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Journal of the Civil War Era: Summer 2013 Issue
PreviewBy Walter Stahr. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Pp. 703. Cloth, $32.50.) Folks who see the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln will surely come away believing, with biographer Walter Stahr, that Secretary of State William Henry Seward was ...
American Biography
Carl RollysonJohn Jay: Founding Father by Walter Stahr Why do certain historians—British and American—write history in the passive voice? Walter Stahr's prose is cluttered with of's and by's that result in historical congestion. Why write “In words drafted ...
John Jay: Founding Father
Walter StahrIt is the story not only of John Jay himself, the most prominent native-born New Yorker of the eighteenth century, but also of his engaging and intelligent wife, Sarah, who accompanied her husband on his wartime diplomatic missions.
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Walter StahrSome of Lincoln’s critics even saw Seward, erroneously, as the power behind the throne; this is why John Wilkes Booth and his colleagues attempted to kill Seward as well as Lincoln.
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Walter StahrPresents a profile of the leader of Lincoln's "team of rivals," examining the many political roles he had in his lifetime, including governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Lincoln's closest advisor during the Civil War.
Is the United States Worth Saving?: For a more perfect union!
Charles W. ThompsonFor a comprehensive treatise on voting, see The Voting Wars by Richard L. Hasen. † Seward by Walter Stahr. ‡ Douglas Kellner, “The Media and Social Problem,” in Handbook of Social Problems, 3rd ed., by Robert Heiner, ed. George Ritzer.
Reyer and Sara Kools Van Zwaluwenburg Addendum
Jane Thompson-StahrOther books by Jane Thompson-Stahr Social Options for Singles: How and Where To Meet People Reyer and Sara Kools Van Zwaluwenburg: Their Story, Their Descendants (Editor) Our Ancestors on Conanicut Island The Burling Books: ...
Supreme Democracy: The End of Elitism in Supreme Court ...
Richard DavisWalter Stahr, John Jay: Founding Father (New York: Hambledon and London, 2005), p. 272; and “Letter of John Jay to John Adams, January 2, 1801,” in Maeva Marcus et al., eds., The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United ...
Stanton: Lincoln’s War Secretary
Walter Stahr"Of the crucial men close to President Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (1814-1869) was the most powerful and controversial. Stanton raised, armed, and supervised the army of a million men who won the Civil War.
Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and ...
Chris DeRose22 Ibid., 504–5. 23 Ibid. 9:59. 24 Ibid. 9:105–7. 25 Ibid. 9:25–26. 26 Papers of James Monroe 2:291. 27 Madison 9:55. 28 Papers of James Monroe 2:293. 29 Madison 9:88. 30 Papers of James Monroe 2:324. 31 Ibid., 333. 32 Walter Stahr ...
Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh; viz. Maxims of State. Advice ...
Sir Walter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh. The Table of the Chapters contained in Sir Walter Ralezgh's lnsttuctions to his Son. Vlrtuau: Person: to be made ehaiebctgf for friend' si' 60 Great eare to be had in the chafing of a Mfe 62 Men ha-ve been abased by ...
Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter ...
Walter Goodwin DavisGardner-Moses Walter Goodwin Davis, Gary Boyd Roberts ... is written before the fact, the proof will have been read by Miss Sybil Noyes and will benefit from her careful and intelligent criticism. Walter Goodwin Davis Portland, Maine May 8 ...
Transactions of the Annual Session of the Peninsula ...
Peninsula Horticultural SocietyGeneral Display— First, Walter B. Harris, Worton, Md $200.00 Single Box, Special— First, Walter B. Harris 50.00 Single Box— First, Walter B. Harris 25.00 Second, Wine & Garber, Woodside, Del 15.00 Three Boxes— First, Walter B. Harris ...
Walter's War: Memoirs of the Great War 1914-1918
Walter E. Young'Walter's War' is one such book. Written without the knowledge of his family and not discovered till after his death, this is the account of an ordinary soldier, who was awarded the Military Medal.
Walter B. Gibson and the Shadow
Preview30. Walter B. Gibson, personal papers. 31. Bernard A. Drew, ed., "Walter Gibson's Magicians/'Affic Revivals (1982): 1, 8. 32. Bernard A. Drew, "The Turn-ons of Yesteryear." 33. Will Murray, "Out of the Shadows— Walter Gibson." 34. Rex Miller.
Iris and Walter: True Friends
Elissa Haden GuestWalter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse, Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school.
Iris and Walter: True friends
Elissa Haden GuestWalter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school.
Iris and Walter: True Friends
Elissa Haden GuestWalter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school.
The Cambridge Companion to Walter Benjamin
Preview2. Art. forms. Jan Mieszkowski Film today articulates all problems of modern formgiving . . . Walter Benjamin, Arcades It is a foregone conclusion for me that there is no such thing as art history. Walter Benjamin, Letter to F. C. Rang Scarcely any ...
Heritage Quest: HQ.
More editionsJane Thompson-Stahr of Scituate, Massachusetts, a heavy user of library genealogical and historical resources has found the process of interlibrary loan frustrating as well as confusing. Mixed messages tell patrons they may order books and ...
The Lasalle Quartet: Conversations with Walter Levin
Robert Spruytenburg26 5 Richard Kapuscinski, Frank Pelleg, Erich Levin (Walter Levin's uncle), Rudolf Bergmann, Walter Levin, Ernst ... German emigrants were often derided by the prior generations of immigrants as yekkes (from German Jacke: 'jacket') for their ...
Iris and Walter and the Field Trip
Elissa Haden GuestWhen best friends Iris and Walter go on a field trip to an aquarium, Walter gets lost and a worried Iris helps Miss Cherry look for him.
Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home
Walter Cronkite" Illustrated with heartwarming photos of Walter and Betsy Cronkite during the war from the family collection, the book is edited by Cronkite's grandson, CBS associate producer Walter Cronkite IV, and esteemed historian Maurice Isserman, ...
American poetry
Walter Bates RideoutGay Wilson Allen, Walter Bates Rideout James K. Robinson ... Walter B. Rideout: Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, William Vaughn Moody, Ezra Pound, T. S. ...
Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg
Chris Ogden"Moses and Walter Annenberg built a vast publishing empire and one of the nation's greatest family fortunes. ... [Eventually Walter] sold his publishing empire to Rupert Murdoch and began giving away the proceeds to improve U.S. education.
SAO Special Report
Walter KöhnleinWalter Köhnlein. SAO Special Report No. 216 ON THE GRADIENT LINE OF THE EARTH'S ZONAL GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL Walter Kohnlein 63 ,/ Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, Massachusetts 0Z138 ...
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