In 1842, Peter Houston, an original settler of Boone's Station, Kentucky, wrote his recollections about the famous woodsman Daniel Boone. Houston's memoir spanned decades, from Boone's earliest forays into Kentucky until 1799, the year the famed woodsman left the Commonwealth for Spanish Missouri.
Why do some individuals triumph in situations that would physically or emotionally destroy most people? Could 'flow' be the way out an antidote to the poisons of our time? This work answers such questions by offering stories of three men who were close to the author and who conquered their separate demons.
In 1956, at the end of his career, Mencken had produced three volumes of memoirs and steady stream of journalism. For this book, he collected those pieces he thought most true, most pertinent, or most likely to blow the dust from the reader's brain.
A biography of Bill Cosby that explores his feelings and thoughts in great detail, while masterfully documenting Cosby's trailblazing work as a pioneering black performer who was one of the first to co-star in a drama series, "I Spy." It also includes a complete checklist of Cosby's writings, records, films, and television credits.
Focuses on five important factors historical mentors, nature versus nurture, crisis and creativity, success imprints, and personality making author's work contrary to the Bell Curve Theory.
''Whether you're a farmer, hunter, fisherman, environmentalist, or one who can take or leave nature, passages in Turner's book will make you smile, laugh, and want to cry . . . Episodes of his boyhood will remind you of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. His book is worthy of a place on the shelf with them.''--Virginian Pilot Chesapeake Boyhood is an ......
This work lays out the theoretical background to Saint Thomas Aquinas' spirituality. It shows that his theology is clearly oriented towards contemplation and is as deeply spiritual as it is doctrinal. The text quotes often from Thomas' own texts and presents a clear understanding of Aquinas' views on nature, the person, human society, politics, ......
For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus.
Politician, Journalist, and Self-Trained Historian of the African Diaspora
John Edward Bruce, a premier black journalist from the late 1800's until his death in 1924, was a vital force in the popularization of African American history. Bruce Grit, as he was called, wrote for such publications as Marcus Garvey's nationalist newspaper, The Negro World. This book collects the study of African American themes.
