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My Little Part in a Big War (Classic Reprint)

Author : Alvin S. Mela
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267449101
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book My Little Part in a Big War (Classic Reprint) written by Alvin S. Mela and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Little Part in a Big War So you think my letters: would make interesting manuscripts? Well, all I can say is that if they were written in disappearing ink, they would have unlimited circulation in every blind man's home in the country! Those are about the only places and under the only conditions wherein they might be ap preciated. But thanks. For the compliment just the same. Who ever heard of me as a man of letters! I have not changed my opinion in the slightest degree, and I am compiling this narrative of my experiences: and impressions to bolster my memory in future years - to keep me from forgetting the hardships and pleasures, the work and the play incidental to my stay in France as one of the Amer ican Expeditionary Forces sent to that country in the great World War of 1914-1918. The letters that follow were passed by the Censor in much the same form as they appear here. While gathering them together for this. Narrative, I have added dates, geographical locations, names of per sons, and other details, which at the time of writ ing were forbidden by the General Orders covering Mail Censorship. I have also expanded some notes from my diary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

My Little Part in a Big War

Author : Alvin S [From Old Catalog] Mela
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781359544421
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book My Little Part in a Big War written by Alvin S [From Old Catalog] Mela and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

MY LITTLE PART IN A BIG WAR

Author : Alvin S. Mela
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781372996146
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (961 download)

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Download or read book MY LITTLE PART IN A BIG WAR written by Alvin S. Mela and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Little Comrade

Author : Burton Egbert Stevenson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483270060
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Little Comrade written by Burton Egbert Stevenson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Little Comrade: A Tale of the Great War Both were a little sad, for this was their last meal together. Though they had known each other less than a fortnight, they had become fast friends. They had been thrown together by chance at the 'surgical congress at Vienna, where Bloem, finding the American's German lame and halting, had con stituted himself a sort of interpreter, and Stewart had reciprocated by polishing away some of the roughnesses and Teutonic involutions of Bloem's formal English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Big War Series

Author : Ross Kay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332116921
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Big War Series written by Ross Kay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Big War Series: With Joffre on the Battle Line the Adventures of an American Boy, in the Trenches Y arm and shoulder feel just as fit as they ever did. You are a very lucky young man. If that bullet had gone only a little farther to the right you would not be dancing around in this fashion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Between the Lines on the American Front

Author : Franklin T. Ames
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484787505
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Between the Lines on the American Front written by Franklin T. Ames and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Between the Lines on the American Front: A Boy's Story of the Great European War Doubtless those of my young readers who chance to possess the second volume of the Great War Series will remember a promise made in the last part of the story that, did time and opportunity permit, I would be pleased to once more follow the fortunes Of Tom Maillard and the Dorr cousins, and attempt to describe further interesting happen ings along the fighting front. In pursuance of that promise I am now able to present the third volume, which I trust will receive as cordial a welcome from my many young Ameri can friends as those preceding it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tales of the Great War (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry John Newbolt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483504097
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Great War (Classic Reprint) written by Henry John Newbolt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales of the Great War MY dear g., -i have written this book and you are going to read it - we are partners and must play up to each other. Let me tell you my idea Of how it should be done. My part is to give you the truth, the actual facts, well evidenced and clearly arranged. Your part is to read them in such a way as to understand them - that is, to understand not only what happened, but how heroic and how admirable are the qualities which lie behind. You will see, as you read, why I ask you to play up and do your part. It is because I cannot do it for you. I have told you here of good work and courage and endurance, such as deserve all the loudest adjectives that I could have shouted at you; but I have not shouted, and I have used as few adjectives as possible. It is you, not I, that must make the stories come alive. You will not, I hope, imagine that I have written coldly; no - but the hotter I got myself the more keenly I wished you to be kindled by your own feelings, and not by my words. If you find yourself glorying in these records as I do, come and tell me so when the War is over, and we will get a little music and make a noise together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Little Bugler (Classic Reprint)

Author : J. H. Fry
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267224944
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book The Little Bugler (Classic Reprint) written by J. H. Fry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little Bugler I was about fifteen years old when the war broke out, in the spring of 1861. My only brother had been educated at West Point, and was given a com mission in a volunteer regiment. His leaving home for the three months' service was the first event that made the war seem real to me. That was a pretty gloomy time in our little family. Mother and sister were very sad still, they did not urge my brother to remain at home, for they knew that he had been educated for the army, and the nation was in great need of trained soldiers. Of course, it grieved us all to think of the many perils to which he would be exposed; but at the same time I could see that our mother felt proud of her soldier-boy, when he bade us a cheerful good-bye and was off to the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Literature

