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Download or read book Hardin's Legacy written by R. Bunch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardin Hammond was just an infant in his mother's arms when the family was thrown out of their home by Federal soldiers in August of 1862, the beginning of the Civil War. Hardin's parents, John Robert and Mary Owen Hammond, moved their family deeper into the Missouri countryside to escape the war. By following his father's sage advice, Hardin grew to be a hardworking and honest man. He faced many challenges in his forty-six years of life. He outwitted would-be thieves and murderers at age fifteen while traveling alone to attend business school in Quincy, Illinois. He mourned the loss of nine of his thirteen siblings and that of his beloved wife, Lillie, when she was only thirty-eight-years-old. Because of his vow to "do the right thing," Hardin experienced many successes. His ranch, Pleasant Valley Stock Farm, flourished, and he was recognized in his community for his service to humanity and his upright moral and ethical values. Based upon the Hammond family history preserved throughout the years, Hardin's Legacy is one man's story of success, compassion, love, and tragedy. His values and philosophy were embodied in his life's motto, "endeavor to do right."
Book Synopsis Legends of the West by : Charles River Editors
Download or read book Legends of the West written by Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures. *Includes quotes from Hardin's autobiography about his life and notorious events. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "I never killed anyone who didn't need killing." - John Wesley Hardin Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the "Wild West," which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorful portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind. In Charles River Editors' Legends of the West series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most famous frontier figures in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. America has always preferred heroes who weren't clean cut, an informal ode to the rugged individualism and pioneering spirit that defined the nation in previous centuries. After the early 19th century saw the glorification of frontier folk heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, a new breed of folk icons inhabited the Wild West, and one of the most notorious and controversial of them all is John Wesley Hardin, still regarded today as Texas' most deadly gunfighter and most famous outlaw. Outlaws like Jesse James and Billy the Kid robbed and fought their way into dime novels, but Hardin managed to write his own way in, all while his encounters with the law in the South during Reconstruction made him a hero of sorts among Southerners. Hardin managed a stint in prison, claimed to have killed dozens of men, had an encounter with Wild Bill Hickok, and was even alleged to have killed a man because he was snoring. Despite all that activity, Hardin also managed to write an autobiography of his life, a unique feat among most outlaws of the era, who were too busy merely trying to avoid justice and/or death. Of course, Hardin's claims in the autobiography have also been subjected to much scrutiny by historians, even as his reputation and legacy were hardened by his life and notorious death. While he had several documented and well-known brushes with the law and other famous Westerners, historians still attempt to sort out the facts from the legends. Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of John Wesley Hardin chronicles the outlaw's life and examines the myths and legends surrounding his story. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Hardin like you never have before, in no time at all.
Book Synopsis The Eyes of Texas by : Gilbert Morris
Download or read book The Eyes of Texas written by Gilbert Morris and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C.1 ST. AID B & T. 07-05-2007. $13.99.
Book Synopsis Just for a Thrill by : James Dickerson
Download or read book Just for a Thrill written by James Dickerson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lillian Lil Hardin was a pioneer for women in jazz. After studying at Fisk University, the Chicago College of Music, and the New York College of Music, Lil joined Sugar Johnny's Creole Orchestra and then moved on to Freddie Keppard's Original Creole Orchestra. In the 1920's Lil began playing in King Oliver's world-famous Creole Jazz Band, becoming the first female jazz musician of renown. She was well-established in Chicago as a pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader before she met and married Louis Armstrong in 1924. She was the only member of Armstrong's group that could read music. Based on extensive research, Dickerson's stunning biography is the first to examine this musical iconoclast's life and career.
Book Synopsis The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by : Patricia Nelson Limerick
Download or read book The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West written by Patricia Nelson Limerick and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today.
Book Synopsis The Life of John Wesley Hardin by : John Wesley Hardin
Download or read book The Life of John Wesley Hardin written by John Wesley Hardin and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of Hardin County, Tennessee by : B. G. Brazelton
Download or read book A History of Hardin County, Tennessee written by B. G. Brazelton and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio by : Minnie Ichler Kohler
Download or read book A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio written by Minnie Ichler Kohler and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introduction to Sustainable Development - Volume I by : David V. J.Bell
Download or read book Introduction to Sustainable Development - Volume I written by David V. J.Bell and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Sustainable Development is a component of Encyclopedia of Development and Economic Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on “Introduction to Sustainable Development implies processes of fundamental change in our social systems and institutions. The thrust of this change [entails] … addressing the … new global awareness that the earth is finite, and all of the planet's life support systems – including social and economic systems – are globally interconnected and interdependent.” This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
Download or read book A Wicked War written by Amy S. Greenberg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the often forgotten U.S.-Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world—from Indian fights and Manifest Destiny, to secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one to read.” —The New York Review of Books Often overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America’s first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.
