Philadelphia Fire

Author : John Edgar Wideman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982148850

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Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman Pdf

One of John Wideman’s most ambitious and celebrated works, the lyrical masterpiece and PEN/Faulkner winner inspired by the 1985 police bombing of the West Philadelphia row house owned by black liberation group Move. In 1985, police bombed a West Philadelphia row house owned by the Afrocentric cult known as Move, killing eleven people and starting a fire that destroyed sixty other houses. At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighborhood after spending a decade fleeing from his past, and who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event: a young boy seen running from the flames. Award-winning author John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel. “Reminiscent of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man” (Time) and Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song, Philadelphia Fire is a masterful, culturally significant work that takes on a major historical event and takes us on a brutally honest journey through the despair and horror of life in urban America.

Author : Alexander W. Blackburn,William A. Stait
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : BL:A0024939844

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The Philadelphia Fire Marshal Almanac and Underwriters' Advertiser, for the Year 1860 by Alexander W. Blackburn,William A. Stait Pdf

Author : Philadelphia Fire and Inland Navigation Insurance Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Fire insurance
ISBN : UIUC:30112061897648

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Charter of the Philadelphia Fire and Inland Navigation Insurance Co by Philadelphia Fire and Inland Navigation Insurance Co Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : FEMA
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Highrise Office Building Fire One Meridian Plaza (Philadelphia, PA) by Anonim Pdf

Author : John A. Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190287658

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A House on Fire by John A. Jackson Pdf

"If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," "The Soul Train Theme," "Then Came You," "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"--the distinctive music that became known as Philly Soul dominated the pop music charts in the 1970s. In A House on Fire, John A. Jackson takes us inside the musical empire created by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, the three men who put Philadelphia Soul on the map. Here is the eye-opening story of three of the most influential and successful music producers of the seventies. Jackson shows how Gamble, Huff, and Bell developed a black recording empire second only to Berry Gordy's Motown, pumping out a string of chart-toppers from Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Spinners, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, and many others. The author underscores the endemic racism of the music business at that time, revealing how the three men were blocked from the major record companies and outlets in Philadelphia because they were black, forcing them to create their own label, sign their own artists, and create their own sound. The sound they created--a sophisticated and glossy form of rhythm and blues, characterized by crisp, melodious harmonies backed by lush, string-laden orchestration and a hard-driving rhythm section--was a glorious success, producing at least twenty-eight gold or platinum albums and thirty-one gold or platinum singles. But after their meteoric rise and years of unstoppable success, their production company finally failed, brought down by payola, competition, a tough economy, and changing popular tastes. Funky, groovy, soulful--Philly Soul was the classic seventies sound. A House on Fire tells the inside story of this remarkable musical phenomenon.

Author : Pennsylvania. Insurance Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Insurance
ISBN : UIUC:30112108128296

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Report of the Insurance Commissioner by Pennsylvania. Insurance Dept Pdf

Author : Charles A. Jenney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Business insurance
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU08533636

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Report on Insurance Business in the United States at the Eleventh Census, 1890: Fire, marine, and inland insurance by Charles A. Jenney Pdf

Author : Pennsylvania. Department of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Attorneys general's opinions
ISBN : UOM:35112100984535

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Official Opinions of the Attorney General by Pennsylvania. Department of Justice Pdf

Author : Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UIUC:30112062164980

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Biennial Report of the Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Two Years Ending May 31 ... by Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General Pdf

Author : Zachary M. Schrag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643137292

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The Fires of Philadelphia by Zachary M. Schrag Pdf

A gripping and masterful account of the moment one of America's founding cities turned on itself, giving the nation a preview of the Civil War to come. America is in a state of deep unrest, grappling with xenophobia, racial, and ethnic tension a national scale that feels singular to our time. But it also echoes the earliest anti-immigrant sentiments of the country. In 1844, Philadelphia was set aflame by a group of Protestant ideologues—avowed nativists—who were seeking social and political power rallied by charisma and fear of the immigrant menace. For these men, it was Irish Catholics they claimed would upend morality and murder their neighbors, steal their jobs, and overturn democracy. The nativists burned Catholic churches, chased and beat people through the streets, and exchanged shots with a militia seeking to reinstate order. In the aftermath, the public debated both the militia’s use of force and the actions of the mob. Some of the most prominent nativists continued their rise to political power for a time, even reaching Congress, but they did not attempt to stoke mob violence again. Today, in an America beset by polarization and riven over questions of identity and law enforcement, the 1844 Philadelphia Riots and the circumstances that caused them demand new investigation. At a time many envision America in flames, The Fires of Philadelphia shows us a city—one that embodies the founding of our country—that descended into open warfare and found its way out again.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Insurance
ISBN : NYPL:33433081611521

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Black and White by Anonim Pdf

Author : New York (State). Insurance Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Insurance
ISBN : CORNELL:31924108480819

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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Insurance by New York (State). Insurance Department Pdf

Author : Illinois. Department of Insurance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Insurance
ISBN : UIUC:30112111508971

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Annual Report, Business of Insurance Companies for Year Ended ... by Illinois. Department of Insurance Pdf

Author : Illinois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UIUC:30112111920077

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Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois at Its ... Regular Session by Illinois Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:74632389

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Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois ... by Anonim Pdf