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Book Synopsis From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields: The Anna Knight Story by : Dorothy Knight Marsh
Download or read book From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields: The Anna Knight Story written by Dorothy Knight Marsh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields is a compelling and inspiring memoir about Anna Knight, a mixed-race woman who was born in the beginning of post-abolition America and whose life was dedicated to education and to her faith throughout her life. Accomplishing what others could not with so little, this woman of courage and determination, too white to be black and too black to be white, stood up against the moonshiners who threatened her."--Page 4 cover
Book Synopsis From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields by : Fred M. Allen
Download or read book From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields written by Fred M. Allen and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a thirteen year old boy on an East Texas farm, Fred M. Allen read a book about explorer/missionary David Livingstone and was mesmerized. Many years later, he stood at the edge of the mighty Victoria Falls and gazed upon a statue of Livingstone. By then, Allen had spent a lifetime in service for the Lord. From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields reveals the experiences that led Allen to make it his mission to spread God’s Word, beginning with his boyhood in Texas and extending to his decades of work as a missionary in Zambia. Allen began writing his stories for family and friends but realized how much his words could inspire others, after being given a column in a weekly newspaper. Then his brother, Duane Allen of the musical group “The Oak Ridge Boys,” offered to share his stories on social media. Over and over, people asked, “Are these stories in a book?” In this inspiring Christian memoir, Allen looks back on his life, collecting those stories in one place. His experiences highlight the importance of faith, hard work, and walking the path that God intended.
Download or read book Living Up The Street written by Gary Soto and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.
Book Synopsis From the Cotton Field to the Computer Field by : John Robert Finch
Download or read book From the Cotton Field to the Computer Field written by John Robert Finch and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-05-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Cotton Field to the Computer Field is an autobiographical narrative about the life of John Robert Finch. It chronicles his journey through the military, in the work force, and within family exchanges. It also examines the challenges he faced as a black man from the south and his involvement as a descendant of a former slave. The narrative begins (prelude) with the author?s motivation for writing the narrative. He expounds upon the cathartic rewards of writing the work as well as the pride that has come from knowing his roots. He writes about his family as cotton sharecroppers and its unending cycle of work for the landlord, "Regardless of the how hard we worked or how many bales of cotton we produced in a season, we never made enough money in the season to break even with the landlord. Thus, the landlord had us hooked for another cotton life cycle". This book is fascinating--rich in history and cultural flavor. His work illustrate life as a constant process of ups and downs, obstacles and roadblocks, but proves eloquently that challenges are surmountable and that faith should be kept in that, among other things. From the Cotton Field to the Computer Field is a joy to read ? easy and colloquial.
Book Synopsis Cotton Field of Dreams by : Janis F. Kearney
Download or read book Cotton Field of Dreams written by Janis F. Kearney and published by writing our world press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her life as one of seventeen children of sharecroppers growing up in Arkansas and her journey to the White House as the diarist to President Bill Clinton.
Book Synopsis Reading American Photographs by : Alan Trachtenberg
Download or read book Reading American Photographs written by Alan Trachtenberg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1990-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers five documentary sequences or narratives: the antebellum portraits of Mathew Brady and others; the Civil War albums of Alexander Gardner, George Barnard and A.J. Russell; the Western survey and landscape photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan, A.J. Russell, and Carleton Watkins; and social photographs and texts by Alfred Stieglitz and Lewis Hine; as well as documentaries inspired by the Depression, esp. Walker Evans's American Photographs.
