My Uncle Sam

Author : Len Jenkin
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822208032

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My Uncle Sam by Len Jenkin Pdf

Uncle Sam was a novelties salesman who died one night, alone and broke, in a Pittsburgh hotel. But he was also a larger-than-life figure, a mythic hero, to his nephew who now seeks to discover his uncle's true story. His quest is a quixotic and picaresque one, involving a seductive nightclub singer who promises to marry Sam if he can locate his ne'er-do-well brother (who absconded with the proceeds from a robbery), and developing into a series of sometimes funny, sometimes hair-raising episodes as the nephew "becomes" his uncle in his youth and journeys to a remote lighthouse, a rather sinister university laboratory, an opium den, the clinic of a Mexican quack, and a very odd miniature golf course all intriguingly distorted, as though viewed through a funhouse mirror. In the end it is really the landscape of the mind that is explored and illuminated, as the trail leads back to Old Sam and the disquieting knowledge that dreams and reality are, in the final essence, often one and the same, with the "truth" still remaining tantalizingly out of reach.

Author : Erik Greene
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : African American singers
ISBN : 1412064988

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Our Uncle Sam by Erik Greene Pdf

Sam Cooke. His silky voice, dashing smile, and laundry list of hit records have managed to withstand the test of time. Now the extraordinary life of The Man Who Invented Soul Music is remembered by those who knew him best: Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective Available for the first time in print... Sam Cooke's great-nephew Erik Greene has compiled cherished memories and personal photos celebrating the private life of this legendary superstar. Sam's family reveals how his sparkling personality, captivating presence and enormous generosity not only made him a popular entertainer in the music industry, but a favorite within the family as well.

Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466894877

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Simple's Uncle Sam by Langston Hughes Pdf

Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied as women, Gospel music, and sports heroes--but always keeps one foot planted in the realm of politics and race. In recent years, readers have been able to appreciate Simple's situational humor as well as his poignant questions about social injustice in The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple. Now they can, once again, enjoy the last of Hughes's original Simple books.

Author : Sunday Adelaja
Publisher : Golden Pen Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1908040343

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Stop Working for Uncle Sam by Sunday Adelaja Pdf

In this book you will learn: - How to escape Uncle Sam's bait - Are you a ma ser or a slave of money - What is the purpose of work - How to discover yourself and add value to your life - You will earn how to escape from the slavery to salary - You will learn how to sart your life again fnancially - You will learn how not to become a slave to the employer - You will discover if you are imprisoned by your job or not and how to come out - You will learn other ways Uncle Sam's sysem puts people in bondage - You will learn how to be truly free fnancially

Author : Erik Greene
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781412209878

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Our Uncle Sam by Erik Greene Pdf

Sam Cooke. His silky voice, dashing smile, and laundry list of hit records have managed to withstand the test of time. Now the extraordinary life of The Man Who Invented Soul Music is remembered by those who knew him best: Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective Available for the first time in print... Sam Cooke's great-nephew Erik Greene has compiled cherished memories and personal photos celebrating the private life of this legendary superstar. Sam's family reveals how his sparkling personality, captivating presence and enormous generosity not only made him a popular entertainer in the music industry, but a favorite within the family as well.

Author : Anton F. Bilek,Gene O'Connell
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0873387686

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No Uncle Sam by Anton F. Bilek,Gene O'Connell Pdf

This is Anton F. Bilek's story of his survival as a Japanese prisoner of war. He recounts the Death March that he and other Fil-American prisoners of war endured in Bataan after surrender, his imprisonment in the Philippines and Japan and his subsequent servitude in the Japanese coal mines.

Author : Daniel Kornstein
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781665552899

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Uncle Sam Wanted Me by Daniel Kornstein Pdf

