The Armstrong Brothers

Author : David O. Smith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781664159068

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The Armstrong Brothers by David O. Smith Pdf

This is the story of James, John, and Hamilton Armstrong, three sons of a yeoman farmer living on the Pennsylvania frontier at the outset of the American Revolution. James and John joined the Continental Army in 1776, rose from the ranks to become officers, and served until the army was disbanded in 1783. Hamilton remained home to work the farm, protect the family, and serve in militia and “ranger” units to defend the frontier from repeated attacks from hostile Indian tribes. Their combined wartime experiences encompassed almost the totality of the American Revolution, from Canada in the north to South Carolina in the south and along the western frontier. James and John fought in most of the major battles of the revolution, including Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Guilford Courthouse, Eutaw Springs, and Yorktown, where they distinguished themselves in the eyes of generals like the Marquis de Lafayette, Mad Anthony Wayne, Light- Horse Harry Lee, Nathanael Greene, and George Washington.

Author : Thomas David Brothers
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393065824

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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism by Thomas David Brothers Pdf

The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of the great jazz musician into his most creatively fertile years in the 1920s and early 1930s, when Armstrong created not one but two modern musical styles. Brothers wields his own tremendous skill in making the connections between history and music accessible to everyone as Armstrong shucks and jives across the page. Through Brothers's expert ears and eyes we meet an Armstrong whose quickness and sureness, so evident in his performances, served him well in his encounters with racism while his music soared across the airwaves into homes all over America. Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism blends cultural history, musical scholarship, and personal accounts from Armstrong's contemporaries to reveal his enduring contributions to jazz and popular music at a time when he and his bandmates couldn’t count on food or even a friendly face on their travels across the country. Thomas Brothers combines an intimate knowledge of Armstrong's life with the boldness to examine his place in such a racially charged landscape. In vivid prose and with vibrant photographs, Brothers illuminates the life and work of the man many consider to be the greatest American musician of the twentieth century.

Author : Thomas Brothers
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393330014

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Louis Armstrong's New Orleans by Thomas Brothers Pdf

Drawing on first-person accounts, this book tells the rags-to-riches tale of Louis Armstrong's early life and the social and musical forces in New Orleans that shaped him, their unique relationship, and their impact on American culture. Illustrations.

Author : Louis Armstrong
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 019514046X

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Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words by Louis Armstrong Pdf

Louis Armstrong has been the subject of countless biographies and music histories. Yet scant attention has been paid to the remarkable array of writings he left behind. Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words introduces readers to a little-known facet of this master trumpeter, bandleader, and entertainer. Based on extensive research through the Armstrong archives, this important volume includes some of his earliest letters, personal correspondence, autobiographical writings, magazine articles, and essays.

Author : Stephanie Bond
Publisher : Stephanie Bond, Inc.
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781945002953

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Baby, Don't Go by Stephanie Bond Pdf

Southern town seeks single women. Though they're nothing but trouble... The hardheaded Armstrong brothers are determined to rebuild their tornado-ravaged hometown in the Georgia mountains. They've got the means, they've got the manpower...what they need are women! So they place an ad in a Northern newspaper and wait for the ladies to arrive... Eldest brother Marcus Armstrong considers the estrogen-influx an irritating distraction. He's running a town, not a dating service! Reporter Alicia Randall thinks the Armstrong brothers are running a scam and she intends to prove it - even if it means seducing oh-so-sexy Marcus in the process. Sizzling sex and a hot story? Win-win! At least it is, until she falls for the guy. Will love trump betrayal when the truth comes out? In Stephanie Bond's Southern Roads romance series, three ex-military brothers set out to rebuild their hometown in the Georgia mountains destroyed 10 years ago by an F-5 tornado. All the stories in the Southern Roads romance series, in order: Baby, I'm Yours (prequel novella) Baby, Drive South Baby, Come Home Baby, Don't Go Baby, I'm Back (short story) Baby, Hold On (novella) Baby, It's You (novella) Q: Should I read or listen to the Southern Roads stories in order? A: The stories unfold chronologically as the town is destroyed and being rebuilt, so yes, it's best to read or listen to the stories in order. I hope you enjoy these funny, heartwarming romances!

Author : Peter Lewington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Cattle
ISBN : 0887680534

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The Armbro Story by Peter Lewington Pdf

Author : Kelley Armstrong
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385668521

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The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong Pdf

On the heels of the wildly popular "The Darkest Powers" series comes the first in another supernatural YA trilogy from New York Times bestelling author Kelley Armstrong. Maya lives in a small medical-research town on Vancouver Island. How small? You can't find it on the map. It has less than two-hundred people, and her school has only sixty-eight students — for every grade from kindergarten to twelve. Now, strange things are happening in this claustrophobic town, and Maya's determined to get to the bottom of them. First, the captain of the swim team drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. A year later, mountain lions start appearing around Maya's home, and they won't go away. Her best friend, Daniel, starts getting negative vibes from certain people and things. It doesn't help that the new bad boy in town, Rafe, has a dangerous secret — and he's interested in one special part of Maya's anatomy: Her paw-print birthmark.

