Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905
Author: Wilimena Hannah Eliot EmersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain
Author: Rodney SymingtonPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443834033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain presents a panorama of European society in the first two decades of the 20th century and depicts the philosophical and metaphysical dilemmas facing people in the modern age. In the years leading up to the First World War, the fundamental elements of human nature were thrown into sharp relief by the political tensions that resulted in the ultimate metaphor for the innate destructiveness of humankind: the War itself. If such a war is the true expression of human tendencies, what hope is there for the future? Through the figure of the main character of the novel, Thomas Mann explores the alternative philosophies of life available to human beings in the modern age, and invites the reader to undertake a personal odyssey of discovery, with a view to adopting a positive approach in an era that seems to offer no clear-cut answers. This book is a comprehensive commentary on Thomas Mann’s seminal novel, one of the key literary artefacts of the 20th century. The author has taken upon himself the task of explaining all the references and allusions contained in the novel, and of providing readers who know little or no German with enough explanatory comment to enable them to understand the novel and extract the maximum reading pleasure from it.
Decisions of the Commission
Author: United States. Federal Communications CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadcasting
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914
Author: Charles Henry ChandlerPublisher:
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Category : New Ipswich (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Bygone Days in Chicago; Recollections of the Garden City of the Sixties
Author: Frederick Francis CookPublisher: Gleed Press
ISBN: 1443708992
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Bygone Days In Chicago; Recollections Of The Garden City Of The Sixties, by Frederick Francis Cook.. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Genealogy of the Shumway Family in the United States of America
Author: Directory of People in Northwest Ottawa County
Author: Wallace K. EwingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780965230001
Category : Electronic reference sources
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Old Gammon Families and Their Descendants
Author: William Jefferson GammonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
John Gammon was probably the earliest Gammon in Virginia. "Have no date of his birth, or place of such, but November 1673 he was granted 500 acres of land in Lower Norfolk County ... ". He married Susanna Q. Taylor and died in 1694.
Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life: And Also, Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
Author: Henry Highland GarnetPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9780359013623
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This superb book unites the abolitionist famous speeches of David Walker and Henry Highland Garnet - two famous African American campaigners opposing slavery in the 19th century. Filled with vociferous opposition, both campaigners condemn racism and hatred underpinning the perpetuation of slavery. Insight into feelings of the time are dispensed: it was dangerous to be abolitionist as it meant standing against powerful economic interests controlling the Southern states. Retaliation, violent or otherwise, was a constant possibility. Unlike abolitionists more ingratiated with the Establishment of the era, Walker and Garnet did not fear criticizing otherwise lauded figures such as President Thomas Jefferson. As well as owning slaves, Jefferson published his opinion that black people were inherently inferior, and that their place in shackles was justified. That this view be espoused by a recent leader of the United States indicated, for Walker and Garnet, an urgent need for vigorous, sustained opposition.
The Family and Descendants of Captain John Autry
Author: Mahan Blair AutryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Autry family of the Southern States and Texas, 1745-1963.