warfare from pre-contact through the American Revolution.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

301

Publisher

UNC Press Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1469673797

ISBN 13

9781469673790

A Hateful Wind

By: Lee Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Hateful Wind

By: Lee Martin

Although he has now chosen to only work part-time for the Department of State, counter-terrorist operative Bruce McGowan continues to debate himself whether it is time to abandon the action life he has lived for over thirty years and finally settle down with his new bride, the beautiful Adrianna Wolf, or continue in his quest to protect Americas people. But suddenly an early morning phone call from his preceptor boss, Lionel Byrd, summons him for what could be one final, but very significant mission. This time it will be different. This time he will go solo on the job without partnering with his Zulu teammates. The most powerful figure in the world needs Americas best operative to investigate the thirty year old massacre of a Montagnard (Degar) village by an American infantry unit during the Vietnam War. Chosen for the mission not only for his investigative and special ops skills, McGowan is historically familiar with the ethnic group, having lived with the Degars in the early 1970s while training their soldiers. With a Vietnamese counter-part named Thanh, McGowan travels into the Central Highlands of Vietnam to seek out the only survivor of the village massacre to secure the statement that would bring down the former American commander, who is not only a man of prominence and wealth, but someone of personal interest to the White House. What follows is a whirlwind that tragically catches up the very people closest to McGowan, setting him off on a path of fury and vengeance unequalled to anything the reader has seen to this point in the anterior novels, Wolf Laurel and Provocation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1462014291

ISBN 13

9781462014293

Public Budgeting Systems

By: Robert D. Lee,Ronald Johnson,Philip Joyce

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Budgeting Systems

By: Robert D. Lee,Ronald Johnson,Philip Joyce

A complete and balanced reference, Public Budgeting Systems, Eighth Edition surveys the current state of budgeting throughout all levels of the United States government. The text emphasizes methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system as well as ways in which different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making. It also stresses the use of program information, since, for decades, budget reforms have sought to introduce greater program considerations into financial decisions. This updated text includes more cases studies and practical information, figures and charts to make the information more accessible, as well as additional student problems. Using this text, students will gain a first-rate understanding of methods by which financial decisions are reached within a system, and how different types of information are used in budgetary decision-making.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

773

Publisher

Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published Date

ISBN 10

0763746681

ISBN 13

9780763746681

Tupac Shakur

The Life and Times of an American Icon

By: Tayannah Lee McQuillar,Fred L. Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tupac Shakur

The Life and Times of an American Icon

By: Tayannah Lee McQuillar,Fred L. Johnson

Examines the theories surrounding the murder of Tupac Shakur, one of the most talented artists of his time, and the story of Tupac's lost legacy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1568583877

ISBN 13

9781568583877

News of the Spirit

By: Lee Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

News of the Spirit

By: Lee Smith

New York Times bestselling author Lee Smith offers her signature mix of wit and heartbreak, as well as her “unerring ear for the lyrical and the down and dirty,” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) in this superb collection of stories.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

231

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101581085

ISBN 13

9781101581087

Book's by Lee Byrd

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email