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Tragic Failure: Racial Integration in America

Tragic Failure: Racial Integration in America

Tom Wicker

For twenty-five years Tom Wicker wrote for The New York Times with passion and intelligence, educating a generation of readers on important social and political issues of the day.
Those Funny Flamingos

Those Funny Flamingos

Jan Lee Wicker

Copyright © 2004 by Jan Lee Wicker All photographs © Jan Lee Wicker and Chris Wicker Photographs were taken at the ... of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Wicker, Jan Lee, 1953- Those funny flamingos / by Jan Lee Wicker. p. cm.
Unto this Hour: A Novel

Unto this Hour: A Novel

Tom Wicker

This monumental novel vividly recounts five long days in Virginia in August 1862, when an outnumbered Confederate army delivered a smashing blow to Union forces.
A time to die

A time to die

Tom Wicker

The New York Times columnist and editor recounts his observations, experiences, and feelings as an inmate-selected, Southern-raised, white liberal mediator during the Attica prison revolt
Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy

Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy

Tom Wicker

An examination of Joseph McCarthy's ambition and record attempts to discover the motivations behind his demagoguery as the anti-Communist cause already had been embraced by the Republican Party as a whole, a cause that turned into a flood. ...
One of us: Richard Nixon and the American dream

One of us: Richard Nixon and the American dream

Tom Wicker

America's leading liberal journalist revisits the case of Richard Nixon, taking a fresh look at this political enigma and offering a rereading of contemporary history
Dwight D. Eisenhower: The American Presidents Series: The ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower: The American Presidents Series: The ...

Tom Wicker

The presidency of the American military hero-turned-politician is reexamined to reveal a deeply flawed administration beset by McCarthyism, civil rights disturbances, and Cold War brinksmanship.
The Colson Way: Loving Your Neighbor and Living with Faith ...

The Colson Way: Loving Your Neighbor and Living with Faith ...

Owen Strachan

Interview with Hayes Wicker, January 7, 2015, by phone. Interview with John Michael LaRue, July 13, 2014, Louisville, Kentucky. Interview with Wicker. Randy Boyagoda, Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square (Colorado Springs: ...
On the Record: An Insider's Guide to Journalism

On the Record: An Insider's Guide to Journalism

Tom Wicker

Avoiding rigid "do and don't" lists, On the Record teaches the underlying principles and practices of good journalism, and offers readers a unique and practical approach to negotiating the challenges reporters face every day.
The Pocket Magazine

The Pocket Magazine

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And I answered, “What the devil does Tom Vowler want?” “Wrong end forward,” he cried. “It is the devil that is prowling for Tom Vowler; and small account the others be; but now he calleth—Tom, Tom, Tom ” This was beyond my understanding.
The Case for Combat: How Presidents Persuade Americans to Go ...

The Case for Combat: How Presidents Persuade Americans to Go ...

Edward J. Lordan

How Presidents Persuade Americans to Go to War Edward J. Lordan. 22. Foot, The Wrong ... Robert E. Denton, Jr., in American Rhetoric in the Vietnam War by J . Justin Gustainis (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993), Foreword. 2. Tom Wicker, JFK ...
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Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, ...

Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, ...

Jim Harmon

The only fictional presentation of Tom Mix with a sense of humor came in the movie Sunset, starring Bruce Willis as Tom Mix ... Tom Mix by one of his ex-wives, Olive Stokes Mix, and The Life and Legend of Tom Mix by Paul E. Mix, a cousin.
American Craftsmen: A Novel

American Craftsmen: A Novel

Tom Doyle

A Novel Tom Doyle. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, ... The Libraryof Congress has catalogedthe printedition as follows: Doyle, Tom, 1964– American craftsmen /Tom Doyle. — First edition. p. cm. “A TomDohertyAssociates Book.
Tom is Dead

Tom is Dead

Marie Darrieussecq

This edition is translated by Lia Hills. Tom died when he was four. To stop herself from forgetting him, his mother tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. She strives to describe it all as precisely as possible.
Cowboy at the Crossroads & That Cowboy's Kids

