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George R. Stewart's classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation's peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart's intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a unique and delightful window on American history and social life. Names on the Land is a fascinating and fantastically detailed panorama of language in action. Stewart opens with the first European names in what would later be the United States--Ponce de Le n's flowery Flor da, Cort s's semi-mythical isle of California, and the red Rio Colorado--before going on to explore New England, New Amsterdam, and New Sweden, the French and the Russian legacies, and the unlikely contributions of everybody from border ruffians to Boston Brahmins. These lively pages examine where and why Indian names were likely to be retained; nineteenth-century fads that gave rise to dozens of Troys and Athens and to suburban Parksides, Brookmonts, and Woodcrest Manors; and deep and enduring mysteries such as why "Arkansas" is Arkansaw, except of course when it isn't. Names on the Land will engage anyone who has ever wondered at the curious names scattered across the American map. Stewart's answer is always a story--one of the countless stories that lie behind the rich and strange diversity of the USA.
Finding Your Mexican Ancestors is essential to any researcher looking to trace their heritage across the Rio Grande. In it, authors George and Peggy Ryskamp show how easy Mexican American research can be providing detailed descriptions of parish records, civil records, and other types of records common in Mexico.
Stress is a part of modern life discover how to use it to grow spiritually, emotionally and psychologically."Stress takes life and gives life.... It can propel us forward into new opportunities but can also hold us back in fear and exhaustion. It is our mission to help you learn how to adopt new] strategies and turn stress into a positive force in your life." from the IntroductionStress can limit our perspective, leaving us feeling trapped and out of control. But stress can also be a force for good: It is our challenges that most compel us to reach out for relationship. And our proudest moments come after overcoming obstacles we thought were insurmountable.Based on personal experience and their work as therapists, and drawing on decades of psychological research, George R. Faller, MS, LMFT, and The Rev. Dr. Heather Wright have come to see that stress can be healthy and positive. They equip us with the skills and the knowledge we need to reframe our thinking about stress, understand and embrace our darker emotions, and become stronger through difficulty."
Everyone's favorite town, Nashville, is rich in country music history and has a deep hidden side. Read these little-known tales from Music City.Perched on the banks of the Cumberland River, Nashville is best known for its role in the
Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the Author
George R. Gilmer
Janaway Publishing, Inc.
2018
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The first part of his book is an account of the settlement made by a number of Virginia families on Broad River, immediately after the revolutionary war. In tracing the causes of the present happy condition of the people of Georgia to the character of the settlers, the Author infers that low, impotent, beggarly men and women had not the strength, activity, enterprise, nor spirit, to separate themselves from their accustomed haunts, their kindred and country, to encounter untried and unknown difficulties in a new land beyond a vast ocean. And that the strong, the brave, the determined to be free, must have made up the migrating class from Europe to the Colonies. He shows how the descendants of these emigrants, operated upon by the desire of bettering their condition, left the old States to form settlements in the new. How the Harvies, Meriwethers, Taliaferros, Gilmers, Mathewses, Barnetts, Crawfords, Johnsons, Jordans, and McGehees removed, with their families, from Virginia to Broad River at different times from 1733 to 1790. How they were descended from the most vigorous and industrious class of the Irish, Scotch, English and Welsh. And how the Dutch, French and Italian blood added to the crossings which gave value to the stock. He describes how these settlers formed the most intimate friendly social union ever known among the same number of persons; how exceedingly active they were in business; economical in their expenditures; honest in their business dealings, and how they prospered beyond example. He hopes that though now scattered widely apart through the southern and southwestern States, his book may unite them together once more in the kind feelings of kinsfolk. The second part describes the settlement made by the North Carolinians in that part of Georgia which is now included in the counties of Wilkes and Lincoln. The Author shows that some of them were prominent among the southern people in their struggle for independence, and that many have filled the highest offices of the State since that struggle ended successfully. He mentions as particularly distinguished' Clarke, Dooly, Hart, Jack and Dabney. The third part describes the Creek and Cherokee Indians; the relations between them, Georgia, and the United States; the causes and manner of their removal to the west of the Mississippi, and some incidents in the private and public life of the Author.
As Ted Bundy was to the 20th century, so Carlyle Harris was to the 19th. Harris was a charismatic, handsome young medical student with an insatiable appetite. His trail of debauched women ended with Helen Potts, a beautiful young woman of wealth and privilege who was determined to keep herself pure for marriage. Unable to conquer her by other means, Harris talked her into a secret marriage under assumed names, and when threatened with exposure, he poisoned her. The resulting trial garnered national headlines and launched the careers of two of New York’s most famous prosecutors, Francis L. Wellman and William Travers Jerome. It also spurred vigorous debate about Harris’s guilt or innocence, the value of circumstantial evidence, the worth of expert testimony, and the advisability of the death penalty. Six Capsules traces Harris’s crime and his subsequent trial and highlights what has been overlooked — the decisive role that the second-class status of women in Victorian Era culture played in this tragedy. The Harris case is all but forgotten today, but Six Capsules seeks to recover this important milestone in American legal history.
