Drawing on presidential speeches, letters, and administrative and archival records, a study of the attitudes of the presidents toward immigrants reflects the chief executives' support for a melting po
Follows the amazing lives of Ida and Isidor Straus--who rose to become the the owners of Macy's Department Store in New York--including their humble beginnings, experiences with anti-Semitism and unti
Schaeffer, a novice climber, tackles five peaks, taking the reader along for the ride. We learn the ins and outs of climbing as a novice, including finding the right guide, buying the right gear, a
In 1913 what was to become Georgia State University was merely a department within the Georgia Institute of Technology, created to provide commercial training to engineers. In the ensuing fifty-six ye
In the 1980s, Army Chaplain Corps adopted the credo "Nurture the living. / Care for the wounded. / Honor the dead." It summarizes more than 200 years of chaplain ministry with soldiers during war and
Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden (1786-1863) was a key figure in American politics and played a significant role in the Civil War era. While the senator's life and career have been well documented
Davis (family and regional history, Wallace State Community College, Alabama) explores some of the most controversial questions that have emerged from earlier studies of Camp Sumter, the infamous Conf
This history chronicles the growth of the First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (also known as the First Baptist Augusta), from 1817 to the present. The book highlights the role of this church i
Recounts the rise and fall of Georgia's rural population as told through the story of Charles Graves Rawlings, whose life followed that of cotton-based agriculture after the Civil War and along with i
Volume 6 covers the last twenty months of Emily Chubbuck Judson's life. She is increasingly impaired by the illness that was to claim her life on June 2, 1854. Most of the letters in this volume are f
A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff recounts the rise and fall of Georgia's rural population as told through the story of Charles Graves Rawlings. From modest beginnings as a liveryman, he acquired nearly 40,
Explores the life and religious and historical landscape surrounding Benjamin Randall, who studied under revival minister George Whitefield, broke from the Congregational church and became one of the
This unique book, originally published in a limited edition in 1982 and out of print for many years, is the most comprehensive collection of Civil War letters written by residents of Southeastern Alab
Byrd presents a careful study of the life and career of Major William E. Simmons, an important Confederate sharpshooter. Although the text begins with Simmons' childhood and college days, it swiftl
Details the evolution of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, a college that is among the nation's elite, with a selective undergraduate program and an impressive 99.1 perc
The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is Shakespeare's first work for the stage, his first dramatic hit, and, also, his most controversial and suspect history play, a literary genre he perfected. Fro
Podber (mass communication and media arts, Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale) examines the impact of communication technologies on Melungeon communities in rural Appalachia through oral history. He f
Greatly loved by those who served under him, Lieutenant Colonel William Gaston Delony possessed three admirable attributes: "commanding presence, bull dog courage, and superb generalship." This book r
