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Angel Patriots

Author : Alexander Riley
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479870471
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Angel Patriots written by Alexander Riley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When United Flight 93, the fourth plane hijacked in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the gash it left in the ground became a national site of mourning. The flight’s 40 passengers became a media obsession, and countless books, movies, and articles told the tale of their heroic fight to band together and sacrifice their lives to stop Flight 93 from becoming a weapon of terror. In Angel Patriots, Alexander Riley argues that by memorializing these individuals as patriots, we have woven them into much larger story of our nation—an existing web of narratives, values, dramatic frameworks, and cultural characters about what it means to be truly American. Riley examines the symbolic impact and role of the Flight 93 disaster in the nation’s collective consciousness, delving into the spontaneous memorial efforts that blossomed in Shanksville immediately after the news of the crash spread; the ad-hoc sites honoring the victims that in time emerged, such as a Parks Department-maintained memorial close to the crash site and a Flight 93 Chapel created by a local Catholic priest; and finally, the creation of an official, permanent crash monument in Shanksville like those built for past American wars. Riley also analyzes the cultural narratives that evolved in films and in books around the events on the day of the crash and the lives and deaths of its “angel patriot” passengers, uncovering how these representations of the event reflect the myth of the authentic American nation—one that Americans believed was gravely threatened in the September 11 attacks. A profound and thought-provoking study, Angel Patriots unveils how, in the wake of 9/11, America mourned much more than the loss of life.

Angel Patriots

Author : Alexander T. Riley
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479812595
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Angel Patriots written by Alexander T. Riley and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When United Flight 93, the fourth plane hijacked in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the gash it left in the ground became a national site of mourning. The flight’s 40 passengers became a media obsession, and countless books, movies, and articles told the tale of their heroic fight to band together and sacrifice their lives to stop Flight 93 from becoming a weapon of terror. In Angel Patriots, Alexander Riley argues that by memorializing these individuals as patriots, we have woven them into much larger story of our nation—an existing web of narratives, values, dramatic frameworks, and cultural characters about what it means to be truly American. Riley examines the symbolic impact and role of the Flight 93 disaster in the nation’s collective consciousness, delving into the spontaneous memorial efforts that blossomed in Shanksville immediately after the news of the crash spread; the ad-hoc sites honoring the victims that in time emerged, such as a Parks Department-maintained memorial close to the crash site and a Flight 93 Chapel created by a local Catholic priest; and finally, the creation of an official, permanent crash monument in Shanksville like those built for past American wars. Riley also analyzes the cultural narratives that evolved in films and in books around the events on the day of the crash and the lives and deaths of its “angel patriot” passengers, uncovering how these representations of the event reflect the myth of the authentic American nation—one that Americans believed was gravely threatened in the September 11 attacks. A profound and thought-provoking study, Angel Patriots unveils how, in the wake of 9/11, America mourned much more than the loss of life.

The Blood of Patriots

Author : Bill Fulton
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1944648089
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Patriots written by Bill Fulton and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bill Fulton arrived in Alaska, he was filled with optimism and big dreams. When he left, it was under FBI escort. Bill was Army Infantry. When his knees gave out, he opened the Drop Zone, a military surplus store in Anchorage, and started hiring fellow vets. Sharpshooting hippies, crew-cutted fundamentalists, PTSD sufferers—all seeking purpose and direction. Alaska gave it to them. The Last Frontier is vast. The perfect refuge for fugitives and the perfect place for vets itching for a mission, Alaska is a giant icebox full of people either running to or away from something. More than 400 fugitives would meet Bill and company on the wrong side of a gun, and he would learn many lessons along the way—like even tiptoeing through subzero snow can get you shot, and removing a gun from the butt crack of a 300-pound man is just as fun as it sounds. Bill was enjoying the ride until, one day, the FBI asked him to go undercover, and his road forked. Schaeffer Cox was a sovereign citizen who believed no government had authority over him and a private militia commander amassing an arsenal and plotting to kill judges and law enforcement officers. Bill's mission: to take down Cox and his militia without a shot being fired. The Blood of Patriots traverses a wide swath of rugged territory. Raucously funny and stark, it depicts men, once brothers in arms serving their country, who now find themselves on opposite sides of those arms in a deadly test of the intricacies of liberty, the proper role of government, and the true meaning of patriotism. It offers a witty and unsettling look at political rhetoric gone haywire and a movement the FBI considers the single greatest threat to law enforcement in the nation—all set in the beautiful, terrifying landscape of our 49th State.

