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Fire Bell in the Night

Author : Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416566414
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Fire Bell in the Night written by Geoffrey Edwards and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with historic details of the time, Fire Bell in the Night explores the explosive tension between North and South, black and white, that gripped Charleston, South Carolina, in the summer of 1850. Geoffrey S. Edwards's first novel tells the story of New York Tribune reporter John Sharp, sent to cover the capital trial of Darcy Calhoun, a farmer who stands accused of harboring a fugitive slave. As the trial begins, John quickly realizes that not everything is as it appears in the genteel city of Charleston. A series of mysterious fires in white establishments brings the state militia, a curfew for the black population, and rising tension at the courthouse. To unravel the city's secrets, Sharp must enter Charleston's plantation society, where he is befriended by Tyler Breckenridge, owner of the Willowby plantation, and his beautiful sister Clio. Set against the backdrop of a nation headed toward civil war, Fire Bell in the Night is a page-turning account of a trial and one young reporter's efforts to discover the truth.

A Fire Bell in the Past

Author : Jeffrey L. Pasley
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826222315
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book A Fire Bell in the Past written by Jeffrey L. Pasley and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, planned as the first of two volumes, aims to explore the Missouri Crisis and the many reverberations and ramifications thereof. The volumes are offered as part of the University of Missouri and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy's contribution to the state's 2021 bicentennial commemoration"--

The Underclass

Author : Ken Auletta
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504093577
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Underclass written by Ken Auletta and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author and New Yorker columnist delves into the core of American poverty in the early 1980s: “Invaluable.” —The Washington Post First appearing as a three-part series in the New Yorker, Ken Auletta’s The Underclass provides an enlightening look at the lives of addicts, dropouts, ex-convicts, welfare recipients, and individuals experiencing homelessness. Auletta’s investigation began with a seemingly simple goal: to find out who exactly makes up the poorest of the poor, and to trace the many paths that took them there. As the author follows 250 hardened members of this “underclass,” he focuses on efforts to help them reconstruct their lives and find a functional place in mainstream society. Through the lives of the men and women he encounters, Auletta discovers the complex truths that have made hard-core poverty in America such an intractable problem. In a nation where poverty and welfare rolls are declining but the underclass persists, the United States is as conflicted as ever about its responsibilities toward all its people. With his empathy, insight, and expert reportage, Auletta’s The Underclass remains as pertinent as ever.

Against School Reform (And in Praise of Great Teaching)

Author : Peter S. Temes
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
ISBN 13 : 1461662338
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Against School Reform (And in Praise of Great Teaching) written by Peter S. Temes and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2003-07-07 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the continuing controversy over the right ways to bring change to American schools, Peter Temes’s book is a firebell in the night. In Against School Reform Mr. Temes sets out a straightforward prescription for our schools which centers on the life of the individual teacher and rejects the billion-dollar school reform industry. He argues that enormous monies and millions of hours of effort have gone into reforming American schools in the past ten years, and we have precious little to show for it. As we enter a critical period in American history—a growing population, an uncompromising demand for well-educated workers, and the complexities of world politics impacting ordinary people every day—there is not more time or money to waste. In Mr. Temes’s view, great teachers are the secret to making better schools. Forget the macro issues of school reform, he advises, and focus on recruiting, retaining, and supporting the very best teachers. Teaching will once again become an elite profession, and school problems will go the way of the trolley car. Against School Reform digs deep into the qualities of great teaching, with stories from real schools and with practical advice for parents, teachers, and students who want to celebrate and support great teachers. It also takes a serious look at what our schools must do to recruit and reward the best teachers in the coming era of teacher shortages. Finally, the book celebrates the power of individual teachers to make a difference in their schools and communities, as forces for bottom-up change. More tests won’t fix our schools, Mr. Temes writes. Bigger, better ideas about education won't fix things either. But great teachers can fix our schools, one classroom at a time.

The Internal Enemy

Author : Alan Taylor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393073718
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Internal Enemy written by Alan Taylor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a gripping narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.

The Life of Thomas Jefferson

Author : Henry Stephens Randall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Thomas Jefferson written by Henry Stephens Randall and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

All Honor to Jefferson?