Cowboy at the Crossroads & That Cowboy's Kids

Linda Warren

Tom, this is Al Carroll, the best remodeling contractor in the business. Al, Tom Butler, homeowner.” “And movie star,” Al said dryly. Tom shook his hand. “Not exactly. I knew there was a reason I always went to the same barber all these years.
Tom's Rabbit: A Novel

Tom's Rabbit: A Novel

Meredith Hooper

In 1910 on a voyage to Antarctica aboard the ship Terra Nova, Tom searches for a warm place for his rabbit and returns after Christmas dinner to find a surprise. Based on the diary of Tom Crean.
Tom Pritchard, Greatness Denied

Tom Pritchard, Greatness Denied

Paul Williams

"Tom Pritchard, a Taranaki boy, has had an extraordinary life, one that turned entirely on a never-to-be-forgotten week at the end of World War II. A fast bowler - one of the fastest produced by New Zealand - Tom played only once for his ...
Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel

Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel

C. Vann Woodward

“demagogue” and a “Muckraker” who was “run by Tom Watson.” He had “ surrendered his convictions and his democratic allegiance to Tom Watson for the latter's support.” In a surprisingly accurate prophecy, the Constitution predicted: “ The ...
Alinsky's Diamond

Alinsky's Diamond

Tom McHale

PENNSYCVANtA STATE UWVERSITT COMMONWEALTH CAMPUSES U8RAKCT DELAWARE COUNT* CAMPUS ALINSRY'S DIAMOND A Novel by Tom McHale BALLANTTNE BOOKS • NEW YORK Copyright © 1974 by Tom McHale All ...
New Work New York: Tom Butter, Tom Evans, John Fekner, ...

New Work New York: Tom Butter, Tom Evans, John Fekner, ...

Lynn Gumpert

Tom Butter, Tom Evans, John Fekner, Judith Hudson, Peter Julian, Cheryl Laemmle Lynn Gumpert, Judith Hudson, Peter Julian, Cheryl Leammle, Tom Evans, Ned Rifkin, Tom Butter ...
Jamestown

Jamestown

Tom Domek

Tom Domek, Journé Domek, Keith Norman. m of America JAMESTQWN Tom Domek, ]0urné Domek, and Keith Norman 1:': ARCADIA P u B L l s H l NG Copyright © 2013 by Tom Domek, ]ourné Domek, and Keith.
The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

Old Tom Morris

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris, by David Joy, is truly a unique presentation of the life and golf career of this legendary figure.
The Illustrated Slave: Empathy, Graphic Narrative, and the ...

The Illustrated Slave: Empathy, Graphic Narrative, and the ...

Martha J. Cutter

On the frequent reprinting of this image, see Hochman, “Uncle Tom's Cabin,”71, and Jo-Ann Morgan, Uncle Tom's Cabin, 11, 27. 12. Tom reads by himself, but the threat of literacy—and its connection with black rebellion—is safely contained  ...
Tom Stoppard: The Moral Vision of the Major Plays

Tom Stoppard: The Moral Vision of the Major Plays

P. Delany

Jon Bradshaw, Tom Stoppard, Nonstop: Word Games with a Hit Playwright', New York, 10 (10 January 1977), p. 51. Tom Stoppard, 'Ambushes for the Audience: Towards a High Comedy of Ideas'. Theatre Quarterly, 4, no. 14 (May–July 1974),  ...
Who on Earth Is Tom Baker?

Who on Earth Is Tom Baker?

Tom BAKER

Tom Baker's autobiography covers his childhood in the poor, spirited Irish community in Liverpool; his six years as a monk; his struggling times as an out-of-work actor; and onto appearances alongside Olivier at the National Theatre, work ...
Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce

Philippa Pearce. I. n following the course of Tom's historical researches and his reasoning, we have gone a little ahead upon the order of events—as Tom perceived them—in the garden. The treehouse in which he and Hatty quarrelled was ...

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