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Bosom Friends

The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

By: Thomas J. Balcerski

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Bosom Friends

The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

By: Thomas J. Balcerski

The friendship of the bachelor politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did neither marry? Might they have been gay? Or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day "bromance"? In Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas J. Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. He traces the parallels in the men's personal and professional lives before elected office, including their failed romantic courtships and the stories they told about them. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as congressional messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse and became close confidantes. Around the nation's capital, the men were mocked for their effeminacy and perhaps their sexuality, and they were likened to Siamese twins. Over time, their intimate friendship blossomed into a significant cross-sectional political partnership. Balcerski examines Buchanan's and King's contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the increasingly divisive debates over slavery, while contesting interpretations that the men lacked political principles and deserved blame for the breakdown of the union. He closely narrates each man's rise to national prominence, as William Rufus King was elected vice-president in 1852 and James Buchanan the nation's fifteenth president in 1856, despite the political gossip that circulated about them. While exploring a same-sex relationship that powerfully shaped national events in the antebellum era, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were--and continue to be--an important part of success in American politics.

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Oxford University Press

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0190914602

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9780190914608

The Wobblies in Their Heyday

The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World during the World War I Era

By: Eric Thomas Chester

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The Wobblies in Their Heyday

The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World during the World War I Era

By: Eric Thomas Chester

During World War I, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) rose to prominence as an effective, militant union and then was destroyed by a devastating campaign of repression launched by the federal government. This book documents the rise and fall of this important industrial labor organization. The Industrial Workers of the World—or "Wobblies," as they were known—included legendary figures from U.S. labor history. Joe Hill, "Big Bill" Haywood, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn have become a part of American popular folklore. In this book, author Eric T. Chester shows just how dynamic a force the IWW was during its heyday during World War I, and how determined the federal government was to crush this union—a campaign of repression that remains unique in U.S. history. This work utilizes a wide array of archival sources, many of them never used before, thereby giving readers a clearer view and better understanding of what actually happened. The book leads with an examination of the three key events in the history of the IWW: the Wheatfield, CA, confrontation; the Bisbee, AZ, deportation; and the strike of copper miners in Butte, MT. The second part of the book deconstructs the IWW's responses to World War I, the coordinated attack by the federal government upon the union, and how the union unraveled under this attack.

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342

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440833028

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9781440833021

Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany

By: Thomas Hattemer

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Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany

By: Thomas Hattemer

Motive, organizer, killer are coded in angles, distances, London names. The crime seems to be cleared up. A second serial killer caused damage in and around Chicago. He lived only 5 miles away from the possible Jack the Ripper, whose life from 1841 to 1896 can be well traced on the basis of many documents. Causes for the murders are possibly two conflicts at the beginning of 1888 in southwest Germany.

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3754336231

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9783754336236

The Frankfurt School in Exile

By: Thomas Wheatland

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The Frankfurt School in Exile

By: Thomas Wheatland

Thomas Wheatland examines the influence of the Frankfurt School, or Horkheimer Circle, and how they influenced American social thought and postwar German sociology. He argues that, contrary to accepted belief, the members of the group, who fled oppression in Nazi Germany in 1934, had a major influence on postwar intellectual life.

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415

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0816653682

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9780816653683

The Official Blackbook Price Guide To United States Postage Stamps 2009

By: Marc Hudgeons,Tom Hudgeons, Sr.,Thomas E. Hudgeons, Jr.

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The Official Blackbook Price Guide To United States Postage Stamps 2009

By: Marc Hudgeons,Tom Hudgeons, Sr.,Thomas E. Hudgeons, Jr.

Describes and lists current prices for thousands of stamps

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666

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House of Collectibles

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0375721738

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9780375721731

Pacific Eldorado

A History of Greater California

By: Thomas J. Osborne

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Pacific Eldorado

A History of Greater California

By: Thomas J. Osborne

PACIFIC ELDORADO PACIFIC ELDORADO A HISTORY OF GREATER CALIFORNIA California‘s rich and complex history has long been shaped by its relationship with the vast ocean along its western shores. Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California presents the first comprehensive text to explore the entire sweep of California‘s past in relationship to the maritime world of the Pacific Basin. Noted historian Thomas J. Osborne dispels the commonly held notion of pre-Gold Rush California as a remote and isolated backwater. He traces the evolution of America‘s most populous state from the time of prehistoric Asian seafarers and sixteenth-century Spanish explorers through to its emergence in the modern world as a region whose unmatched resources and global influence have rendered it a veritable super state — a Greater California whose history has far exceeded its geographical boundaries. Interspersed throughout the text are “Pacific Profiles,” brief chronicles of notable figures who have made an impact on the state‘s history. At once scholarly and accessible, Pacific Eldorado offers a strikingly original interpretation of the origins and evolution of an extraordinary American state.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118292162

