wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
ISBN: 9780446698986 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themselves and ultimately became friends, they transformed America.
Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president.... Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard Univer...
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136,54 zł |
The Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race
ISBN: 9780674013674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. At a time when slavery was spreading and the country was steeped in racism, two white men and two black men overcame social barriers and mistrust to form a unique alliance that sought nothing less than the end of all evil. Drawing on the largest extant bi-racial correspondence in the Civil War era, John Stauffer braids together these men's struggles to reconcile ideals of justice with the reality of slavery and oppression. Who could imagine that Gerrit Smith, one of the richest men in the country, would give away his wealth to the poor and ally himself with Frederick Douglass, an ex-slave?...
At a time when slavery was spreading and the country was steeped in racism, two white men and two black men overcame social barriers and mistrust to f...
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169,31 zł |
Tribunal: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid
ISBN: 9780674048850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of millions of armed bondsmen, thus ridding the nation of the scourge of slavery. The insurrection did not happen, and Brown and the other surviving raiders were quickly captured and executed. This landmark anthology, which collects contemporary speeches, letters, newspaper articles, journals, poems, and songs, demonstrates that Brown's actions nonetheless altered the course of American history. John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd have assembled an... When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of m... |
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240,43 zł |
My Inflatable Heart
ISBN: 9780976593225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) My Inflatable Heart is a collection of short stories about life and the pursuit of happiness. Many but not all of the stories tell of the author's work with disabled kids as the director of Young Life Capernaum in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Through this work, Koehler learned things about himself and the people that God called him to serve, as well as the "normal" people of the world. These stories will challenge the reader to think beyond the typical boundaries of religion and spirituality. Koehler questions everything and wonders about things that are mysterious or right next to you. He...
My Inflatable Heart is a collection of short stories about life and the pursuit of happiness. Many but not all of the stories tell of the author's wor...
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90,84 zł |
The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches on
ISBN: 9780199837434 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than the "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause. The... It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and Ge...
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139,19 zł |
Meteor of War : The John Brown Story
ISBN: 9781881089391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Few men in American history have been at once as glorified and maligned as John Brown. From his attack of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859, as part of a scheme to free the slaves, Brown has been called a saint and sinner, rogue and redeemer, martyr and madman. Brown rebelled against the American government, and he murdered men in Kansas in order to end the murderous institution of slavery. He denounced war, but made war on his government in order to end an existing war for slavery.
This anthology, which presents Brown's writing and diverse... Few men in American history have been at once as glorified and maligned as John Brown. From his attack of the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virgi...
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147,43 zł |
American Protest Literature
ISBN: 9780674027633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "I like a little rebellion now and then"--so wrote Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, enlisting in a tradition that throughout American history has led writers to rage and reason, prophesy and provoke. This is the first anthology to collect and examine an American literature that holds the nation to its highest ideals, castigating it when it falls short and pointing the way to a better collective future. American Protest Literature presents sources from eleven protest movements--political, social, and cultural--from the Revolution to abolition to gay rights to antiwar protest. Each...
"I like a little rebellion now and then"--so wrote Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, enlisting in a tradition that throughout American history has le...
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152,90 zł |
A Gal Can Dream Can't She?: Letters of Helene Stauffer Hero to Her Daughters 1956-1962
ISBN: 9781535340892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Helene Stauffer Hero (1913-1965) began writing these letters when her eldest daughter went off to college in 1956. More than newsy, they are unfiltered accounts of the highs and lows of a life in the Garden District of New Orleans in the middle of the last century. Mother of five girls, Chair of the Women's Board of the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and fond of giving parties, these letters are funny, honest, unsparing, disturbing, loving and sad.
Helene Stauffer Hero (1913-1965) began writing these letters when her eldest daughter went off to college in 1956. More than newsy, they are unfiltere...
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40,94 zł |
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
ISBN: 9781631494291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A landmark and collectible volume-beautifully produced in duotone-that canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
A landmark and collectible volume-beautifully produced in duotone-that canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
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151,78 zł |
Smithsonian America: The Atlas
ISBN: 9781645178422 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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130,05 zł |
The Portable Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9780143106814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian John Stauffer, The Portable Frederick Douglass includes the full range of Douglass's works: the complete Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as... A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volu... |
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66,92 zł |