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Author : Mary Grey Lundie Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Travel
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011685930
Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026329453
Author : Dar Williams
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780465098972
A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishes. Dubbed by the New Yorker as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters," Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America's small towns. She has played their venues, composed in their coffee shops, and drunk in their bars. She has seen these communities struggle, but also seen them thrive in the face of postindustrial identity crises. Here, in an account that "reads as if Pete Seeger and Jane Jacobs teamed up" (New York Times), Williams muses on why some towns flourish while others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities. What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to America's small towns, it's a deeply personal and hopeful message about the potential of America's lively and resilient communities.
Author : Anzia Yezierska
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649741219
Anzia Yezierska wrote about the struggles of female Jewish immigrants in New York's Lower East Side. She confronted the cost of acculturation and assimilation among immigrants. Her stories provide insight into the meaning of liberation for immigrants—particularly Jewish immigrant women.
Author : Magdalena J. Zaborowska
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0807845094
Until now, the East European canon in American literature has been dominated by male dissident figures such as Brodsky, Milosz, and Kundera. Magdalena Zaborowska challenges that canon by demonstrating the contributions of lesser-known immigrant and expatr
Author : Steve Nicholls
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226583426
The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with birds, seas and rivers teemed with fish, and the forests and grasslands were a hunter’s dream, with populations of game too abundant and diverse to even fathom. It’s no wonder these first settlers thought they had discovered a paradise of sorts. Fortunately for us, they left a legacy of copious records documenting what they saw, and these observations make it possible to craft a far more detailed evocation of North America before its settlement than any other place on the planet. Here Steve Nicholls brings this spectacular environment back to vivid life, demonstrating with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. The story of the continent’s colonization forms a backdrop to its natural history, which Nicholls explores in chapters on the North Atlantic, the East Coast, the Subtropical Caribbean, the West Coast, Baja California, and the Great Plains. Seamlessly blending firsthand accounts from centuries past with the findings of scientists today, Nicholls also introduces us to a myriad cast of characters who have chronicled the changing landscape, from pre–Revolutionary era settlers to researchers whom he has met in the field. A director and writer of Emmy Award–winning wildlife documentaries for the Smithsonian Channel, Animal Planet, National Geographic, and PBS, Nicholls deploys a cinematic flair for capturing nature at its most mesmerizing throughout. But Paradise Found is much more than a celebration of what once was: it is also a reminder of how much we have lost along the way and an urgent call to action so future generations are more responsible stewards of the world around them. The result is popular science of the highest order: a book as remarkable as the landscape it recreates and as inspired as the men and women who discovered it.
Author : Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015690033
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Mary Grey Lundie Duncan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : African-Americans
ISBN : UCAL:$B307240
Author : Dan Barry
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780316415484
A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated only by cable-news pundits, but the America defined and redefined by those who clean the hotel rooms, tend the beet fields, endure disasters both natural and manmade. As the name of the president changed from Bush to Obama to Trump, Barry was crisscrossing the country, filing deeply moving stories from the tiniest dot on the American map to the city that calls itself the Capital of the World. Complemented by the select images of award-winning Times photographers, these narrative and visual snapshots of American life create a majestic tapestry of our shared experience, capturing how our nation is at once flawed and exceptional, paralyzed and ascendant, as cruel and violent as it can be gentle and benevolent.
Author : Anthony Bailey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226034550
The author details his life between ages of seven and twelve. After being safely evacuated from England (along with 16,000 other children) in 1940 to protect them from the war, he spent the next four years living in Ohio with his wealthy surrogate family, the Spaeths. In 1944, at the age of twelve, he returned home to his parents in Hampshire, England.
Author : Tokunbo Awoshakin
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469122083
Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, there has been much discussion on the subject of immigration to America, including the intersection of race, culture and identity. The devastating attack had an effect, not only on Americans but, also on citizens in other countries who hope to live or visit the United States. Public discourse has produced questions and concerns, but few from a personal standpoint. Lost & Found in America is the story of an immigrant from Africa, who, after the events of September 11, 2001, gets caught up circumstances that transforms his relationships, personal well-being, and perceptions about the United States. Lost & Found in America explores the multi-faceted circumstances that immigrants face, including how they deal with racism, expectations from home, the Barack Obama phenomenon, love and romance. As immigrants grapple to understand variations of American identities, Lost & Found In America provides a lens through which the folks from Africa see and analyze events in United States and tells the unique story of how new immigrants find a sense of belonging in the American culture. Reviews "Lost & Found in America is an outstanding first novel Dr Yvonne Seon, Founding Director Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center, Wright State University The story in this book is real, fascinating and humorous" - Dayton Weekly News
Author : Clifton E. Marsh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780810881426
This book sheds light on The Nation of Islam and Minister Louis Farrakhan, from the ideological splits in the Nation of Islam during the 1970s, to the growth and expanding influence in the 1990s.
Author : Mary Grey Lundie Duncan
Publisher : London, J. Nisbet & Company
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : United States
ISBN : LCCN:20002413
Author : Mary Grey Lundie Duncan,American Colonization Society
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1360198490
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : America
ISBN : NYPL:33433097434991
