books by Richard Nelson Current     books:       Lincoln's Loyalists: Union Soldiers from the Confederacy5 reviews Richard Nelson Current Northeastern, 1992 A bit unsettling to the Lost Cause diehards... After getting stationed in Georgia back in 1997, I became interested in the cause of the Southern Unionists. As a CivWar reenactor I found this subject to be on one hand totally verbotten for polite fireside conversation. On the other, some interest but little information. Thank God over the last few years several books have come out to help fill that info gap. The South vs The South(poorest ...             Lincoln the President: Springfield to Gettysburg J. G. Randall, Richard Nelson Current Da Capo Pr, 1997 First published in four volumes in 1945, 1952 and 1955, J.G. Randall's "Lincoln the President" is here reprinted in two. The first covers Lincoln's life as far as Gettysburg, focusing mainly on his presidential administration. The second concentrates on Lincoln the person - his conversation, his personality, his daily tasks, his marriage, his sense of humour - and covers his life from the period of the Emancipation Proclamation up to the final ...             American History: A Survey8 reviews Richard Nelson Current, etc. McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1993 Easy to read, easy to understand This book is very easy to read and understand. If you don't know much about U.S. History, and you want an easy to read book, then this book is for you. Brinkley's style of writing is remarkably down-to-earth. You can read this book for pleasure and get a lot out of it!.... Anyways, get the book. It's worth it.             Wisconsin, A History (The States and the Nation series) Richard Nelson Current WW Norton & Co, 1980 A haven for summer tourists and winter sport enthusiasts, Wisconsin is famed for its physical beauty and its prodigious production of cheese and dairy products. Richard Nelson Current's compact history reveals the colorful past of America's Dairyland, from early explorers and gangsters to sports heroes and cheeseheads. Both the Ringling Brothers' "World's Greatest Shows" and Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" originated in Wisconsin, ...             A History of the United States to 18761 review Richard Nelson Current, T. Harry Williams, ... Knopf, 1959 The history of the states since 1865 this book deals with tha end of the civil war, 1865. you would find how the reconstruction took place, how slavery end, how the people suffer with many changes, how some presidents and government political wasn't all that helpful in restoring the united states in those years of battle. you would get a better understanding on how the presidents and political parties put a stop to those hard ...             American History: A Survey, Vol. 2 Richard Nelson Current, etc., ... Mcgraw-Hill College, 1991 This survey aims to balance social and cultural with the political and diplomatic history. It aims to help instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways confident that the text will support both the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study. Every chapter begins with a summary of major themes and ends with a boxed chronology entitled "Significant Events", noting the major events discussed ...             Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885-19492 reviews Knut Hamsun, Richard Nelson Current University of Missouri Press, 2003 Absorbing perspectives on American civilization Written by Knut Hamsun (1920 Nobel Prize winner for his novel "The Growth of the Soil", and who later became infamous for betraying his country of Norway to support the Nazis even as Vidkun Quisling did), Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays And Stories 1885-1949 is inherently interesting presentation of thirteen essays and stories based on Hamsun's experiences during the four years he spent in ...             Lincoln and the First Shot (Critical Periods of History)1 review Richard Nelson Current Waveland Press, 1990 Excellent! A great breakdown of events leading up to Ft. Sumter, and a great analysis of the early relationship between Lincoln and his cabinet, esp. Secretary of state Seward (who at this early date mistakenly thought Lincoln was a puppet he could manipulate). All in all a fascinating read and a must for good civil war libraries.             American History: A Survey (Vol. I)3 reviews Richard Nelson Current, etc., ... McGraw Hill Higher Education, 1995 A brilliant, balanced and in-depth survey of U.S. history. In "American History: A Survey", Alan Brinkley manages to create a comprehensive survey of American history, devoting in-depth discussion to both political and social history. In the process new insight is shed on familiar events while important aspects of the past which tend to be overlooked, e.g. Native Americans, women and African Americans, are covered in detail. Features like "Where ...             Those Terrible Carpetbaggers: A Reinterpretation2 reviews Richard Nelson Current Oxford University Press, USA, 1989 American history you should know An Civil War eminent historian demolishes the myths about carpetbaggers. The book follows 10 Northerners who became some of the more prominent leaders of the reconstructed South in the post-war era. Their actions belie the stereotypical story of greedy, slippery Northerners that was created to explain away the failure of Reconstruction after the North gave up on it. Read this book along with Eric ...             Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure J G Randall, Richard Nelson Current University of Illinois Press, 1991 Now available for the first time in paperback, "Last Full Measure" is the fourth and final volume of J. G. Randall's monumental "Lincoln the President, a multivolume work considered by many to be indispensable to Lincoln scholars. Completed by Richard N. Current using the notes and drafts Randall left at his death, "Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure" describes the key events of Lincoln's administration from December 1863 to April 1865. ...             Loie Fuller: Goddess of Light1 review Richard Nelson Current, Marcia Ewing Current Northeastern, 1997 Loie Swirls Again! Goddess of Light was a wonderful story of the life of Loie Fuller, an oft-overlooked but important innovator of lighting and other theatrical effects with great influence in the world of dance. Loie was not only a movement artist and an inventor but a businesswoman, who promoted other artists (i.e. Rodin) in addition to herself. Loie was successful because she was experimental, resourceful, and ...              search for books 1885-1949, america, american, carpetbaggers, confederacy, critical, essays, fuller, gettysburg, goddess, hamsun, history, lincoln, loyalists, measure, nation, periods, president, reinterpretation, remembers, series, soldiers, springfield, states, stories, survey, terrible, union, united, wisconsin books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Ernie Haase & Signature Sound we recommend Fine product, but what's with the price? home  impressum - about us