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Mother Jones
Elliott J. GornIn this first biography of "the most dangerous woman in America," Elliott J. Gorn proves why, in the words of Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones "has won her way into the hearts of the nation's toilers, and . . . will be lovingly remembered by ...
Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ
PreviewThe People's Champ Elliott J. Gorn. INTRODUCTION. Elliott. J. Corn. Mention Muhammad Ali's name and you hear stories. Chance meetings with the Champ, unexpected kindnesses, Ali showing up in unlikely places, Ali doing magic tricks ...
A Brief History of American Sports
Elliott J. GornYet immediately after the war, lasting until Richard Kyle Fox tapped that deep well of interest in the 188os, prizefighting went into a steep decline. From the beginning, boxing was the property of the urban underworld. Great champions like Tom ...
The McGuffey Readers: Selections from the 1879 Edition
Elliott J. GornThe most influential books in the history of American education, The McGuffey Readers not only taught reading skills and classic literature but also imparted idealized middle class virtues to millions of schoolchildren.
William Appleman Williams: Learning From History
Paul BuhleKaye, Allen Ruff, George Mosse, LarryGara,Elliott J. Gorn,Jim Lorence, LloydGardner, and BruceCumings. MariJo Buhle'scontributions significantly reshaped the manuscript. Interviewees especially eager tohelp us included, in addition to ...
Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Elliott J. GornTraces Mother Jones's obscure early life as an Irish immigrant, schoolteacher, and dressmaker; details the early deaths of her husband and children; and her role as an agitator who changed the course of the American labor movement.
The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America, ...
Elliott J. GornLegend has it that a few nights later, Richard Kyle Fox dined at Hany Hill's. Spotting Sullivan, he asked the proprietor to send the young man to his table. Sullivan—whose ego and ambitiousness equaled the editor's—allegedly barked that Fox ...
Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right
Michelle M. Nickerson... Janet Fireman, natalie Fousekis, robert Alan Goldberg, elliott Gorn, daniel hosang, Linda Janke, Volker Janssen, Laresh Jayasanker, Matthew Lassiter, sylvia Manzano, Andrew needham, Kim riley, Jeff roche, elizabeth shermer, sam truett, ...
Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public ...
Elliott J. GornAs Dillinger's wild year unfolded, the tale grew larger and larger in newspapers and newsreels, and even today, Dillinger is the subject of pulp literature, serious poetry and fiction, and film. What is the power of his story?
James Croft, His Antecedants and Descendants
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American dynasties today
Wall Street Journal (Firm)associated with two men, Louis Fuentes and Elliott Kaplan, to whom his parents took strong exception. Elliott Kaplan dated Benson's sister, Lynn, who was, for a short time, also a student at Whittier. But Elliott says Ford family pressure finally ...
Address of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott: to the thirty-ninth ...
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Georgia. Bishop (1841-1866 : Elliott)I Spy: The Secret Life of a British Agent
Geoffrey ElliottThis is the extraordinary true story of the quest undertaken by Kavan Elliott's son to discover the truth about his father.
Identity and Belonging: Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in ...
PreviewElliott, ]., and A. Fleras. 1992. ”Immigration and the Canadian Ethnic Mosaic.” In Multiculturalism in Canada, ed. A. Fleras and]. Elliott. Scarborough: Nelson Canada. Fleras, A., and]. Elliott, eds. 1992. Multiculturalism in Canada Scarborough: ...
Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice ...
Anna ElliottJane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued (a clean Regency romance novel) Anna Elliott ... is based on “Young Ladies at Home” by Henry Moses, 1823, recreated by Laura Masselos in Georgiana's style. Anna Elliott can be contacted at ...
The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family
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Elliott Carter
James WierzbickiThis compact introduction to the life and works of composer Elliott Carter provides a fresh perspective on one of the most significant American composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Concepts of the Self
Anthony ElliottAnthony Elliott has written a new preface to this third edition to address some of the most recent developments in the field, and offers a powerful challenge to what he describes as ‘the emergence of anti-theories of the self’.
The Mourning of John Lennon
Anthony ElliottElliott explores the complex, contradictory role of love in Lennon's life, with a particular focus on the themes of guilt and grief, sexuality and desire.
Ebenezer Elliott: Corn Law Rhymer & Poet of the Poor
Ray Hearne"Ebenezer Elliott was the original 'unacknowledged legislator' as his contemporary Shelley called poets.
Elliott Carter: Collected Essays and Lectures, 1937-1995
Elliott CarterAs a whole, the collection is the expression of Carter's musical philosophy, and a valuable record for historians of modern music.
Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke
George Elliott ClarkeIn a selection of Clarke’s best work from his early poetry to his most recent, Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke offers readers an impressive cross-section of those voices.
Dark Moon of Avalon: A Novel of Trystan & Isolde
Anna ElliottSteeped in the magic and lore of Arthurian legend, Elliott paints a moving portrait of a timeless romance, fraught with danger, yet with the power to inspire heroism and transcend even the darkest age.
Who's Better, Who's Best in Golf?
Elliott KalbThe absolute authority in armchair athletes’ disputes, Elliott Kalb uses his well-formed opinions and uncanny sports knowledge to shake up the gentlemanly game of golf.
Mabel Agnes Elliott: Pioneering Feminist, Pacifist Sociologist
Kathryn McGonigalMabel Agnes Elliott: Pioneering Feminist, Pacifist Sociologist provides a history of the life and career of the late Mabel Agnes Elliott (1898-1990), a pioneering female sociologist largely forgotten despite her achievements and ...
Identity Troubles: An Introduction
Anthony ElliottIn this fascinating book, Anthony Elliott shows how global transformations – the new electronic economy, digital worlds, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence - generatesa metamorphosis across the force-field of identities today.
Identity Troubles: An introduction
Anthony ElliottIn this fascinating book, Anthony Elliott shows how global transformations – the new electronic economy, digital worlds, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence - generatesa metamorphosis across the force-field of identities today.
My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up
Stephen ElliottSeveral of the stories feature the enigmatic Eden, the narrator’s polyamorous mistress. With My Girlfriend, Elliott confirms his status as a major young writer of a kind of literary fiction that recalls the work of Genet and Bukowski.
Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People
ReadEVERARD : All book-worms will remember that favourite resort just by — Mr. Joseph Pearce's book shop. At one time it was on the premises now occupied by John Gartside Elliott, a son of Ebenezer Elliott, the druggist, who is famed for his ...
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