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A Glorious Disaster

Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement

By: J. William Middendorf II

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A Glorious Disaster

Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement

By: J. William Middendorf II

The 1964 presidential campaign lives on in conservative circles as an origin myth for the modern conservative movement. Even though their preferred (and now revered) candidate lost to Lyndon B. Johnson by a landslide, Barry Goldwater's failed presidential run was a major turning point of the twentieth century. Without Goldwater's philosophy to pave the way -- and, just as importantly, without the strategic and political infrastructure created by the "Draft Goldwater" movement that preceded it -- there likely would have been no Reagan or Bush administrations, and possibly no Nixon administration either. The policy positions and electoral strategies of the Goldwater campaign became standard tenets of Republican politics. William Middendorf had better than a ringside seat for this pivotal campaign. A key member of the "Draft Goldwater" movement as early as 1962, he was Goldwater's campaign treasurer and, afterwards, a major force within the Republican Party. No one knows the real inside story better, and A Glorious Disaster tells that story in all its rollicking, agonizing, and never-before-published detail.

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Basic Books

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0465003885

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Triumph of the Mountain Man

By: William W. Johnstone

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Triumph of the Mountain Man

By: William W. Johnstone

New York Times bestselling series: One man's greed is no match for the gunfighter named Smoke Jensen . . . Robber baron Clifton Satterlee is in greedy pursuit of a coveted piece of land in the New Mexico Territory. He plans to wrest the timber-rich hills of Tua Pueblo and then populate the town with his own subservient labor force. Many will suffer as his thirst for blood equals his lust for wealth and power. But Saterlee has overlooked one mighty obstacle—the iron justice and deadly aim of the legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen. In triumph blood will be spilled . . .

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Pinnacle Books

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0786041854

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9780786041855

In Defense of Thomas Jefferson

The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal

By: William G. Hyland

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In Defense of Thomas Jefferson

The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal

By: William G. Hyland

The belief that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and fathered a child (or children) with slave Sally Hemings---and that such an allegation was proven by DNA testing—has become so pervasive in American popular culture that it is not only widely accepted but taught to students as historical fact. But as William G. Hyland Jr. demonstrates, this "fact" is nothing more than the accumulation of salacious rumors and irresponsible scholarship over the years, much of it inspired by political grudges, academic opportunism, and the trend of historical revisionism that seeks to drag the reputation of the Founding Fathers through the mud. In this startling and revelatory argument, Hyland shows not only that the evidence against Jefferson is lacking, but that in fact he is entirely innocent of the charge of having sexual relations with Hemings. Historians have the wrong Jefferson. Hyland, an experienced trial lawyer, presents the most reliable historical evidence while dissecting the unreliable, and in doing so he cuts through centuries of unsubstantiated charges. The author reminds us that the DNA tests identified Eston Hemings, Sally's youngest child, as being merely the descendant of a "Jefferson male." Randolph Jefferson, the president's wayward, younger brother with a reputation for socializing among the Monticello slaves, emerges as the most likely of several possible candidates. Meanwhile, the author traces the evolution of this rumor about Thomas Jefferson back to the allegation made by one James Callendar, a "drunken ruffian" who carried a grudge after unsuccessfully lobbying the president for a postmaster appointment---and who then openly bragged of ruining Jefferson's reputation. Hyland also delves into Hemings family oral histories that go against the popular rumor, as well as the ways in which the Jefferson rumors were advanced by less-than-historical dramas and by flawed scholarly research often shaped by political agendas. Reflecting both a layperson's curiosity and a lawyer's precision, Hyland definitively puts to rest the allegation of the thirty-eight-year liaison between Jefferson and Hemings. In doing so, he reclaims the nation's third president from the arena of Hollywood-style myth and melodrama and gives his readers a unique opportunity to serve as jurors on this enduringly fascinating episode in American history.

