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Land of Opportunity

One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack

By: William M. Adler

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Land of Opportunity

One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack

By: William M. Adler

An exceptional work of investigative journalism, Land of Opportunity is a probing tale of blighted dreams and misguided ambition. "One of the most fascinating and unforgettable families in American literature . . . destined to become the most prominent tome in the modern inner-city street life genre".--Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land. Land of Opportunity has been optioned by Boyz 'N the Hood director John Singleton for his next film.

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University of Michigan Press

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047203863X

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9780472038633

Twin Creeks

By: William Carter Burnham

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Twin Creeks

By: William Carter Burnham

Twin Creeks by William Carter Burnham Twin Creeks is the story of two young boys who leave their home in Georgia and travel west seeking a better future. Travel along with them and witness the transformation from young naïve boys into savvy frontiersmen. This book is not based on any one particular person or event. The characters and story are all fictional, but they are based on reality. Wyatt Earp was in several gunfights and he never got a scratch. The Comanche were people trying to hold on to their way of life. In spite of the dangers and hardships, families moved west. All were looking for something better. The author believes you will enjoy this story and meeting the characters. About the Author In addition to being a Vietnam veteran, William Carter Burnham is a retired construction inspector for Coweta County, Georgia, where he worked for 20 years. William resides in Hogansville Georgia with his wife of forty-one years, Ruby. William and Ruby have two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He has always loved the history of the West and, after five years of writing, he is proud to present Twin Creeks.

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316

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Dorrance Publishing

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148096865X

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9781480968653

Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815

By: William S. Dudley

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Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815

By: William S. Dudley

The author presents an administrative and logistical history of the US Navy during the War of 1812. He explains how the naval department of the young republic managed to build, maintain, man, fit-out, provision, and send fighting ships out to sea for long periods of time, in addition to considering the problems faced by high command"--

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367

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JHU Press

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1421440512

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9781421440514

A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America

By: William Chapin

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A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America

By: William Chapin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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354

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368737465

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9783368737467

The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855

A Comparative Study of the American, British, Dutch and Russian Naval Expedition to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships in the Years 1853-55

By: William McOmie

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The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855

A Comparative Study of the American, British, Dutch and Russian Naval Expedition to Compel the Tokugawa Shogunate to Conclude Treaties and Open Ports to Their Ships in the Years 1853-55

By: William McOmie

This study provides a picture of the competition and cooperation, distrust and open hostility of the US, Britain, Holland and Russia involved in their joint enterprise in Japan. It documents the plans and outcomes of each of the four powers’ negotiations with Japan. At the same time it provides a fascinating commentary on the way business was done by the Japanese with each country and its representatives.

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528

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BRILL

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9004213627

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9789004213623

At Freedom's Edge

Black Mobility and the Southern White Quest for Racial Control, 1861-1915

By: William Cohen

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At Freedom's Edge

Black Mobility and the Southern White Quest for Racial Control, 1861-1915

By: William Cohen

Cohen presents a thorough treatment of the efforts of the freedmen's Bureau to restructure the southern labor system, showing how heavily this organization was influenced by questions involving black mobility.

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LSU Press

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0807116211

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9780807116210

Inside Campaigns

Elections through the Eyes of Political Professionals

By: William J. Feltus,Kenneth M. Goldstein,Matthew Dallek

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Inside Campaigns

Elections through the Eyes of Political Professionals

By: William J. Feltus,Kenneth M. Goldstein,Matthew Dallek

Inside Campaigns: Elections Through the Eyes of Political Professionals offers readers a detailed, thoroughly researched examination of U.S. political campaigns. Through the eyes of more than 100 campaign managers and political professionals, it takes a behind-the-scenes look at the ways campaigns are managed, the strategies that are employed, the roles played by both staff and the candidates, and all the ways campaigns affect election outcomes. The expert author team of William J. Feltus, Kenneth M. Goldstein, and Matthew Dallek provide guidance drawn from actual campaign case studies, contribute their own data-backed assessment of the current state of modern political campaign management, and offer a trove of observations and war stories. Interviewees include high-profile professionals such as David Axelrod, Ken Mehlman, James Carville, and Kevin Sheekey, as well as lesser-known political journeymen and women who manage America’s state and local campaigns. Democrats and Republicans are evenly represented, giving students a balanced, unique and valuable insight into how campaigns operate.

