Author: Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439668833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Author: Lora-Marie Bernard
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439668833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439668833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A journalist searches for the truth behind the traditional folk song, and a free black woman’s role in the Texas Revolution. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War marching tune, a pop chart staple, and a halftime anthem. Almost two centuries of Texas mythmaking successfully muddled fact with fable in song, and the true story of Emily D. West remains mired in dispute and unrecognizable beneath the tales that grew up around it. The complete truth may never be recovered, but in this book Lora-Marie Bernard seeks an honest account honoring the grit and determination that brought a free black woman from the abolitionist riots of Connecticut to the thick of a bloody Texas revolution. A Lone Star native who grew up immersed in the Yellow Rose legend, Bernard also traces other stories that legend has obscured, including the connection between Emily D. West and plans for a free black colony in Texas. Includes illustrations
Yellow Roses, Precious Songs
Author: Regina Bianco Cosenza
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426971680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In Long Island and New York City during the prosperous 1970s, life was good. It was a time of plenty—plenty of jobs, plenty of money, plenty of hope for all, and everything seemed right with the world. For Anna Maria Bellone, a vibrant college graduate from Long Island, it was also a time to begin her career with a prominent NYC insurance firm. It was not long before she met the captivating Andrew Moore, who quickly swept her into his life and his soul. They enjoyed everything their beautiful city had to offer—but the secrets he held close and the events of one fateful evening shook their relationship almost beyond repair. Was it possible that all they had shared and built together could be so easily destroyed in a matter of moments? Could romance end so swiftly, leaving only broken lives and bittersweet memories behind? Anna relied on her strength and the love that was born below the shadows of the Manhattan skyline. She prayed that her faith would help Andrew heal emotionally while she physically recovered from the night that forever changed them. But Andrew had a different idea. To save her further misery, he was convinced that if he put half a country between them, his plan would be successful. Could their love overcome the circumstances that tried to separate them? Was it possible for a love founded in the shadows to blossom in the sunshine of happily ever after?
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426971680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In Long Island and New York City during the prosperous 1970s, life was good. It was a time of plenty—plenty of jobs, plenty of money, plenty of hope for all, and everything seemed right with the world. For Anna Maria Bellone, a vibrant college graduate from Long Island, it was also a time to begin her career with a prominent NYC insurance firm. It was not long before she met the captivating Andrew Moore, who quickly swept her into his life and his soul. They enjoyed everything their beautiful city had to offer—but the secrets he held close and the events of one fateful evening shook their relationship almost beyond repair. Was it possible that all they had shared and built together could be so easily destroyed in a matter of moments? Could romance end so swiftly, leaving only broken lives and bittersweet memories behind? Anna relied on her strength and the love that was born below the shadows of the Manhattan skyline. She prayed that her faith would help Andrew heal emotionally while she physically recovered from the night that forever changed them. But Andrew had a different idea. To save her further misery, he was convinced that if he put half a country between them, his plan would be successful. Could their love overcome the circumstances that tried to separate them? Was it possible for a love founded in the shadows to blossom in the sunshine of happily ever after?
Emily D. West and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" Myth
Author: Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786474491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786474491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For the first time, the true story of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" is told in full, revealing a host of new insights and perspectives on one of America's most popular stories. For generations, the Yellow Rose of Texas has been one of America's most popular western myths, growing larger over time and little resembling the truth of what happened on April 21, 1836, at the battle of San Jacinto, where a new Texas Republic won its independence. The woman who has been popularly connected to the story was an ordinary but also quite remarkable free black woman from the North, Emily D. West. This work reconstructs her experience, places it in full context and explores the evolution of a most fanciful myth.
Yellow Rose of Texas
Author: Douglas Brode
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786462000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Yellow Rose of Texas: The Myth of Emily Morgan tells the fact based story of the African-American woman who inspired the world famous folk song. In this graphic novel the adventures of Emily Morgan reveal the Texas war for independence through the eyes of a black woman who survived the Alamo and played an important part in winning the war. While the story of Texas is told with attention to historical detail, the story of Emily is elevated to a romantic myth.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786462000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Yellow Rose of Texas: The Myth of Emily Morgan tells the fact based story of the African-American woman who inspired the world famous folk song. In this graphic novel the adventures of Emily Morgan reveal the Texas war for independence through the eyes of a black woman who survived the Alamo and played an important part in winning the war. While the story of Texas is told with attention to historical detail, the story of Emily is elevated to a romantic myth.
