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Embattled Farmers

Author : Richard C. Wiggin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780944856109
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Embattled Farmers written by Richard C. Wiggin and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was nothing extraordinary about these men; they were ordinary farmers, laborers, merchants, tradesmen, slaves, and former slaves, the cross-section of a typical eighteenth-century New England farming community. But when faced with the loss of their cherished liberties and long-standing tradition of self-government, they were swept up in an epic struggle against long odds. These are the forgotten men who fought the American Revolution. Meticulously researched, Embattled Farmers traces the footsteps of 252 individual men--all connected with the same community--who served as Patriot soldiers. Through repeated enlistments, they served at Lexington and Concord, at the Siege of Boston, and during the campaigns to Ticonderoga, Canada, New York, Saratoga, the Hudson Valley, The Jerseys, Valley Forge, and Yorktown. Despite family and community ties, four others remained loyal to the King, and fought against their neighbors and kinfolk. They lost everything they had, and lived the remainder of their lives in exile. Individual stories tell of under-age service, skirmishes and battles, guard duty, fatigue duty, capture by the enemy, smallpox, desertion, and hardships, as well as service by slaves, economic dislocation, and the practice of substitution. Collectively, their stories present a fascinating mosaic of a community at war. Told mostly from the perspective--and in some cases the actual words--of the men themselves, Embattled Farmers places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the men-at-arms. As minute men, militia, privateers, Continental soldiers--and Loyalist militia--as officers and foot-soldiers, the stories of these Lincoln men bring to life the human drama of the War for American Independence. The book's many hidden pearls will delight any armchair historian.

The Farmer's Lawyer

Author : Sarah Vogel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635575257
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Farmer's Lawyer written by Sarah Vogel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new foreword by Willie Nelson "An exquisitely written American saga." --Sarah Smarsh The "remarkably well told and heartfelt" (John Grisham) story of a young lawyer's impossible legal battle to stop the federal government from foreclosing on thousands of family farmers. In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota. Sarah, a young lawyer and single mother, listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and, inspired by the politicians who had helped farmers in the '30s, she naively built a solo practice of clients who couldn't afford to pay her. Sarah began drowning in debt and soon her own home was facing foreclosure. In a David and Goliath legal battle reminiscent of A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' Constitutional rights. It was her first case. A courageous American story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on for our daily bread almost fell apart due to the willful neglect of those charged to protect it, and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.

The New England Farmer

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book The New England Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson

Author : Vivian R. Pollak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199729142
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson written by Vivian R. Pollak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's most celebrated women, Emily Dickinson was virtually unpublished in her own time and unknown to the public at large. Yet since the first publication of a limited selection of her poems in 1890, she has emerged as one of the most challenging and rewarding writers of all time. Born into a prosperous family in small town Amherst, Massachusetts, she had an above average education for a woman, attending a private high school and then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, now Mount Holyoke College. Returning to Amherst to her loving family and her "feast" in the reading line, in the 1850s she became increasingly solitary and after the Civil War she spent her life indoors. Despite her cooking and gardening and extensive correspondence, Dickinson's life was strikingly narrow in its social compass. Not so her mind, and on her death in 1886 her sister discovered an astonishing cache of close to eighteen hundred poems. Bitter family quarrels delayed the full publication of Dickinson's "letter to the World," but today her poetry is commonly anthologized and widely praised for its precision, its intensity, its depth and beauty. Dickinson's life and work, however, remain in important ways mysterious. The essays presented here, all of them previously unpublished, provide an overview of Dickinson studies at the start of the twenty-first century. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this collection represents the best of contemporary scholarship and points the way toward exciting new directions for the future. The volume includes a biographical essay that covers some of the major turning points in the poet's life, especially those emphasized by her letters. Other essays discuss Dickinson's religious beliefs, her response to the Civil War, her class-based politics, her place in a tradition of American women's poetry, and the editing of her manuscripts. A Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson concludes with a rich bibliographical essay describing the controversial history of Dickinson's life in print, together with a substantial bibliography of relevant sources.

Thirteen Clocks

Author : Robert G. Parkinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469662582
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Clocks written by Robert G. Parkinson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July 1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how did these American colonies overcome long odds to create a durable union capable of declaring independence from Britain? In this powerful new history of the fifteen tense months that culminated in the Declaration of Independence, Robert G. Parkinson provides a troubling answer: racial fear. Tracing the circulation of information in the colonial news systems that linked patriot leaders and average colonists, Parkinson reveals how the system's participants constructed a compelling drama featuring virtuous men who suddenly found themselves threatened by ruthless Indians and defiant slaves acting on behalf of the king. Parkinson argues that patriot leaders used racial prejudices to persuade Americans to declare independence. Between the Revolutionary War's start at Lexington and the Declaration, they broadcast any news they could find about Native Americans, enslaved Blacks, and Hessian mercenaries working with their British enemies. American independence thus owed less to the love of liberty than to the exploitation of colonial fears about race. Thirteen Clocks offers an accessible history of the Revolution that uncovers the uncomfortable origins of the republic even as it speaks to our own moment.

The California Countryman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The California Countryman written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foreign Agriculture

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foreign Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Documentary History of the United States (11th Edition)

Author : Richard D. Heffner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593547071
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book A Documentary History of the United States (11th Edition) written by Richard D. Heffner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An indispensable contribution to the understanding of our heritage.” – Robert A. Caro “This insightful collection will fascinate, delight, and challenge all who are interested in the progress of the American nation.”—Annette Gordon-Reed Here, in a single volume, are the documents (speeches, letters, tweets, Supreme Court decisions, and more) that have forged American history. This 11th edition is now updated with a new chapter on the COVID-19 pandemic, the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and the Biden presidency. Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander B. Heffner, the important documents in this book include: • The Declaration of Independence • The Constitution of the United States • Frederick Douglass’ “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?” • The Monroe Doctrine • The Emancipation Proclamation • Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech • John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address • Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham City Jail • The National Organization for Women (NOW) Statement of Purpose • Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision • Documents related to September 11 and the Iraq War • Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech • Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump More Than One Million Copies Sold!

Farmers in a Changing World

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Farmers in a Changing World written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Truth Seeker, Boston

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth Seeker, Boston written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Farm Bill of 1985: Dairy program, imports of milk protein products, honey program, and meat import standards

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book General Farm Bill of 1985: Dairy program, imports of milk protein products, honey program, and meat import standards written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An American Fruit-farm

Author : Francis Newton Thope
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book An American Fruit-farm written by Francis Newton Thope and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wallace's Farm and Dairy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wallace's Farm and Dairy written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Popular Engineer

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Popular Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture ...

Author : Kansas. State Board of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture ... written by Kansas. State Board of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Farm Implement News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2110 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Farm Implement News written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 2110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture

Author : Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture written by Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: