Oglethorpe S Dream
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Oglethorpe S Dream
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Oglethorpe S Dream written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Oglethorpe's Dream unites the award-winning photography of Diane Kirkland with the beautifully powerful writing of David Bottoms, Georgia's poet laureate. The result is a stunning portrait of the lands, waters, culture, and people of Georgia. From the sea islands to the cities, from the wiregrass to the mountain forests, Kirkland gives us a gallery of spectacular images showcasing the state in its breadth, beauty, and diversity. Marrying landscape to history, Bottoms gives voice to a people filled with courage, pain, conviction, and, above all, hope. Together they capture the natural beauty of the diverse landscape, the richness of the state's storied past, and the essence of its spirited people. "Isn't that what you always hoped for," Bottoms writes, "to find a place . . . and yourself in that place?" Oglethorpe's Dream helps us all to see a place called Georgia, and there to find something of ourselves. The publication of this book was made possible by the financial support of the State of Georgia, the leadership of Governor Roy E. Barnes, and the partnership of the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism, the Georgia Humanities Council, and the University of Georgia Press.
James Edward Oglethorpe
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Author : Joyce Blackburn
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2004-10-01
James Edward Oglethorpe written by Joyce Blackburn and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James Edward Oglethorpe turned his back on Oxford University, his family's Jacobite schemes, and a career as courtier to a prince to settle as an English country squire. But history was not to let him stay unnoticed. As a member of Parliament in the eighteenth century, Oglethorpe fought for debtors? rights and prison reform, and when he gained them, volunteered to found a new colony in America. Under his direction, settlements were established, strong bonds were formed with the Creek Indians, and the colony of Georgia flourished. He guided it during its formative years and protected it during war with Spain. That alone should have assured Oglethorpe of his place in history...but as he learned, politics and fortune are fickle. In this captivating biography, Joyce Blackburn details the career and life of this gallant gentleman, hero, visionary, and patriot.
The Sum Of Our Dreams
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Author : Louis P. Masur
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-04
The Sum Of Our Dreams written by Louis P. Masur and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with History categories.
In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment. For general readers seeking an accessible, single-volume account, one that challenges but does not overwhelm, and which distills and connects the major events and figures in the country's past in a single narrative, here is that book. Evoking Barack Obama's belief that America remains the "sum of its dreams," Masur locates the origin of those dreams-of freedom, equality, and opportunity-and traces their progress chronologically, illuminating the nation's struggle over time to articulate and fulfill their promise. Moving from the Colonial Era, to the Revolutionary Period, the Early Republic, and through the Civil War, Masur turns his attention to Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Age, World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Watergate, and then laying out clearly and concisely what underlies the divisiveness that has characterized American civic life over the last forty years-and now more than ever. Above all, however, Masur lets the story of American tell itself. Inspired by James Baldwin's observation that "American history is longer, larger, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it," he expands our notion of that history while identifying its individual threads. The Sum of Our Dreams will be the new go-to single volume for anyone wanting a foundational understanding of the nation's past, and its present.
South
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Author : B.C. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
South written by B.C. Hall and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with History categories.
An anecdotal, rollicking tour through America's most colorful region. From the Tidewater through Appalachia, down the Blue Ridge country and into the sunbelt, B.C. Hall and C.T. Wood take us through the American South, inviting us to listen to its music -- blues, country, gospel, and rock -- and to the voices that have shaped its extraordinary, distinctive literature. Interweaving interviews with people both ordinary and famous with thought-provoking reflections on Southern life, history, politics, humor, religion, and cultural icons, The South is a matchless, impressionistic portrait of a people and a place.
Oglethorpe A Brief Biography
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Author : Amos Aschbach Ettinger
language : en
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Release Date : 1984
Oglethorpe A Brief Biography written by Amos Aschbach Ettinger and has been published by Mercer University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Georgia S Land Of The Golden Isles
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Author : Burnette Vanstory
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1981
Georgia S Land Of The Golden Isles written by Burnette Vanstory and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Since it first appeared in 1956, Mrs. Vanstory's rich narrative of the barrier islands from Ossabaw to Cumberland--and the mainland towns along the way--has become the standard popular history of Georgia's golden coast. Thoroughly revised and with over forty new illustrations, this edition traces the crucial and colorful role these islands have played from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Home, at one time or another, to the American Indians, the French, the Spanish, and the English; to buccaneers, friars, and priests; to Puritans and Scottish Highlanders; to slave traders, planters, soldiers, statesmen, and millionaires, these islands are as rich in history as they are in natural beauty. Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles now takes the reader through the years from General James Oglethorpe to President Jimmy Carter, unfolding the stories of the lives that have touched, or been touched by, the golden isles of Georgia.
Wonderful Dreams Of Remarkable Men And Women By J R Ware
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Author : James Redding Ware
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Wonderful Dreams Of Remarkable Men And Women By J R Ware written by James Redding Ware and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Dreams categories.
Emanuel Swedenborg Secret Agent On Earth And In Heaven
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Author : Marsha Keith Schuchard
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-10-28
Emanuel Swedenborg Secret Agent On Earth And In Heaven written by Marsha Keith Schuchard and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-28 with History categories.
Drawing on unpublished diplomatic and Masonic archives, this study reveals the career of Emanuel Swedenborg as a secret intelligence agent for Louis XV and the pro-French, pro-Jacobite party of “Hats” in Sweden. Utilizing Kabbalistic meditation techniques, he sought political intelligence on earth and in heaven.
Oglethorpe And Colonial Georgia
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Author : David Lee Russell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Oglethorpe And Colonial Georgia written by David Lee Russell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
"Here is the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia's colonial days from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. It includes, from Georgia's perspective, details of the military and political movements that led tothe Revolutionary War. The plight of the common settler is also presented"--Provided by publisher.
Oracles Of Empire
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Author : David S. Shields
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Oracles Of Empire written by David S. Shields and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
This innovative look at previously neglected poetry in British America represents a major contribution to our understanding of early American culture. Spanning the period from the Glorious Revolution (1690) to the end of King George's War (1750), this study critically reconstitutes the literature of empire in the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies by investigating over 300 texts in mixed print and manuscript sources, including poems in pamphlets and newspapers. British America's poetry of empire was dominated by three issues: mercantilism's promise that civilization and wealth would be transmitted from London to the provinces; the debate over the extent of metropolitan prerogatives in law and commerce when they obtruded upon provincial rights and interests; and the argument that Britain's imperium pelagi was an ethical empire, because it depended upon the morality of trade, while the empires of Spain and France were immoral empires because they were grounded upon conquest. In discussing these issues, Shields provides a virtual anthology of poems long lost to students of American literature.