Yellow Roses
Author: Farah Grace
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532033575
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A psychics prediction haunts a young girl, causing her confusion and fear. Having a limited time to fulfill his dream, her childhood sweetheart makes her a promise before his death.Tragedy continues and she must make a decision to abscond for the safety of her children. Leaving her hometown in a borrowed car, adversity continues to follow her. She must deal with memories of a difficult childhood, and a heart that has been shattered. A man enters her life and offers her the life she so desires. Upon his death she becomes aware their entire twenty years of marriage was full of lies and deception, as his government ties are revealed to her through an unexpected source. Illness, and more deception continue until a chance encounter with a foreign speaking man who hides his own sorrows, finally teaches her to forgive and feel love. With His promise forever unbroken, she finds safety and guidance with the continuous apport* of love, his yellow roses. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApportApport may refer to: Apport (paranormal), the paranormal transference or appearance of an object;
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532033575
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A psychics prediction haunts a young girl, causing her confusion and fear. Having a limited time to fulfill his dream, her childhood sweetheart makes her a promise before his death.Tragedy continues and she must make a decision to abscond for the safety of her children. Leaving her hometown in a borrowed car, adversity continues to follow her. She must deal with memories of a difficult childhood, and a heart that has been shattered. A man enters her life and offers her the life she so desires. Upon his death she becomes aware their entire twenty years of marriage was full of lies and deception, as his government ties are revealed to her through an unexpected source. Illness, and more deception continue until a chance encounter with a foreign speaking man who hides his own sorrows, finally teaches her to forgive and feel love. With His promise forever unbroken, she finds safety and guidance with the continuous apport* of love, his yellow roses. *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApportApport may refer to: Apport (paranormal), the paranormal transference or appearance of an object;
Yellow Roses
Author: Elizabeth Cullinan
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 1531507492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A captivating collection unveiling the intricacies of love, life, and legacy These twelve stories, told from the viewpoint of young women in life’s mid-passage, explore the splendors and miseries of love, both carnal and spiritual, and cast back through sickness and health to the engraving experiences of childhood and forward to the rituals and release of death and its occasion for recall. They tell us of a dutiful but not guiltless daughter faced with the wreckage a father has made of his life, of the pain of trying to steer steadily through a doomed affair with a dearly loved married man, and of the ironies attending the funeral of a priest uncle and the birthday of an aged mother. From the outwardly unremarkable frame of a single day—on Fire Island or in New York—an entire life and an encompassment of humanity are movingly conveyed. Then, with inverted telescope, the most subjective of inner realms is explored—through a hospital stay, a sudden name change, or the surprising end of all those dreaded piano lessons. Taken together, these stories are a far greater whole than the sum of their remarkable parts, an unforgettable exploration of the paradoxical toughness and vulnerability that define the mortal condition.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 1531507492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A captivating collection unveiling the intricacies of love, life, and legacy These twelve stories, told from the viewpoint of young women in life’s mid-passage, explore the splendors and miseries of love, both carnal and spiritual, and cast back through sickness and health to the engraving experiences of childhood and forward to the rituals and release of death and its occasion for recall. They tell us of a dutiful but not guiltless daughter faced with the wreckage a father has made of his life, of the pain of trying to steer steadily through a doomed affair with a dearly loved married man, and of the ironies attending the funeral of a priest uncle and the birthday of an aged mother. From the outwardly unremarkable frame of a single day—on Fire Island or in New York—an entire life and an encompassment of humanity are movingly conveyed. Then, with inverted telescope, the most subjective of inner realms is explored—through a hospital stay, a sudden name change, or the surprising end of all those dreaded piano lessons. Taken together, these stories are a far greater whole than the sum of their remarkable parts, an unforgettable exploration of the paradoxical toughness and vulnerability that define the mortal condition.
Roses for New England
Author: Mike Chute
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615334813
Category : Rose culture
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615334813
Category : Rose culture
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The Yellow Rose
Author: Carl R. Brush
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781951775407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781951775407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When the Sun Rose
Author: Barbara Helen Berger
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780698114340
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An imaginative little girl spends a happy day with her playmate, who arrives with a pet lion.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780698114340
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An imaginative little girl spends a happy day with her playmate, who arrives with a pet lion.
Prairie Princess
Author: Jessie Veeder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A country girl celebrates the Prairie and why she calls it home in this beautifully illustrated children's book about a child's connection to the land.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A country girl celebrates the Prairie and why she calls it home in this beautifully illustrated children's book about a child's connection to the land.