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The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876

By: William Nester

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The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876

By: William Nester

Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. In contrast, history sees Abraham Lincoln as a giant in character and deeds. During his presidency, he governed brilliantly, developed the economy, liberated four million people from slavery, reunified the nation, and helped enact the Homestead Act, among other accomplishments. He proved to be not only an outstanding commander in chief but also a skilled diplomat, economist, humanist, educator, and moralist. Lincoln achieved that and more because he was a master of the art of American power. He understood that the struggle for hearts and minds was the essence of politics in a democracy. He asserted power mostly by appealing to peopleÆs hopes rather than their fears. All along he tried to shape rather than reflect prevailing public opinions that differed from his own. To that end, he was brilliant at bridging the gap between progressives and conservatives by reining in the former and urging on the latter. His art of power ultimately reflected his unswerving devotion to the Declaration of IndependenceÆs principles and the ConstitutionÆs institutions, or as he so elegantly expressed it, ôto a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.ö

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612346588

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9781612346588

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War

By: William L. Barney

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War

By: William L. Barney

A gold mine for the historian as well as the Civil War buff, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War offers a concise, comprehensive overview of the major personalities and pivotal events of the war that redefined the American nation. Drawing upon recent research that has moved beyond battles and military campaigns to address the significant roles played by civilians, women, and African Americans, the 250 entries explore the era in all its complexity and unmistakable human drama. Here of course are the major battles and campaigns, ranging from Gettysburg and Shiloh to Sherman's March to the Sea, as well as biographical entries on everyone from Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee to Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, and Walt Whitman. But the book also features entries on a wealth of other matters--music, photography, religion, economics, foreign affairs, medicine, prisons, legislative landmarks, military terms and weaponry, political events, social reform, women in the war, and much more. In addition, charts, newly commissioned maps, chronologies, and period photographs provide an appealing visual context. Suggestions for further reading at the end of most entries and a guide to more general sources in an appendix introduce the reader to the literature on a specific topic. A list of Civil War museums and historic sites and a representative sampling of Civil War websites also point to resources that can be tailored to individual interests. A quick, convenient, user-friendly guide to all facets of the Civil War, this new updated edition also serves as an invaluable gateway to the rich historical record now available, perfect for virtually anyone who wants to learn more about this tumultuous period in our history.

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Oxford University Press

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0199878145

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9780199878147

The Apartment Next Door

By: William Andrew Johnston

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The Apartment Next Door

By: William Andrew Johnston

A story of the U.S. Secret Service, into which Mr. Johston has woven mysteries more enthralling than in "The House of Whispers." "A lively and exciting yarn which holds one's interest from first to last."--New York Times.

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193

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Simon and Schuster

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163355483X

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9781633554832

Reports of All the Cases decided by all the Superior Courts relating to Magistrates, Municipal and Parochial Law

Vol. I

By: Edward William Cox

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Reports of All the Cases decided by all the Superior Courts relating to Magistrates, Municipal and Parochial Law

Vol. I

By: Edward William Cox

Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

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541

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375017650

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9783375017651

Early Modern Poetics in Melville and Poe

Memory, Melancholy, and the Emblematic Tradition

By: William E. Engel

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Early Modern Poetics in Melville and Poe

Memory, Melancholy, and the Emblematic Tradition

By: William E. Engel

Bringing to bear his expertise in the early modern emblem tradition, William E. Engel traces a series of self-reflective organizational schemes associated with baroque artifice in the work of Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe. While other scholars have remarked on the influence of seventeenth-century literature on Melville and Poe, this is the first book to explore how their close readings of early modern texts influenced their decisions about compositional practice, especially as it relates to public performance and the exigencies of publication. Engel's discussion of the narrative structure and emblematic aspects of Melville's Piazza Tales and Poe's "The Raven" serve as case studies that demonstrate the authors' debt to the past. Focusing principally on the overlapping rhetorical and iconic assumptions of the Art of Memory and its relation to chiasmus, Engel avoids engaging in a simple account of what these authors read and incorporated into their own writings. Instead, through an examination of their predisposition toward an earlier model of pattern recognition, he offers fresh insight into the writers' understandings of mourning and loss, their use of allegory, and what they gained from their use of pseudonyms.

