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My Father's Bonus March

Author : Adam Langer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0385530285
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book My Father's Bonus March written by Adam Langer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To his friends, Seymour Langer was one of the brightest kids to emerge from Chicago’s Depression-era Jewish West Side. To his family, he was a driven and dedicated physician, a devoted father and husband. But to his Adam, youngest son, Seymour was also an enigma: a somewhat distant figure to whom Adam could never quite measure up, a worldly man who never left the city of Chicago during the last third of his life, a would-be author who spoke for years of writing a history of the Bonus March of 1932, when twenty thousand World War I veterans descended on the nation’s capital to demand compensation. Using this dramatic but overlooked event in U.S. history as a means of understanding his relationship with his father, Adam Langer sets out to uncover why the Bonus March intrigued Seymour Langer, whose personal history seemed to be artfully obscured by a mix of evasiveness and exaggeration. The author interweaves the story of the Bonus March and interviews with such individuals as history aficionado Senator John Kerry and the writer and critic Norman Podhoretz with his own reminiscences and those of his father’s relatives, colleagues, and contemporaries. In the process, he explores the nature of memory while creating a moving, multilayered portrait of both his father and his father’s generation.

The Bonus Army

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486837246
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Bonus Army written by Paul Dickson and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research, this highly praised history recounts the 1932 march on Washington by 15,000 World War I veterans and the protest's role in the transformation of American society. "Recommended." — Library Journal.

The Bonus

Author : Georgia Lowe
Publisher : Lucky Dime Press
ISBN 13 : 0615371450
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Bonus written by Georgia Lowe and published by Lucky Dime Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bonus: a novel of the Great Depression by Georgia Lowe ,is the culmination of 10 years research. It also comes from a desire to tell the story of the 20,000+Bonus marchers-including Georgia's parents and their cross-country trek to DC to make their voices heard. These WWI veterans & hardy souls,in the midst of the Depression and fueled largely by their frustrations & determination- stood up to a non-responsive government & President Hoover. The Bonus tells an enriching story of a little known yet pivotal event in US 20th century history. A strong read for veterans, their families, those interested in social movements and general fiction readers. Journalist Will & actress Bonnie's engaging love story is masterfully woven around and through the historical events. Many will also get haunting echoes of Hoover/FDR and its relevance to today.

On the Land of My Father

Author : Bevelyn Charlene Exposé
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786478500
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book On the Land of My Father written by Bevelyn Charlene Exposé and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evokes a time and place that is central to the American experience, a past to be remembered. This simple and direct narrative of family values and connections to the land is full of description. Land ownership bonded a black family to its white neighbors in segregated southern Mississippi in the 1940s. The author's father and brothers served in segregated armed forces to protect their country, and returned home to a segregated society. Working the land gave its workers identity, pride, and a feeling of competence. Education provided independence and freedom, and religion was the glue that held the family together.

The GI Bill Boys

Author : Stella Suberman
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572338938
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book The GI Bill Boys written by Stella Suberman and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her warm and witty new memoir, Stella Suberman charms readers with her personal perspective as she recalls the original 1940s GI Bill. As she writes of the bill and the epic events that spawned it, she manages, in her crisp way, to personalize and humanizes them in order to entertain and to educate. Although her story is in essence that of two Jewish families, it echoes the story of thousands of Americans of that period. Her narrative begins with her Southern family and her future husband’s Northern one – she designates herself and her husband as “Depression kids” – as they struggle through the Great Depression. In her characteristically lively style, she recounts the major happenings of the era: the Bonus March of World War I veterans; the attack on Pearl Harbor; the Roosevelt/New Deal years; the rise of Hitler’s Nazi party and the Holocaust; the second World War; and the post-war period when veterans returned home to a collapsed and jobless economy. She then takes the reader to the moment when the GI Bill appeared, the glorious moment, as she writes, when returning veterans realized they had been given a future. As her husband begins work on his Ph.D., she focuses on the GI men and their wives as college life consumed them. It is the time also of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the “Red Scare,” of the creation of an Israeli state, of the Korean War, and of other important issues, and she discusses them forthrightly. Throughout this section she writes of how the GI’s doggedly studied, engaged in critical thinking (perhaps for the first time), discovered their voices. As she suggests, it was not the 1930’s anymore, and the GI Bill boys were poised to give America an authentic and robust middle class. Stella Suberman is the author of two popular and well-reviewed titles: The Jew Store and When It Was OurWar. In its starred review, Booklist called The Jew Store “an absolute pleasure,” and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote that it was “valuable history as well as a moving story.” When It Was Our War received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and in another starred review, Kirkus Reviews described it as “Engaging . . . A remarkable story that resonates with intelligence and insight.” Mrs. Suberman lives with her husband, Jack, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I

Author : Michael A. Eggleston
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786497491
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The 5th Marine Regiment Devil Dogs in World War I written by Michael A. Eggleston and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 8,000 men served in the Fifth Marine Regiment during World War I and the occupation of Germany. Marine units were among the first to arrive in war-torn Europe in 1917, and they sustained greater casualties than other American units. This book tells the story of the "Devil Dogs" in World War I and the years after through the recollections of veterans recorded over the past century. The influenza epidemic that raged during the war is discussed. An annotated roster of the regiment lists each Marine, with service details provided where known.

Proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Budget for Veterans' Programs

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Budget for Veterans' Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New York Supreme Court

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Spy Runner

Author : Eugene Yelchin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250120829
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Spy Runner written by Eugene Yelchin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spy Runner, a noir mystery middle grade novel from Newbery Honor author Eugene Yelchin, a boy stumbles upon a secret that jeopardizes American national security. It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake’s mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake’s dad, who went missing in action during World War II. But Jake is skeptical; the facts just don’t add up. And he’s determined to discover the truth—no matter what he risks. Godwin Books

The Thieves of Manhattan

Author : Adam Langer
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588369579
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Thieves of Manhattan written by Adam Langer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famously false memoirs of James Frey may be yesterday’s news, but as this funny riff reminds us, literary fakes are as old as literature itself. Ian Minot is an aspiring writer who labors over short stories that seem destined to remain unread. His beautiful Romanian girlfriend, Anya Petrescu, finds success more easily—and leaves Ian for Blade Markham, a bloviating ex-gangbanger whose “so-called memoir” is a best-seller. When Ian is approached by ex-editor Jed Roth, who wants Ian to publish Jed’s pulpy tale of book theft and murder as a memoir, then renounce it, it’s a chance for both of them to get revenge: Jed on his former employer, and Ian on the world. Although Langer may be too cute for some (he employs made-up slang in which a penis is a portnoy), he does an engaging job with the hall-of-mirrors plot. And if readers can predict that the book they’re reading is the one that Ian ends up writing, they’ll never guess the ending. Just when you want a surprising twist, Langer delivers several.

BONUS Dad! BONUS Mom!

Author : Monique Honaman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940237084
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book BONUS Dad! BONUS Mom! written by Monique Honaman and published by . This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "BONUS Dad! BONUS Mom!" is a friendly way to teach children about the role of a step-parent. The book focuses on the day-to-day activities of a Bonus parent while teaching values like responsibility, cooperation, determination, respect and love. The characters are a fun-loving family of dogs and are presented in a colorful and whimsical way.

Never Give In

Author : Sen. Arlen Specter
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429944153
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Never Give In written by Sen. Arlen Specter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not simply the memoir of a cancer survivor. Nor is it just the memoir of a respected senator. This is an unprecedented glimpse into a man who is both. It is inspiration for people of all political persuasions; of how to persevere and succeed---despite what the doctors may say, despite what the tests might show. In early 2004, Senator Specter was in the midst of a grueling primary race, facing significant opposition from the right as he worked to win his party's nomination to run for reelection for his Pennsylvania senate seat. It would be the most difficult election in his quarter-century career in the Senate. Following on its heels were two more challenges---the general-election race and opposition to his elevation as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, his lifelong ambition. He overcame all three challenges in time for his seventy-fifth birthday. But exhaustion and fatigue---initially thought to be the aftereffects of months of vigorous campaigning---were found to be far more serious. After a series of tests and consultation with several doctors, Specter was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, Stage IVB, the most advanced stage. He had received death sentences before and lived to tell about it. To Senator Specter, this diagnosis was another challenge. After all, he still had a job to do. His cancer treatments came as he reached the height of his power---surrounded by political storms that polarized Washington and threatened to shut the Senate down. His leadership positions made it his job to manage Supreme Court nominations and public- health appropriations as he faced his own illness. He had fought on public-health issues for years, but now it added potency to the message that the messenger was ailing himself. The phrase "Never give in" became Specter's mantra, invoking the famous words from Churchill in his battle with cancer. This moving book describes the treatment the Senator received and offers his advice on how to handle the side effects (both visible and private), hair loss, and of course, maintain a nearly daily squash regimen. So, how does one move forward when faced with mortality? It's simple. Work.

Crossing California

Author : Adam Langer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440628297
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Crossing California written by Adam Langer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing California is a cinematic and unforgettable look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties. California Avenue, in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This funny and heartbreaking novel, which spans the Iran hostage crisis through the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, tells the story of three families and their teenage children living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history.

The Salinger Contract

Author : Adam Langer
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453297901
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Salinger Contract written by Adam Langer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling literary mystery that connects some of the world’s most famous authors—from Norman Mailer and Truman Capote to B. Traven and J. D. Salinger—to a sinister collector in Chicago Adam Langer, the narrator of this deft and wide-ranging novel by the author of the same name, tells the intertwining tales of two writers navigating a plot neither one of them could have ever imagined. There may be no other escape than to write their way out of it. Adam is a writer and stay-at-home dad in Bloomington, Indiana, drawn into an uneasy friendship with the charismatic and bestselling thriller author Conner Joyce. Conner is having trouble writing his next book, and when a menacing stranger approaches him with an odd—and lucrative—proposal, events quickly begin to spiral out of control. A novel of literary crimes and misdemeanors, The Salinger Contract will delight anyone who loves a fast-paced story told with humor, wit, and intrigue.

The Thieves of Manhattan

Author : Adam Langer
Publisher : Spiegel & Grau
ISBN 13 : 1400068916
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thieves of Manhattan written by Adam Langer and published by Spiegel & Grau. This book was released on 2010 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enraged about the literary successes of his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Ian, an aspiring writer and coffee shop employee, becomes involved in a scheme to pen a bogus memoir and discovers unsettling industry hypocrisies.

Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America

Author : Jennifer D. Keene
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801874468
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America written by Jennifer D. Keene and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a democratic government conscript citizens, turn them into soldiers who can fight effectively against a highly trained enemy, and then somehow reward these troops for their service? In Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America, Jennifer D. Keene argues that the doughboy experience in 1917–18 forged the U.S. Army of the twentieth century and ultimately led to the most sweeping piece of social-welfare legislation in the nation's history—the G.I. Bill. Keene shows how citizen-soldiers established standards of discipline that the army in a sense had to adopt. Even after these troops had returned to civilian life, lessons learned by the army during its first experience with a mass conscripted force continued to influence the military as an institution. The experience of going into uniform and fighting abroad politicized citizen-soldiers, Keene finally argues, in ways she asks us to ponder. She finds that the country and the conscripts—in their view—entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century.

To Examine the Future of Our Nation's Infrastructure Needs

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2554 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book To Examine the Future of Our Nation's Infrastructure Needs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: