The Duty Of The Educated Mind
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The Duty Of The Educated Mind
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Author : Charles Wooten Pipkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
The Duty Of The Educated Mind written by Charles Wooten Pipkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Education categories.
Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own
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Author : Roger C. Schank
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-04-26
Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own written by Roger C. Schank and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-26 with Education categories.
In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." His argument is this: No matter how important science and technology seem to industry or government or indeed to the daily life of people, as a society we believe that those educated in literature, history, and other humanities are in some way better informed, more knowing, and somehow more worthy of the descriptor "well educated." This 19th-century conception of the educated mind weighs heavily on our notions on how we educate our young. When we focus on intellectual and scholarly issues in high school as opposed to issues, such as communications, basic psychology, or child raising, we are continuing to rely on outdated notions of the educated mind that come from elitist notions of who is to be educated and what that means. To accommodate the realities of today's world it is necessary to change these elitist notions. We need to rethink what it means to be educated and begin to focus on a new conception of the very idea of education. Students need to learn how to think, not how to accomplish tasks, such as passing standardized tests and reciting rote facts. In this engaging book, Roger C. Schank sets forth the premises of his argument, cites its foundations in the Great Books themselves, and illustrates it with examples from an experimental curriculum that has been used in graduate schools and with K-12 students. Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own is essential reading for scholars and students in the learning sciences, instructional design, curriculum theory and planning, educational policy, school reform, philosophy of education, higher education, and anyone interested in what it means to be educated in today's world.
The Educated Mind
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Author : Kieran Egan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-12-01
The Educated Mind written by Kieran Egan 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 2007-12-01 with Education categories.
The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"—such as language or literacy—that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn. "A carefully argued and readable book. . . . Egan proposes a radical change of approach for the whole process of education. . . . There is much in this book to interest and excite those who discuss, research or deliver education."—Ann Fullick, New Scientist "A compelling vision for today's uncertain educational system."—Library Journal "Almost anyone involved at any level or in any part of the education system will find this a fascinating book to read."—Dr. Richard Fox, British Journal of Educational Psychology "A fascinating and provocative study of cultural and linguistic history, and of how various kinds of understanding that can be distinguished in that history are recapitulated in the developing minds of children."—Jonty Driver, New York Times Book Review
The True Meaning Of Education Learning
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Author : Daniel R. VanGerpen
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-09-28
The True Meaning Of Education Learning written by Daniel R. VanGerpen and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-28 with Education categories.
How do I write about a word like education when I already know what it means, or do I really know? To date, I have written several books relating to life, and this one discusses the word education and how it relates to creation and all of life. Education starts on the day of physical birth and continues throughout life until that final day of living in this dimension. Education is a complex and interesting word. It comes in many ways and forms and surrounds everything and everyone at all times. Education is very multiplex and has its own direction. It is the choice of each individual whether they wish to follow the path of education or be independent and create their own education, or the lack thereof.
The Mind And Its Education
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Author : George Herbert Betts
language : en
Publisher: Kaveri Books
Release Date : 2008
The Mind And Its Education written by George Herbert Betts and has been published by Kaveri Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Educational psychology categories.