Innocent or guilty, or a more nuanced truth, in this Ripper-style killingShortly after NYPD Chief of Detectives Thomas Byrnes publicly criticized the London police for failing to capture Jack the Ripper, he received a letter purportedly from Jack himself saying New York was his next target. Not long after, Byrnes was confronted by his own Ripper-style murder case in the death of Carrie Brown, a.k.a. "Old Shakespeare," a colorful character who worked as a prostitute and had a penchant for quoting Shakespeare. Given the near-hysteria surrounding this vicious murder soon after the Jack the Ripper murders in London, people were worried that Jack might have actually come to America.The detective bureau finally arrested Amir Ben Ali, an Algerian immigrant. The newspapers, however, immediately criticized Byrnes for moving too quickly, suggesting that he had tried to save face by pinning the crime on an easy target. When the verdict of murder in the second degree was announced, the papers erupted in anger and disbelief. With the aid of the French consulate, they embarked on a 10-year campaign to have Ben Ali pardoned and finally won his release by producing new evidence. Immediately upon Ben Ali's departure for France, fresh evidence of his guilt surfaced.Was Ben Ali falsely convicted or falsely exonerated? And if he did not commit the murder, then who did? Issues of false convictions, fake news, illegal immigration, police corruption, and racial prejudice are common tropes in today's news cycles. The East River Ripper demonstrates that these are not simply matters of recent vintage and seeks to answer such questions in trying to determine whether and in what way justice miscarried.
Information Privacy continues to evolve as an important business and public policy issue of our time. This book focuses on privacy issues related to information exchange and use in the online business marketplace. Drawing upon published empirical and theoretical research, the book provides a balanced and insightful overview of this topic from both consumers' and businesses' perspectives. The book's content includes background about the hard to define concept of privacy, with an emphasis on the information exchange process between marketers and consumers. It presents an argument why it is important to manage from both the perspective of the consumer who wants to use information technology to help navigate the digital world as well as businesses that desire to have access to consumer information for their marketing efforts. The nature of information exchange is reviewed, highlighting the inhibitors and promoters of the process. There is a focus on specific harms that can occur and a discussion of the marketing technologies that can lead to these harms. Also there is a review of the forms of privacy protection offered through legal, self-regulatory, and technological avenues and thoughts about the direction of privacy protection in the future. This book is targeted to a wide audience including professors, students at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, and executives), and business managers.
Accompany I.C. E. Special Agent George Ellis on his journey as you become immersed in the world of drug smuggling and gun running. You will travel the world with 'Mr. Strategic' as he apprehends terrorists, seizes drug shipments and prevents bombs, missiles and machine guns from reaching their illicit destinations. Ride with Agent Ellis in a 1000 horsepower interceptor vessel or in a U.S. Customs black helicopter as he executes his duties as leader of an elite Federal Special Response Team. You will also follow him into the quagmire of politics and problems at his agency which he must deal with while simultaneously attempting to succeed with his clandestine enforcement operations.
Accompany I.C. E. Special Agent George Ellis on his journey as you become immersed in the world of drug smuggling and gun running. You will travel the world with 'Mr. Strategic' as he apprehends terrorists, seizes drug shipments and prevents bombs, missiles and machine guns from reaching their illicit destinations. Ride with Agent Ellis in a 1000 horsepower interceptor vessel or in a U.S. Customs black helicopter as he executes his duties as leader of an elite Federal Special Response Team. You will also follow him into the quagmire of politics and problems at his agency which he must deal with while simultaneously attempting to succeed with his clandestine enforcement operations.
U.S. History, Grades 6 - 12: People and Events 1865-Present
George R. Lee
Mark Twain Media
2017
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American history middle school books for kids ages 11+Help your middle school or high school child build proficiency in US history and AP us history with the activity-packed Mark Twain American History Workbook American History Books are a great way for students to have a thorough understanding of a people's history of the United States from 1865 to present day through focused lessons and practice. Why You'll Love This US History WorkbookEngaging and educational history lessons and activities. World War I and World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and US presidents are a few of the topics that are included in the workbook to help inspire learning in your child's classroom or homeschool curriculum. Bonus online resources, extended reading suggestions, and a timeline of events are included for additional learning support.Tracking progress along the way. Activities, essays, and "challenge" problems are included to test student knowledge. Use the answer key in the back of the American history workbook to track your child's progress before moving on to new lessons and topics.Practically sized for every activity. The 96-page workbook is sized at about 8" x 10 1/2"--giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise.About Mark Twain BooksDesigned by leading educators, Mark Twain Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and resources in a wide range of subjects for middle- and upper-grade homeschool and classroom curriculum success.The Mark Twain American History Workbook Contains: US history lessons and activitiesOnline resources and extended reading suggestionsTime lines and answer key
Book Features: - 128 pages, about 8 inches x 11 inches- Ages 11-18, Grades 6-12- Covers the events that led up to and were part of World War II- Features activities for individual and small-group discussion- Activity and Recalling Key Details pages includedHands-On Learning: Mark Twain's World War II History Book helps 6th-12th graders strengthen their world history knowledge through insightful and interactive learning that teaches them about the events leading up to and following World War 2.What's Included: The 128-page book features reading selections with each lesson, as well as Activity and Recalling Key Details pages which focus on reading comprehension skills and include graphic organizers to organize information in creative ways.Correlated To State Standards: This standards-based book teaches world history through topics covering the rise of dictators, the beginning of the war, fighting in Europe, Africa, and Asia, naval, air, and land battles, the Holocaust, and more.Interactive Learning: Interactive activities, writing prompts, and topics are provided to encourage classroom or small-group communication, open-ended discussions, and enhance critical thinking skills in a fun and engaging way.Why Mark Twain Media: Designed by leading educators, Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and resources in a wide range of subjects for middle- and upper-grade classroom success.