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Cathay: A Journey in Search of Old China
Fergus M. BordewichTraveling through the chaotic landscape of modern China, Fergus M. Bordewich discovers the remains of an older world that Communism did its best to erase. “Mr.
Washington: How Slaves, Idealists, and Scoundrels Created ...
Fergus BordewichHow Slaves, Idealists, and Scoundrels Created the Nation's Capital Fergus Bordewich ... Bordewich's work reads like a political thriller as it reveals the political scheming, deal making, greed— and yes, idealism—that drove the creation of ...
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, ...
Fergus M. BordewichIn The First Congress, award-winning author Fergus Bordewich brings to life the achievements of the First Congress: it debated and passed the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which we know as the Bill of Rights; admitted North ...
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and ...
Fergus M. BordewichFergus Bordewich tells the epic story of the Compromise of 1850 with skill and vigor, bringing to life two generations of senators who dominated the great debate.
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and ...
Fergus M. BordewichWhat was at stake—as Fergus Bordewich reminds us in his stimulating, richly informed Arneriea's Great Dehate—was nothing less than the survival of the nation.” —David S. Reynolds, The Wall Street foarnal “A lively, attractive book about a ...
Islands Magazine
Full viewFergus Bordewich “Angelos" (above left), a. k. a. Archie Wylie, dives deeper and stays down longer than his fellow sfoungarades. “He's very brave, and maybe he '5 crazy,” says a colleague. Most of the island's inhabitants live at the water's ...
Cathay: a journey in search of old China
Fergus M. BordewichThe author takes the reader on his travels through China and its forbidden past as he journeys from the Gates of Hell to the Alter of Heaven, discovers hidden villages, and climbs mist-wreathed sacred mountains
My Mother's Ghost
Fergus M. BordewichJack Barschi, Craig and Pat McKay, Ben LaFarge, Tom Dardis, Ellen Ervin, Buzz and Peg Gummere, and David Lipton all read parts of the manuscript. Their thoughts have improved it in more ways than I can count. Roger Scholl, my editor at ...
The Story of the Underground Railroad
KaaVonia HintonJ. Blaine Hudson, Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2006), p. 162. 3. Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America (New York: Amistad, 2005), p.
David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the ...
Graham Russell HodgesScholars who helped create this manuscript include Roy Finkenbine, C. Peter Ripley, Don Wright, Shane White, Richard S. Newman, Paul Gilje, Howard Rock, Robert Breckenridge, Carl Prince, Fergus Bordewich, andjudith Wellman.
Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railro
Fergus BordewichBound for Canaan tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like Isaac Hopper and Levi Coffin, who risked their lives to build the Underground Railroad; and the ...
Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley:
Michael E. GrothFergus Bordewich, Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), chap. 9, especially 177 –78; “The Underground Railroad in the New York Hudson Valley,” July 28, 2005, ...
Jane Austen: A New Revelation
Nicholas EnnosJan Fergus in her article The Professional Woman Writer explains this exceptional speed by saying that Jane Austen “was clearly at the height of her genius”. She must indeed have been at the top of her game for, according to Jan Fergus, ...
Beyond Nose to Tail: More Omnivorous Recipes for the ...
Fergus HendersonWritten in the same entertaining and accessible voice that made Nose to Tail Eating a certified foodie classic, this beautiful new collection of recipes by Fergus Henderson teaches you everything you'll ever need to know to prepare even ...
Town Ball: The Glory Days of Minnesota Amateur Baseball
Armand PetersonMel Henson, a draftee from Detroit Lakes, was missing from the photograph. Courtesy of Harley Oyloe. Fergus Falls: Success Discouraged Rivals Fergus Falls fans flocked to baseball games after the war. They loved baseball and, not ...
The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes
Preview"Duck Legs and Carrots" from Nose to Tail Eatingby Fergus Henderson, published in Gourmet, October 2002. Copyright © 2000 by Fergus Henderson. Used by permission of Lutyens and Rubenstein. "Roast Loin of Pork with Braised Red ...
Mrs Beeton's Classic Meat Dishes: Foreword by Fergus Henderson
Isabella BeetonForeword by Fergus Henderson Isabella Beeton. ClassicMeatDishes FOREWORD If Mrs Beeton found herself whisked away in a time m achine t o today's London, I think she would be surprised by the way we buy our meat . She obviously ...
Jane Austen: A Literary Life
Jan FergusTraces the life of the English novelist and discusses the significance of her works
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Fergus ShanahanThis text is an authoritative guide to presentation, management and complications of the condition, and should be a valuable resource for patients with IBD and their carers alike.
The Conjuror on the Kwai: The Incredible Life of Fergus Anckorn
Peter FyansGus also reveals the heartache of leaving his fiancee behind and not knowing if he would ever see her again. This is an incredibly moving book and will surely be considered as one of the classic Far East POW stories.
Conjuror on the Kwai: The Incredible Life of Fergus Anckorn
Peter FyansGus also reveals the heartache of leaving his fiancee behind and not knowing if he would ever see her again. This is an incredibly moving book and will surely be considered as one of the classic Far East POW stories.
Jane Austen: A Literary Life
Jan FergusPrevious biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context.
Solving Disproportionality and Achieving Equity: A Leader's ...
Edward FergusRobin DiAngelo (2010, 2011) introduces two concepts critically important in supporting the continuation of Sometimes i wonder why we can't see each other as individuals instead of race always being an issue. i try not to notice a child's race ...
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