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Macmillan

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1429969261

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Kentucky Rebel Town

The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County

By: William A. Penn

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Kentucky Rebel Town

The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County

By: William A. Penn

On April 22, 1861, within weeks of the surrender at Fort Sumter, fresh recruits marched to the Cynthiana, Kentucky, depot—one of the state's first volunteer companies to join the Confederate army. The soldiers boarded a waiting train as many sympathetic city and county officials cheered. A Confederate flag was raised at the Harrison County courthouse but it was taken down within six months, as the influence of pro-Southern officials diminished. However, this "pestilential little nest of treason" became a battlefield during some of the most dramatic military engagements in the state. In this fascinating book, William A. Penn provides an impressively detailed account of the military action that took place in this Kentucky region during the Civil War. Because of its political leanings and strategic position along the Kentucky Central Railroad, Harrison County became the target of multiple raids by Confederate general John Hunt Morgan. Conflict in the area culminated in the Second Battle of Cynthiana, in which Morgan's men clashed with Union troops led by Major General Stephen G. Burbridge (the "Butcher of Kentucky"), resulting in the destruction of much of the town by fire. Penn draws on dozens of period newspapers as well as personal journals, memoirs, and correspondence from citizens, slaves, soldiers, and witnesses to provide a vivid account of the war's impact on the region. Featuring new maps that clearly illustrate the combat strategies in the various engagements, Kentucky Rebel Town provides an illuminating look at divided loyalties and dissent in Union Kentucky.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813167736

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9780813167732

Wrestling with Depression

A Spiritual Guide to Reclaiming Life

By: William Hulme

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Wrestling with Depression

A Spiritual Guide to Reclaiming Life

By: William Hulme

To the 20 million Americans who suffer from depression, the Hulmes offer a promise of hope and healing. Writing from his own battles with depression, William helps depressed people, their families, and caregivers understand depression, treatment and how people can cope. Woven into William's story are his wife's struggles with her husband's illness.

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Augsburg Books

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145141322X

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9781451413229

Michael William Balfe

His Life and His English Operas

By: William Tyldesley

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Michael William Balfe

His Life and His English Operas

By: William Tyldesley

Without doubt, Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) was the most successful composer of English opera in the mid nineteenth century. During his lifetime he enjoyed an international reputation and worked with some of the leading singers of the time, including Jenny Lind, Malibran and Grisi. Drawing on previously unused source materials such as letters, legal documents and playbills, this biography of Balfe and in-depth study of his English operas overturns many of the previously accepted 'facts' of the composer's lifestyle. Using London as his base, Dublin-born Balfe spent long periods in Paris and travelled widely in Europe. William Tyldesley discusses the continental influences evident in Balfe's operas and offers new suggestions as to the draw that Paris held for the composer. Far from leading a fairly prosperous and unexceptional life, Balfe is shown to have found himself in financial straits on more than one occasion, and to have employed possibly unethical means of extracting himself from them. Those wishing to perform Balfe's works or to do further research into them, will find Tyldesley's re-examination of the composer a necessary first port of call.

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Routledge

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1351558315

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Safire's Political Dictionary

By: William Safire

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Safire's Political Dictionary

By: William Safire

Featuring more than one thousand new, rewritten, and updated entries, this reference on American politics explains current terms in politics, economics, and diplomacy.

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Oxford University Press

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0195340612

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Neuroplasticity, Performativity, and Clergy Wellness

Neighbor Love as Self-Care

By: William D. Roozeboom

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Neuroplasticity, Performativity, and Clergy Wellness

Neighbor Love as Self-Care

By: William D. Roozeboom

This book invites readers, particularly clergy members, to rethink their understandings of the human person in light of recent developments in neuroscience. In addition to bringing together religion and neuroscience, it engages narrative theory, exercise physiology, and constructions of wellness to raise crucial questions about human identity and relationality and argue for a model of care that connects self-care and care for/with others. Furthermore, it claims that human beings are whole, intra/inter-relational, dynamic, plastic, and performative agents who have the capacity to story themselves neurophysiologically (in both “top-down” and “bottom-up” ways) through their regular practices of wellness.

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177

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Lexington Books

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1498521282

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9781498521284

Genealogy Of The Lewis Family In America, From The Middle of The Seventeeth Century Down To The Present Time

By: William Terrell Lewis

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Genealogy Of The Lewis Family In America, From The Middle of The Seventeeth Century Down To The Present Time

By: William Terrell Lewis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Read Books Ltd

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1473352916

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9781473352919

Beethoven's Anvil

Music in Mind and Culture

By: William Benzon

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Beethoven's Anvil

Music in Mind and Culture

By: William Benzon

¿7FWhy does the brain create music? This text argues that the key to music's function lies in the very complexity of musical experience. As well as being both personal and social, the creation of music taps into the whole spectrum of human skills, both physical and mental.