Uncle Sam Wanted Me is the story of Daniel Kornstein’s being drafted out of the comparative comforts and intellectual stimulation of law school into the rigors and worries of Army life during the Vietnam War. In clear, entertaining, and memorable language, Kornstein looks back more than half a century to explain and try to understand how he and his generation felt about and dealt with the moral issues posed by the Vietnam draft. The author describes what it was like to receive his draft notice as he studied for his first-year final exams, what his reactions were, and what choices he made and why. Like Proust, the seventy-four-year-old author moves back through time into his memory, dipping into and out of his consciousness, with his old Army dog tags as his madeleine. Kornstein turns the story of his being drafted into the Vietnam Era Army into an expansive meditation on coming of age in the shadow of an unpopular war and making important life decisions about reacting to that war. It is his eloquent attempt to use his personal experiences and moods to explore larger issues, to connect social, cultural and historical dots about the relationship between the military and civilian spheres of life in America, to think about what it even means to be an American citizen. The climax of Kornstein’s time in uniform was being assigned as a legal clerk for the prosecutors of a court-martial arising from the horrible 1968 My Lai Massacre in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed, non-combatant old men, women and children. He discusses and analyzes that case. In a final chapter, the author provides a personal long-delayed after-action report summarizing significant lessons from his two-year military experience as a draftee. He considers the pros and cons of an all-volunteer military, whether a draft is necessary and if so how to make it fair and equitable, the possibility of other forms of national service, our continuing entanglement in undeclared wars, more recent examples of war atrocities, and the residual effects of military service on individuals. Uncle Sam Wanted Me offers insights, ripened reflections, for the author’s generation as well as for a new generation that overwhelmingly isn’t personally exposed to anything military, much less the draft.

Author : Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338034175

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Uncle Sam's Outdoor Magic by Percy Keese Fitzhugh Pdf

In 'Uncle Sam's Outdoor Magic', Percy Keese Fitzhugh weaves a tale of resilience and growth with Bobby Cullen, a spirited young orphan who discovers a world of adventure when an engineer arrives in Bridgeboro. Recognizing Bobby's untapped potential, the engineer whisks him away to the untamed West, where they embark on a remarkable project to construct a monumental dam. Through perseverance and determination, Bobby not only gains invaluable knowledge but also discovers the true measure of his character.

Author : Rash Behari Day
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1331495040

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My Days with Uncle Sam (Classic Reprint) by Rash Behari Day Pdf

Excerpt from My Days With Uncle Sam In 1919 he returned from Mesopotamia' where he had gone as an Electrical Power Station Superintendent with the Expeditionary Force He must have been very busy there, for his valuable services were specially mentioned in the London Gazette of the 2lst February 1919, by Lieutenant General W. R. Marshall K. C. B., K C. S. I., Commander-in-chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. But still he managed to make time to write a book which 'he submitted to me for inspection with the following remarks - Don't think that any idea of self advertisement made me write these things. I was shocked to hear in Mesopotamia the death of my great friend, Mr. Myron H. Phelps of New York. 1 was sorry that I could not be present in his funeral and failed to obtain even the details of his death. I hope this little volume will stand as a monument to his loved memory and to the deep regard I had for him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : A. D. MILNE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017503465

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Uncle Sam's Farm Fence by A. D. MILNE Pdf

Author : Hal Marcovitz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422287583

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Uncle Sam by Hal Marcovitz Pdf

It is said that the inspiration for the character of Uncle Sam was a man named Sam Wilson, who provided food for the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. By the 1830s, the figure of Uncle Sam had become a personified image of America, commonly used by newspaper and magazine cartoonists to represent the U.S. government's decisions and policies. Perhaps the best-known image of Uncle Sam was created in 1917, during the First World War—a stern, white-haired man wearing star-spangled clothing, encouraging Americans to do their part to support their nation. Uncle Sam remains an important symbol of the United States and the policies and activities of our government.

Author : Christopher Capozzola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199830961

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Uncle Sam Wants You by Christopher Capozzola Pdf

Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a vivid and provocative new interpretation of American political history, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization during World War I led to a significant increase in power for the federal government. Christopher Capozzola shows how, when the war began, Americans at first mobilized society by stressing duty, obligation, and responsibility over rights and freedoms. But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale, making wartime America the scene of some of the nation's most serious political violence, including notorious episodes of outright mob violence. To solve this problem, Americans turned over increasing amounts of power to the federal government. In the end, whether they were some of the four million men drafted under the Selective Service Act or the tens of millions of home-front volunteers, Americans of the World War I era created a new American state, and new ways of being American citizens.

Author : Steve Darnall,Alex Ross
Publisher : Titan Publishing Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
ISBN : 1848562845

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Uncle Sam by Steve Darnall,Alex Ross Pdf

A vagrant is swept away by mysterious voices and visions of a haunted past that spans all of America's history. As the voices in his head begin to make sense, they set off time travelling visions that hint at his own violent past.

Author : Patty Reinert Mason
Publisher : Giles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1907804005

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Eating with Uncle Sam by Patty Reinert Mason Pdf

Presents dozens of recipes and historical tidbits that have made their way into the National Archives collections.

Author : Albert Matthews
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066097240

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Uncle Sam by Albert Matthews Pdf

"Uncle Sam" by Albert Matthews. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.