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Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination

Sideshow U.S.A.: Freaks and the American Cultural Imagination

Rachel Adams

Adams's study concludes with a revealing look at the revival of the freak show as live performance in the late 1980s and the 1990s.
The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and ...

The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and ...

Paul C. Nagel

Depicts the lives of the Adams women, including Abigail Adams, and her sisters Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody, Nabby Adams Smith, Nancy Harrod Adams, and Louisa Johnson Adams.
Estate of Seth Adams

Estate of Seth Adams

Seth Adams

Collection of one hundred thirty-four letters mostly from the 1870s, relating to the estate of Seth Adams (brother and business partner of Isaac Adams, inventor of the Adams Printing Press and proprietor of Adams Sugar Refinery of Boston).
On the Other Hand

On the Other Hand

Rachel Adams

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

Ansel Adams

Very helpful comments on the manuscript were given by Jeanne Adams, Michael Adams, Peter C. Bunnell, Anne Adams Helms, Ken Helms, George Kimball, Beaumont Newhall, Otto Meyer, Sue Meyer, Andrea Gray Stillman, McDonna Sitterle ...
The Delivery: Billionaire Romance Book 1:

The Delivery: Billionaire Romance Book 1:

Rachel Adams

A young girl with big dreams struggles to find her place at a new job in a new city.
The Americas: International Dictionary of Historic Places

The Americas: International Dictionary of Historic Places

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Stories with a Message for the Secondary School

Stories with a Message for the Secondary School

Rachel Adams

If you've ever struggled to tackle those difficult social and emotional issues that often crop up with your students, then this book is ideal for you.
Ansel Adams: A Biography

Ansel Adams: A Biography

Mary Street Alinder

2 Anne Adams Helms, ed., Remembering Virginia (Salinas, Calif.: Anne Adams Helms, 2000). 3 Rob Hastings, “Ansel Adams: A Son's Perspective,” Independent , London, England, March 13, 2013. 4 “Michael Adams, Son of Photographer ...
Memoir of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass: and of ...

Memoir of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass: and of ...

Frances Manwaring Caulkins

A general subscription of inhabitants at Ipswich, in December, 1648, contains the names of William Adams and William Adams, Jun. William Adams died in 1661. William Adams, Jun. died in January, 1659. * It may be assumed with probability  ...
A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams

David Waldstreicher

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, ...
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

Lynne Withey

The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams. This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.
Rachel in the World: A Memoir

Rachel in the World: A Memoir

Jane Bernstein

The best I can do is arrange these stories that take place over sixteen years, from Rachel's fifth year through her twenty-first. I hope they show what happened to me—and why. I hope they also tell the story of Rachel's growing up and her ...
Journal of Rachel Wilson Moore: 1863-4 (Abridged, Annotated):

Journal of Rachel Wilson Moore: 1863-4 (Abridged, Annotated):

Rachel Wilson Moore

Rachel Wilson Moore. - | i. Journal of RACHEL wilso S JOURNAL OF RACHEL WILSON MOORE KEPT DURING A TOUR TO. Front Cover.
The Social and Civil Influence of the Christian Ministry: A ...

The Social and Civil Influence of the Christian Ministry: A ...

Leonard Bacon

Andrews, Henry Adams, George W. Adams, James J. Anderson, Rufus Adams, Charles J. Augustus, John Adams, William ... John D. Bancroft, Jacob H. Bumstead, Edward G. Bumstead, Thomas Bumstead, Ebenezer W. Bumstead, Sereno D.
Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin College and the ...

Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin College and the ...

Bowdoin College

... daughter of Samuel Gray and Adeline (Cushing) Adams, who survives him, with their three sons, Edward Chase Adams, Frederic Winslow Adams, both of Bangor, and Rev. William Cushing Adams (Bowdoin, 1897), of Gorham, N. H. [ Sketch ...
The Adams Papers Diary of Charles Francis Adams

The Adams Papers Diary of Charles Francis Adams

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Johnson (1823- 1893) had been the husband of Mary Louisa Adams Johnson ( 1828- 1859), who was the only child of ... page with the portrait of Charles Francis Adams painted by Charles Bird King in 1827 (see volume 2:vii, and facing p.
The Computer's Nerd

The Computer's Nerd

W. Royce Adams

W. Royce Adams. THE COMPUTER'S NERD Hardback copyright ... Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication (Provided by Quality Books, Inc.) Adams, W. Royce The computet's nctd / W. Royce Adams. — 1st ed. p. cm. SUMMARY: Bullied and  ...
Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Environmentalism

Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Environmentalism

Scott Gillam

Linda Lear. Rachel Carson: WitnessforNature. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1997. 227. 4. Rachel Carson. Silent Spring. 40th anniversary ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 297. 5. Linda Lear. Rachel Carson: WitnessforNature. New York ...
Rachel Weeping: Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the ...

Rachel Weeping: Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the ...

Frederick M. Strickert

The matriarch Rachel is revered in Islam. This may seem surprising to non- Muslims who think of Islam as a religion born in Arabia only fourteen centuries ago. What is the connection between Muhammed and Rachel? What is the relationship ...
Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery

Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery

Rachel Adams

A mother chronicles the first three years in the life of her son, who has Down syndrome, and her own transformative experiences that stemmed from raising a disabled child in a world with conflicting attitudes toward disabilities.
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Jim Whiting

1. David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), p. 26. 2. Lynne Withey, Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981), p. 10. 3. Phyllis Lee Levin, Abigail Adams: A Biography (New ...
Demons Among Us

Demons Among Us

W. E. Zazo-Phillips

“How about Adams?” she finally asked. “I got done reading the book about John Adams a couple of months ago, and the guy never got enough credit.” “Nicholas Adams Shapiro,” Mary said. “I like it.” “Cool. Thank you, Mary.” “No, Lizzy.
Rambo Family Tree: Descendents of His Last Four Children and ...

Rambo Family Tree: Descendents of His Last Four Children and ...

Ronald S. Beatty

RACHEL CASSANDRA RAMBO was born in 1857 in Searcy Co., Arkansas and married GREEN E. (G.E.) McELROY.1 Country music star Garth Brooks is reputed to be a descendant of G.E. and Rachel McElroy. Rachel and G.E. had at least ...
Continental Divides: Remapping the Cultures of North America

Continental Divides: Remapping the Cultures of North America

Rachel Adams

... and the staff of the English Department for the administrative support that allowed me to get my work done. I am also indebted to Jason Earle for help with French translations, and to my capable research assistants Bärbel Höttges, Marianna ...
Robert Adams: tree line

Robert Adams: tree line

Robert Adams

This volume commemorates Robert Adams' receipt of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography for 2009.
Ansel Adams, an autobiography

Ansel Adams, an autobiography

Ansel Adams

Traces the life of Ansel Adams, describes the development of his career as a photographer, and discusses his love of nature
Ansel Adams: the eloquent light

Ansel Adams: the eloquent light

Nancy Wynne Newhall

Reconstructs the life and career of photographer Ansel Adams, drawing on the letters and words of Adams, his family, friends, and colleagues and featuring a selection of his famous photographs.

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