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Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War

Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War

Harriet Hyman Alonso

"In this book, Harriet Hyman Alonso unravels Sherwood's inner struggle and portrays his political journey.
Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

Harriet Hyman Alonso

Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg’s poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work.
Martha and the Slave Catchers

Martha and the Slave Catchers

Harriet Hyman Alonso

Alonso combines fiction and historical fact to weave a suspenseful story of courage, hope and self-discovery in the aftermath of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, while illuminating the bravery of abolitionists who fought against slavery.
The Women's Peace Union and the Outlawry of War, 1921-1942

The Women's Peace Union and the Outlawry of War, 1921-1942

Harriet Hyman Alonso

This text investigates the personalities and the philosophical disagreements of the union's leading members, their political tactics, commitment to pacifism and feminism, and eventual burnout.
Growing Up Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children

Growing Up Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children

Harriet Hyman Alonso

In Growing Up Abolitionist, Garrison's public image recedes into the background and the family's private world takes center stage.
The Great War and Americans in Europe, 1914-1917

The Great War and Americans in Europe, 1914-1917

Kenneth D. Rose

119. 120. Emily G. Balch, “Journal and Impressions of the Congress,” in Jane Addams and Harriet Hyman Alonso, Women at The Hague: The International Congress of Women and Its Results (New York: Macmillan, 1915), 1. Hochschild, 140.
Peace As a Women's Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for ...

Peace As a Women's Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for ...

Harriet Hyman Alonso

A history of the ideologies and personalities of the feminist peace movement in the US. This study explores: connections between militarism and violence against women; women as the mothers of society; women as naturally responsible citizens ...
Not June Cleaver: Women and Gender in Postwar America, 1945-1960

Not June Cleaver: Women and Gender in Postwar America, 1945-1960

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Harriet Hyman Alonso War II devastated the U.S. women's peace organizations that had formed between 1914 and 1924. The Women's Peace Society, the Women's Peace Union, and the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War ...
Algebra, K-theory, Groups, and Education: On the Occasion of ...

Algebra, K-theory, Groups, and Education: On the Occasion of ...

Hyman Bass

On the Occasion of Hyman Bass's 65th Birthday Hyman Bass, Tsit-Yuen Lam, Andy R. Magid. Preface Bismark is said to have chosen 65 for the retirement age of the federal pension system in nineteenth century Prussia because survival to ...
Harriet's Had Enough!

Harriet's Had Enough!

Elissa Haden Guest

Harriet the raccoon and her mother exchange mean words when Harriet refuses to pick up her toys, until an apology saves the day and everyone sits down to a spaghetti dinner.
The Education of Hyman Kaplan

The Education of Hyman Kaplan

Leo Rosten

Over the next two years the magazine ran all 15 of the original stories that were eventually published in 1937 as "The Education of Hyman Kaplan".
Battleground: A-N

Battleground: A-N

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Boston: Unwin and Hyman, 1989a; Fiske, John, Understanding Popular Culture, Boston: Unwin and Hyman, 1989b; Gray, Jonathan, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington, eds. Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated. New York: ...
A Harvest of Reluctant Souls: Fray Alonso de Benavides's ...

A Harvest of Reluctant Souls: Fray Alonso de Benavides's ...

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Fray Alonso de Benavides's History of New Mexico, 1630 Baker H. Morrow. WhatThatKingdom. Owes. to. YourMajesty. This. land and its inhabitants have been since God created them the subjects of the devil, and indeed his slaves until the ...
The Return of Hyman Kaplan

The Return of Hyman Kaplan

Leo Rosten

Twenty years after his first collection of tales about that Don Quixote of adult education, Leo Rosten brought Hyman Kaplan back for a second term on the bottom rung in the beginner's grade at the American Night Preparatory School for ...
Franklin and Harriet

Franklin and Harriet

Paulette Bourgeois

Franklin loves his toddler sister, Harriet, and enjoys spending time with her, but when Harriet claims Sam, his favorite stuffed animal, for herself, Franklin isn't sure how to handle it.
My First Fourth of July Book

My First Fourth of July Book

Harriet W. Hodgson

Harriet W. Hodgson. MY FIRST FOURTH OF JULY BOOK Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hodgson, Harriet W. by Harriet W. Hodgson illustrated by Linda Hohag created by The Child's World ...
Studies in Contrastive Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th ...