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Diary of the Great War

Author : W. R. Plewman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267990528
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book My Diary of the Great War written by W. R. Plewman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My Diary of the Great War: Being a Current History of the World's Greatest Struggle He feels that if he has succeeded in his endeavor, this modest little volume will fill a niche otherwise vacant in the literature concerning The Great War. The writer is indebted to The Toronto Daily Star for permission to use the extracts which make up this volume. They form but a small part of the column The War Reviewed which the writer prepared as a daily feature of that paper from the day hostilities opened. No changes have been made in the text apart from those essential in condensation. By selecting the most pertinent portions of that current history of the war, a good bird's eye view of the struggle is obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector

Author : Wilfred Partington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector written by Wilfred Partington and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob (Classic Reprint)

Author : Aline Havard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267226344
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob (Classic Reprint) written by Aline Havard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob The war is as yet only beginning for Lucy Gor don, and the old, pleasant times are just ending, but, like every other girl in America, she is trying hard to find the courage and cheerfulness which have never yet been wanting in our Service and which are going to help America to win. In Captain Lucy in France she sees the peril ous Front for herself, and has a small part in some great events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Boy in Gray

Author : George Gilman Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333793746
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book The Boy in Gray written by George Gilman Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Boy in Gray: A Story of the War This book has been written for the young people who are interested in the story of the stirring scenes through which their fathers passed. It is needless to say that it is not a true record of personal life; it is no more history than is Robinson Crusoe or the Pilgrim's Progress. The facts stated as historic are to be relied upon. Many of these came under my own eye, when I went over the ground which Roger speaks of in his campaign. The pictures of Georgia life are, I think, correctly drawn, and ought not to fade out entirely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen ON the 3lst of May 1880, Henrik Ibsen wrote to his publisher, Frederik Hegel, that he had begun a little book in which he intended to give some account of the outward and inward conditions under which each one of his works had come into being (letter It was to be called From Simian, to Rome, and was to give descriptions of his life at Skien and Grimstad, Bergen and Christiania, Dresden, Munich, and Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 6

Author : Edward Parrott
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267759750
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 6 written by Edward Parrott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 6: From the Opening of the Somme Offensive to the End of the Year 1916 Before I describe the Great Push which began on the bright summer morning Of Ist July, let me give you some idea of how Britain set herself to surpass the great military machine which Germany had prepared during long, diligent, and secret years. In August 1914 we were only an insignificant military power, and the Germans were quite justified in believ ing that we should play but a small part in the land fighting. It is true that the small army of Six divisions which we sent abroad at the outset of the war was composed Of the most highly trained soldiers in the world; but had it been com posed of Samsons, it could not have turned the scale against the millions which the Germans were able to array for their great adventure. Nevertheless this little force gave backbone to the French resistance, and made a fighting retreat which will go down to history as one Of the finest feats of warfare. Despite, its losses and its weariness, it was ready, when the hour struck, to push forward and play its part in forcing the Germans to withdraw to the Aisne and begin that trench fight ing which was the beginning of the end. From the day when the German armies began to dig themselves into defensive positions, victory, however long it might be delayed, was as sured to the Allies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 8

Author : Edward Parrott
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267941926
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 8 written by Edward Parrott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Children's Story of the War, Vol. 8: The Last Five Months of the Year 1917 What was the first purpose which we had in mind when we ﬂung down the gage of battle? I need hardly tell you. We saw a little country, blameless in the eyes of God and man, suddenly assailed by a mighty nation which had sworn to keep it free from its foes. Germany had deliberately broken its plighted word, and had ﬂung its armies into Belgium in order to make a sudden swoop upon France.am Every Briton worth the name feels himself instinctively drawn to the side of a little fellow assailed by a big bully. When we saw the big bully trampling the brave little nation under foot, slaying and tortur ing its people and burning and destroying its inheritance, simply because it dared to stand up in defence of its own, our pity and sympathy rapidly ﬂamed up into hot and righteous wrath. In the course of a telegram sent to the President of the United States by the Kaiser on August 10, 1914, and not revealed until the early days of August 1917, the Kaiser said that the neutrality of Belgium had to be violated by Germany on strategical grounds - that is, in order to gain a military advantage over France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Caste

Author : Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0593230272
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Caste written by Isabel Wilkerson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions—now with a new Afterword by the author. #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, The New York Public Library, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Award Longlist • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist • Kirkus Prize Finalist “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.” In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Original and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.