Enemy Patriots

Author : Rodger Carlyle
Publisher : Verity Books
ISBN 13 : 9781736007464
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Enemy Patriots written by Rodger Carlyle and published by Verity Books. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His family held by Army Intelligence on a visit to Japan, Mark Ishihara is ordered to the family fish processing plant across the bay from America's only military base in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. With the planned bombing of Pearl Harbor only months away, his job is to spy for Japan, as they prepare to seize American territory.His blood brother, Chad Gritt, a junior army officer is sent to the same island as part of a secretive American intelligence group. The two men are forever tied by a terrible accident that killed each of their brothers. Their childhood trauma makes Gritt a recluse and Mark the life of the party. Their trauma leaves each struggling to connect with the women they care about.The two reunite only miles from the accident site, each spying for the other side.As the war breaks out, Mark's Japanese face is as welcome in Dutch Harbor as a rattlesnake at a party; but if he leaves, his parents die. Simultaneously, the American government begins rounding up its Japanese American citizens, worried that some are spies. Some like Mark are. But after finally disclosing his dilemma to his blood brother, the question is, for which side?

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

Author : William Cooper Nell
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298490308
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution written by William Cooper Nell and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 412 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.

Provincial Patriots

Author : Stephen R. Platt
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674026650
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Provincial Patriots written by Stephen R. Platt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Taiping Rebellion to the Chinese Communist movement, no province in China gave rise to as many reformers, military officers, and revolutionaries as did Hunan. Platt offers the first comprehensive study of why this province wielded such disproportionate influence.

Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies

Author : John M. Belohlavek
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813939917
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies written by John M. Belohlavek and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) as they were propelled by the bloody conflict to adopt new roles and expand traditional ones. American women "back home" functioned as anti-war activists, pro-war supporters, and pioneering female journalists. Others moved west and established their own reputations for courage and determination in dusty border towns or bordellos. Women formed a critical component of the popular culture of the period, as trendy theatrical and musical performances drew audiences eager to witness tales of derring-do, while contemporary novels, in tales resplendent with heroism and the promise of love fulfilled, painted a romanticized picture of encounters between Yankee soldiers and fair Mexican senoritas. Belohlavek juxtaposes these romantic dreams with the reality in Mexico, which included sexual assault, women soldaderas marching with men to provide critical supportive services, and the challenges and courage of working women off the battlefield. In all, Belohlavek shows the critical roles played by women, real and imagined, on both sides of this controversial war of American imperial expansion.

Patriots

Author : A. J. Langguth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127123
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Patriots written by A. J. Langguth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With meticulous research and page-turning suspense, Patriots brings to life the American Revolution—the battles, the treacheries, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom. George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry—these heroes were men of intellect, passion, and ambition. From the secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty to the final victory at Yorktown and the new Congress, Patriots vividly re-creates one of history's great eras.

Bodyslick

Author : John H. Sibley
Publisher : Dafina Books
ISBN 13 : 1599832437
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Bodyslick written by John H. Sibley and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable new novel set in the year 2031, where gangs, guns, and genetic engineering rule. In a world where genetic engineering and organ transplants are booming businesses on the black market, Malcolm Steel, Jr. is king. His turf is Chicago, a city torn apart by the haves and have-nots alike, and Malcolm-known as Bodyslick on the streets-has found a lucrative hustle stealing healthy organs and selling them to desperate, wealthy patients in need of transplants. Bodyslick has the connections, the knowledge, and the 9mm laser pistol just in case things get hectic. But with the Italian mob, racist skinheads, and the biggest gang in Chinatown on his case, he is going to need all the help he can get, especially when his old 'hood cutbuddy and rival ganglord get ready to take over the trade by any means necessary. Now Bodyslick will make one last run to try to get out of the game for good. But some people will do anything and destroy anyone to make sure that the only way he goes out is piece by bloody piece. John H. Sibley is a writer and accomplished artist. His writing has appeared in "Chicago Reader, "the "Chicago Maroon, New City, Chicago Sun-Times, " and "Midwest Jazz. " His paintings are in the private collections of Chicago's Mayor Richard J. Daley, former NBA star John Salley, author Manik D. Dover, Mike Tyson, the late Walter Payton, and the American Sports Artist Museum Archive. The father of two daughters, he lives on the west side of Chicago.

Peter's Angel (the Peter's Angel Saga

Author : Aubrey Hansen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781479264827
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Peter's Angel (the Peter's Angel Saga written by Aubrey Hansen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of a lost War for Independence, Peter Jameson, a young colonel, struggles to protect his tiny patriot state of Rhode Island from the oppression of New Britain, the wealthy British duchy. When New Britain invades and attempts to seize Rhode Island's newly-discovered mine, Peter finds himself leading his small cavalry against the massive British army. But war becomes the least of his worries when his own men kidnap him and hold him for ransom. Facing certain death, Peter is freed by a mysterious boy who vanishes without leaving his name. Indebted, Peter determines to find his "angel" and reward him. But his rescuer has a secret of his own--he is the exiled rightful heir of New Britain, and he will do anything to keep from being found.

