The Life of Billy Yank, The Common Soldier of the Union . By Bell Irvin Wiley. (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1952. 454 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $6.00.)Eugene H. RoseboomJournal of American History
The United States Civil War touched the lives of every American North and South at that time. This informative book makes extensive use of journals, newspapers, and diaries to bring together the experience of the soldier, civilian, and slave in one volume. The experiences of Billy Yank and Jo...
When Conover found out that Norma Jeane had a sweater in her locker, he asked her to model for his series of photographs for Yank magazine. Conover's appealing shots of Norma Jeane resulted in her first magazine cover and led to her career as a model. Norma Jeane discovered that she was...
we do have in common several things: Our belief in the words of Jesus, as quoted in John 13, 34-35, that we must love one another. We also believe, quite unexpectedly, in the truth of Vladimir Lenin’s words: “Give me just one generation of youth...
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Unfortunate phrasings that yank me out of a book: “She lay there staring with her creamy blue eyes, water pooling in the corners.” “Her eyes were the same color as the deep purple velvet drapes.” Meh. Enough about their eyes already. Some authors go to incredible (and at times, ...
When that happens we can either drop out of writing mode (not an option for me) or we can find a way to yank that thought out of our head and identify what must happen to get that scene moving. I am a linear thinker, so after a little trial and error, and after seeing how other...
Eventually I just had to squint my eyes, go to a happy place, take a deep breath and yankthat fuckermy arm out of there. As soon as I did, I felt my heartbeat pulsate from my thumb knuckle all the way up to my elbow. I thought about how easily I bruise if you even sneeze in...
* Yankumi gets into trouble at the end of the season. She is always forced to leave the school. Sometimes you have to admire her patience. * The difficult class manages to graduate. The school closes down soon thereafter. * She doesn’t get the boy of his fancy. Maybe the fighting’...
directing at whoever was in charge of the yank. From there, things got a little heated between the band and the festival organizers who had been warned the previous night about Main Stage acts going overtime. Needless to say, this made for some weird energy and a lot of gossip and he ...