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Author : Diane Glancy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0806124903
Presents a collection of stories filled with such unusual characters as the shy stamp collector who dreams that he can go anywhere through the U.S. Post Office
Author : Amritjit Singh,Peter Schmidt
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496800213
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we may be in a “transnational” moment, increasingly aware of the ways in which local and national narratives, in literature and elsewhere, cannot be conceived apart from a radically new sense of shared human histories and global interdependence. To think transnationally about literature, history, and culture requires a study of the evolution of hybrid identities within nation-states and diasporic identities across national boundaries. Studies addressing issues of race, ethnicity, and empire in US culture have provided some of the most innovative and controversial contributions to recent scholarship. Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Literature represents a new chapter in the emerging dialogues about the importance of borders on a global scale. This book collects nineteen essays written in the 1990s in this emergent field by both well established and up-and-coming scholars. Almost all the essays have been either especially written for this volume or revised for inclusion here. These essays are accessible, well-focused resources for college and university students and their teachers, displaying both historical depth and theoretical finesse as they attempt close and lively readings. The anthology includes more than one discussion of each literary tradition associated with major racial or ethnic communities. Such a gathering of diverse, complementary, and often competing viewpoints provides a good introduction to the cultural differences and commonalities that comprise the United States today. The volume opens with two essays by the editors: first, a survey of the ideas in the individual pieces, and, second, a long essay that places current debates in US ethnicity and race studies within both the history of American studies as a whole and recent developments in postcolonial theory.
Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786040230
Johnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. In this exciting new series, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone pay homage to America’s trail-hardened backwoodsmen who, like a fine grain whiskey, only get better with age . . . REAL MEN DON’T RIDE INTO THE SUNSET In his mountain-man days, Elwood “Firestick” McQueen was practically a living legend. His hunting, tracking, and trapping skills were known far and wide. But it was his deadly accuracy with a rifle that earned him the Indian name “Firestick.” His two best buddies are Malachi “Beartooth” Skinner—whose knife was as fatal as a grizzly’s chompers—and Jim “Moosejaw” Hendricks, who once wielded the jawbone of a moose to crush his enemies in the heat of battle. Of course, things are different nowadays. The trio have finally settled down, running a horse ranch in West Texas—and spending quality time with their lady friends. But if you think these old boys are ready for lives of leisure, think again . . . Firestick is the town marshal. Beartooth and Moosejaw are his deputies. And when a hired gunman shows up with bullets blazing, these three hard-cases are ready to prove they aren’t getting older. They’re getting deadlier . . . Live Free. Read Hard. www.williamjohnstone.net Also available in Audio Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com
Author : James F. Hoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000116781166
The Flint Hills are America's last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Known as the home of the Big Beef Steer, these rugged hills have produced exemplary cowboys—both the ranch and rodeo varieties—whose hard work has given them plenty of material for equally good stories. Jim Hoy grew up in the Flint Hills on a ranch at Cassoday that's been in his family for five generations and boasts roots "as deep as those of bluestem grass in black-soil bottomland." He now draws on this area's rich cowboy lore—as well as on his own experience working cattle, breaking horses, and rodeoing—to write a folk history of the Flint Hills spanning a century and a half. Hoy blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood in a book that richly recalls the ranching life and the people who lived it. Here are cowboys and outlaws, rodeo stars and runaway horses, ordinary folks and the stuff of legends. Hoy introduces readers to the likes of Lou Hart, a top hand with the Crocker Brothers from 1906 to1910, whose poetic paean to ranch life circulated orally for fifty years before seeing print. And he tracks down the legend of Bud Gillette, considered by his neighbors the world's fastest man until he fell in with an unscrupulous promoter. He even unravels the mystery of a lone grave supposed to be that of the first cowboy in the Flint Hills. Hoy also explains why a good horse makes up for having to work with exasperating cattle—and why not all horses are created (or trained) equal. And he traces Flint Hills cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to today's trucking era, with most railroad stockyards torn down and only one section house left standing. Writes Hoy, "I feed on the stories of the Hills and the characters who tell them as the cattle feed on the grasses." His love of the land shines throughout a book so real that readers will swear they hear the click of horseshoes on flint rock with every turn of the page.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Short stories
ISBN : UOM:49015003032811
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Learn step by step on how to use the Kodi Application and do semi annual maintenance,
Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780295998831
Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers.“Mr. Pyne, showing what a historian deeply schooled in environmental science can contribute to our awareness of nature and culture, has produced a provocative work that is a major contribution to the literature of environmental studies.”—New York Times Book Review
Author : Bruce Twickler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439674741
Revolutionary-era Manhattan was a chaotic scene of Loyalists, British occupation troops, Patriot spies and thousands of people seeking to live ordinary lives during extraordinary times. In the 1730s, the colonial legislature of New York officially created a fire department, establishing the origins of today's FDNY. As Washington withdrew from the city and the British rushed in, firefighters were forced to choose between joining the cause for independence or helping to protect British interests. Just days later, a fire broke out on September 21, 1776. By daybreak, it had consumed five hundred buildings and was the most destructive fire in colonial North America. While the British claimed it was set by American revolutionary vandals, controversy surrounding the fire remains today. Author Bruce Twickler uncovers the history of New York firefighting as a new nation was forged.
Author : Robert C. Dunnell,Donald K. Grayson,Walter N. Koelz
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780932206947
Author : Peter K. Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Endangered languages
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123871738
Author : Victor Steffensen
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781743586839
Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of country, could help to restore our land. From a young age, Victor has had a passion for traditional cultural and ecological knowledge. This was further developed after meeting two Elders, who were to become his mentors and teach him the importance of cultural burning. Developed over many generations, this knowledge shows clearly that Australia actually needs fire. Moreover, fire is an important part of a holistic approach to the environment, and when burning is done in a carefully considered manner, this ensures proper land care and healing. Victor's story is unassuming and honest, while demonstrating the incredibly sophisticated and complex cultural knowledge that has been passed down to him, which he wants to share with others. As global warming sees more parts of our planet burning, this book emphasises the value of Indigenous knowledge systems. There is much evidence that, if adopted, it could greatly benefit the land here in Australia and around the world.
Author : David Lindsay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Australia
ISBN : NYPL:33433082451653
Comprising the final report and journal of D. Lindsay and the journal of L.A. Wells.
Author : R.M.W. Dixon,Barry J. Blake
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1983-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273536
This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the information that is available on four languages which are on the point of extinction, and an assessment of what linguistic impressions can be inferred from the scant material that is available on the extinct languages of Tasmania.
Author : Roderick J. Flanagan
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : HARVARD:32044042085035
Author : M. Sparreboom
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004658462