The iconic relief organization’s activities over a half century of history, through wars, epidemics, and other disasters: “Well-researched . . . fascinating.” —Julia F. Irwin, Bulletin of the History of Medicine In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured onto Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later worked with civilians in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War, lobbied legislators to ratify the Geneva conventions, and founded and ran the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal tells the story of the charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, natural disasters, and the Depression, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Marian Moser Jones illustrates the tension between the organization’s founding principles of humanity and neutrality and the political, economic, and moral pressures that sometimes caused it to favor one group at the expense of another. This book tells the stories of: • U.S. natural disasters such as the Jacksonville yellow fever epidemic of 1888, the Sea Islands hurricane of 1893, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake • crises abroad, including the 1892 Russian famine and the Armenian massacres of 1895–96 • efforts to help civilians affected by the civil war in Cuba • power struggles within the American Red Cross leadership and subsequent alliances with the American government • the organization’s expansion during World War I • race riots and massacres in East St. Louis, Chicago, and Tulsa between 1917 and 1921 • help for African American and white Southerners after the Mississippi flood of 1927 • relief projects during the Dust Bowl and after the New Deal An epilogue relates the history of the American Red Cross since the beginning of World War II and illuminates the organization’s current practices and international reputation.
World renowned artist Emmy Sebastian doesn't intend to tell her story, but a young, ambitious reporter coaxes it out of her. Emmy takes a long hard look at her youth and the year she worked her secret diamond mine and her dreams of the riches it would produce and lift her family out of poverty. But the treasures the diamond mine gives her is beyond her wildest dreams. As she relates her tale, her relives the year that profoundly changed her life. THE YEAR OF THE DIAMOND MINE By Marian Jones FAMILY SECRETS, BETRAYAL, AND HOPE
What happened to Marcella Gaudreaux? Did she take off for Rehoboth to take a relicensing exam? Did she elope with her mysterious lover? Was she killed by an irate customer or by a total stranger? Was she killed by another agent? Was she killed by her lover? Who's behind the voice that threatens: "It happened to her It will happen to you!" Marian Jones lived in New Orleans for many years. She studied architecture at Tulane University, then moved to San Francisco, Boston, Corpus Christi, the Philippines and Italy. She currently lives in Virginia.
Writers share their perspectives of life in the South through poetry, memoir and fiction. Most of the contributors have a connection to East Alabama, and especially to the Auburn, Alabama area. Included are reprints of work by Madison Jones, Oxford Stroud, Olivia Solomon and Anne Carroll George, all of whom made a lasting contribution to the literary world, but the reader will also be introduced to some new or lesser known voices whose work is being first published in this anthology. Chinaberries & Crows is the inaugural publication of the non-profit press Solomon & George Publishers.
Kay has had it with men. At the age of twenty-six she is already disillusioned by promises made & not kept...tired of feeling that she is nothing more than a useful commodity or an attractive accessory. Determined to start fresh & find a life that has purpose, she flies to Haiti to work as an assistant in a public eye clinic. But from the beginning, nothing--& no one--is what it seems, including the intriguing & mysterious Dr. Ian McDonald. And Kay's life is made even more complicated by a secret she can reveal only to the proper contact. Order direct from INGRAM or contact ORC Press, 1495 Alpharetta Highway, Suite 1, Alpharetta, GA 30201. Phone: (404) 442-3657, FAX: (404) 442-5571.
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