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0198605579

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Storms over the Mekong

Major Battles of the Vietnam War

By: William Pace Head

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Storms over the Mekong

Major Battles of the Vietnam War

By: William Pace Head

From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over the Mekong offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War. Award-winning historian William P. Head not only reexamines these pivotal battles but also provides a new interpretation on the course of the war in Southeast Asia. In considering Operation Rolling Thunder, for example—which Head dubs as “too much rolling and not enough thunder”—readers will grasp the full scope of the campaign, from specifically targeted bridges in North Vietnam to the challenges of measuring success or failure, the domestic political situation, and how over time, Head argues, “slowly, but surely, Rolling Thunder dug itself into a hole.” Likewise, Head shows how the battles for Saigon and Hue during the Tet Offensive of 1968 were tactical defeats for the Communist forces with as many as 40,000 killed and no real gains. At the same time, however, Tet made it clear to many in Washington that victory in Vietnam would require a still greater commitment of men and resources, far more than the American people were willing to invest. Storms over the Mekong is a blow-by-blow account of the key military events, to be sure. But beyond that, it is also a measured reconsideration of the battles and moments that Americans thought they already knew, adding up to a new history of the Vietnam War.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1623498368

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9781623498368

The Fate of Liberal Arts in Today's Schools and Colleges

By: William Hayes

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The Fate of Liberal Arts in Today's Schools and Colleges

By: William Hayes

It is the purpose of this book to examine the ever-changing meaning of the term “liberal arts” and to trace its development from antiquity to the present. In doing so, the text will compare and contrast the values of such an education with the other important objective of schools and colleges, which is to prepare students with appropriate occupational training. The book will highlight the arguments of both points of view. In doing so, attention will be paid to the contributions to society of those who have been exposed to a variety of educational curricula. As part of the study, the impact of the community college will be considered, along with the impact of recent initiatives such as the Nation at Risk Report, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and the Common Core. Finally, the text will conclude with an attempt to suggest the direction that will determine the fate of liberal arts in schools and colleges.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475817800

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9781475817805

Shots in the Dark

The Policy, Politics, and Symbolism of Gun Control

By: William J. Vizzard

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Shots in the Dark

The Policy, Politics, and Symbolism of Gun Control

By: William J. Vizzard

Starting with Columbine, school shootings have brought the issue of gun control to the forefront of the American consciousness. Why it won't rise to the top of the political agenda is an important part of the story that Will Vizzard tells. Drawing on Congressional hearings, interviews, thirty years of research, and personal experience as a special agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, the author takes a step back from both advocates and opponents of gun control to survey the U.S. gun landscape. What he finds there is a scene dominated by policy and public opinion extremism as well as a powerful combination of history and symbolism that impede the resolution of this conflict. Neither a call for gun prohibition nor a diatribe against gun control, this book is intended for those with a particular interest in firearms as well as serious students of public policy and criminal justice. In addition to covering a century of gun control policy, the author addresses such current issues as assault weapons, right-to-carry and concealed-carry laws, school shootings, and recent elections. Unlike its several counterparts, SHOTS IN THE DARK sheds light on a balanced and pragmatic approach to gun control legislation.

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0847695603

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9780847695607

I've Seen the Elephant

An Autobiography

By: William B. Saxbe

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I've Seen the Elephant

An Autobiography

By: William B. Saxbe

He regales readers with stories about hopping a freight train when he was in the sixth grade, insights on being elected to the United States Senate, commentary on serving as Nixon's attorney general at the height of the Watergate scandal, and descriptions of life as the U.S. ambassador to India.".

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Kent State University Press

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087338668X

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9780873386685

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A Glorious Disaster

A Glorious Disaster

Triumph of the Mountain Man

Triumph of the Mountain Man

In Defense of Thomas Jefferson

In Defense of Thomas Jefferson

Kentucky Rebel Town

Kentucky Rebel Town

Wrestling with Depression

Wrestling with Depression

Michael William Balfe

Michael William Balfe

Safire's Political Dictionary

Safire's Political Dictionary

Neuroplasticity, Performativity, and Clergy Wellness

Neuroplasticity, Performativity, and Clergy Wellness

Genealogy Of The Lewis Family In America, From The Middle of The Seventeeth Century Down To The Present Time

Genealogy Of The Lewis Family In America, From The Middle of The Seventeeth Century Down To The Present Time

Beethoven's Anvil

Beethoven's Anvil

Storms over the Mekong

Storms over the Mekong

The Fate of Liberal Arts in Today's Schools and Colleges

The Fate of Liberal Arts in Today's Schools and Colleges

Shots in the Dark

Shots in the Dark

I've Seen the Elephant

I've Seen the Elephant

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