This Book Is A Study Of Mind And Its Education. It Is Easy To Understand How We May Investigate The Great World Of Material Things About Us; For We Can See Ti, Touch It, Weight It, Or Measure It. But How Are We To Discover The Nature Of Mind Or Come To Know The Processes By Which Consciousness Works? For Mind Is Intangible, We Can Not See It, Feel It Or Hand It. Mind Belongs Not To The Realm Of Matter Which Is Known To The Senses, But To The Realm Of Spirit, Which The Senses Can Never Grasp. And Yet The Mind Can Be Known And Studied As Truly And As Scientifically As Can The World Of Matter. The Subject Matter Of This Book Is Made Concrete And Practical By The Use Of Several Illustrations And Through Application To Real Problems. The Style Has Been Kept Easy And Familiar To Facilitate The Reading And Hope That The Book Would Be Of Interest And Value To Students Of All Ages And To The General Public As Well. Contents Chapter 1: The Mind Or Conscoiusness; How The Mind Is To Be Known: Personal Character Of Consciousness, Introspection The Onlt Means Of Discovering Nature Of Consciousness, How We Introspect, Studying Mental States Of Others Through Expression, Learning To Interpret Expression, The Nature Of Consciousness: Innernature Of The Mind Not Revealed By Introspection, Consciousness As A Process Or Stream, Consciousness Likened To A Field, The Piling Up Of Cocsciousness Is Attention; Content Of The Mental Stream: Why We Need Minds, Content Of Consciousness Determined By Function, Three Fundamental Phases Of Consciousness, Where Consciousness Resides: Consciousness Works Through The Nervous System, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 2: Attention; Nature Of Attention: The Nature Of Attention, Normal Consciousness Always In A State Of Attention, The Effects Of Attention: Attention Makes Its Object Clear And Definite, Attention Measures Mental Efficiency, How We Attend: Attention A Relating Activity, The Rhythms Of Attention, Points Of Failure In Attention: Lack Of Concentration, Mental Wandering, Types Of Attention: The Three Types Of Attention, Interest And Non-Voulutary Attention, The Will And Voluntary Attention, Not Really Different Kinds Of Attention, Improving The Power Of Attention, Making Different Kinds Of Attention Reinforce Each Other, The Habit Of Attention, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 3: The Brain And Nervous System; The Relation Of Mind And Brain: Interaction Of Mind And Brain, The Brain As The Mind S Machine, The Mind S Dependence On The External World: The Mind At Birth, The Work Of The Senses, Structural Elements Of The Nervous System: The Neuron, Neuron Fibers, Neuralgia, Complexity Of The Brain, Gray And White Matter, Gross Structure Of The Nervour System: Divisions Of The Nervour System, The Central System, The Cerebellum, The Cerebrum, The Cortex, The Spinal Cord, Localization Of Function In The Nervous System: Division Of Labor, Division Of Labor In The Cortex, Forms Of Sensory Stimuli: The End-Organs And Their Response To Stimuli, Dependence Of The Mind On The Senses; Chapter 4: Mental Development And Motor Training; Factors Determining The Efficiency Of The Nervous System: Development And Nutrition, Undeveloped Cells, Development Of Nerve Fibers, Development Of Nervous System Through Use: Importance Of Stimulus And Response, Effect Of Sensory Stimuli, Necessity For Motor Activity, Development Of The Association Centers, The Factors Involved In A Simple Action, Education And The Training Of The Nervous System: Education To Supply Opportunities For Stimulus And Response, Order Of Development In The Nervous System, Importance Of Health And Vigor Of The Nervours System: The Influence Of Fatigue, The Effects Of Worry, The Factors In Good Nutrition, Problems For Introspection And Observation; Chapter 5: Habit; The Nature Of Habit: The Physical Basis Of Habit, All Living Tissue Plastic, Habit A Modification Of Brain Tissue, We Must Form Habits, The Place Of Habit In The Economy Of Our Lives: Habit Increases Skill And Efficiency, Habit Saves Efforts And Fatigue, Habit Economizes Moral Effort, The Habit Of Attention, Habit Enables Us To Meet The Disagreeable, Habit The Foundatin Of Personality, Habit Saves Worry And Rebellion, The Tyranny Of Habit: Even Good Habits Need To Be Modified, The Tendency Of Ruts , Habit-Forming A Part Of Education: Youth The Time For Habit-Forming, The Habit Of Achievement, Rules For Habit-Forming: James S Three Maxims For Habit-Forming, The Preponderance Of Good Habits Over Bad, Problems In Observatin And Introspection; Chapter 6: Sensation; How We Come To Know The External World: Knowledge Through The Senses, The Unity Of Sensory Experience, The Sensory Processes To Be Explained, The Qualities Of Objects Exist In The Mind, The Three Sets Of Factors, The Nature Of Sensation: Sensation Gives Us Our World Of Qualities, The Attributes Of Sensation, Sensory Qualities And Their End Organs: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Various Sensations From The Skin, The Kinesthetic Senses, The Organic Senses, Problems In Observation And Retrospection; Chapter 7: Perception; The Function Of Perception: Need Of Knowing The Material World, The Problem Which Confronts The Child, The Nature Of Perception: How A Percept Is Formed, The Percept Involves All Relations Of The Object, The Content Of The Percept, The Accuracy Of Percepts Depends On Experience, Not Definitions, But First-Hand Contact, The Perception Of Space: The Perceiving Of Distance, The Perceiving Of Direction, The Perception Of Time: Nature Of The Time Sense, No Perception Of Empty Time, The Training Of Perception: Perception Needs To Be Trained, School Training In Perception, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 8: Mental Images And Ideas; The Part Played By Past Experience: Present Thinking Depends On Past Experience, The Present Interpreted By The Past, The Future Also Depends On The Past, Rank Determined By Ability To Utilize Past Experience, How Past Experience Is Conserved: Past Experience Conserved In Both Mental And Physical Terms, The Image And The Idea, All Our Past Experience Potentially At Our Command, Individually Differences In Imagery: Images To Be Viewed By Introspection, The Varies Imagery Suggested By One S Dining Table, Power Of Imagery Varies In Different People, Imagery Types, The Function Of Images: Images Supply Material For Imagination And Memory, Imagery In The Thought Processes, The Use Of Imagery In Literature, Points Where Images Are Of Greatest Service, The Cultivation Of Imagery: Images Depend On Sensory Stimuli, The Influence Of Frequent Recall, The Reconstruction Of Our Images, Problems In Introspection And Observation; Chapter 9: Imagination; The Place Of Imaginatin In Mental Economy: Practical Nature Of Imagination, Imagination In The Interpretation Of History, Literature And Art, Imagination And Science, Everyday Uses Of Imaginatin, The Building Of Ideals And Plans, Imagination And Conduct, Imagination And Thinking, The Material Used By Imagination: Images The Stuff Of Imagination, The Two Factors In Imaginatin, Imagination Limited By Stock Of Images, Limited Also By Our Constructive Ability, The Need Of A Purpose, Types Of Imagination: Reproductive Imagination, Creative Imagination, Training The Imagination: Gathering Of Material For Imagination, We Must Not Fail To Build, We Should Carry Our Ideals Into Action, Problems For Observation And Introspection; Chapter 10: Assocation; The Nature Of Association: The Neural Basis Of Association, Association The Basis Of Memory, Factors Determining Direction Of Recall, Association In Thinking, Association And Action, The Tupes Of Association: Fundamental Law Of Association, Association By Contiguity, At The Mercy Of Our Associations, Association By Similarity And Contrast, Partial Or Selective, Association, The Remedy, Training In Association: The Pleasure-Pain Motive In Association, Interest As A Basis Of Assocation, Association And Methods Of Learning, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 11: Memory; The Nature Of Memory: What Is Retained, The Physical Basis Of Memory, How We Remember, Dependence Of Memory On Brain Quality, The Four Factors Involved In Memory: Registration, Tetention, Recall, Recognition, The Stuff Of Memory: Images As The Material Of Memory, Images Vary As To Type, Other Memory Material, Laws Underlying Memory: The Law Of Association, The Law Of Repetition, The Law Of Decency, The Law Of Vividness, Rules For Using The Memory: Wholes Versus Parts, Rate Of Forgetting, Divided Practice, Forcing The Memory To Act, Not A Memory, But Memories, What Constitutes A Good Memory: A Good Memory Selects Its Material, A Good Memory Requires Good Thinking, Memory Must Be Specialized, Memory Devices: The Effects Of Cramming, Remembering Isolated Facts, Mnemonic Devices, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 12: Thinking; Different Types Of Thinking: Chance Or Idle Thinking, Uncritical Belief, Assimilative Thinking, Deliberative Thinking, The Function Of Thinking: Meaning Depends On Relations, The Function Of Thinking Is To Discover Relations, Near And Remote Relations, Child And Adult Thinking, The Mechanism Of Thinking: Sensation And Percepts As Elements In Thinking, The Concept: The Concepts Serve To Group And Classify, Growth Of A Concept, Definition Of Concept, Language And The Concept, The Necessity For Growing Concepts, Judgment: Natue Of Judgment, Judgment Used In Percepts And Concepts, Judgment Leads To General Truths, The Validity Of Judgements, Reasoning: Nature Of Reasoning, How Judgements Function In Reasoning, Deductin And The Syllogism, Induction, The Necessity For Broad Induction, The Interrelation Of Induction And Deduction, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 13: Instinct; The Nature Of Instinct: The Baber S Dependence On Instinct, Definition Of Instinct, Instincts Are Racial Habits, Unmodified Instinct Is Blind, Law Of The Appearance And Disappearance Of Instincts: Instincts Appear In Successin As Required, Many Instincts Are Transitory, Seemingly Useless Instincts, Instincts To Be Utilized When They Appear, Instincts As Starting Points, The More Important Human Instincts, The Instinct Of Imitation: Nature Of Imitation, Individuality In Imitation, Conscious And Unconscious Imitation, Influence Of Environment, The Influence Of Personality, The Instinct Of Play: The Necessity For Play, Play In Development And Education, Work And Play Are Complements, Other Useful Instincts: Curiosity, Manipulation, The Collecting Instinct, The Dramatic Instinct, The Impulse To Form Gangs And Clubs, Fear: Fear Heredity, Fear Of The Dark, Fear Of Being Left Alone, Other Undersirable Insitincts: Selfishness, Pugnacity Or The Fighting Impulse, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 14: Feeling And Its Functions; The Nature Of Feelings: The Different Feeling Qualities, Feeling Always Present In Mental Content, The Seeming Neutral Feeling Zone, Mood And Disposition: How Mood Is Produced, Mood Colors All Our Thinking, Mood Influences Our Judgments And Decisions, Mood Influences Effort, Disposition A Resultant Of Moods, Temperatment, Permanent Feeling Attitudes Or Sentiments: How Sentiments Develop, The Effect Of Experience, The Influence Of Sentiment, Sentiments As Motives, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 15: The Emotions; The Producing And Expressing Of Emotion: Physiological Explanation Of Emotion, Origin Of Characteristic Emotional Reactions, The Ducation Of An Emotion, Emotions Accompanying Crises In Experience, The Control Of Emotions: Dependence On Expression, Relief Through Expression, Relief Does Not Follow If Image Is Held Before The Mind, Growing Tendency Toward Emotional Control, Cultivation Of The Emotions: The Emotions And Enjoyment, How Emotions Develop, The Emotional Factor In Our Environment, Literature And The Cultivation Of The Emotions, Harm In Emotional Overexcitement, Emotions As Motives: How Our Emotions Compel Us, Emotional Habits, Problems In Observaton And Introspection; Chapter 16: Interest: The Natue Of Interest: Interest A Selective Agent, Interest Supplies A Subjective Scale Of Values, Interest Dynamic, Habit Antagonistic To Interest, Direct And Indirect Interest: Interest In The End Versus Interest In The Activity, Indirect Interest As A Motive, Indirect Interest Alone Insufficient, Transitoriness Of Certain Interests: Interests Must Be Utilized When They Appear, The Value Of A Strong Interest, Selection Among Our Interests: The Mistake Of Following Too Many Interests, Interests May Be Too Narrow, Specialization Should Not Come Too Early, A Proper Balance To Be Sought, Interest Fundamental In Education: Interest Not Antagonistic To Effort, Interest And Character, Order Of Development Of Our Interests: The Interest Of Early Childhood, The Interests Of Later Childhood, The Interests Of Adolescence, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 17: The Will; The Nature Of The Will: The Content Of The Will, The Function Of The Will, How The Will Exerts Its Compulsion, The Extent Of Voluntary Control Over Our Acts: Classes Of Acts Or Response, Simple Reflex Acts, Instinctive Acts, Automatic Or Spontaneous Acts, The Cycle From Volitional To Automatic, Volitional Action, Volition Acts In The Making Of Decisions, Types Of Decision, The Reasonable Type, Accidental Tupe: External Motives, Accidental Type: Subjective Motives, Decision Under Efforts, Strong And Weak Wills: Not A Will, But Wills, Objective Tests A False Measure Of Will Power, Volitional Types: The Impulsive Type, The Obstructed Will, The Normal Will, Training The Will: Will To Be Trained In Common Round Of Duties, School Work And Will-Training, Freedom Of The Will Or The Extent Of Its Control: Limitations Of The Will, These Limitations And Conditions Of Freedom, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 18: Self-Expression And Development; Interrelation Of Impression And Expression: The Many Sources Of Impressions, All Impressions Lead Toward Expression, Limitations Of Expression, The Place Of Expression In Development: Intellectual Value Of Expression, Moral Value Of Expression, Religious Value Of Expression, Social Value Of Expression, Educational Use Of Expression: Easier To Provide For The Impression Side Of Education, The School To Take Up The Handicrafts, Expression And Character, Two Lines Of Development, Problems In Introspection And Onservation.
Reimagining The Educated Mind
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Author : Ben Graffam
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-02-15
Reimagining The Educated Mind written by Ben Graffam and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-15 with Education categories.
Arguing that all learning is enhanced when driven by personal interest, this book shows how high schools can deliver better education if the students are allowed to choose the central topics of their study.
Civic Responsibility And Higher Education
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Author : Thomas Ehrlich
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2000
Civic Responsibility And Higher Education written by Thomas Ehrlich and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Education categories.
More than a century ago, John Dewey challenged the education community to look to civic involvement for the betterment of both community and campus. Today, the challenge remains. In his landmark book, editor Thomas Ehrlich has collected essays from national leaders who have focused on civic responsibility and higher education. Imparting both philosophy and working example, Ehrlich provides the inspiration for innovative new programs in this essential area of learning.
Educated
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Author : Tara Westover
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-02-20
Educated written by Tara Westover and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
The Well Educated Mind A Guide To The Classical Education You Never Had Updated And Expanded
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Author : Susan Wise Bauer
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2015-11-16
The Well Educated Mind A Guide To The Classical Education You Never Had Updated And Expanded written by Susan Wise Bauer 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 2015-11-16 with Education categories.
The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven’t because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. Newly expanded and updated to include standout works from the twenty-first century as well as essential readings in science (from the earliest works of Hippocrates to the discovery of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs), The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of six literary genres—fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry, and science—accompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapter—ranging from Cervantes to Cormac McCarthy, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Aristotle to Stephen Hawking—preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing. The Well-Educated Mind reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there’s no reason you can’t read and enjoy Shakespeare’s sonnets or Jane Eyre. But no one should attempt to read the “Great Books” without a guide and a plan. Bauer will show you how to allocate time to reading on a regular basis; how to master difficult arguments; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genre—what does Anna Karenina owe to Madame Bovary?—and also between genres. In her best-selling work on home education, The Well-Trained Mind, the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children; that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In The Well-Educated Mind, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading. Followed carefully, her advice will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word.
Year Book
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Author : Charleston (S.C.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Year Book written by Charleston (S.C.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Charleston (S.C.) categories.