Download or read book Custerology written by Michael A. Elliott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the most famous defeat in U.S. military history. Outnumbered and exhausted, the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its 400 men, and every soldier under Custer’s direct command was killed. It’s easy to understand why this tremendous defeat shocked the American public at the time. But with Custerology, Michael A. Elliott tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle still haunts the American imagination today. Weaving vivid historical accounts of Custer at Little Bighorn with contemporary commemorations that range from battle reenactments to the unfinished Crazy Horse memorial, Elliott reveals a Custer and a West whose legacies are still vigorously contested. He takes readers to each of the important places of Custer’s life, from his Civil War home in Michigan to the site of his famous demise, and introduces us to Native American activists, Park Service rangers, and devoted history buffs along the way. Elliott shows how Custer and the Indian Wars continue to be both a powerful symbol of America’s bloody past and a crucial key to understanding the nation’s multicultural present. “[Elliott] is an approachable guide as he takes readers to battlefields where Custer fought American Indians . . . to the Michigan town of Monroe that Custer called home after he moved there at age 10 . . . to the Black Hills of South Dakota where Custer led an expedition that gave birth to a gold rush."—Steve Weinberg, Atlanta Journal-Constitution “By ‘Custerology,’ Elliott means the historical interpretation and commemoration of Custer and the Indian Wars in which he fought not only by those who honor Custer but by those who celebrate the Native American resistance that defeated him. The purpose of this book is to show how Custer and the Little Bighorn can be and have been commemorated for such contradictory purposes.”—Library Journal “Michael Elliott’s Custerology is vivid, trenchant, engrossing, and important. The American soldier George Armstrong Custer has been the subject of very nearly incessant debate for almost a century and a half, and the debate is multicultural, multinational, and multimedia. Mr. Elliott's book provides by far the best overview, and no one interested in the long-haired soldier whom the Indians called Son of the Morning Star can afford to miss it.”—Larry McMurtry
Book Synopsis John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman by : Chuck Parsons
Download or read book John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman written by Chuck Parsons and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers.
Book Synopsis The Sun Does Shine by : Anthony Ray Hinton
Download or read book The Sun Does Shine written by Anthony Ray Hinton and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--
Book Synopsis Chronicles of Hardinton: Charlie's Story by : Willow Hill
Download or read book Chronicles of Hardinton: Charlie's Story written by Willow Hill and published by Willow Hill. This book was released on 2024-07-14 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unveiling the Chronicles of Hardinton: Charlie's Story Welcome to Hardinton Village, a place where ancient magic hums beneath the surface and whispers fill the wind. Here, the Chronicles of Hardinton unfold, a tale woven with wonder, bravery, and the enduring spirit of a community. Journey with Charlie, a curious young wizard, as he delves into the village's mystical heritage. Alongside his spirited companions, Charlie confronts age-old secrets, untamed creatures, and the shadows threatening to engulf their beloved home. Uncover the wisdom of revered elders, their eyes holding the weight of generations. Witness the unwavering courage of guardians who stand against darkness, their magic a shield against encroaching danger. Experience the warmth of a vibrant village bustling with life. From the mischievous pranks of young apprentices to the comforting presence of friendly ghosts, the Chronicles of Hardinton capture the heart of a community bound by magic and tradition. But a darkness stirs. Ancient pacts teeter on the brink, and whispers of forgotten evils echo through the woods. Will the magic of Hardinton be enough to defend its people? Will Charlie and his friends unlock the village's deepest secrets in time? Embark on a captivating adventure in the Chronicles of Hardinton, where magic, friendship, and courage collide!
Book Synopsis History along the Way by : Dan K. Utley
Download or read book History along the Way written by Dan K. Utley and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texans love stories, and the 15,000 roadside markers along the state’s highways and byways testify to the abundance of tales to tell. History along the Way recounts the narratives behind and beyond more than one hundred Texas roadside markers. Peopled with colorful characters—a national leader of Camp Fire Girls, an army engineer who mapped the Republic of Texas frontier, a hunter of mammoth bones, a ragtime composer, civil rights leaders, and an iconic rock star, among others—the book gives readers an intriguing and expanded look at the details, challenges, and lives commemorated by the words cast in metal on these wayside markers scattered across the Lone Star landscape. Also recounted in History along the Way are the stories of historic structures (from roadside architecture and elaborate West Texas hotels to university Old Mains and country schoolhouses of Gillespie County), engineering features (the Hidalgo Pumphouse in South Texas and the Rainbow Bridge in East Texas), and even town mascots (a jackrabbit, a mule, and a prairie dog). Accompanied by helpful maps, colorful photographs, and informative sidebars, History along the Way is guaranteed to inform, amuse, and intrigue. Every part of Texas gets a visit in this anthology of select sites, making it easy for travelers—both the armchair and touring varieties—to enjoy and learn about the fascinating nooks and crannies of history captured in all their variety by the roadside markers of Texas.
Book Synopsis Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy by : Angela Franks
Download or read book Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Legacy written by Angela Franks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Sanger, the American birth-control and population-control advocate who founded Planned Parenthood, stands like a giant among her contemporaries. With her dominating yet winning personality, she helped generate shifts of opinion on issues that were not even publicly discussed prior to her activism, while her leadership was arguably the single most important factor in achieving social and legislative victories that set the parameters for today's political discussion of family-planning funding, population-control aid, and even sex education. This work addresses Sanger's ideas concerning birth control, eugenics, population control, and sterilization against the backdrop of the larger eugenic context.
Book Synopsis Summary of Lara Love Hardin's The Many Lives of Mama Love by : Milkyway Media
Download or read book Summary of Lara Love Hardin's The Many Lives of Mama Love written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Lara Love Hardin's The Many Lives of Mama Love in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Many Lives of Mama Love" by Lara Love Hardin is a memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey from a troubled childhood to a life marred by addiction, crime, and incarceration, and eventually to redemption and success as a writer. Hardin's early escape into the world of books evolves into a series of addictions, culminating in heroin use...
