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A History of Jefferson County, West VirginiaBy: Millard K. Bushong, Pub. 1941, Reprinted 2019, 458 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-026-8. Jefferson County was formed in 1801 from Berkeley County. It sits in the Shenandoah Valley and is the eastern most county in West Virginia, bordering Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun, Clarke,...
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History of Hart County, Georgia.By: John W. Baker, Pub. 1935, Reprint 2019, 440 pages, Index, 0-89308-933-8 Hart County was created in 1853 from Franklin and Elbert Counties. It lies in the Northeastern portion of the state. It sits on the Savannah River that seperates Georgia from Old 96...
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History of Randolph County, West VirginiaBy: Dr. A.S. Bosworth, Pub. 1916, Reprinted 2019, 450 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-902-8. Randolph County was formed in 1787 from Harrison County. This book is a detailed history of the county starting out with the pioneer era then moving to the creation of the...
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Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986Christian filmmaking, done outside of the corporate Hollywood industry and produced for Christian churches, affected a significant audience of church people. Protestant denominations and individuals believed that they could preach and teach more effectively through the mass medium of film. Although suspicion toward the...
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Hedda Hopperas Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American ConservatismBefore Liz Smith and Perez Hilton became household names in the world of celebrity gossip, before Rush Limbaugh became the voice of conservatism, there was Hedda Hopper. In 1938, this 52-year-old struggling actress rose to fame and influence writing an incendiary gossip column, "Hedda...
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The Origins of the Grand Alliance: Anglo-American Military Collaboration from the Panay Incident to Pearl HarborOn December 12, 1937, Japanese aircraft sank the American gunboat Panay, which was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanjing, China. Although the Japanese apologized, the attack turned American public opinion against Japan, and President Roosevelt dispatched Captain Royal Ingersoll to London to begin...
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Lapham's Raiders" On December 8, 1941, the day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands, catching American forces unprepared and forcing their eventual surrender. Among the American soldiers who managed to avoid capture was twenty-five-year-old Lieutenant Robert Lapham, who...
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Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century BritainThe social practice of tact was an invention of the nineteenth century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and...
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How We Teach Science: What's Changed, and Why It MattersA former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitimacy is under attack. Why teach science? The answer to that question will determine how it is taught. Yet despite the enduring...
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The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion"Gitlin's comprehensive portrait of mid-America's Francophone merchants demonstrates their importance as fur traders, town builders and advance agents of American empire. It adds a valuable new dimension to the story of national expansion and belongs on every western American history bookshelf."-William E. Foley, coauthor...
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Mrs Delany: A LifeThe first comprehensive biography of Mary Granville Delany--the artist and court insider whose flower collages, in particular, continue to inspire widespread admiration "Biographer Clarissa Campbell Orr immerses you in the minutiae of Mary's life" --Constance Craig-Smith, Daily Mail Mary Granville Delany (1700-1788), perhaps best...
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The Columbia Guide to the Cold WarThis reference contains narrative essays on key events and issues, and also features an A-to-Z encyclopedia, a concise chronology, and an annotated resource section listing books, articles, films, novels, web sites, and CD-ROMs on Cold War themes.Author: Michael KortPublisher: Columbia University PressPublished: 03/08/2001Pages: 366Binding...
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Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist: Second Edition Revised and Expanded"A combination of circumstances means that we know more about J.R.R. Tolkien than about almost any other author, from any period. Nevertheless, in spite of all the efforts, there remains a certain opacity about Tolkien, both professionally and personally.As this book shows, there is...
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Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor During the Long Nineteenth CenturyThe history of domestic labor markets in 19th century America From the era of Irish Famine migration to the passage of quota restrictions in the 1920s, household domestic service was the single largest employer of women in the United States, and, in California, a...
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Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, 1933-1945Elected an unprecedented four times to the presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through some of the most dramatic and trying foreign and domestic episodes in its history. Coming to power in the throws of a crippling depression, Roosevelt quickly found himself...
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One Third of a Nation: Lorena Hickok Reports on the Great DepressionBetween 1933 and 1935, Lorena Hickok traveled across thirty-two states as a "confidential investigator" for Harry Hopkins, head of FDR's Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Her assignment was to gather information about the day-to-day toll the Depression was exacting on individual citizens. One Third of...
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Old Glory at the Crossroads 1861-1865The comic strip "Old Glory at the Crossroads 1861-1865" told the story of the Civil War during its centennial years from January 8, 1961 - June 6, 1965. Published in the Chicago Tribune and its affiliated newspapers, it ran every Sunday in the color...
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The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America & the Meaning of JazzBorn of African rhythms, the spiritual "call and response," and other American musical traditions, jazz was by the 1920s the dominant influence on this country's popular music. Writers of the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston) and the "Lost Generation" (Malcolm...
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The Populist VisionIn the late nineteenth century, monumental technological innovations like the telegraph and steam power made America and the world a much smaller place. New technologies also made possible large-scale organization and centralization. Corporations grew exponentially and the rich amassed great fortunes. Those on the...
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Just OnceThe #1 New York Times bestselling author "known for her deeply heartfelt novels" (Woman's World) writes a sweeping and unforgettable World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers. In 1941, beautiful Irvel Ellis is too focused on her secret...
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