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204

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409435873

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9781409435877

The Apartment Next Door

By: William Andrew Johnston

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By: William Andrew Johnston

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Simon and Schuster

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Reboot Culture

Comics, Film, Transmedia

By: William Proctor

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Reboot Culture

Comics, Film, Transmedia

By: William Proctor

Since the release of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins in 2005, there has been a pronounced surge in alternative uses of the computer term ‘reboot,’ a surge that has witnessed the term deployed in new contexts and new signifying practices, involving politics, fashion, sex, nature, sport, business, and media. As a narrative concept, however, reboot terminology remains widely misused, misunderstood, and misinterpreted across popular, journalistic, and academic discourses, being recklessly and relentlessly solicited as a way to describe a broad range of narrative operations and contradictory groupings, including prequels, sequels, adaptations, revivals, re-launches, generic ‘refreshes,’ and enactments of retroactive continuity. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach that fuses cultural studies, media archaeology, and discursive approaches, this book challenges existing scholarship on the topic by providing new frameworks and taxonomies that illustrate key differences between reboots and other ‘strategies of regeneration,’ helping to spotlight the various ways in which the culture industries mine their intellectual properties in distinct and novel ways to present them anew. Reboot Culture: Comics, Film, Transmedia is the first academic study to critically explore and interrogate the reboot phenomenon as it emerged historically to describe superhero comics that sought to jettison existing narrative continuity in order to ‘begin again’ from scratch.of franchising in the twenty-first century. of franchising in the twenty-first century. /div

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Springer Nature

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3031409124

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9783031409127

The Apartement next Door

By: William Andrew Johnston

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The Apartement next Door

By: William Andrew Johnston

During World War I, Jane Strong will be recruited as a spy.... « The apartment next door » is a book where intrigue and romance all come together in one brilliant read.

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FV Éditions

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9791029902826

Abe's Youth

Shaping the Future President

By: William E. Bartelt,Joshua A. Claybourn

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Abe's Youth

Shaping the Future President

By: William E. Bartelt,Joshua A. Claybourn

“A fascinating, in-depth examination” of Abraham Lincoln’s life between the ages of seven and twenty-one (Johnson County Historical Society). Although Lincoln’s adult life as president, statesman, and savior of the Union has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments. But in 1920, a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln’s formative years their due. Abe’s Youth takes a look into their writings, which focus on Lincoln’s life between seven and twenty-one years of age. By filling in the gaps on Lincoln’s childhood, these authors shed light on how his experiences growing up influenced the man he became. As the first fully annotated edition of the Lincoln Inquiry papers, Abe’s Youth offers indispensable reading for anyone hoping to learn about Lincoln’s early life.

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Indiana University Press

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0253043905

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9780253043900

Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

By: John William Austin,Rebecca H. R. Austin

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Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

By: John William Austin,Rebecca H. R. Austin

This is the definitive work on Americans taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The bulk of the book is devoted to personal accounts, many of them moving, of the conditions endured by U.S. prisoners at the hands of the British, as preserved in journals or diaries kept by physicians, ships' captains, and the prisoners themselves. Of greater genealogical interest is the alphabetical list of 8,000 men who were imprisoned on the British vessel The Old Jersey, which the author copied from the papers of the British War Department and incorporated in the appendix to the work. Also included is a Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Shepherd's Company of Virginia Riflemen and a section on soldiers of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp who perished in prison, 1776-1777.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806350237

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9780806350233

Book's by William Andrew Johnston

The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876

The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War

The Apartment Next Door

The Apartment Next Door

Reports of All the Cases decided by all the Superior Courts relating to Magistrates, Municipal and Parochial Law

Reports of All the Cases decided by all the Superior Courts relating to Magistrates, Municipal and Parochial Law

Early Modern Poetics in Melville and Poe

Early Modern Poetics in Melville and Poe

The Apartment Next Door

The Apartment Next Door

Reboot Culture

Reboot Culture

The Apartement next Door

The Apartement next Door

Abe's Youth

Abe's Youth

Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

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