Shell Shocked

Author : Gérôme Truc
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 150952035X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Shell Shocked written by Gérôme Truc and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it that leaves us shell shocked in the face of the massacres carried out in New York on 9/11 or in Paris on 13 November 2015? How are we to explain the intensity of the reaction to the attacks on Charlie Hebdo? Answering these questions involves trying to understand what a society goes through when it is subjected to the ordeal of terrorist attacks. And it impels us to try to explain why millions of people feel so concerned and shaken by them, even when they do not have a direct connection with any of the victims. In Shell Shocked, sociologist Gérôme Truc sheds new light on these events, returning to the ways in which ordinary individuals lived through and responded to the attacks of 9/11, of 11 March 2004 in Madrid and 7 July 2005 in London. Analysing political language and media images, demonstrations of solidarity and minutes of silence, as well as the tens of thousands of messages addressed to the victims, his investigation brings about the complexity of our feelings about the Islamists' attacks. It also uncovers the sources of the solidarity that, in our individualistic societies, ultimately finds expression in the first person singular rather than the first person plural: 'I am Charlie', 'I am Paris.' This timely and path-breaking book will appeal to students and scholars in sociology and politics and to anyone interested in understanding the impact of terrorism in contemporary societies.

American Insurgents, American Patriots

Author : T. H. Breen
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1429932600
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book American Insurgents, American Patriots written by T. H. Breen and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before there could be a revolution, there was a rebellion; before patriots, there were insurgents. Challenging and displacing decades of received wisdom, T. H. Breen's strikingly original book explains how ordinary Americans—most of them members of farm families living in small communities—were drawn into a successful insurgency against imperial authority. This is the compelling story of our national political origins that most Americans do not know. It is a story of rumor, charity, vengeance, and restraint. American Insurgents, American Patriots reminds us that revolutions are violent events. They provoke passion and rage, a willingness to use violence to achieve political ends, a deep sense of betrayal, and a strong religious conviction that God expects an oppressed people to defend their rights. The American Revolution was no exception. A few celebrated figures in the Continental Congress do not make for a revolution. It requires tens of thousands of ordinary men and women willing to sacrifice, kill, and be killed. Breen not only gives the history of these ordinary Americans but, drawing upon a wealth of rarely seen documents, restores their primacy to American independence. Mobilizing two years before the Declaration of Independence, American insurgents in all thirteen colonies concluded that resistance to British oppression required organized violence against the state. They channeled popular rage through elected committees of safety and observation, which before 1776 were the heart of American resistance. American Insurgents, American Patriots is the stunning account of their insurgency, without which there would have been no independent republic as we know it.

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

Author : William Cooper Nell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution written by William Cooper Nell and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

King George: What Was His Problem?

Author : Steve Sheinkin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596433191
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book King George: What Was His Problem? written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERYTHING YOUR SCHOOLBOOKS DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

The Sports Address Book

Author : Cynthia Mattison
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595125654
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Sports Address Book written by Cynthia Mattison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08-21 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the hotdogs, sports fans! Autographs, Autographs - get your free sports autographs! This book contains over 11,000 addresses for today's hottest stars in some of the most popular sports in America. Do you enjoy football, baseball, basketball, racing, hockey, tennis, figure skating , boxing, wrestling, etc.? If your answer is yes, this is the perfect book for you! Have you ever wanted an autograph from Sugar Ray Leonard, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Monica Seles, Nolan Ryan, Joe Montana, Nancy Kerrigan, Andre Agassi, Wayne Gretzky or Mary Lou Retton? Inside this amazing guide is addresses for these and many more!

School For Patriots

Author : Martin Kohan
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847656455
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book School For Patriots written by Martin Kohan and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A school assistant in Buenos Aires' most prestigious state school, Maria Teresa Cornejo's job is to keep the students in line. Suspecting that some of them are smoking in the school toilets, Maria Teresa takes to spying on them urinate - an activity she gets pleasure from listening to. Found out by her supervisor Senor Biasutto, she is not fired but forced into sexual collusion with him. In this society all appears fair and liberal but within there is brutal repression and the teachers including Señor Biasutto draw up black-lists of candidates for torture. As tense and uncompromising as a novel by Elfriede Jelinek, School for Patriots powerfully shows how in a dictatorship the political and the sexual interact.

Defiance of the Patriots

Author : Benjamin L. Carp
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300168454
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Defiance of the Patriots written by Benjamin L. Carp and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party—exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together—from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston’s ladies of leisure—Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party’s uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America’s tempestuous past.