Monthly Archives: December 2011
In Red Blood & Black Ink David Dary makes a strong case for the importance of the press in settling the West and helping to knit the nation together, making us into the country we are today.
Red Blood and Black Ink : Journalism in the Old West David Dary Journalism History American newspapers New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1998 Hardcover. 1st ed. xiv, 345 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical … Continue reading
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His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman and scholar… Robert Burns
Reading the man : a portrait of Robert E. Lee through his private lettters Elizabeth Brown Pryor Generals Confederate States of America Biography, Lee Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-1870 Correspondence New York : Viking, 2007 Hardcover. 1st. ed. and printing. … Continue reading
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A fascinating, intelligent, and sometimes funny tour of the human relics at the root of the world’s major religions.
Rag and bone : a journey among the world’s holy dead Peter Manseau Relics New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009 Hardcover. 1st. ed. and printing. ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Clean, tight and strong … Continue reading
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The man who saved Galveston and Texas during the War of Northern Agression.
Prince John Magruder : his life and campaigns Paul D. Casdorph Generals Confederate States of America Biography Magruder John Bankhead 1807-1871 New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1996 Hardcover. 1st. ed. and printing. xiii, 386 p. : ill. ; … Continue reading
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Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it.
Poet of the appetites : the lives and loves of M.F.K. Fisher Joan Reardon Women food writers United States Biography Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) 1908-1992 New York : North Point Press, 2004 Hardcover. 1st. ed. and printing. … Continue reading
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