Books: William Riley Brooksher's (1998)War along the Bayous: the 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisianais outstanding, and has some really good maps, photos, and contemporary sketches but, like many Civil War books, could use even more maps and photos. There are plenty to work with if the...
This beautifully written trilogy of books on the American Civil War is not only a piece of first-rate history, but also a marvelous work of literature. Shelby Foote brings a skilled novelist's narrative power to this great epic. Many know Foote for his prominent role as a commentator on Ke...
Dedicated to the ‘Sixty Million and more’ Africans and their descendants who died as a result of the slave trade, the novel is set in the mid-1800s, in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It tells the story of Sethe, abandoned by her sons and living with her youngest dau...
In the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, Ezra Cornell wrote, "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." For over 150 years, Cornell University has remained deeply committed to Ezra’s vision. Explain how your life experiences will help inform your co...
However, as an openly gay Black man, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build. Released: 2023 Directed by: George C. Wolfe Also ranks #2 on The Best Black Movies Of 2023 Also ranks #8 on The Best LGBTQ+ Movies On Netflix Also ranks #11 on The Best ...
This review article considers two books, of widely varying types, which deal with the South African War, 1899–1902. One, an edited volume of British soldiers' letters, presents a worm's-eye view of early hostilities in the Natal colony, while the other is a general account of the war ...
American Civil War soldier, businessman, and newspaper and magazine publisher. As editor of Town Topics raised it to a hitherto unmatched mastery in the art of scandal. The gossip was personal, vicious, salacious. But the sophistication with which Mann served it up was a world above that of...
Well, here it is: a post-Civil War shooter that hands you slow-firing, deliberate guns and crossbows that detonate plumes of barbed wire (among other things), set in decayed Louisiana swamps and Colorado cliffs cluttered with crows, undead dogs, and other unsettling AI hazards including "What...
set in an unnamed bookstore in Minneapolis that very closely resembles BirchBark, the shop Erdrich owns in real life. Her quirky, captivating characters—ex-con Tookie chief among them—care deeply about each other and our troubled world, but perhaps their deepest passion is for...books. ...
Animal Histories ofthe Civil War Era 作者:Earl J. Hess 获奖评价:用标题字体抹掉士兵,只留下他最好的朋友在他身边,真是太好了,不容错过。 13 Arrowsmith; Babbitt;It Can't Happen Here;Elmer Gantry; Main Street 作者:Sinclair Lewis 获奖评价:它们以一种既新鲜又怀旧的方式捕捉了辛克莱·刘易斯小说中的...