Author : Erik S. Root
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739122181
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book All Honor to Jefferson? written by Erik S. Root and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia's most prominent statesman had a profound influence on the American Founding. Of the first five presidents elected, four of them were Virginians. Old Dominion thus held an influential position in the Union. The Founders held a reluctant tolerance of slavery, yet every leading Founder believed that slavery was wrong. They based this argument on the natural rights all men, all humans, possessed. With a natural rights understanding of the American Founding, it is an inescapable conclusion that slavery is a violation of those rights. However, the Founders expressed their distaste of the peculiar institution in different ways. All wrote privately about their aversion of the institution, and some took unmistakable public positions. Several also found ways to demonstrate implicitly their opinion about slavery. Because of its influential position, the political direction of Old Dominion was a bellwether for the Union. During the 1829-1832, in two instances, Virginians debated the future of slavery in their state. First, in the Constitutional Convention in 1829-30 they debated the existence of natural rights and whether those rights were a guide for statesmanship. During this convention there was an attack on natural rights that set the stage for the next great deliberation over slavery. Second, they explicitly discussed ending slavery in the House of Delegates after the Nat Turner insurrection in 1831-32. The Delegates of the day rejected the emancipation of the slaves as a moral and political necessity. Virginians had the opportunity to place slavery on the road to gradual extinction. They had an opportunity to reaffirm the principles of liberty, but ultimately that argument lost. The forces of self-interest defeated those who articulated the principles of the Declaration of Independence. This was solidified when Thomas Roderick Dew wrote his review of the debates in the House of Delegates. As a result of his arguments, the pro-slavery argument proceeded apace in Virginia with Dew being instrument

American Sphinx

Author : Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375727469
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book American Sphinx written by Joseph J. Ellis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.

Fish Finelli (Book 2)

Author : E.S. Farber
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452130094
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Fish Finelli (Book 2) written by E.S. Farber and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bryce Billings says he will clobber Fish Finelli in the Captain Kidd Classic boat race, Fish has no choice but to accept the bet. But Fish's 1970s Whaler with a broken motor is no match for Bryce's new, top-of-the-line, 9.9-horsepower Viper—even if Fish, Roger, and T. J. can fix their measly 5-horsepower motor, it can't compete with Bryce's boat. With $9.63 between them, do the guys even have a chance at the Classic? A hilarious romp, filled with fun facts seamlessly integrated into the story, Fish Finelli informs as much as it entertains for perfect middle-grade reading.

Midnight Rising

Author : Tony Horwitz
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429996986
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Midnight Rising written by Tony Horwitz and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011 A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, Midnight Rising portrays Brown's uprising in vivid color, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. Brown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859 he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfill Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called "a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale." Tony Horwitz's riveting book travels antebellum America to deliver both a taut historical drama and a telling portrait of a nation divided—a time that still resonates in ours.

A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book A Summary View of the Rights of British America written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1774 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wolf by the Ears

Author : John Chester Miller
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813913650
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book The Wolf by the Ears written by John Chester Miller and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of Jefferson's antislavery views and the actions to which they gave rise, the subject matter of The Wolf by the Ears, is necessarily episodic; while chronology has been generally observed, it was not possible to weld this disparate material into the form of a biographical narrative.

Engaging China

Author : Paul Evans
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 144261448X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Engaging China written by Paul Evans and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging China is a concise account of the evolution and state of the Canadian approach to China, its achievements, disappointments, and current dilemmas.

A Different Mirror

Author : Ronald Takaki
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456611062
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book A Different Mirror written by Ronald Takaki and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.

Fire-bell in the Night

Author : Oscar Handlin
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire-bell in the Night written by Oscar Handlin and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1964 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heirs of the Founders

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385542542
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Heirs of the Founders written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. Henry Clay of Kentucky, as dashing as he was ambitious, embodied the hopes of the rising West. South Carolina's John Calhoun, with piercing eyes and an even more piercing intellect, defended the South and slavery. Together these heirs of Washington, Jefferson and Adams took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency and set themselves the task of finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Their rise was marked by dramatic duels, fierce debates, scandal and political betrayal. Yet each in his own way sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its refusal to specify where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation, and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and slavery. They wrestled with these issues for four decades, arguing bitterly and hammering out political compromises that held the Union together, but only just. Then, in 1850, when California moved to join the Union as a free state, "the immortal trio" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But, by that point, they had never been further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H. W. Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy.

The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath

Author : Robert Pierce Forbes
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458721655
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath written by Robert Pierce Forbes and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a key to understanding the meaning of slavery in America, the Missouri controversy of 181921 is probably our most valuable text. The heat of sectional rhetoric during the Missouri debates reached a level never exceeded, and rarely matched, until the secession crisis of 1860. Moreover, nearly all the arguments for and against slavery in Americ...