The Hero S Body A Memoir

Author : William Giraldi
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631492938

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The Hero's Body by William Giraldi Pdf

A memoir of motorcycles and muscles, of obsession and grief, and of a young man who learned how to stay alive through literature. At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever altered the young Giraldi and devastated his family, provides the pulse for The Hero’s Body. In the tradition of Andre Dubus III’s Townie, this is a deep-seeing investigation into two generations of men from the working-class town of Manville, New Jersey, including Giraldi’s own forays into obsessive bodybuilding as a teenager desperate to be worthy of his family’s pitiless, exacting codes of manhood. Lauded by The New Yorker for his “unrelenting, perfectly paced prose,” Giraldi writes here with daring, searing honesty about the fragility and might of the American male. An unflinching memoir of luminous sorrow, a son’s tale of a lost father and the ancient family strictures of extreme masculinity, The Hero’s Body is a work of lasting beauty by one of our most fearless writers.

Author : William Giraldi
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631492075

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The Hero's Body: A Memoir by William Giraldi Pdf

A memoir of motorcycles and muscles, of obsession and grief, and of a young man who learned how to stay alive through literature. At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi’s father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever altered the young Giraldi and devastated his family, provides the pulse for The Hero’s Body. In the tradition of Andre Dubus III’s Townie, this is a deep-seeing investigation into two generations of men from the working-class town of Manville, New Jersey, including Giraldi’s own forays into obsessive bodybuilding as a teenager desperate to be worthy of his family’s pitiless, exacting codes of manhood. Lauded by The New Yorker for his “unrelenting, perfectly paced prose,” Giraldi writes here with daring, searing honesty about the fragility and might of the American male. An unflinching memoir of luminous sorrow, a son’s tale of a lost father and the ancient family strictures of extreme masculinity, The Hero’s Body is a work of lasting beauty by one of our most fearless writers.

Author : William Giraldi
Publisher : No Exit Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 085730108X

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The Hero's Body by William Giraldi Pdf

At just 47, William Giraldi's father was killed in a motorcycle crash. This tragedy, which forever altered the young Giraldi and devastated his family, provides the pulse for The Hero's Body. This is an investigation into three generations of men from the working-class town of Manville, New Jersey, including Giraldi's own adolescent forays into obsessive bodybuilding as a teenager desperate to be worthy of his family's pitiless, exacting codes of manhood. Lauded by The New Yorker for his 'unrelenting, perfectly paced prose,' Giraldi writes with searing honesty about the American male.

Author : Ramsay (Chevalier, Andrew Michael)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1735
Category : France
ISBN : UOM:39015064581278

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The History of Henri de la Tour D'Auvergne: Authorities: Memoirs of the Viscount de Turenne. Relation of the campaign of Fribourg, by the Marquis de la Moussaye. Letters, memorials, political instructions, &c. Memoirs of the Duke of York, afterwards King James II. of Great Britain by Ramsay (Chevalier, Andrew Michael) Pdf

Author : Heros von Borcke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020285375

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Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence by Heros von Borcke Pdf

Author : Michael Ausiello
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501134968

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Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello Pdf

Television industry journalist Michael Ausiello tells the story of his final year with his partner of thirteen years, Kit Cowan--diagnosed with a rare and very aggressive form of neuroendocrine cancer--while revisiting the many memories that preceded it, and describes how their undeniably powerful bond carried them through all manner of difficulties, with humor always front and center of the relationship.

Author : John Esten Cooke,Jefferson Davis,Robert E. Lee,Frank H. Alfriend,Heros von Borcke
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 2627 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547813903

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REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents by John Esten Cooke,Jefferson Davis,Robert E. Lee,Frank H. Alfriend,Heros von Borcke Pdf

This meticulously edited collection offers you the true accounts about the Confederate States of America, including documents that were most influential for the creation of the states and the life stories of its principal leaders and officers. "The History of the Confederate States of America" and "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" represent the best source for understanding the background, the creation, fight and the ultimate defeat, written by the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis. The collection also includes memoirs and biographies of the Confederate Leaders: Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee & Heros von Borcke. Finally, this collection is enriched with the most pivotal documents of the Confederate States. Contents: History of the Confederate States of America The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Memoirs & Biographies: Jefferson Davis by Frank H. Alfriend Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke Memoirs of Heros von Borcke Official Documents of the Confederate States: Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Address of the People of South Carolina assembled in Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States South Carolina Ordinance of Secession Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Mississippi Ordinance of Secession Florida Ordinance of Secession Alabama Ordinance of Secession Georgia Ordinance of Secession Louisiana Ordinance of Secession Texas Ordinance of Secession Arizona Territory Ordinance of Secession Virginia Ordinance of Secession Arkansas Ordinance of Secession North Carolina Ordinance of Secession Tennessee Ordinance of Secession Missouri Ordinance of Secession Kentucky Ordinance of Secession Dix-Hill Cartel Robert E. Lee's Letter Announcing Surrender ...

