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The South and America Since World War II

The South and America Since World War II

James Charles Cobb

In this superb volume, James C. Cobb provides the first truly comprehensive history of the South since World War II, brilliantly capturing an era of dramatic change, both in the South and in its relationship with the rest of the nation.
Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern ...

Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern ...

James Charles Cobb

Cobb, "surveys the remarkable story of southern identity and its persistence in the face of sweeping changes in the South's economy, society and political structure."--dust jacket.
Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Charles Leerhsen

Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player ever.
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Charles C. Alexander

Portrays the life and personality of Ty Cobb and describes the development of his career as a baseball player
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

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1990): 23–34. —-Gary Ashwill COBB, CHARLES E., JR. (b. 1943), poet, essayist, and journalist. Charles E. Cobb, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C., in 1943. The son of a Methodist minister, he lived in several eastern states before enrolling in ...
Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity

Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity

James C. Cobb

In this insightful book, written with dry wit and sharp insight, James C. Cobb explains how the South first came to be seen--and then came to see itself--as a region apart from the rest of America.
The Crisis

The Crisis

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On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail by Charles E. Cobb Jr. (Algonquin, $18.95) The Civil Rights Movement brought true democracy to the United States. Charles E. Cobb Jr.'s On the Road to Freedom: A Guided ...
Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Charles Leerhsen

"An authoritative, reliable and compelling biography of perhaps the most significant and controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb, drawing in part on newly discovered letters and documents"--
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and ...

The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and ...

James C. Cobb

In this comprehensive account, Cobb offers new insight into "the most southern place on earth," untangling the enigma of grindingly poor but prolifically creative Mississippi Delta.
Globalization and the American South

Globalization and the American South

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James Charles Cobb, William Whitney Stueck. The South and Economic Globalization, 1950 to the Future Alfred E. Eckes A variety of social, economic, political, and cultural forces have transformed the South, and indeed the American nation, ...
Woman of Nobility: The Story of Sophronia Emeline Cobb Dryer

Woman of Nobility: The Story of Sophronia Emeline Cobb Dryer

Nina Bissett

Emma Dryer to Charles Blanchard, 1916, Biographical File of Emma Dryer. 677. Ibid. 678. Getz, The Story of Moody Bible Institute, 23. 679. Letter written by Charles Blanchard to A. P. Fitt, 16 November 1910, Charles Albert Blanchard Papers.
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Charles C. Alexander

Charles C. Alexander. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford London New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and ...
John McGraw

John McGraw

Charles C. Alexander

Charles C. Alexander, a professor of history at Ohio University, Athens, and the author of Ty Cobb, calls John McGraw "perhaps the single most significant figure in baseball's history before Babe Ruth transformed the game with his mammoth ...
War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb

War on the Basepaths: The Definitive Biography of Ty Cobb

Tim Hornbaker

Based on detailed research and analysis, Tim Hornbaker offers the full story of Cobb’s life and career; some of which has been altered for almost a century.
The Man From Boot Hill: Reaper's Fee

The Man From Boot Hill: Reaper's Fee

Marcus Galloway

Barrett Cobb deserved to die and Nick doesn't regret having done the deed. But now a bunch of two-bit outlaws have heard the tale and they're dead set on looting Cobb's final resting place—which the mourner cannot and will not abide.
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles

Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea.
Writings on American History

Writings on American History

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[9826 CHARLES ALBERT JAMES (1841-75). Excerpts from the Mexican diary of Charles Albert James, 1871-72. Edited by Fleming H. James. N. M. hist, rev. , 30: 44-71 (Jan). notes. Record of the author's travels for his health in Coahuila, ...
The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected ...

The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected ...

Una Jeffers

After her marriage to Harry Greenwell ended, she married Oliver C. Cobb (1858– 1914) and lived on the ranch they built on the Eel River near Garberville. A teacher and a talented but isolated writer, Cobb attracted the interest of Joaquin Miller ...
National Union Catalog

National Union Catalog

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OOxM NUC75-70482 Eastwood, Elizabeth Cobb Stewart, 1910- The descendant! of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Compiled by Elizabeth Cobb Stewart. Montpelicr Vt,, Capital City Press, 1968- v. 24 cm "Originslly published by ...
No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists ...

No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists ...

Charles E. Cobb (Jr.)

This book provides a comprehensive, panoramic view of US activism in Africa from 1950 to 2000, activism grounded in a common struggle for justice.
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the ...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the ...

Charles E. Cobb

"Published by arrangement with Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group."
Government Gazette

Government Gazette

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Morton Richards, solicitor Charles Isaac Watson, printer, News Office Walter James Davis, Wesleyan Minister Charles M. ... farmer James Dwyer John Aldous, sen, Edward Aldous, blacksmith Henry W. Preddy John Aldous James Behan ...
Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967

Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967

James B. Lloyd

... Parker James Howell Street Robert L. Phillips, Jr Joseph Beckhan Cobb John Pilkington Stark Young Noel Polk Eudora Welty Peggy Prenshaw Mary Craig Sinclair Pamela Purdon Alma Newton Abe Carl Ravitz Maxwell Bodenheim Edward ...
Language, Hermeneutic, and History: Theology after Barth and ...

Language, Hermeneutic, and History: Theology after Barth and ...

James M. Robinson

James M. Robinson, together with John B. Cobb, published a series of three volumes entitled New Frontiers in Theology: The Later Heidegger and Theology (1963), The New Hermeneutic (1964), and Theology as History (1967).
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event: A Covert-One novel

Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event: A Covert-One novel

James Cobb

An ancient bomber conceals a devastating secret - a stunning Covert-One thriller from the master storyteller.
Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Charles Leerhsen

Details the life of the legendary, record-holding baseball player, who retired in 1928 and became the first inductee into the Hall of Fame, but who has also been categorized as a belligerent, aggressive player and a racist who hated women ...

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