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Mary Peake and the Mighty Acorn

Author : David Messick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733248419
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Mary Peake and the Mighty Acorn written by David Messick and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when teaching your neighbors to read could put you at great risk, one young mother survived the threat of an unjust law, the start of war, and the burning of her town to become a hero to her community and a role model for all. The story of Mary Peake comes to life as never before in this all-new biography of the legendary educator. Born of mixed-race in Norfolk, Virginia, her mother sends her north for an education. As tensions between the North and South escalate, it is now illegal for Mary to continue her education. Even more, it is illegal to teach any black American to read, whether enslaved or free. Mary returns to Virginia and helps her community by creating the Daughters of Zion to help feed and clothe those in need... but soon, she offers much more. Teaching in secret, her skills become well known. When Virginia secedes from the United States and her home and hometown of Hampton are burnt to the ground, she teaches under an oak tree on what is now the grounds of Hampton University. Moreover, that tree becomes the spot where Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation is first read in the South. Mary Peake and the Mighty Acorn is profusely illustrated with original art, historic photos, and modern images of the places where Mary lived and taught. The book was written with the assistance of the Contraband Historical Society and with full access to archives from the Hampton University Library. Created to be fully accessible to fifth grade readers, it provides a strong introduction to Mary's work for any reader.

Mary S. Peake

Author : Rev Lewis C. Lockwood
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ISBN 13 : 9781409972587
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Mary S. Peake written by Rev Lewis C. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Smith (nee Kelsey) Peake (1823-1862), an American teacher and humanitarian, is best known for having taught children of former slaves under the Emancipation Oak tree in 1861, the first educational effort from which grew Hampton University. She was a free citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Her father was an Englishman and her mother was a free black woman. When Mary was six, her mother sent her to Alexandria (then part of the District of Columbia) for the purpose of attending school. She remained there in school for about ten years, until a law of the United States Congress was enacted to the effect that the law of Virginia in relation to free mixed people should prevail in the District of Columbia. When she finished her education, she returned to her mother, at Norfolk, where Mary secretly taught slaves for years. She founded an organization called the Daughters of Zion. The focus of this organization was to give assistance to the poor and the sick. A book about her, Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe was written shortly after her death by Reverend Lewis Conger Lockwood (1815-1904).

Virginia Born

Author : David Messick
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ISBN 13 : 9781733248488
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Virginia Born written by David Messick and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia is a rich and diverse state that has been the birthplace of many influential people. "Virginia Born - Amazing People from the Commonwealth" tells the story of seven of those people.We start with Pocahontas who united Native American and British colonists as America's first Ambassador. George Washington helps us found a new nation by becoming "the man who would not be king." Another Washington from the state, Booker T. Washington, begins his life as an enslaved child who dreams of going to school. Once his dream comes true, he shares the gift of education with others.We learn that Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is not the man in the famous song. He is, instead, a gifted dancer who generously shares his dancing and his wealth with others. Patsy Cline and Ella Fitzgerald struggle through difficult childhoods to become singing legends.Arthur Ashe refines his athletic skills to become a tennis great. He then uses his fame to bring justice to people in South Africa.The book is generously illustrated with original paintings, rare historic images and new photographs of historic sites around the Commonwealth of Virginia.

You Can Do That?

Author : David Messick
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ISBN 13 : 9781733248457
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book You Can Do That? written by David Messick and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you ever wonder what it might be like to be a pirate or wish you could catch a dinosaur? Did you ever dream of soaring through space? Did you ever wish you could drive a monster truck or be a mermaid? Well, now you can meet people who actually do these amazing jobs for a living. You will learn of a husband-and-wife team who ride a unicorn and Pegasus. You will visit with a creative sculptor who builds giant dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. You'll meet talented historic interpreters who transform into characters like Blackbeard the Pirate. Then there's the young lady who gazed into a telescope as a little girl. She grew up to help us land on Mars and explore space with the largest telescopes ever created. It's all a part of "You Can Do That? -- Amazing People with Amazing Jobs." Filled with photographs, many that have never been published before.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Author : Albert Pike
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry written by Albert Pike and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry" by Albert Pike. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series)

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series) written by James Joyce and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is considered to be one of the most important works of modernist literature, and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between its characters and events and those of the poem (the correspondence of Leopold Bloom to Odysseus, Molly Bloom to Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus). Joyce divided Ulysses into 18 chapters or "episodes". At first glance much of the book may appear unstructured and chaotic; Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel "immortality". James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses, the short-story collection Dubliners, and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake.