Studies in Contrastive Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th ...

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... versions of contemporary poetry by Irish Women 741 Ignacio M. Palacios / Rosa Alonso Lexis and leaner corpora. ... 835 Jose Carlos Prado-Alonso Full inversion in narrative and scientific American English 845 Rosa RabadAn / Belen  ...
English Historical Linguistics

English Historical Linguistics

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In: Javier Pe ́rez-Guerra, Dolores Gonza ́lez-A ́lvarez, Jorge L. Bueno-Alonso, and Esperanza Rama-Martınez (eds.), 161–235. ... In: Carlos Prado-Alonso, Lidia Go ́mez-Garcıa, Iria Pastor-Go ́mez, and David Tizo ́n-Couto (eds.), 25–35.
Harriet Hosmer: A Cultural Biography

Harriet Hosmer: A Cultural Biography

Kate Culkin

Yeatman's statement is in “The Freedmen's Monument to Abraham Lincoln,” folder 2, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer Additional ... See also Harriet Sigerman, “ Laborers for Liberty, 1865–1890,” in No Small Courage: A History of Women in the United ...
Aristoteles Arabus: The Oriental Translations and ...

Aristoteles Arabus: The Oriental Translations and ...

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Alonso, Teologia: H. Alonso, Teologia de Averroes (Estudios y Documentos), Madrid-Granada, 1947. Anawati, Mu'allafat: G. Anawati, Mu'allafat ibn Sina, Cairo , 1950. Aristoteles Latinus: G. Lacombe et al., Aristoteles Latinus: I, Rome, 1939, II, ...
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet. Beecher. Stowe: A. Brief. Chronology. 1811 Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, seventh of nine children, is born on June 14 to the Reverend Lyman Beecher (a prominent Presbyterian minister) and Roxana Beecher of Litchfield, Connecticut  ...
Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

Maryann N. Weidt

Describes Harriet Tubman's experiences with the Underground Railroad, recounting her many efforts to help other slaves free themselves during the Civil War.
Who Was Harriet Tubman?

Who Was Harriet Tubman?

Yona Zeldis McDonough

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer.
A Parent's Survival Guide: How to Cope When Your Kid Is ...

A Parent's Survival Guide: How to Cope When Your Kid Is ...

Harriet W. Hodgson

How to Cope When Your Kid Is Using Drugs Harriet W. Hodgson. 6^i Jul A ParentsaGuide How to Cope When Your Kid is Using Drugs Harriet W. Hodgson ft zelden • First published August, 1986. Copyright © 1986, Hazelden Foundation. All.
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!

Jonathan Evison

‘As sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is big-hearted.’ Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette Harriet Chance has spent the last seventy-eight years following the rules.
What's Your Story, Harriet Tubman?

What's Your Story, Harriet Tubman?

Jen Barton

Learn how Harriet risked her life to help runaway slaves by being a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.
The Murder of Harriet Krohn

The Murder of Harriet Krohn

Karin Fossum

Told through the eyes of a killer, The Murder of Harriet Krohn poses the question: how far would you go to turn your life around, and could you live with yourself afterwards?
Medicine and Colonial Identity

Medicine and Colonial Identity

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When Harriet, whohad worked indefatigably onthe conference andon the early stages of this volume, needed to step aside, Bridie Andrews graciously took her place. We are very grateful to Harriet for her hard work, her intellectual rigor, and  ...
Laborers for Liberty: American Women 1865-1890

Laborers for Liberty: American Women 1865-1890

Harriet Sigerman

Sigennan, Harriet Laborers for Liberty: American Women, 1865-1890 / Harriet Sigerman. p. cm. — (The Young Oxford history of women in the United States ; v. 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-508046-7 ISBN ...

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