Book Synopsis From Cotton Fields to University Leadership by : Charlie Nelms
Download or read book From Cotton Fields to University Leadership written by Charlie Nelms and published by Well House Books. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned leader in higher education provides “a testament to the power of aspiration, character and education to overcome poverty and adversity” (Michael L. Lomax, President & CEO, United Negro College Fund). Charlie Nelms had audaciously big dreams. Growing up black in the Deep South in the 1950s and 1960s, working in cotton fields, and living in poverty, Nelms dared to dream that he could do more with his life than work for white plantation owners sun-up to sun-down. Inspired by his parents, who first dared to dream that they could own their own land and have the right to vote, Nelms chose education as his weapon of choice for fighting racism and inequality. With hard work, determination, and the critical assistance of mentors who counseled him along the way, he found his way from the cotton fields of Arkansas to university leadership roles. Becoming the youngest and the first African American chancellor of a predominately white institution in Indiana, he faced tectonic changes in higher education during those ensuing decades of globalization, growing economic disparity, and political divisiveness. From Cotton Fields to University Leadership is an uplifting story about the power of education, the impact of community and mentorship, and the importance of dreaming big. “In his memoir, the realities of his life take on the qualities of a good docudrama, providing the back story to the development of a remarkable educational leader. His is ‘the examined life,’ filled with honesty, humor, and humility. While this is uniquely Charlie’s story, it is a story that will lift the hearts of many and inspire future generations of leaders.” —Betty J. Overton, Director, National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good
Book Synopsis Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adve by : Thomas Knox
Download or read book Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adve written by Thomas Knox and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Full Many a Flower written by Ruby Dayton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the Great Depression, two year old Molly Whittaker's mother dies and leaves her in the care of her father, Truman, and her two brothers. Truman is desperate to keep his family together but when World War 2 begins, his older son joins and his younger son takes residence with his uncle. Truman and Molly roam the banks of the Mississippi river, he works clearing new ground and picking cotton until he gets a job operating a ferry. But, after a steamer collides with his vessel he fears for Molly's life and tries to find work elsewhere. Truman meets with a farm couple and they persuaded him to leave Molly with them. After a few years, Truman returns with a gypsy wife and her three adolescent sons. Molly is torn from a caring home and thrust into the clutches of this strange family. The Whittaker's take to the road as migrant field workers. A tent provides the only roof over their heads. Periodically, they miscalculate the harvest seasons and fine themselves destitute and near starvation. Truman soon discovers Manita ,his wife, is a soliciting prostitute and chooses to ignore the fact due to the much needed money. During a harrowing drunken episode, Manita pins Truman to the floor with a knife though his chest. Molly witnesses the event. At eight she is orphaned. Molly suffers bells palsy, leaving her face distorted. She refuses to speak. A mute, her teacher labels her incapable of learning and sends her home. Molly grows up illiterate. After the war is over, she comes to live with her brother and his wife, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. There, Molly triumphs over her years of adversity and becomes a prominent southern artist. She acquires an education and finds romance, love and stability..
Book Synopsis Camp-fire and Cotton-field: Southern Adventure in Time of War by : Thomas Wallace Knox
Download or read book Camp-fire and Cotton-field: Southern Adventure in Time of War written by Thomas Wallace Knox and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis My Savage Journey by : Delores Savage
Download or read book My Savage Journey written by Delores Savage and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Delores Savage was eight years old, she moved with her family from the hills and the cotton fields of Oak City, North Carolina, to the big city streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In My Savage Journey, she tells the story of her life in both North Carolina and Philadelphia. She describes going to school and getting her first job at the Robinson Department store. Later, she would spend ten years working at Wanamaker's Department Store, long considered to be the first department store in the United States; now she shares stories of customers-good and bad. She recalls the story of her mother's unhappy marriage to her father in North Carolina and of her mother's rape at age twelve by their pastor-an event that produced her daughter, Annabelle. Because of the times, though, this fact was not shared with anyone outside their family for fear of reprisal from the pastor. Delores also takes us through her life and the birth of her five children. She has lived a life full of ups and downs, love and challenges, but she takes pride in her accomplishments. My Savage Journey is the biography of a strong, faithful woman who is devoted to her remaining family. It's a life story you won't soon forget.
Book Synopsis Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc by :
Download or read book Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Music and Tourism written by Chris Gibson and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and Tourism is the first book to comprehensively examine the links between travel and music. It combines contemporary and historical analysis of the economic and social impact of music tourism, with discussions of the cultural politics of authenticity and identity.
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Book Synopsis Through the Window, Out the Door by : Janis P. Stout
Download or read book Through the Window, Out the Door written by Janis P. Stout and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative and provocative study focuses on the centrality of departure in the texts of five major American women novelists. An important moment in many novels and poems by American women writers occurs when a central character looks out a window or walks out the door of a house. These acts of departure serve to convey such values as the rejection of constraining social patterns, the search for individual fulfillment, and the entry into the political. Janis Stout examines such moments and related patterns of venture and travel in the fiction of five major American novelists of the 20th century: Mary Austin, Willa Cather, Anne Tyler, Toni Morrison, and Joan Didion. Stout views these five writers within a spectrum of narrative engagements with issues of home and departure—a spectrum anchored at one end by Sarah Orne Jewett and at the other by Marilynne Robinson, whose Housekeeping posits a vision of female transience. Through the Window, Out the Door ranges over an expansive territory. Moving between texts as well as between texts and contexts, Stout shows how women writers have envisioned the walls of physical and social structures (including genres) as permeable boundaries, drawing on both a rhetoric of liberation and a rhetoric of domesticity to construct narrative arguments for women's right to move freely between the two. Stout concludes with a personal essay on the dilemmas of domesticity and the ambivalence of departure.
Book Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