The Signal Corps

Author : Dulany Terrett
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ISBN 13 : 9781258451820
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Signal Corps written by Dulany Terrett and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Army In World War II, The Technical Services.

History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It

Author : John Ackerson Erredge
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book History of Brighthelmston; or, Brighton as I View it and Others Knew It written by John Ackerson Erredge and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an incredible history of Brighton, earlier known as Brighthelmstone, a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove. It is located on the south coast of England, in East Sussex. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The writer entertains the readers with vivid descriptions of the site and several unknown facts. In addition, histories of the places and brief biographies of famous people that lived there are also included in this book.

Osbulbaha

Author : Robert D. Windes
Publisher : Hansebooks
ISBN 13 : 9783348050845
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Osbulbaha written by Robert D. Windes and published by Hansebooks. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osbulbaha is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Tolkien

Author : B. Rosebury
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230599982
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Tolkien written by B. Rosebury and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and discriminating account of Tolkien's work has been revised and expanded, to take account both of recent developments in scholarship, and of the recent films directed by Peter Jackson. Tracing the development of Tolkien's creative technique over several decades, it explores the bewildering profusion of shorter works, as well as devoting an extended analysis to The Lord of the Rings . Chapters consider Tolkien's contribution to the history of ideas, and review the reception of the Lord of the Rings film adaptations and other popular adaptations of his work.

Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892

Author : Edmund Jennings Lee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892 written by Edmund Jennings Lee and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical and genealogical sketches of the descendants of Colonel Richard Lee, with brief notices of the related families of Allerton, Armistead, Ashton, Aylett, Bedinger, Beverley, Bland, Bolling, Carroll, Carter, Chambers, Corbin, Custis, Digges, Fairfax, Fitzhugh, Gardner, Grymes, Hanson, Jenings, Jones, Ludwell, Marshall, Mason, Page, Randolph, Shepherd, Shippen, Tabb, Taylor, Turberville, Washington, and others.

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854

Author : Jones
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 written by Jones and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

National American Kennel Club Stud Book

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book National American Kennel Club Stud Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Songs of the West

Author : F. W. Bussell
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Songs of the West written by F. W. Bussell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of folk songs from the West of England, specifically Devon and Cornwall. The songs were collected from the mouths of the people by various authors, including F. W. Bussell, S. Baring-Gould, and H. Fleetwood Sheppard, and edited by Cecil J. Sharp. The book includes a wide range of songs on various themes, including love, work, and local legends and traditions of the West of England. Some of the songs are well-known, such as "John Barleycorn" and "Widdicombe Fair," while others are more obscure.

The Memoir of Ednah Shephard Thomas

Author : Ednah Shepard Thomas
Publisher : CSU Open Press
ISBN 13 : 9781607328636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book The Memoir of Ednah Shephard Thomas written by Ednah Shepard Thomas and published by CSU Open Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at what it was to be a Writing Program Administrator during the period from after World War II up to the time of the early 1970s

Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870

Author : James Pierce Root
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870 written by James Pierce Root and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Tall, the Tough, and the Tiny

Author : David Messick
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ISBN 13 : 9781733248402
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book The Tall, the Tough, and the Tiny written by David Messick and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're a whole lot alike... and just a little different... and when we work together, we can make a big difference! The Tall, the Tough, and Tiny is the simple tale of three unique creatures living on the plains in Africa. There s the tall giraffe, the tough and rugged elephant, and the tiny mouse. They have little use or appreciation for one another until a fire sweeps the land and destroys all the food on the plain. It is then, that their unique gifts help them to survive... The elephant uses his memory to recall where they may find food. The giraffe uses his long neck and excellent eyesight to spot the location. But they need the tiny mouse to help them get the food. This story has been dramatized by the Rainbow Puppets and presented in schools across the country to share the importance of getting along. Originally commissioned by the Holocaust Commission to teach unity... it has now been seen in other countries including Africa and Ireland. Now it s available as a colorful storybook to read again and again.