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362

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CQ Press

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1506332978

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9781506332970

Directories for the City of Charleston, South Carolina

For the Years 1849, 1852, and 1855

By: James William Hagy

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Directories for the City of Charleston, South Carolina

For the Years 1849, 1852, and 1855

By: James William Hagy

Now, for the first time, there is a book that will help you to locate the final resting place of more than 20,000 notable persons who were either buried or cremated in the United States. Arranged by subject category and thereunder alphabetically, Where They're Buried is a goliath of a work that catalogues deceased celebrities from all walks of life. Open it to any page and you'll turn up the burial place of someone you've heard of or have an interest in. Given the book's remarkable coverage, it's bound to keep you turning and turning.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806348224

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9780806348223

Tangled Branches

By: William Bailey

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Tangled Branches

By: William Bailey

Southern Race relations are a disordered and mismanaged mess snared in prejudices, suppression, and failures in communication. Tangled Branches does not fit into the popular context of the causes or effects. While slavery existed within the author's family for thirty-four years, the black and white families remained together for 150 years. Tangled Branches is a week-long discussion between the author and the African-American grandson of his mother's maid. It is the story of a middle age white man facing his own fears of allegations of racial prejudice and finding the responsibility to tell the African-American family's history. It is the true story of the black family history through the white family. Both families are traced five generations through the evolution of both technology and society, from pioneers to the 1970s. It recounts the crimes committed by both upon each other and on those around them. It reveals a generational dependence each family had upon the other. While popular dialogue claims black and white races separated at the conclusion of the American Civil War, Tangled Branches tells how one family remained together; from Tilly a freed slave using the white family's farm as an underground railroad station, through both black and white working together to supply Al Capone with whiskey, to Ina walking out after decades of abuse. It tells of the final separation of the two families when the Author's mother's maid is fired, and of their reconciliation.

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AuthorHouse

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ISBN 13

9798823000697

August "Garry" Herrmann

A Baseball Biography

By: William A. Cook

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August "Garry" Herrmann

A Baseball Biography

By: William A. Cook

August Garry Herrmann entered the murky waters of 19th century machine politics in Cincinnati, serving as a trusted lieutenant to one of the most powerful political bosses in the country, George B. Cox. Herrmann, a gifted man who introduced modern management principles to municipal government and oversaw the committee that built Cincinnati's modern water works system, eventually did for baseball what he did for his home town, guiding it into a new century. Along with George B. Cox and Cincinnati mayor Julius Fleischmann, Herrmann bought the Cincinnati Reds from John T. Brush in 1902. By 1903 he had chaired the peace conference between the leagues that ushered in the modern game. With the leagues united, Herrmann was selected to head up the National Commission, a three-person ruling body that governed major league baseball in the years before the commissionership.

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305

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McFarland

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0786430737

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9780786430734

Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus

By: William L. Craig

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Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus

By: William L. Craig

This volume is the sequel to its companion volume The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus during the Deist Controversy. It comprises a thorough examination of the New Testament materials undergirding the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, focusing on Jesus’ empty tomb, his post-mortem appearances, and the origin of his disciples’ belief in Jesus’ resurrection. This revised edition includes Appendices in response to the competing views of J. Robinson, J. D. Crossan, G. Lüdemann, and D. Allison.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666772690

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9781666772692

Strategies for Survival

Recollections of Bondage in Antebellum Virginia

By: William Dusinberre

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Strategies for Survival

Recollections of Bondage in Antebellum Virginia

By: William Dusinberre

Strategies for Survival conveys the experience of bondage through former enslaved people's own words. The source of this landmark content is a remarkable series of interviews conducted in Virginia in 1937 by WPA workers. Most of the interviewers were themselves Black; as a result, the subjects spoke with exceptional candor. William Dusinberre explores these interviews to re-create for the modern reader enslaved people's strategies for survival within the severe constrictions bondage imposed upon their lives. Religion and escape were the chief ways of coping with the indignity of family disruption, contempt, and the harsh realities of slavery. We see great creativity and variety in such responses to oppression, but we are forced to acknowledge the dispiriting realties of enslaved existence and the limits of enslaved people's resistance and agency.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813928362

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9780813928364

The China Incident

Igniting the Second Sino-Japanese War

By: G. William Whitehurst

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The China Incident

Igniting the Second Sino-Japanese War

By: G. William Whitehurst

In 1937, Japan blundered into a debilitating war with China, beginning with a minor incident near Peking (now Beijing) that quickly escalated. The Japanese won significant battles and captured the capital, Nanking, after a horrific massacre of its citizens. Chiang Kai-shek, China's acknowledged leader, would not surrender--each side believed it could win a war of attrition. The U.S. sided with China, primarily because of President Roosevelt's personal bias in their favor. Drawing on a wealth of sources including interviews with key players, from soldiers to diplomats, this history traces America's unexpected and unpopular involvement in an Asian conflict, and the growing recognition of Japan's threat to world peace and the inevitability of war.

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147668233X

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Book's by William Perry

Land of Opportunity

Land of Opportunity

Twin Creeks

Twin Creeks

Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815

Inside the US Navy of 1812–1815

A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America

A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America

The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855

The Opening of Japan, 1853–1855

At Freedom's Edge

At Freedom's Edge

Inside Campaigns

Inside Campaigns

Directories for the City of Charleston, South Carolina

Directories for the City of Charleston, South Carolina

Tangled Branches

Tangled Branches

August "Garry" Herrmann

August "Garry" Herrmann

Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus

Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus

Strategies for Survival

Strategies for Survival

The China Incident

The China Incident

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