Author: Bruce Jackson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820321585
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Making it in Hell, says Bruce Jackson, is the spirit behind the sixty-five work songs gathered in this eloquent dispatch from a brutal era of prison life in the Deep South. Through engagingly documented song arrangements and profiles of their singers, Jackson shows how such pieces as "Hammer Ring," "Ration Blues," "Yellow Gal," and "Jody's Got My Wife and Gone" are like no other folk music forms: they are distinctly African in heritage, diminished in power and meaning outside their prison context, and used exclusively by black convicts. The songs helped workers through the rigors of cane cutting, logging, and cotton picking. Perhaps most important, they helped resolve the men's hopes and longings and allowed them a subtle outlet for grievances they could never voice when face-to-face with their jailers.
Wake Up Dead Man
Author: Bruce Jackson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820321585
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Making it in Hell, says Bruce Jackson, is the spirit behind the sixty-five work songs gathered in this eloquent dispatch from a brutal era of prison life in the Deep South. Through engagingly documented song arrangements and profiles of their singers, Jackson shows how such pieces as "Hammer Ring," "Ration Blues," "Yellow Gal," and "Jody's Got My Wife and Gone" are like no other folk music forms: they are distinctly African in heritage, diminished in power and meaning outside their prison context, and used exclusively by black convicts. The songs helped workers through the rigors of cane cutting, logging, and cotton picking. Perhaps most important, they helped resolve the men's hopes and longings and allowed them a subtle outlet for grievances they could never voice when face-to-face with their jailers.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820321585
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Making it in Hell, says Bruce Jackson, is the spirit behind the sixty-five work songs gathered in this eloquent dispatch from a brutal era of prison life in the Deep South. Through engagingly documented song arrangements and profiles of their singers, Jackson shows how such pieces as "Hammer Ring," "Ration Blues," "Yellow Gal," and "Jody's Got My Wife and Gone" are like no other folk music forms: they are distinctly African in heritage, diminished in power and meaning outside their prison context, and used exclusively by black convicts. The songs helped workers through the rigors of cane cutting, logging, and cotton picking. Perhaps most important, they helped resolve the men's hopes and longings and allowed them a subtle outlet for grievances they could never voice when face-to-face with their jailers.
The Grizzly Bear
Author: Steve Potts
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736884860
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the life cycle, habits, and behavior of the grizzly bear. Includes photo diagram.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736884860
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the life cycle, habits, and behavior of the grizzly bear. Includes photo diagram.
Before I Wake Up
Author: Britta Teckentrup
Publisher: Prestel Junior
ISBN: 9783791372464
Category : Bedtime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A little girl and her special friend go on an epic fantastic voyage before she wakes up.
Publisher: Prestel Junior
ISBN: 9783791372464
Category : Bedtime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A little girl and her special friend go on an epic fantastic voyage before she wakes up.
Bear Stays Up for Christmas
Author: Karma Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442436751
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Celebrate the holidays with Bear and his friends in this sweet picture book from bestselling author Karma Wilson! Bear’s friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up—by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents of all!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442436751
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Celebrate the holidays with Bear and his friends in this sweet picture book from bestselling author Karma Wilson! Bear’s friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up—by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents of all!
Don't Wake the Bear, Hare!
Author: Steve Smallman
Publisher: Koala Books
ISBN: 9780864618245
Category : Bears
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It was Spring Party Day, the best day of the year, So why were the animals trembling with fear? They'd heard growly noises and crept up to see . . . A huge bear asleep in the old hollow tree!
Publisher: Koala Books
ISBN: 9780864618245
Category : Bears
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It was Spring Party Day, the best day of the year, So why were the animals trembling with fear? They'd heard growly noises and crept up to see . . . A huge bear asleep in the old hollow tree!
The Grizzly Gazette
Author: Stuart J. Murphy
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060000260
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
It's the last week of Camp Grizzly, and the campers are preparing to elect a mascot. Each day the Grizzly Gazette takes a poll to see who has the biggest percentage of the vote so far. Is it Sophie? Is it Daniel? Or could it be Corey, the new entry in the race? Corey's determined to do her best. But she's got to make up for lost time. Can she win out over Daniel and Sophie? No one will know for sure until the last vote is counted! A lively story about summer camp fun will help young readers understand both percentage and voting!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060000260
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
It's the last week of Camp Grizzly, and the campers are preparing to elect a mascot. Each day the Grizzly Gazette takes a poll to see who has the biggest percentage of the vote so far. Is it Sophie? Is it Daniel? Or could it be Corey, the new entry in the race? Corey's determined to do her best. But she's got to make up for lost time. Can she win out over Daniel and Sophie? No one will know for sure until the last vote is counted! A lively story about summer camp fun will help young readers understand both percentage and voting!
Don't Wake Up the Bear!
Author: Marjorie Dennis Murray
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9780761453307
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On a cold, snowy evening, several animals snuggle up to a hibernating bear in order to keep warm.
Publisher: Two Lions
ISBN: 9780761453307
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
On a cold, snowy evening, several animals snuggle up to a hibernating bear in order to keep warm.
Wake Up, Grizzly!
Author: Wolfgang Bittner
Publisher: NorthSouth (NY)
ISBN: 9781558589551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
When Toby hears a bear growling in his parents' room, he and his dad let their imaginations run wild.
Publisher: NorthSouth (NY)
ISBN: 9781558589551
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
When Toby hears a bear growling in his parents' room, he and his dad let their imaginations run wild.
Grizzly Years
Author: Doug Peacock
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993347X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993347X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
Down from the Mountain
Author: Bryce Andrews
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328972453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
"Andrews' wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts... Welcome and impressive work." --Barry Lopez Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition's Mountain Environment & Natural History Award The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. As the grizzlies approach, the people of the region are wary, at best, of their return. In searing detail, award-winning writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells us about one such grizzly. Millie is a typical mother: strong, cunning, fiercely protective of her cubs. But raising those cubs--a challenging task in the best of times--becomes ever harder as the mountains change, the climate warms and people crowd the valleys. There are obvious dangers, like poachers, and subtle ones as well, like the corn field that draws her out of the foothills and sets her on a path toward trouble and ruin. That trouble is where Bryce's story intersects with Millie's. It is the heart of Down from the Mountain, a singular drama evoking a much larger one: an entangled, bloody collision between two species in the modern-day West, where the shrinking wilds force man and bear into ever closer proximity.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328972453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
"Andrews' wonderful Down from the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts... Welcome and impressive work." --Barry Lopez Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition's Mountain Environment & Natural History Award The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West The grizzly is one of North America's few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. As the grizzlies approach, the people of the region are wary, at best, of their return. In searing detail, award-winning writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells us about one such grizzly. Millie is a typical mother: strong, cunning, fiercely protective of her cubs. But raising those cubs--a challenging task in the best of times--becomes ever harder as the mountains change, the climate warms and people crowd the valleys. There are obvious dangers, like poachers, and subtle ones as well, like the corn field that draws her out of the foothills and sets her on a path toward trouble and ruin. That trouble is where Bryce's story intersects with Millie's. It is the heart of Down from the Mountain, a singular drama evoking a much larger one: an entangled, bloody collision between two species in the modern-day West, where the shrinking wilds force man and bear into ever closer proximity.