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Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina

Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina

Clayton Charles Marlow

These e›orts greatly facilitated the return of Matt Ransom and William Hood to North Carolina. Thus the Ransom family was restored, at least for a time. Pattie and Matt had many subjects for conversation, for every day brought news items of  ...
Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America

Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America

Wyllys Cadwell Ransom

HANNAH F. TUTTLE 7 [498] (Isabel Averill 6, Lois 5, Robert Ransom* 4, Robert3 3, Joshua1 2, Robert1 1), b. Sept. 30, 1821 ; m. Charles Odell, Feb. 6, 1838; Charles Odell d. Oct. 8, 1895. CHILDREN. 20S3. '• Henry Odell, b. Feb. 19, 1839; d.
John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

John Ransom's Andersonville Diary

John L. Ransom

The diary of John Ransom chronicles life as a prisoner-of-war in the infamous Andersonville prison
One Kind of Freedom: The Economic Consequences of Emancipation

One Kind of Freedom: The Economic Consequences of Emancipation

Roger L. Ransom

This economic history classic examines the economic institutions that replaced slavery.
Ransom Researcher

Ransom Researcher

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-H THIEL WYLLYS CADWELL RANSOM 1828 VT- 1908 Ml [Wyllys(7), Epaphroditus, Ezekiel, Newton, Robert, Joshua, Robert(1)] Wyllys Cadwell RANSOM was born in Townsend, Windham Co VT on 28 April 1828, son of Epaphroditus ...
Ransom

Ransom

Jay McInerney

When Christopher Ransom opened his eyes he was on his back, looking up into a huddle of Japanesefaces shimmering inapool of artificial light. Who were these people?Then heplaced them.These were his fellow karateka, members of his ...
No Second Chance

No Second Chance

Harlan Coben

A ransom demand is made and agreed to. But something goes terribly wrong. The kidnappers escape, and Marc remembers the ransom note's ominous warning: there will be no second chance. An agonising eighteen months pass with no word.
The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been

The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been

Roger L. Ransom

Kevin Kiley presents a counterfactual account of Early's raid in which he also has Cleburne's forces reinforce Early. The Confederate troops reach Fort Stevens just outside Washington, D.C., where an excessively curious Abraham Lincoln is ...
Portrait and Biographical

Portrait and Biographical

Kalamazoo Allegan and Van Buren Counties

WYLLYS CADWELL RANSOM, who is a prominent and influential resident of Kalamazoo, was born at Towns- hend, Windham County, Vt., April 28, His father was Gov. Epaphroditus Ransom, whose biography will appear on another page in ...
Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping

Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping

Ann Hagedorn

A shocking investigation of the world's fastest growing criminal enterprise, kidnapping for ransom and political advantage, offers the first detailed look at the furtive perpetrators, their victims, and the international role of the FBI. 35 ...
The Politics of Focus: Women, Children, and ...

The Politics of Focus: Women, Children, and ...

Lindsay Smith

I3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin. 46 Julia Margaret Cameron, Florence (August 1872), Gernsheim Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities ...
Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping

Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping

Ann Hagedorn Auerbach

A shocking investigation of the world's fastest growing criminal enterprise, kidnapping for ransom and political advantage, offers the first detailed look at the furtive perpetrators, their victims, and the international role of the FBI.
Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

Candice Ransom

"Empathy and kindness are just as important as ABCs and 123s, and Amanda gives readers a good lesson." —Kirkus "With strong dialogue and well-imagined details of wardrobe and play, Ransom writes an original story around the familiar ...
Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts:

Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts:

Frank Dicken

2.1.3 Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom, The Roman Empire in Luke's Narrative Yamazaki-Ransom's ... in Luke's thought. YamazakiRansom's objective is to discuss how Luke redefines “the idea of the people of God...by redefining the opponents ...
Tales of the Peculiar

Tales of the Peculiar

Ransom Riggs

*A new set of stories from the world of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children* In this collection of fairy tales, Ransom Riggs invites you to uncover hidden legends of the peculiar world.
The Kansas Historical Quarterly

The Kansas Historical Quarterly

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See James C. Malin, "The John Brown Legend in Pictures," The Kansas Historical Quarterly, v. VIII (November, 1989), pp. 339-341. 2. Wyllys Cadwell Ransom, Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America (Ann Arbor. Mich., 1908), pp.
Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a ...

Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a ...

Caleb Daniloff

In Running Ransom Road, his captivating narrative describes a journey of personal redemption that, fortunately for us, he is willing to share.”—Frank Shorter, Olympic marathon gold medalist [AU PHOTO] CALEB DANILOFF is a regular ...
Treachery by Night

Treachery by Night

Ann Ruffell

SHADES 2.0 Treachery by Night by Ann Ruffell Published by Ransom Publishing Ltd. Radley House, 8 St. Cross Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO239HX, UK www.ransom.co.uk ISBN 978 178127 465 1 First published in 2004 This updated  ...
The Politics and Aesthetics of "New Negro" Literature

The Politics and Aesthetics of "New Negro" Literature

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.] Reprinted with the permission of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and the Estate of Carl Van Vechten. "Blanche Knopf to Langston Hughes, August 21, ...
A Visual Encyclopedia of Unconventional Medicine

A Visual Encyclopedia of Unconventional Medicine

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Supplement. Therapy. Honeycomb Ginseng root High Protein Next to water, protein is the most plentiful. 143 NUTRITION: SUPPLEMENTARY DIETS Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner Roger Newman Turner.
Coal Report

Coal Report

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What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me

What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me

Roger Lewis

This is Roger Lewis at his best: more cantankerous and curmudgeonly wit and musings about the pointlessness of life. Dark, witty and hilarious, Roger Lewis has a real way with words.
Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline

Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline

Roger Craig

Roger Craig, Matt Maiocco, Bill Walsh. Suddenly, I went from being depressed about the loss we had just suffered to being excited about the upcoming season. I wanted to put the team on my back and lead the way to the Super Bowl the ...
The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 7: Perry ...

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 7: Perry ...

Roger Williams

Shortly after the U.S. Civil War, a group of men in Providence, Rhode Island, calling themselves the Narragansett Club, determined to rescue the widely scattered literary remains of Roger Williams. The happy result of their efforts was the ...
Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion

Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion

Roger Angell

Roger Angell’s chronicle of baseball’s most fascinating and unforgettable years Classic New Yorker sportswriter Roger Angell calls 1972 to 1976 “the most important half-decade in the history of the game.” The early to mid-1970s ...
“The Real Thing”: Essays on Tom Stoppard in Celebration of ...

“The Real Thing”: Essays on Tom Stoppard in Celebration of ...

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. —. The Gamblers. ms. [n.d.] Tom Stoppard Collection. Box 67.5. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. —. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby. ms. [1963] Tom Stoppard Collection.
The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison

Roger Harrison

The Collected Papers of Roger Harrison brings the author's hard-to-find classic works together with new material written expressly for this collection.
Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, ...

Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, ...

Alexander Humez

A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, Rob Flynn. 3. Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University's ...

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