Volume 1 of the Rhetorical History of the United States series probes formal and ideational aspects of colonial rhetoric to illuminate textual/contextual interactions and their enduring implications for American rhetoric. Topics such as millennialism, religious freedom and toleration, covenant theology, revivalism, and the British heritage of American colonial rhetoric are explored. By examining sermons, forensic speaking, theological treatise, literary traditions, prayers, poems, and other rhetorical artifacts, these essays help to illuminate the sources of American identity as that identity...

Located astride the Tennessee North Carolina border, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains more than one hundred trails that trace eight hundred miles of rugged terrain. This fact is certain to bewilder any newcomer who might be eager to explore the Park s backcountry but is unsure where to start. This book, intended as a beginner s guide to hiking the Smokies, offers lively, informative descriptions of twenty-two trails that can be completed in a day or less.
For anyone who has yet to discover the beauty of the Smokies, the highest North American mountains east of the...

The Best Short Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains
Kenneth Wise and James Andrews
Located astride the Tennessee North Carolina border, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains more than one hundred trails that trace eight hundred miles of rugged terrain. This fact is certain to bewilder any newcomer who might be eager to explore the Park s backcountry but is unsure where to start. This book, intended as a beginner s guide to hiking the Smokies, offers lively, informative descriptions of twenty-two trails that can be completed in a day or less.
For anyone who has yet to...

Do you know Mother Nature? She it is to whom God has given the care of the earth, and all that grows in or upon it, just as he has given to your mother the care of her family of boys and girls. You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous ""old woman who lived in the shoe,"" has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how active; how she can really be in fifty places at once, taking care of a sick tree, or a baby flower just born; and, at the same time, building underground palaces,...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Do you know Mother Nature? She it is to whom God has given the care of the earth, and all that grows in or upon it, just as he has given to your mother the care of her family of boys and girls. You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous ""old woman who lived in the shoe,"" has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how strong she is, and how...

The MindTech Principles by James Andrews describe twelve underlying components that explain the spirit-body continuum common to all people and how these components exist in a mutually beneficial balance to promote our lives. Once grounded in this essential foundation, author Andrews systematically builds on this core knowledge to reveal a clear, six-step process for how anyone can create a new thought pattern and permanent behavior change. Beyond hype and hyperbole, The MindTech Principles explain what is really going on "underneath the hood" of our mind, body, and spirit. This practical and...