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9781118292167

Loudoun County

250 Years of Towns and Villages

By: Mary Fishback,Thomas Balch Library Commission

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Loudoun County

250 Years of Towns and Villages

By: Mary Fishback,Thomas Balch Library Commission

Loudoun County, one of Virginias most charming areas, is truly a picturesque region, balanced with sweeping pastoral landscapes along the Potomac and many lovely small towns and villages. Over the past several hundred years, this county has enjoyed an ethnic-rich past, meaning that many diverse culturesthe American Indian, European, and Africanhave called this place home. These different civilizations have left an indelible mark on Loudoun Countys character and architectural appearance, from traditional churches and shops to the more ornate and lavish homes scattered across the countryside. Fortunately, many of these buildings still stand, serving as fitting reminders to these different peoples struggles and lives. In this volume of over 200 photographs, many never before published, you will experience the Loudoun County of yesteryeara time when wagons and early automobiles competed for space on the same dusty highways, when homes and schools were made of cobblestone and wood framing, and when life seemed, overall, slower and less complicated. This book takes us on a wonderful journey through the countys major towns, such as Leesburg, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill, and to the smaller villages, such as Waterford, Broad Run Farms, and Taylorstown. From the turn of the twentieth century to more contemporary times, you will see your home county as you have never seen it before or as you remembered it as a child.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439626820

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9781439626825

Geology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1877

Vol. II

By: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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Geology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1877

Vol. II

By: Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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3385542677

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9783385542679

Defending Rights

Law, Labor Politics, and the State in California, 1890-1925

By: Thomas R. Clark

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Defending Rights

Law, Labor Politics, and the State in California, 1890-1925

By: Thomas R. Clark

In ongoing efforts to understand the "exceptionalism" of the American labor movement, historians have proposed that American unions never fully embraced the independent and social democratic politics of their European counterparts because a hostile legal system in the United States fostered a deep distrust of state intervention among early labor leaders. Thomas Ralph Clark adds new perspective to the revisionist reexamination of the characterization of the early labor movement as apolitical and antistatist. Focusing on law and labor activity at the state level rather than the national level and using California as his case study, Clark shows how legal hostility pushed labor to enter local politics with great urgency and forced labor to appeal to the state and support state intervention.

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322

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Wayne State University Press

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0814330436

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9780814330432

Life in the Hotel

Hotel History

By: Jo Jean Thomas DeHony

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Life in the Hotel

Hotel History

By: Jo Jean Thomas DeHony

Over 100 years of life in a Hotel. In 1900 The Chamberlins moved to Cody, a town with few buildings and very few people. Agnes Chamberlin started a boarding house in 1904, later expanded into Hotel Chamberlin. Her ideas filled with interesting challenges, were usually quite successful. She gave her Homestead land to the City in 1935 to enlarge the Airport. In 1939 Agnes sold to George and Hattie Edwards. It was renamed Pawnee Hotel in 1941. In 1974 Edwards sold to Jo Jean DeHony. Jo Jean remodeled and operated the Pawnee Hotel for more than 31 years and sold it in 2005.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493160788

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9781493160785

Up for Grabs

Timber Pirates, Lumber Barons, and the Battles Over Maine's Public Lands

By: Thomas Urquhart

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Up for Grabs

Timber Pirates, Lumber Barons, and the Battles Over Maine's Public Lands

By: Thomas Urquhart

Each year thousands of men and women and families recreate on Maine’s Public Reserved Lands. Most of these visitors know only that the large green areas on the map promise them access to some of the state’s most magnificent places. Very few have any idea how Maine acquired them. Or that, as a conservation success, their acquisition (600,000 acres) rivals the celebrated purchase and gift to Maine people of Baxter State Park (210,000 acres) by Governor Percival Baxter. Maine’s two hundredth anniversary is an appropriate moment to celebrate the largest land conservation triumph in its history. The story of the state’s Public Reserved Lands and how we got them speak to the very essence of Maine’s identity. With dramatic moments and colorful characters, the book weaves its way from 1820 to the present, providing an engaging and informative overview of conservation and preservation in Maine.

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Down East Books

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1608936872

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9781608936878

The Maverick

George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing

By: Thomas Harding

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The Maverick

George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing

By: Thomas Harding

The captivating story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, from his struggles as an Austrian-Jewish refugee in London to his rise as a world-renowned literary figure. After arriving in London just before World War Two as a penniless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but the culture of ideas. The books that he published include momentous titles such as Lolita, Double Helix, The Group, and The Hedgehog and the Fox, with authors he championed ranging from Joan Didion, Mary McCarthy, JD Salinger, and Edna O’Brien to Henry Miller, Harold Wilson, Saul Bellow, and Henry Kissinger. His role as publisher brought him into the orbit of influential figures such as George Bush, Ann Getty, Donald Trump, and LBJ. In this first biography, Thomas Harding provides a full, unvarnished, and at times difficult history of this complex and fascinating character. Throughout his long career, he was written about in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, and other publications. Was he, as described by some, the “greatest salesperson,” “the world’s best networker,” “the publisher’s publisher,” and “a great intellectual”? Was his lifelong effort to be the world’s most famous host a cover for his desperate loneliness? Who, in fact, was the real George Weidenfeld and how did he rise so successfully within the ranks of New York and London society? Drawing on author correspondence, internal memos, and other documents buried deep in the secret publishing files of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Harding crafts a portrait of the publisher's life that is inextricable from the efforts and intricacies of putting a book into the world. Structured around twenty books associated with George Weidenfeld, and intercut with explorations of contemporary concerns such as cancel culture, the right to publish, freedom of speech, and separating the art from the artist, The Maverick tells the captivating story behind the life of this iconic publisher.

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Simon and Schuster

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1639364463

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9781639364466

American Scoundrel

The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

By: Thomas Keneally

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American Scoundrel

The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

By: Thomas Keneally

Hero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was indeed stranger than fiction. Throughout his life he exhibited the kind of exuberant charm and lack of scruple that wins friends, seduces women, and gets people killed. In American Scoundrel Thomas Keneally, the acclaimed author of Schindler’s List, creates a biography that is as lively and engrossing as its subject. Dan Sickles was a member of Congress, led a controversial charge at Gettysburg, and had an affair with the deposed Queen of Spain—among many other women. But the most startling of his many exploits was his murder of Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key), the lover of his long-suffering and neglected wife, Teresa. The affair, the crime, and the trial contained all the ingredients of melodrama needed to ensure that it was the scandal of the age. At the trial’s end, Sickles was acquitted and hardly chastened. His life, in which outrage and accomplishment had equal force, is a compelling American tale, told with the skill of a master narrative.

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Anchor

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0385722257

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9780385722254

Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors

The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720-1850

By: Thomas S. Wermuth

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Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors

The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720-1850

By: Thomas S. Wermuth

Although Rip Van Winkle was a fictional character, his community in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York State was very real. Thomas S. Wermuth's book shows that the popular view of Hudson Valley farmers as self-sufficient, independent, and free of governmental authority is as fictional as the character of Rip Van Winkle himself. In fact these mid-Hudson farmers lived in villages where economic practices and behavior were regulated by civil authorities as well as neighborhood concerns, and where acquisitive practices that were believed to endanger the public good were forbidden. Based on extensive research into previously unused town records and commercial accounts, this book challenges the belief that the early valley was a capitalist society, arguing that the beliefs and practices associated with modern capitalism developed slowly and unevenly, and were not always welcomed by valley families.

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0791490076

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9780791490075

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Bosom Friends

Bosom Friends

The Wobblies in Their Heyday

The Wobblies in Their Heyday

Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany

Jack the Ripper - Codes lead to Germany

The Frankfurt School in Exile

The Frankfurt School in Exile

The Official Blackbook Price Guide To United States Postage Stamps 2009

The Official Blackbook Price Guide To United States Postage Stamps 2009

Pacific Eldorado

Pacific Eldorado

Loudoun County

Loudoun County

Geology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1877

Geology of Wisconsin. Survey of 1873-1877

Defending Rights

Defending Rights

Life in the Hotel

Life in the Hotel

Up for Grabs

Up for Grabs

The Maverick

The Maverick

American Scoundrel

American Scoundrel

Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors

Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors

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