[A] well-written, comprehensively researched biography.--Publishers Weekly""Will both edify the scholar while captivating and entertaining the general reader. . . . Cutrer's research is impeccable, his prose vigorous, and his life of McCulloch likely to remain the standard for many years.""--Civil War""A well-crafted work that makes an important contribution to understanding the frontier military tradition and the early stages of the Civil War in the West.""--Civil War History""A penetrating study of a man who was one of the last citizen soldiers to wear a general's stars.""--Blue and Gray""A brisk narrative filled with colorful quotations by and about the central figure. . . . Will become the standard biography of Ben McCulloch.""--Journal of Southern History""A fast-paced, clearly written narrative that does full justice to its heroically oversized subject.""--American Historical Review
A GOLD MEDALIST FOR BEST FICTION IN THE 2013 INDEPENDENT BOOK PUBLISHERS BOOK AWARDS 'Your brother forgives you, ' Ben Armstrong is told by his mother's ghost, 'Don't waste that, ' and so the hero of this novel begins his long journey home. What follows is a wild ride through the subconscious--a night journey toward redemption and grace. It's amusing and hilarious and weird, and unlike any homecoming story you've ever read before... "...a deliberately troubling masterpiece... Ben Armstrong's Strange Trip Home begins with an all-American homecoming that traps its middle-aged ex-farmboy protagonist like a fly in a web worthy of Kafka. Cates' hero endures an inescapable series of dreams, visitations, half-melted memories, and unsought meetings with the living and dead. His subsequent attempts to escape -- or even understand his entrapment -- proceed to make a mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind music I've heard nowhere else in our literature. Endlessly inventive in its language, masterful in its fidelity to its own harsh vision, and symphonic in its impact, this novel builds from a series of perverse fractions to a darkly satisfying whole." --DAVID JAMES DUNCAN, author of The Brother's K and The River Why "I love this book. I picked it up in Montana on a road trip to Minnesota. It carried me along in its backdraft and my imagination was completely engaged for a thousand miles. I like to think about the images and replay the feelings they roused: erotic, startled, awakened." --Sheryl Noethe, author of AS IS, and Montana Poet Laureate "David Allan Cates ignites a new vision of Cain and Abel. Invitingly mysterious and breathtakingly compelling-the story takes on the shape of a rattling tale. Although the story is dreamlike, it does not stall or coerce like a dream-it opens out to mythic possibilities, the strange truths of life. There is a deep hunger for literature that expresses desire and fear with fearlessness and David Allan Cates is on that cutting edge. Wonderful-an Alice in Wonderland journey for grown-ups." -DEBRA MAGPIE EARLING, author of Perma Red "David Allan Cates may take you places you've never been, have never imagined going-to a dead brother slowly turning into a fish on your staircase landing, say, or into the fields around your house only to find a ghost troop of Union soldiers encamped there-but his great knowledge of the deep workings of the human heart serves as an unerring guide wherever his story lead. This is a deeply moving work by an uncannily gifted writer." --PETE FROMM, author of Indian Creek Chronicles, and How all this Started
Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars.General Lew Wallace's book was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars. Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster surveys the Ben-Hur phenomenon's unprecedented range and extraordinary endurance: various editions, spin-off publications, stage productions, movies, comic books, radio plays, and retail products were successfully marketed and sold from the 1880s and throughout the twentieth century. Today Ben-Hur Live is touring Europe and Asia, with a third MGM film in production in Italy.Jon Solomon's new book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace's original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way
Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars.General Lew Wallace's book was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars. Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster surveys the Ben-Hur phenomenon's unprecedented range and extraordinary endurance: various editions, spin-off publications, stage productions, movies, comic books, radio plays, and retail products were successfully marketed and sold from the 1880s and throughout the twentieth century. Today Ben-Hur Live is touring Europe and Asia, with a third MGM film in production in Italy.Jon Solomon's new book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace's original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way
This famous Religious-Historical Romance with its mighty story, brilliant pageantry, thrilling action and deep religious reverence, hardly requires an outline, for every one is familiar with the "Star of Bethlehem and The Three Wise Men," the wonderful description of the Chariot Race and Christ Healing the sick on the Mount of Olives. The whole world has placed Ben-Hur on a height of preeminence which no other novel of its time has reached. The clashing of rivalry and the deepest human passions, the perfect reproduction of brilliant Roman life, and the tense, fierce atmosphere of the arena have kept their deep fascination.
