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Gloryland
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Author : Shelton Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Gloryland written by Shelton Johnson and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
“A work of extraordinary imagination and sympathy, a journey from slavery to the mountaintop, perfectly realized.” —Ken Burns, American filmmaker Born on Emancipation Day, 1863, to a sharecropping family of black and Indian blood, Elijah Yancy never lived as a slave—but his self–image as a free person is at war with his surroundings: Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the Reconstructed South. Exiled for his own survival as a teenager, Elijah walks west to the Nebraska plains—and, like other rootless young African–American men of that era, joins up with the US cavalry. The trajectory of Elijah’s army career parallels the nation’s imperial adventures in the late 19th century: subduing Native Americans in the West, quelling rebellion in the Philippines. Haunted by the terrors endured by black Americans and by his part in persecuting other people of color, Elijah is sustained only by visions, memories, prayers, and his questing spirit—which ultimately finds a home when his troop is posted to the newly created Yosemite National Park in 1903. Here, living with little beyond mountain light, running water, campfires, and stars, he becomes a man who owns himself completely, while knowing he’s left pieces of himself scattered along his life’s path like pebbles on a creek bed. “Seen through the fresh eyes of buffalo soldier Elijah Yancy, Yosemite is Gloryland, his true home. Shelton Johnson has written a beautiful novel about Elijah’s journey.” —Maxine Hong Kingston, author of China Men and The Woman Warrior
Glory Land A Lay By S R W
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Author : S. R. W.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850
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Gloryland
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Author : Don Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
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Author : Anne Marie Macari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Gloryland written by Anne Marie Macari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Poetry categories.
Anne Marie Macari's breathtaking second collection finds unapologetic revelation in the female body.
I Ve Got A Home In Glory Land
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Author : Karolyn Smardz Frost
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2008-06-24
I Ve Got A Home In Glory Land written by Karolyn Smardz Frost and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring—and successful—daylight escape from Louisville. But they were discovered by slave catchers in Michigan and slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause. The Blackburn Riot of 1833 was the first racial uprising in Detroit history. The couple was spirited across the river to Canada, but their safety proved illusory. In June 1833, Michigan's governor demanded their extradition. The Blackburn case was the first serious legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad. The impassioned defense of the Blackburns by Canada's lieutenant governor set precedents for all future fugitive-slave cases. The Blackburns settled in Toronto and founded the city's first taxi business. But they never forgot the millions who still suffered in slavery. Working with prominent abolitionists, Thornton and Lucie made their home a haven for runaways. The Blackburns died in the 1890s, and their fascinating tale was lost to history. Lost, that is, until a chance archaeological discovery in a downtown Toronto school yard brought the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn again to light.
Memorials Matter
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Author : Jennifer K Ladino
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2019-02-06
Memorials Matter written by Jennifer K Ladino and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-06 with Nature categories.
From the sculptured peaks of Mount Rushmore to the Coloradan prairie lands at Sand Creek to the idyllic islands of the Pacific, the West’s signature environments add a new dimension to the study of memorials. In such diverse and often dramatic landscapes, how do the natural and built environments shape our emotions? In Memorials Matter, author Jennifer Ladino investigates the natural and physical environments of seven diverse National Park Service (NPS) sites in the American West and how they influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. Chapters center around the region’s diverse inhabitants (Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, African, and Native Americans) and the variously traumatic histories these groups endured—histories of oppression, exploitation, incarceration, slavery, and genocide. Drawing on material ecocritical theory, Ladino emphasizes the ideological and political importance of memorials and how they evoke visceral responses that are not always explicitly “storied,” but nevertheless matter in powerful ways. In this unique blend of narrative scholarship and critical theory, Ladino demonstrates how these memorial sites and their surrounding landscapes, combined with written texts, generate emotion and shape our collective memory of traumatic events. She urges us to consider our everyday environments and to become attuned to features and feelings we might have otherwise overlooked.
Bluegrass Picker S Tune Book
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Author : Richard Matteson Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Release Date : 2010-10-07
Bluegrass Picker S Tune Book written by Richard Matteson Jr. and has been published by Mel Bay Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-07 with Music categories.
The Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book is a must for all bluegrass pickers! Included are the melody line and chords to over two hundred favorite gospel and bluegrass songs. Detailed information about the origin and performers is given for each song as well as the history and development of the bluegrass genre. the lyrics are large and easy to read during a performance.
Cumulative List Of Organizations Described In Section 170 C Of The Internal Revenue Code Of 1954
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Cumulative List Of Organizations Described In Section 170 C Of The Internal Revenue Code Of 1954 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations categories.
Cumulative List Of Organizations Described In Section 170 C Of The Internal Revenue Code Of 1986
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Cumulative List Of Organizations Described In Section 170 C Of The Internal Revenue Code Of 1986 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations categories.
Gloryland
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Author : Jeremy Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1989-02-01
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