Dear Mr President

Author : Gabe Hudson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307425461

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Dear Mr. President by Gabe Hudson Pdf

Everybody’s Gulf War Syndrome is a little bit different. Or so believes Larry, who returns home from Desert Storm to find his hair gone and his bones rapidly disintegrating. Then there’s Lance Corporal James Laverne of the US Marines, who grows a third ear in Kuwait. And in the audaciously comic novella “Notes from a Bunker Along Highway 8,” a Green Beret deserts his team after seeing a vision of George Washington, only to find a new calling—administering aid to wounded Iraqi civilians; he’s hindered only by the furtive nature of his mission and an unruly band of chimpanzees. Together these narratives form a bracing amalgamation of devastating humor and brilliant cultural observation, in which Gabe Hudson fearlessly explores the darker implications of American military power.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : American letters
ISBN : 1426204167

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Dear Mr. President by Anonim Pdf

Dear Mr. President presents a delirious potpourri of 87 letters, written by people from all walks of life, from children to the working man to the very famous. This carefully selected batch of letters includes the letter from a ten year old Fidel Castro to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 requesting ten bucks; an offer from Annie Oakley to President McKinley to raise a company of fifty American lady sharpshooters in the event of a war with Spain; a scrawled note on American Airlines in flight letterhead from Elvis Presley to Richard Nixon offering his services to fight the Hippie Elements; and a very moving letter about the state of civil rights from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower. The letters themselves are reproduced where possible as full size facsimiles and are accompanied with commentary to help the reader place them within historical events. Some archival photos also run with the letters, in cases where the writer and the President were photographed together.

Author : Sophie Siers
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1771473916

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Dear Mr. President by Sophie Siers Pdf

One boy's appeal for justice in the form of a dividing wall

Author : Jason Saltoun-Ebin
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-27
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 1453825657

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Dear Mr. President... by Jason Saltoun-Ebin Pdf

In "Dear Mr. President...Reagan/Gorbachev and the Correspondences that Ended the Cold War", historian Jason Saltoun-Ebin sheds new light on the end of the Cold War by presenting, in many cases for the first time, the top-secret correspondence between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev that started the first day Gorbachev came to power. Saltoun-Ebin shows, through this private correspondence, that the most important reason for the end of the Cold War was simply the trust that Reagan and Gorbachev built through their letters. Although Reagan and Gorbachev at first found little to agree upon, they started the path towards the end of the Cold War by agreeing that despite their differences, they would continue to correspond. From when Gorbachev took office on March 11, 1985 till Reagan left the presidency in January 1989, the two most powerful leaders in the world exchanged over forty letters. It was this dialogue -- this decision that they could individually make a difference -- more than anything that led to the cooling of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and then the end of the Cold War. Trusting did not come easy for either of them. The letters presented in "Dear Mr. President..." show, once again, that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Author : Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher : Winslowhouse International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Audiobooks collection
ISBN : 1890817309

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Thomas Jefferson by Jennifer Armstrong Pdf

An educated, inquisitive young girl in Philadelphia corresponds with President Thomas Jefferson about current events, including the Lewis and Clark expedition, new inventions, and life at Monticello.

Author : Sophie Houriez
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783656230663

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Analysis of the song "Dear Mr. President" by Pink by Sophie Houriez Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Musicology, grade: 1,0, University of Vienna (Institut für Musikwissenschaft), course: VO Gender, Race and Social Justice in Anglo-American Popular Music, language: English, abstract: [...] For my analysis I have chosen the song Dear Mister President by Pink which is a direct criticism of President George W. Bush. The first time I heard it, I was really impressed by it because the song is very critical and provoking, but the music is in a slow way and creates a very reflective and melancholic atmosphere which makes it a very touching song for me. The music of the song is, as just mentioned, very slow, just going along with the text, so you really have to listen to the words and are not distracted by it. This song was one of the most important songs on her album called I’m not dead and it is an open letter to the former President of the United States George W. Bush. It was written on Martin Luther King Day in 2005, but released for the first time in 2007. An interesting fact is that this song has won the Amadeus Austrian Music Award as the best international single of the year. [...]

Author : Emily Hein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : California
ISBN : 1645368378

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Dear Mr. President by Emily Hein Pdf

Author : Holzer, Harold
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0809387980

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Dear Mr. Lincoln by Holzer, Harold Pdf

This first compilation of letters received by President Lincoln shows a president who was eager to review and respond to the people's advice and criticism, their respects and requests.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Presidents
ISBN : OCLC:1244603059

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Dear Mr. President by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher : Winslowhouse International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : 1890817279

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Theodore Roosevelt by Jennifer Armstrong Pdf

Thirteen-year-old Frank Kovacs, a Polish immigrant working in the coal mines of eastern Pennsylvania, begins a correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt after he assumes the presidency on September 14, 1901. Part of the "Dear Mr. President" series. Photos & maps.

Author : Ana Maria Medici
Publisher : Medici Incorporated
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735283169

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Dear Mrs. President by Ana Maria Medici Pdf

In Dear Mrs. President, a child's letter to the first female President of the United States, becomes a symbol of hope and a touching tribute to all female leaders, everywhere. With no ambition too high, and no goal too large, Dear Mrs. President encourages kids to reach further, and dream greater.

Author : Jeanne Marie Laskas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781408894545

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To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas Pdf

One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy. 'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday Times Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter-writers themselves and the White House staff in the Office of Presidential Correspondence who were witness to the millions of pleas, rants, thank-yous and apologies that landed in the mailroom during the Obama years. At once desperate, joyful, hateful and despairing, they form an intimate portrait of one man's relationship with the American people, and of a time when empathy intersected with politics in the White House.

Author : Ursula Sturzenegger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : United States
ISBN : 053313529X

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Dear Mr. President by Ursula Sturzenegger Pdf

Author : Steven Kroll
Publisher : Winslow House
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000045380617

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John Quincy Adams by Steven Kroll Pdf

Between 1825 and 1827, twelve-year-old William Pratt, who lives in Georgia, corresponds with President John Quincy Adams, discussing what he feels is an unjust treaty with the Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close election and problems as president, slavery, education, and more.

Author : Dwight Young
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American letters
ISBN : UCSC:32106017968824

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Dear Mr. President by Dwight Young Pdf

The right to be heard, even at the highest levels, is something Americans take for granted. Over the years countless people have taken pen in hand and begun a letter with the words Dear Mr. President. A mere toe dip into the National Archives' vast holdings, Dear Mr. President presents a delirious potpourri of 87 letters for perusal. The epistolary arts are every voyeur's secret pleasure, and the most public of public offices compels people of all walks of life, from children to the working man to the very famous, to put pen to paper. This carefully selected batch of letters, from over one hundred years of archiving letters to the President, includes such gems as the letter from a ten year old Fidel Castro to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 requesting ten bucks; an offer from Annie Oakley to President McKinley to raise a company of fifty American lady sharpshooters in the event of a war with Spain; a scrawled note on American Airlines in flight letterhead from Elvis Presley to Richard Nixon offering his services to fight the Hippie Elements; and a very moving letter about the state of civil rights from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower. The book opens with a 5,000 word introduction by Thomas Mallon, a well known figure who can place these letters in the American consciousness and give some further information on some of them. The letters themselves are reproduced where possible as full size facsimiles and are accompanied with commentary to help the reader place them within historical events. Some archival photos will also run with the letters, in cases where we have photos of the writer and the President together.