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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

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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

In a Door, into a Fight, Out a Door, into a Chase

Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door

By: William Witney

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In a Door, into a Fight, Out a Door, into a Chase

Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door

By: William Witney

Early in 1937, a young film editor went on-location to St. George, Utah, for the filming of Republic's The Painted Stallion. Rain and cast problems put the production hopelessly behind schedule. The studio summarily fired the director and replaced him with the film editor. Thus was born the career of one of Hollywood's most famous serial directors, Bill Witney. Witney went on to direct or codirect 23 Republic serials, working with such stars as William Benedict, Hoot Gibson, Bela Lugosi, and Noah Beery, Sr. Witney's output included some of the most famous cliffhangers of the era, such as Adventures of Red Ryder, Spy Smasher, Drums of Fu Manchu, The Lone Ranger, and The Lone Ranger Rides Again. Though he enjoyed a long career as a feature film and television director, it is the Republic serials for which he is best remembered. This engaging story is a behind-the-scenes look at the heyday of the Hollywood cliffhanger, the making of the movies, and the people involved in them.

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257

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McFarland

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0786422580

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9780786422586

George Mason

The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights

By: William G. Hyland

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George Mason

The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights

By: William G. Hyland

George Mason was a short, bookish man who was a friend and neighbor of athletic, broad-shouldered George Washington. Unlike Washington, Mason has been virtually forgotton by history. But this new biography of forgotten patriot George Mason makes a convincing case that Mason belongs in the pantheon of honored Founding Fathers. Trained in the law, Mason was also a farmer, philosopher, botanist, and musician. He was one of the architects of the Declaration of Independence, an author of the Bill of Rights, and one of the strongest proponents of religious liberty in American history. In fact, both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison may have been given undue credit for George Mason's own contributions to American democracy.

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527

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Simon and Schuster

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1621579476

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9781621579472

Cities of the Dead

Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914

By: William Alan Blair

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Cities of the Dead

Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914

By: William Alan Blair

Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807828963

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9780807828960

The Egg Bowl

Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss

By: William G. Barner

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The Egg Bowl

Mississippi State Vs. Ole Miss

By: William G. Barner

A game-by-game history of the Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State football rivalry

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416

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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157806967X

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9781578069675

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed

A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History

By: William S. Powell,Michael Hill

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The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed

A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History

By: William S. Powell,Michael Hill

The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.

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606

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807898295

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9780807898291

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Boxing's Miracle Man

By: William Dettloff

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Matthew Saad Muhammad

Boxing's Miracle Man

By: William Dettloff

Abandoned on the streets of Philadelphia at age four, Matthew Saad Muhammad (1954-2014) survived orphanages, street gangs and prison to become one of the most exciting prizefighters of boxing's Golden Age of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Time and again he battled back from the brink of defeat to win against the best fighters of the era. His victory over Marvin Johnson for the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship was described by one veteran boxing writer as the only fight he covered where it seemed both fighters might die. He fought not just for wealth and fame but to discover his identity--he had no idea who he was, where came from or what happened to his parents. This book reveals the full story of "Miracle Matthew" and how he became one of Philadelphia's great ring legends.

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McFarland

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147664876X

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9781476648767

Frank Porter Graham

Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

By: William A. Link

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Frank Porter Graham

Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World

By: William A. Link

Frank Porter Graham (1886–1972) was one of the most consequential white southerners of the twentieth century. Born in Fayetteville and raised in Charlotte, Graham became an active and popular student leader at the University of North Carolina. After earning a graduate degree from Columbia University and serving as a marine during World War I, he taught history at UNC, and in 1930, he became the university's fifteenth president. Affectionately known as "Dr. Frank," Graham spent two decades overseeing UNC's development into a world-class public institution. But he regularly faced controversy, especially as he was increasingly drawn into national leadership on matters such as intellectual freedom and the rights of workers. As a southern liberal, Graham became a prominent New Dealer and negotiator and briefly a U.S. senator. Graham's reputation for problem solving through compromise led him into service under several presidents as a United Nations mediator, and he was outspoken as a white southerner regarding civil rights. Brimming with fresh insights, this definitive biography reveals how a personally modest public servant took his place on the national and world stage and, along the way, helped transform North Carolina.

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UNC Press Books

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1469664941

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9781469664941

African American Writers & Classical Tradition

By: William W. Cook,James Tatum

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African American Writers & Classical Tradition

By: William W. Cook,James Tatum

Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way.Tracing the interaction between African American writers and the literatures of ancient Greece and Rome, from the time of slavery and its aftermath to the civil rights era and on into the present, the authors offer a sustained and lively discussion of the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, and Rita Dove, among other highly acclaimed poets, novelists, and scholars. Assembling this brilliant and diverse group of African American writers at a moment when our understanding of classical literature is ripe for change, the authors paint an unforgettable portrait of our own reception of “classic” writing, especially as it was inflected by American racial politics.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226789985

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9780226789989

The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

By: William C. Meadows

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The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

By: William C. Meadows

The true story of the US Army’s Comanche Code Talkers, from their recruitment and training to active duty in World War II and postwar life. Among the allied troops that came ashore in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were thirteen Comanches in the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Signal Company. Under German fire they laid communications lines and began sending messages in a form never before heard in Europe?coded Comanche. For the rest of World War II, the Comanche Code Talkers played a vital role in transmitting orders and messages in a code that was never broken by the Germans. This book tells the full story of the Comanche Code Talkers for the first time. Drawing on interviews with all surviving members of the unit, their original training officer, and fellow soldiers, as well as military records and news accounts, William C. Meadows follows the group from their recruitment and training to their active duty in World War II and on through their postwar lives up to the present. He also provides the first comparison of Native American code talking programs, comparing the Comanche Code Talkers with their better-known Navajo counterparts in the Pacific and with other Native Americans who used their languages, coded or not, for secret communication. Meadows sets this history in a larger discussion of the development of Native American code talking in World Wars I and II, identifying two distinct forms of Native American code talking, examining the attitudes of the American military toward Native American code talkers, and assessing the complex cultural factors that led Comanche and other Native Americans to serve their country in this way. “Of all the books on Native American service in the U.S. armed forces, this is the best. . . . Readers will find the story of the Comanche Code Talkers compelling, humorous, thought-provoking, and inspiring.” —Tom Holm, author of Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War

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Univ of TX + ORM

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0292798504

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9780292798502

Baltimore Ravens

By: William Meier

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Baltimore Ravens

By: William Meier

This title examines the history of the Baltimore Ravens, telling the story of the franchise and its top players, greatest games, and most thrilling moments. This book includes informative sidebars, high-energy photos, a timeline, a team file, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.

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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

In a Door, into a Fight, Out a Door, into a Chase

In a Door, into a Fight, Out a Door, into a Chase

George Mason

George Mason

Cities of the Dead

Cities of the Dead

The Egg Bowl

The Egg Bowl

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed

The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Frank Porter Graham

Frank Porter Graham

African American Writers & Classical Tradition

African American Writers & Classical Tradition

The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II

Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens

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