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Author: Lady Dorothy Stanley Publisher: ISBN: Category : World War, 1914-1918 Languages : en Pages : 8
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Letter primarily regarding the conduct of the war and American participation in it, along with her demands for reparations from and occupation of Germany. Also mentions Mark Twain's account of a party at her house, Stanley's book "Miss Pim's Camouflage," the Mesopotamian campaign, and her mother's health.
Author: Lady Dorothy Stanley Publisher: ISBN: Category : World War, 1914-1918 Languages : en Pages : 8
Book Description
Letter primarily regarding the conduct of the war and American participation in it, along with her demands for reparations from and occupation of Germany. Also mentions Mark Twain's account of a party at her house, Stanley's book "Miss Pim's Camouflage," the Mesopotamian campaign, and her mother's health.
Author: Lady Dorothy Stanley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 2
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Thanks Miss Crosby for the book and mentions that her son has returned from India. She describes the uncertainty in Europe regarding the League of Nations, the watered-down peace terms and menace of a recovering Germany, and the perceived betrayal of England by President Wilson.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Explorers Languages : en Pages : 62
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Discussing her work as an artist (the first two letters contain charming ink sketches), commenting on London society, her immediate friends and acquaintances, including the explorers' circle and her travels around Great Britain. A revealing archive commencing before she had met Henry M. Stanley and continuing until after their marriage. The first two letters are dated 17 July 1879, 8 pages and 30 July 1879, 10 pages. Both are addressed in very familiar terms to an unidentified addressee. They clearly illustrate Dolly's standing in society as both a hostess and a talented amateur painter. The third letter, 17 August 1886, is a report of the cruise she and her mother, together with fifty other guests including Stanley, undertook around the Isles of Scotland in July. This was on a ship owned by William Mckinnon. Although the biographies indicate that Stanley was courting Dolly at this stage and made his first proposal after the cruise, she makes no mention of him in this close-written four page letter to her intimate correspondent. Perhaps she was in the process of turning down the proposal and thus eliminated him from the report. The fourth letter, dated 29 July 1887, is another account of travels around the north country and Scotland. It includes the details of a ""Naval Review Cruise" in the company of several celebrities. "The most interesting were Sir John Kirk who was governor of Zanzibar, Mr. George Mackenzie, one of Mr. Mackinnon's best men ... Sir Francis de Winton the friend and co-worker of Stanley ... I may here mention, in parenthesis, that no credit is given to the report of Stanley's death, the source is absolutely untrustworthy ..." Dolly goes on to mention Horace Waller, David Livingstone and Gordon, in the course of describing the Review. Of the final three letters, the two before her marriage deal with much news of common relations and acquaintances. The third contains a detailed account of the society wedding of Margot Tennant and H.H. Asquith (later Prime Minister). A "tour de force" which shows her capability for detailed observation of people and faces, while emphasizing the prejudices of her upbringing.
Author: Tim Jeal Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 0571265642 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 557
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Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration and reappraises a reputation, in a way that is both moving and truly majestic.
Author: Rachel Carson Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504073886 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 857
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These letters between the pioneering environmentalist and her beloved friend reveal “a vibrant, caring woman behind the scientist” (Los Angeles Times). “Rachel Carson, author of The Silent Spring, has been celebrated as the pioneer of the modern environmental movement. Although she wrote no autobiography, she did leave letters, and those she exchanged—sometimes daily—with Dorothy Freeman, some 750 of which are collected here, are perhaps more satisfying than an account of her own life. In 1953, Carson became Freeman's summer neighbor on Southport Island, ME. The two discovered a shared love for the natural world—their descriptions of the arrival of spring or the song of a hermit thrush are lyrical—but their friendship quickly blossomed, as each realized she had found in the other a kindred spirit. To read this collection is like eavesdropping on an extended conversation that mixes the mundane events of the two women's family lives with details of Carson’s research and writing and, later, her breast cancer. . . . Few who read these letters will forget these remarkable women and their even more remarkable bond.” —Publishers Weekly “Darting, fresh, sensuous, pleasingly elliptical at times, these letters also serve to tether the increasingly deified Carson firmly to earth—just where she’d want to be.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “It is not often that a collection of letters reveals character, emotional depth, personality, indeed intellect and talent, as well as a full biography might; these letters do all that.” —The New York Times Book Review “Provides insight into the creative process and a look into the daily lives of two intelligent, perceptive women whose family responsibilities were, at times, almost crushing.” —Library Journal “Dotted with vivid observations of the natural world and perceptive commentary on friendship, family, fame, and life itself, Always, Rachel will appeal to readers interested in biography and women’s studies as well as those drawn to nature writing and the history of the environmental movement.” —Booklist Online
Author: Jeffrey Green Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136318305 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 308
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This study reveals the presence of black people in all walks of life all over the British Isles at the height of the imperialist era - challenging conventional views on imperialism, racism and British social history. Historians of British society have largely ignored this most visible of minorities, and commentators on racism have been silent on the period.
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