books about: 1892-1900     books:       General John Pope: A Life for the Nation3 reviews Peter Cozzens University of Illinois Press, 2000 Major General John Pope An excellent biography of a truely misunderstood Union Civil War General. Pope is most famous for losing the Battle of 2nd Manasses (called 2nd Bull Run also). He was whipped by Robert E. Lee and ended up being placed in command of the Department of the Northwest (Minnesota, the Dakota's), to fight Indians. He served the military honorably though for over 40 years, and was a good general, simply ...             Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 9)10 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien Houghton Mifflin, 1992 the past 3 books I had to give a 4 and I felt absolutely horrible doing that, but I am back on the 5 train for the rest of these So maybe you didn't fly through the last 3 books like the first five, but get ready to put your seatbelt on for this ride. The start of this book finished off the evolution of the lord, and also gives a pretty cool story where sam is answering his kids questions of what happened in the war of the ring. The second part is back to the stuff that I love. I have reread the wierd inklings ...             A Race of Singers: Whitman's Working-Class Hero from Guthrie to Springsteen (Cultural Studies of the United ...4 reviews Bryan K. Garman The University of North Carolina Press, 2000 New Academic Insight on Springsteen As a cultural figure of the late 20th century Bruce Springsteen has long been admired as well as the object of derision in some circles. Garman's work places Springsteen in a context far removed from the fickle nature of fame. By linking Springsteen with Guthrie and with Whitman Garman allows us to appreciate Springsteen as far more than his icon status as "the boss", but rather as the latest ...             Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World5 reviews Verlyn Flieger Kent State University Press, 2002 Splintered Light and Sundered Veil J.R.R. Tolkien claimed that he transcribed, not created, the tales of Middle Earth. He also said that Middle Earth is not pure fantasy in time or space, but depicts our earth and its inhabitants in some remote time. When I was sixteen and had read Tolkien for the first time, I didn't know this. I only knew that I wanted middle earth - its air, its mountains and magic - to be real. I tried ...             Beyond the Stone Arches: An American Medical Missonary Doctor in China, 1892-19323 reviews John Wiley & Sons, 2000 A pioneer missionary doctor in China: a true adventure tale "Beyond the Stone Arches" is the gripping story of a pioneer missionary doctor who served for four decades in a mission station deep in the interior of Fujian province. Each chapter could stand alone, for the scene changes from Imperial China to the shaky, new Republic in 1911, to civil wars, banditry, floods, plague and cholera epidemics - but through it all, Edward Bliss, Jr. tells the story ...             Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse3 reviews Marcia K. Vaughan, Bill Farnsworth Beyond Words, 1999 A Dramatic and Moving Story As a professor of Creative Drama and Children's Theatre at the University of New Mexico, I am always looking for books that students in our children's classes will enjoy acting out. ABBIE AGAINST THE STORM is a rich and exciting source of dramatic action and historical fact as well as being a lively and moving reading experience. Abbie is a magnificently brave teen-age girl who struggles ...             Abraham Epstein: The Forgotten Father of Social Security3 reviews Pierre Epstein University of Missouri Press, 2006 A welcome and recommended addition Abraham Epstein presents Abraham Epstein: The Forgotten Father of Social Security, a solid biography of the American social reformer who permanently transformed the responsibilities of the federal government and was instrumental in instituting the nigh-unassailable institution of Social Security. Written by Abraham Epstein's son, Pierre Epstein, Abraham Epstein: The Forgotten Father of Social ...             Italians to America, Volume 6 Jan. 1892-Dec. 1892: List of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports (Italians to ...4 reviews P. William Filby The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1997 Should be on CD If your looking for a needle in a haystack, these volumes-"Italians to America" are a must for any Italian-American geneaology buff. Fortunately, I had a death certificate that had the place of birth of my grandfather. Using the index with variations of our last name, I recorded the information and proceeded to lookup every entry. On my second trip to the public library I found the entry ...             Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon, 2nd Edition4 reviews Brian Rosebury Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 A true modernist literary criticism of Tolkien A lucid, insightful, sympathetic discussion of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" as a 20th-century novel with the values appropriate to canonical 20th-century novels. To Rosebury, Tolkien has flaws but is a significant, though not great, literary figure with much to offer. His other work is also discussed, as is his place in literature. Most of his argument is that there is no excuse for critics ...             Kansas Charley: The Story of a 19th-Century Boy Murderer5 reviews Joan Jacobs Brumberg Viking Adult, 2003 A compelling historical drama Kansas Charlie's life is a great reality check for someone who's read too many Horatio Alger books. I read this book very quickly. Dr. Brumberg tells the story well - the prose is lean and engaging, the historical details are perfect. (I can imagine a movie or documentary of this book). The book stayed with me long after I read it. What's remarkable is how little has changed in the last 110 ...             