William Cabell Bruce's Books

On the Lam

Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America

By: William Beverly

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On the Lam

Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America

By: William Beverly

From the author of the novel Dodgers, an exploration of how the fugitive criminal took the spotlight in American literature, film, and media news

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258

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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ISBN 10

1617034479

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9781617034473

Cavalier and Yankee

The Old South and American National Character

By: William R. Taylor

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Cavalier and Yankee

The Old South and American National Character

By: William R. Taylor

William Taylor's Cavalier and Yankee was one of the most famous works of American history written in the 1960s. The book is an intellectual history of the South before the Civil War, the perception of it in the North, and the effect it had upon the nation in the years from 1800 to 1860. First published in 1961 and out of print for several years, Taylor's classic study remains essential to the study of the pre-Civil War South.

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395

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Oxford University Press

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ISBN 10

0195359518

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9780195359510

Benjamin Franklin

Volume 2

By: William Cabell Bruce

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Benjamin Franklin

Volume 2

By: William Cabell Bruce

Reproduction of the original: Benjamin Franklin by William Cabell Bruce

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386

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752329068

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9783752329063

Forty Million Dollar Slaves

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

By: William C. Rhoden

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Forty Million Dollar Slaves

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete

By: William C. Rhoden

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An explosive and absorbing discussion of race, politics, and the history of American sports.”—Ebony From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built. Provocative and controversial, Rhoden’s $40 Million Slaves weaves a compelling narrative of black athletes in the United States, from the plantation to their beginnings in nineteenth-century boxing rings to the history-making accomplishments of notable figures such as Jesse Owens, Althea Gibson, and Willie Mays. Rhoden reveals that black athletes’ “evolution” has merely been a journey from literal plantations—where sports were introduced as diversions to quell revolutionary stirrings—to today’s figurative ones, in the form of collegiate and professional sports programs. He details the “conveyor belt” that brings kids from inner cities and small towns to big-time programs, where they’re cut off from their roots and exploited by team owners, sports agents, and the media. He also sets his sights on athletes like Michael Jordan, who he says have abdicated their responsibility to the community with an apathy that borders on treason. The power black athletes have today is as limited as when masters forced their slaves to race and fight. The primary difference is, today’s shackles are invisible. Praise for Forty Million Dollar Slaves “A provocative, passionate, important, and disturbing book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Brilliant . . . a beautifully written, complex, and rich narrative.”—Washington Post Book World “A powerful call for more black athletes to give back to their communities.”—Los Angeles Times

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306

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Crown

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ISBN 10

0307565742

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9780307565747

The Greatest Fury

The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America

By: William C Davis

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The Greatest Fury

The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America

By: William C Davis

“Davis’s accounts of small fights won by hot blood and cold steel are thrilling.”—The Wall Street Journal From master historian William C. Davis, the definitive story of the Battle of New Orleans, the fight that decided the ultimate fate not only of the War of 1812 but the future course of the fledgling American republic It was a battle that could not be won. Outnumbered farmers, merchants, backwoodsmen, smugglers, slaves, and Choctaw Indians, many of them unarmed, were up against the cream of the British army, professional soldiers who had defeated the great Napoleon and set Washington, D.C., ablaze. At stake was nothing less than the future of the vast American heartland, from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, as the ragtag American forces fought to hold New Orleans, the gateway of the Mississippi River and an inland empire. Tipping the balance of power in the New World, this single battle irrevocably shifted the young republic's political and cultural center of gravity and kept the British from ever regaining dominance in North America. In this gripping, comprehensive study of the Battle of New Orleans, William C. Davis examines the key players and strategy of King George's Red Coats and Andrew Jackson's makeshift "army." A master historian, he expertly weaves together narratives of personal motivation and geopolitical implications that make this battle one of the most impactful ever fought on American soil.

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Penguin

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0399585249

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9780399585241

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On the Lam

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Forty Million Dollar Slaves

Forty Million Dollar Slaves

The Greatest Fury

The Greatest Fury

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