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Hard Times In Paradise

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Author : William G. Robbins
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01

Hard Times In Paradise written by William G. Robbins and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with History categories.

Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay’s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s The Mill Casino.

Hard Times In Paradise

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Author : David Colfax
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-05-30

Hard Times In Paradise written by David Colfax and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

An account of one family's life in a redwood forest describes how the Colfax's lived without electricity, running water, or a phone, and how they educated their sons, three of whom were accepted to Harvard on full scholarships.

Take Time For Paradise

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Author : A. Bartlett Giamatti
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-03-15

Take Time For Paradise written by A. Bartlett Giamatti and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.

A philosophical musing on sports and play, this wholly inspiring and utterly charming reissue of Bart Giamatti's long-out-of-print final book, Take Time for Paradise, puts baseball in the context of American life and leisure. Giamatti begins with the conviction that our use of free time tells us something about who we are. He explores the concepts of leisure, American-style. And in baseball, the quintessential American game, he finds its ultimate expression. "Sports and leisure are our reiteration of the hunger for paradise- for freedom untrammeled." Filled with pithy truths about such resonant subjects as ritual, self-betterment, faith, home, and community, Take Time for Paradise gives us much more than just baseball. These final, eloquent thoughts of "the philosopher king of baseball" (Seattle Weekly) are a joyful, reverent celebration of the sport Giamatti loved and the country that created it.

Landscapes Of Conflict

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Author : William G Robbins
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2004

Landscapes Of Conflict written by William G Robbins and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live."This is, make no mistake about it, an important book. Oregon faces massive land-use and environmental issues, and this history of how we really got to where we are is relevant and predictive. Those who control how Oregon will go in the future need to read this book thoroughly. And that includes the people who have the most power ... the voters."--Salem Statesman Journal"There is much to admire in [this] book: careful scholarship, brisk writing, and an obvious love and respect for Oregon's history and people. And many fascinating stories ... Historians and environmentalists will be elaborating his themes, working from the borders of his achievement, for some time to come."-The Oregonian[Landscapes of Conflict] is impressive, a work valuable for its sweep, relevant to many current concerns, and important for the understanding it can provide even to those with interests focused on areas far distant from Oregon."-The Journal of American History"Robbins brings a critical and moral clarity to his research and analysis that turns the specifics of one state's environmental conflicts into a synecdoche for broader struggles with modernity, capitalism, and ecological sustainability."--H-Net.

Fire In Paradise An American Tragedy

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Author : Dani Anguiano
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2020-05-05

Fire In Paradise An American Tragedy written by Dani Anguiano and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with Nature categories.

The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century. On November 8, 2018, the ferocious Camp Fire razed nearly every home in Paradise, California, and killed at least 85 people. Journalists Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano reported on Paradise from the day the fire began and conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with residents, firefighters and police, and scientific experts. Fire in Paradise is their dramatic narrative of the disaster and an unforgettable story of an American town at the forefront of the climate emergency.

Escape From Paradise

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Author : John Harding
language : en
Publisher: John Harding
Release Date : 2001

Escape From Paradise written by John Harding and has been published by John Harding this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Subject: Autobiography. Escape from Paradise is a contemporary and true woman?s story set in Singapore, Brunei, Australia, England, and the United States. It involves Singapore?s famous Tiger Balm family, and a wealthy and mysterious family from Brunei?and the link between them, a young Singaporean woman, May Chu Lee. From its first paragraph, the book draws the reader into the ambiance of a cosmopolitan Asia never touched upon by any other book ?

Almost Paradise

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Author : Corabel Shofner
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Release Date : 2017-07-25

Almost Paradise written by Corabel Shofner and has been published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-25 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.

Hard Times

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Author : Joseph Smith Van Dyke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879

Hard Times written by Joseph Smith Van Dyke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with categories.

Seeking Recognition

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Author : David Beck
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2009-11-01

Seeking Recognition written by David Beck and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with History categories.

In 1855 the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw tribes of Oregon signed the Empire Treaty with the United States, which would have provided them rights as federally acknowledged tribes with formal relationships with the U.S. government. The treaty, however, was never ratified by Congress; in fact, the federal government lost the document. Tribal leaders spent the next century battling to overcome their quasi-recognized status, receiving some federal services for Indians but no compensation for the land and resources they lost. In 1956 the U.S. government officially terminated their tribal status as part of a national effort to eliminate the government?s relationship with Indian tribes. These tribes vehemently opposed termination yet were not consulted in this action. ø In Seeking Recognition, David R. M. Beck examines the termination and eventual restoration of the Confederated Tribes at Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw some thirty years later, in 1984. Within this historical context, the termination and restoration of the tribes take on new significance. These actions did not take place in a historical vacuum but were directly connected with the history of the tribe?s efforts to gain U.S. government recognition from the very beginning of their relations.

Liberated Africans And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade 1807 1896

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Author : Richard Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020

Liberated Africans And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade 1807 1896 written by Richard Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.

Interrogates the development of the world's first international courts of humanitarian justice and the subsequent "liberation" of nearly two hundred thousand Africans in the nineteenth century.