Philosophy of Brand Blanshard (Library of Living Philosophers)3 reviews Brand Blanshard Open Court Publishing Company, 1980 Brand Blanshard--Philosophy one can read. Doctor Blanshard has been criticized for not being a very original thinker. Whatever one thinks about original thought, one must admire a philosopher who expends the effort necessary to be understood and never hides in obscurity. Blanshard wrote a book 'On philosophical Style' and a better example of excellence in writing style cannot be found than this book edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. As a ...             Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892 - 19002 reviews St Martins Pr, 1997 Raw But Real American History Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett should be as well known as Soujourner Truth or Rosa Parks. This was one revolutionary heroine! She was run out of Memphis for writing boldly about lynchings in the 1890s. She also did an in-depth study on lynching called "A Red Record" (included here) that told the truth about this practice on a national level. Another excellent segemnt teels the forgotten true tale of ...             The Preacher's Tale: The Civil War Journal of Rev. Francis Springer, Chaplain, U.S. Army of the Frontier (The ...2 reviews Francis Springer University of Arkansas Press, 2001 Very highly recommended and valued The Preacher's Tale: The Civil War Journal Of Rev. Francis Springer, Chaplain, U.S. Army Of The Frontier is an intimate, candid, revealing, deeply personal record of the Civil War which reveals 51-year-old Francis Springer's thoughts and experiences on the nature of war, the meaning of violence, and the role of religion. Enlisting with the Union Army in the fall of 1861, Reverend Spring was with ...             The Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies)2 reviews Nathaniel Deutsch University of California Press, 2003 Wistful and scholarly search for an elusive image This is a beautifully written and comprehensive investigation into the intriguing personality of the Ludomirer Moid. Deutsch not only thoroughly investigates the literary and documentary evidence of her story, but sets both in thoughtful cultural contexts, both historic and contemporary. This involves mastery of an impressive range of disciplines, ranging from Hasidic / kabbalistic theology to ...             Early Poems (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)2 reviews Edna St. Vincent Millay Penguin Classics, 1998 It's an important and lovely book. This book is a lovely way to return to Edna St. Vincent Millay's early radiant poetry or to read it for the first time. Editor Holly Peppe's important and knowlegable introduction answers many lingering questions about Millay's place as a poet, her experience as a woman, and her originality as an artist. Highly recommended!             Uphill with Archie: A Son's Journey2 reviews William H. MacLeish Simon & Schuster, 2001 An Honest, Intimate Portrait of the Writer's Life The "Uphill" in Uphill with Archie refers to Uphill Farm, the MacLeish family home in Conway, Mass., and with the book's opening paragraph, it's like we're there with the author, William MacLeish, and his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Archibald MacLeish, surrounded by leather- and cloth-bound books in the book room of the house, a crackling fire in the fireplace while a cold northeasterly ...             Gotham Comes of Age: New York Through the Lens of the Byron Company, 1892-19422 reviews Peter Simmons Pomegranate Communications, 1999 A wonderful look back in time at New York City This book has many things to commend it, from th fine paper stock to the marvelous images selected by Peter Simmons. Look at the pictures - really look at them and you will be brought back to a different era! I recommend it!             Stuart Davis: American Painter2 reviews Lowery Stokes Sims Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991 Fantastic I felt that this book is the best overall catalog of the work of Stuart Davis. It includes an enormous amount of color and black and white pictures of his paintings and of himself. It also includes a good synopsis of his life and extrordinary career. If you need a book on Stuart Davis than this is the best.             Avant Garde Theatre: 1892-19922 reviews Christoph Innes Routledge, 1993 I didn't read it. I don't know how to get it. I'm iterested in the book. I don't know how to get some information about it before buying it. If by this "rewiew" you can give me some, i will appreciate it. Thank you. I'm interested in everything connected with art movements before and after the world war I ( and II)             The River Ran Red: Homestead 1892 (Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History)2 reviews David P. Demarest, Fannia Weingartner, ... University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992 Great Firsthand Sources Make this Book a Fascinating Read! The River Ran Red tells the story of the Homestead Strike of 1892 using firsthand sources (for example exerpts from Carnegie's speeches, local and national papers and even memos from H.C. Frick). This book comes alive more than any other book on the strike because it is told by firsthand sources, not a stuffy historian's view.              search for books 1892-1932, 1892-1942, 1892-1992, 1892-dec, 19th-century, american, anti-lynching, blanshard, classics, forgotten, foundation, homestead, lighthouse, lynching, middle-earth, missonary, passengers, phenomenon, philosophers, philosophy, pittsburgh, preacher, security, southern, splintered, springer, springsteen, twentieth, twentieth-century, working-class books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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