Author : Heros von Borcke
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752554069

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Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence by Heros von Borcke Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Author : Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631492457

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The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant Pdf

With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is typically read. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority that Samet, an English professor obsessed with Grant for decades, brings to the table. Whether exploring novels Grant read at West Point or presenting majestic images culled from archives, Samet curates a richly annotated, highly collectible edition that will fascinate Civil War buffs. The edition also breaks new ground in its attack on the “Lost Cause” revisionism that still distorts our national conversation about the legacy of the Civil War. Never has Grant’s transformation from tanner’s son to military leader been more insightfully and passionately explained than in this timely edition, appearing on the 150th anniversary of Grant’s 1868 presidential election.

Author : John Esten Cooke,Jefferson Davis,Robert E. Lee,Frank H. Alfriend,Heros von Borcke
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 2626 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547793991

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The Confederacy: History, Documents, Memoirs and Biographies by John Esten Cooke,Jefferson Davis,Robert E. Lee,Frank H. Alfriend,Heros von Borcke Pdf

This meticulously edited collection offers you the true accounts about the Confederate States of America, including documents that were most influential for the creation of the states and the life stories of its principal leaders and officers. "The History of the Confederate States of America" and "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" represent the best source for understanding the background, the creation, fight and the ultimate defeat, written by the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis. The collection also includes memoirs and biographies of the Confederate Leaders: Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee & Heros von Borcke. Finally, this collection is enriched with the most pivotal documents of the Confederate States. Contents: History of the Confederate States of America The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Memoirs & Biographies: Jefferson Davis by Frank H. Alfriend Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke Memoirs of Heros von Borcke Official Documents of the Confederate States: Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Address of the People of South Carolina assembled in Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States South Carolina Ordinance of Secession Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Mississippi Ordinance of Secession Florida Ordinance of Secession Alabama Ordinance of Secession Georgia Ordinance of Secession Louisiana Ordinance of Secession Texas Ordinance of Secession Arizona Territory Ordinance of Secession Virginia Ordinance of Secession Arkansas Ordinance of Secession North Carolina Ordinance of Secession Tennessee Ordinance of Secession Missouri Ordinance of Secession Kentucky Ordinance of Secession Dix-Hill Cartel Robert E. Lee's Letter Announcing Surrender ...

Author : Heros von Borcke
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9788026879831

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Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence (Volumes 1&2) by Heros von Borcke Pdf

"Borcke's book is one that no student of Confederate history will forget."—Douglas Southall Freeman. Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence is one of the best account of the American Civil War written from the Confederate point of view. The book was written by Heros Von Borcke, a Prussian cavalry officer, who served in service in the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia. The Memoirs follow his service that begun in the spring of 1862. He was a direct witness and a participant of many great battles of the American Civil War (Seven Pines, the Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Brandy Station). Borcke's participation in the war ended in the early part of the Gettysburg campaign, when he was wounded.

Author : Johann August Heinrich Heros von BORCKE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026581987

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Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence ... With a Map. (Originally Published in Blackwood's Magazine.). by Johann August Heinrich Heros von BORCKE Pdf

Author : Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520200721

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Men, Women, and God(s) by Fedwa Malti-Douglas Pdf

"An impressive and erudite book that offers significant interpretations of the work of one of the most important writers of the international community."--Susan Jeffords, University of Washington "An impressive and erudite book that offers significant interpretations of the work of one of the most important writers of the international community."--Susan Jeffords, University of Washington

Author : Barry Edward O'Meara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : France
ISBN : PRNC:32101063966343

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Memoirs of the Military and Political Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by Barry Edward O'Meara Pdf

Author : Jason Peter,Tony O'Neill
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429926775

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Hero of the Underground by Jason Peter,Tony O'Neill Pdf

I wasn't afraid of death. How could I be? I lived under death's shadow every day. When you swallow eighty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you. When you continually use drugs with the kind of reckless determination that I did, the limit to how much heroin or crack you can ingest is not defined in dollar amounts, but in the amounts your body can withstand without experiencing a seizure or respiratory failure. Yet at the end of every binge, every night of lining up six, seven, eight crack pipes and hitting them one after the other bam! bam! bam! every night of smoking and snorting bag after bag of heroin . . . after all of that, when you still wake up to see the same dirty sky over you as the night before, you start to think that instead of dying, maybe your punishment is to live---to be stuck in this purgatory of self-abuse and misery for an eternity. Sometimes you start to think that death would come as a blessed relief. Toward the end, I found myself contemplating death again. Only this time I wasn't going to leave it to chance. I was going to buy a gun, load the thing, place the barrel in my mouth, and blow my fucking brains out. I sat on my parents' sofa as I pondered this. All I needed was a gun. And then all-- of my problems-- would be solved.