Author : Théodora Armstrong
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770892408

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Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility by Théodora Armstrong Pdf

Set against the divergent landscape of British Columbia — from the splendours of nature to its immense dangers, from urban grease and grit to dry, desert towns — Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility examines human beings and their many frailties with breathtaking insight and accuracy. Théodora Armstrong peoples her stories with characters as richly various — and as compelling — as her settings. A soon-to-be father and haute cuisine chef mercilessly berates his staff while facing his lack of preparedness for parenthood. A young girl revels in the dark drama of the murder of a girl from her neighbourhood. A novice air-traffic specialist must come to terms with his first loss — the death of a pilot — on his watch. And the dangers of deep canyons and powerful currents spur on the reckless behaviour of teenagers as they test the limits of bravery, friendship, and sex. With startling intimacy and language stripped bare, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility announces the arrival of Théodora Armstrong as a striking new literary voice.

Author : Ellen Denning Smith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781669824008

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The Court-Martial of Captain John Armstrong by Ellen Denning Smith Pdf

John Armstrong was destined to be a humble farmer on the Pennsylvania frontier until the American Revolution changed his life. Rising from private soldier to an officer in the Continental Army, he later served in the First American Regiment, foreruner of the U.S. Army, that was tasked to facilitate the settlement of the Northwest Territory. He endured the fledgling army’s growing pains, was selected for a covert operation in Spanish territory to explore the Missouri River, and fought Native Americans in two disastrous military campaigns. The army subsequently evolved into a successful fighting force despite its second-in-command’s quest to destroy the career of its commander, Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne. Armstrong became an unwitting pawn in a treacherous game crafted by Brig. Gen. James Wilkinson, of whom Theodore Roosevelt once wrote, “He had no conscience and no scruples . . . In all our history there is no more despicable character.” Rebuilding his life in Ohio and Indiana, Armstrong became a noted government official, militia officer, land speculator, and pioneer.

Author : Nathaniel Cleveland Moak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063532407

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Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak Pdf

Author : Gary Giddins
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786731459

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Satchmo by Gary Giddins Pdf

Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" (Esquire). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jazz musician of the century. Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and fascinating portraits ever drawn of perhaps the greatest figure in the history of American music. Available now at a new price, this text-only edition is the authoritative introduction to Armstrong's life and art for the curious newcomer, and offers fresh insight even for the serious student of Pops.

Author : David Bradbury
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1904341462

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Armstrong by David Bradbury Pdf

Accessible and affordable illustrated biography

Author : The Court of Session, Court Of Judiciary And Houde of Lords
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1418 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555006435

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cases by The Court of Session, Court Of Judiciary And Houde of Lords Pdf

Author : Juliet Macur
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780062277244

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Cycle of Lies by Juliet Macur Pdf

The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall. In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there—talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's version of the truth. She was one of the few media members aside from Oprah Winfrey to be granted extended one-on-one access to the most famous pariah in sports. At the center of Cycle of Lies is Armstrong himself, revealed through face-to-face interviews. But this unfolding narrative is given depth and breadth by the firsthand accounts of more than one hundred witnesses, including family members whom Armstrong had long since turned his back on—the adoptive father who gave him the Armstrong name, a grandmother, an aunt. Perhaps most damning of all is the taped testimony of the late J.T. Neal, the most influential of Armstrong's many father figures, recorded in the final years of Neal's life as he lost his battle with cancer just as Armstrong gained fame for surviving the disease. In the end, it was Armstrong's former friends, those who had once occupied the precious space of his inner circle, who betrayed him. They were the ones who dealt Armstrong his fatal blow by breaking the code of silence that shielded the public from the grim truth about the sport of cycling—and the grim truth about its golden boy, Armstrong. Threading together the vivid and disparate voices of those with intimate knowledge of the private and public Armstrong, Macur weaves a comprehensive and unforgettably rich tapestry of one man's astonishing rise to global fame and fortune and his devastating fall from grace.

Author : Amatullah Armstrong Chishti
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015064793659

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The Lamp of Love by Amatullah Armstrong Chishti Pdf

"This book recounts the unfolding of a dream and the journey that took the author from the midst of an Australian bushland paradise to the rapture of devotion at the Shrines of the Great Sufi Saints in Pakistan and India. It is a story of the yearning and searching for the Beloved, a story of love and loneliness." "The book tells of the unfolding of the author's spiritual connection to the Sufi saints of the Indo-Pak subcontinent and to Pakistan's legendary qawwals, the Sabri Brothers. The narrative describes how she followed a dream that led to the discovery of spiritual treasures in both Pakistan and India, and of her direct experience of being engulfed in the ecstatic music of the Sabri Brothers. The author elaborates upon the Sufi spiritual journey, highlighting the abysses and peaks encountered in the continuing search for higher knowledge. She records her impressions of life in Pakistan where she settled in order to immerse herself more deeply in qawwali and the Sufi traditions."--BOOK JACKET.