This is the history and adventures of the Rainwater and Peabody families; both comfortable, wealthy, sure of themselves and leaders of their time. Each respected the other until the Peabody's beautiful daughter, Sara, fell in love with the handsome half-Indian Jeremiah Rainwater. Their struggles are played out from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Arkansaw Territory. The timing, set before the Civil War, deals with many changes in this country and Jeremiah's quest to establish a legacy for his young son, William. The changes manifest themselves in lawlessness, murder, grief, new birth and...

Traces the work of a network of early childhood educators who are inspired by and engaged in the study of the early childhood programs and practices of Reggio Emilia. It describes how the network of study groups began, expanded, and sustained their work and how study groups serve as professional development and are integral to the shaping of learning communities and making an impact on classroom practices in early childhood programs.

Traces the work of a network of early childhood educators who are inspired by and engaged in the study of the early childhood programs and practices of Reggio Emilia. It describes how the network of study groups began, expanded, and sustained their work and how study groups serve as professional development and are integral to the shaping of learning communities and making an impact on classroom practices in early childhood programs.

Visits with Lincoln provides a balanced and readable discussion of ten abolitionists, male and female, black and white, to visit President Lincoln in the White House during the Civil War. It paints a portrait of Lincoln through the eyes of the visitors, who include a variety of important historical figures-Jessie Fremont, Carl Schurz, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass, Anna Dickinson, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and Sojourner Truth. Through their accounts, White traces changes in Lincoln's ideas and attitudes over the course...

Providing a guide to fantasy writing from the classical period to the 20th century, this text focuses on different examples of how fantasy has acted as a political response to cultural opportunities and pressures. A wide variety of styles and genres are investigated.