18 In America

Author : Dylan Dethier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781451693652

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18 in America by Dylan Dethier Pdf

A “winning” (Parade) and “well-conceived” (The New York Times) account of one teenager’s solo trek to play golf in each of the lower forty-eight states—“two parts coming-of-age story, one part golf travel adventure, and one part survival test” (Golfweek). Shortly before his freshman year of college was set to begin, seventeen-year-old Dylan Dethier—hungry for an adventure beyond his small town—deferred his admission and, “like Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey before him, packed his used car and meager life savings and set off to see and write about America” (ABC News/ Yahoo). His goal: play a round of golf in each of the lower forty-eight states. From a gritty municipal course in Flint, Michigan, to rubbing elbows with Phil Mickelson at Quail Hollow, Dylan would spend a remarkable year exploring the astonishing variety of the nation’s golf courses—and its people. Over one year, thirty-five thousand miles, and countless nights alone in his dusty Subaru, Dylan showered at truck stops, slept with an ax under his seat, and lost his virginity, traveling “wherever the road took him, with golf as a vehicle for understanding America” (The New York Times). The result is a book that “would be considered fine work by any writer, let alone one so young” (Maine Edge).

Author : Dylan Dethier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451693645

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18 in America by Dylan Dethier Pdf

An account of the author's coming-of-age quest to play golf in each of the lower 48 states traces his experiences on courses ranging from a Flint, Michigan municipal site to the manicured greens of Pebble Beach, a journey that enabled interactions with a diverse range of players.

Author : John Houston Merrill,Thomas Johnson Michie,Charles Frederic Williams,David Shephard Garland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044093015626

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The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill,Thomas Johnson Michie,Charles Frederic Williams,David Shephard Garland Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business
ISBN : OSU:32435022849640

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Business America by Anonim Pdf

Includes articles on international business opportunities.

Author : Jacob Rama Berman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814789506

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American Arabesque by Jacob Rama Berman Pdf

Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series American Arabesque examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture, arguing that these representations play a significant role in the development of American national identity over the century, revealing largely unexplored exchanges between these two cultural traditions that will alter how we understand them today. Moving from the period of America's engagement in the Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that not only were Arabs and Muslims prominently featured in nineteenth-century literature, but that the differences writers established between figures such as Moors, Bedouins, Turks and Orientals provide proof of the transnational scope of domestic racial politics. Drawing on both English and Arabic language sources, Berman contends that the fluidity and instability of the term Arab as it appears in captivity narratives, travel narratives, imaginative literature, and ethnic literature simultaneously instantiate and undermine definitions of the American nation and American citizenship.

Author : Jim Ollhoff
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617840296

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Native American Mythology by Jim Ollhoff Pdf

Who is Kokyanwuuti? What is a shaman? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of American Indian Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the Southeast tribes stories of how people got fire to the plains tribes stories of the Buffalo Woman, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097927859

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American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Almanacs
ISBN : SRLF:A0003861408

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An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year ... by Ainsworth Rand Spofford Pdf

Author : Lealan Jones,Lloyd Newman,David Isay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780671004644

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Our America by Lealan Jones,Lloyd Newman,David Isay Pdf

The award-winning creators of National Public Radio's "Ghetto Life 101" and "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse" combine talents with a young photographer to show what life is like in one of the country's darkest places: Chicago's Ida B. Wells housing project. Photos.

Author : Craig N. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1305 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199738595

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The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics by Craig N. Murphy Pdf

Fills a gap in scholarship on an increasingly important field within Political Science. Comparative Politics, the discipline devoted to the politics of other countries or peoples, has been steadily gaining prominence as a field of study, allowing politics to be viewed from a wider foundation than a concentration on domestic affairs would permit.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112033766269

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The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317459712

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Social Issues in America by James Ciment Pdf

More than 150 key social issues confronting the United States today are covered in this eight-volume set: from abortion and adoption to capital punishment and corporate crime; from obesity and organized crime to sweatshops and xenophobia.

Author : Michael Pembroke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786079886

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America in Retreat by Michael Pembroke Pdf

The story of how America turned its back on the world... In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished. The world has now entered a post-American era, argues Michael Pembroke, defined by a flourishing Asia and the ascendancy of China, as much as by the decline of the United States. This book is a short history of that decline; how high standards and treasured principles were ignored; how idealism was replaced by hubris and moral compromise; and how adherence to the rule of law became selective. It is also a look into the future – a future dominated by greater Asia and China in particular. We are in the midst of the third great power shift in modern history – from Europe to America to Asia. Covering wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, interventions in Iran, Guatemala and Chile, and a retreat from international engagement with the UN, WHO and, increasingly, trade agreements, Pembroke sketches the history of America’s retreat from universal principles to provide a clear-eyed analysis of the dangers of American exceptionalism.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2146 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Legislation
ISBN : SRLF:DD0001686419

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : James F. Gauss, Ph.D.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1494288192

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Revelation 18 by James F. Gauss, Ph.D. Pdf

Will America survive? That is the question that is becoming more frequent in the minds and on the tongues of Americans at home and abroad and also non-American observers worldwide. Can the United States of America survive the unyielding assaults on its constitution, morals, economy, justice system and religious foundation—not only from without, but also from within its own borders? Does America or the concept of it occur in the Bible? Does any prophecy in the Bible speak of America?In Revelation 18 and the Fate of America, Dr. James F. Gauss explores in detail this particular chapter of the Bible in light of past and current events and how America is on course to fulfill this end times prophecy. This book is a reality check and warning to the church in America and U.S. citizens about the self-destructive course America is on and what to do about it. A “must read” for every Christian and person concerned about the future of the United States of America.