A little bear cub named Ben lives in the deep woods near a stream with his mom and his older brother, Tom. Ben loves to play in the woods, but he is afraid of the water. But bears need to know how to swim so that they can catch fish for the dinner. Momma Bear and Tom try to teach Ben how to swim. He sits on a rock near the stream, and every day he tries to go just a little bit deeper into the water. As long as Ben never gives up and keeps practicing, he hopes that someday soon he'll be able to swim, just like his big brother. Maybe he could even help Tom out in the water In this children's story, a little bear who is afraid of the water must learn how to swim so that he can catch fish with his family.
Inside this adorable gift book, Ben and the little girl, you'll find the story of one little puppy's life experiences from birth to present day, so sensitively written in his own words.Ben, a tiny roundly black puppy, shared the woes of his puppyhood with other three dogs in his new human family .Being suddenly taken away from his mother, Ben fought for his place in the new family, to be accepted by the other three dogs, and most of all to win the little girl's heart, that he adored so dearly. Ben is really a brave, adorable & spiritful little dog. Even after he found a loving home, he endured a few more challenges: an encounter with a scary snake, threatening pneumonia. It's an awful lot for a little dog weighing less than five pounds.Did Ben make it to find his happiness in the new Family?
Why Children's Poetry? Some of the poetry contained within this collection was directly inspired by the works of A. A. Milne and Spike Milligan; others just came unbidden. When writing children's poetry I am often in a mode of silliness, crazy mind pictures, the absurd or the down right ridiculous. I like the freeness of writing something that is not going to have a critique done to analyse the hidden meaning etc. behind the text. This poetry is unpretentious, it's straightforward, it celebrates the innocent time that we laughingly call nowadays, "Childhood". It is my belief that children in the twenty-first century are being very quickly, neatly and expertly robbed of the nativity and childhood carelessness, by school, TV and computer games. Long live our children's childhood time, may it be protected, their little imaginations nurtured and their innocence kept intact until the day when nature picks its own perfect timing to turn a child into an adult.
Innerhalb des reizenden Geschenkbuches f r Kleine und Gro e; BEN UND DAS KLEINE M DCHEN, wird man die Geschichte eines kleinen Welpen von der Geburt bis heutigen Tag finden, so sensible geschrieben in seinen eigenen W rtern. Ben, ein rund schwarzer winziger junger Welpe, teilt das Leben und Leiden in seiner Welpenjahren mit anderen drei Hunden in seiner neuen menschlichen Familie. So pl tzlich weggenommen von seiner Mutter k mpfte Ben um seinen Platz in der neuen Familie, um von den drei anderen Hunden akzeptiert zu werden, und am allermeisten, die Liebe und Aufmerksamkeit des kleinen M dchen zu gewinnen, das er so liebte und verehrte. Sogar nachdem er ein lieben Zuhause fand, erlitt er noch viele Herausforderungen; eine Begegnung mit einer schreckhaften Schlange, drohende Lungenentz ndung. Es ist sehr schwer f r einen kleinen Hund, der weniger als f nf Pfunde wiegt. Schafte Ben es, sein Gl ck in der neuen Familie zu finden und die Liebe des kleinen M dchen zu gewinnen?
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• Visitor information on Franklin sites • Convenient walking tour • Helpful maps This unique, user-friendly guide follows the Benjamin Franklin's footsteps through Philadelphia. The author takes a chronological journey through surviving landmarks from the Founding Father's time and the sites that preserve his legacy today. On his way, he speaks to curators, park rangers, and even Franklin impersonators to tell the story of this fascinating American icon.
