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I really enjoyed reading it. I had a great-great-grandfather serve in Co. E of the 70th OVI. It was very interesting reading about them speculating on the war as it was going on. This book shows alot of the everyday things that went on during that era. Unfortunately they were only involved in two battles. The Evans family was very patriotic and wanted to preserve the Union.

I read this book in grade school (maybe junior high) many decades ago and I never forgot it. Not because it's profound or anything, but it was a fun,romantic book. I have tried to find it libraries over the years, but I guess because of its age, they have weeded it from their collections. I wasn't even sure of the title anymore, but then I by chance looked it up in Barnes & Noble's site and found it, but I'm buying it from Amazon because I like then better. It's a great day!

No serious student of the Western tradition should fail to have a copy of this book on his or her shelf. Anastaplo possesses one of this century's keenest intellects. Currently a law professor in Chicago, Anastaplo is, perhaps, best remembered for his brave stand against the Illinois Bar. Important reading.

Thomas Ewing Jr. Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General is a scholarly biography of former Whig senator and cabinet member destined to gain a commission in the Union Army, along with his brothers. He raised a regiment that encountered action in Arkansas and Missouri, and after William Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas, he issued the General Order No. 11 that forcibly removed residents from sections of western Missouri. A confidant of Abraham Lincoln, Ewing dared to defend three of the assassination conspirators, and even lobbied a key vote to prevent the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Exhaustively researched, Thomas Ewing Jr. Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General presents an in-depth, crystal clear portrait of not only one Civil War general's life, but also the antebellum South in which he lived. Highly recommended for Civil War enthusiasts of all backgrounds.

Independent scholar and English teacher Jaime Hovey presents "A Thousand Words: Portraiture, Style, and Queer Modernism", a unique and seminal work of literary analysis proposing the case for a 'queer modernism', and that the literary portrait - a favored form of experimentalism in late nineteenth and early twentieth century writing - served as an aesthetic mechanism for this 'queer modernism' phenomena. Though literary portraiture speaks volumes about the complicated connection between identity, sexuality, and art, very little writing has specifically addressed 'queer modernism' in literary portraiture prior to a scholarly summation and analysis as represented with "A Thousand Words". Individual chapters discuss stylistic variations, caricature studies, issues of forgery, looking back on modernism, and so much more, in this welcome and scholarly contribution to academic library Literature and Gay/Lesbian Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

In many cities in the U.S., including such places as Toledo, we stand at Deli counters ordering our cheese from men with heavy accents and lives we know little about. The Georges and Yusefs, Nadias and Sourayas in these bodegas have rich lives we know little about until this collection Through and Through. Geha brings to life this Middle Eastern community, not by only showing how these characters are strangers in a strange land, but also how they are our neighbors as well. We learn a little of Arab customs, something of what it is to be an immigrant. What one values when they are successful and what they hope for when they fail. These stores are human and humane, enlightening and funny. They take the chance for self-irony and even farce. I would recommend Through and Through for enjoyment, for a class in ethnic or immigrant lit, as well as for a source of understanding.

This is a wonderful story of the Tiltonsville, Rayland Area-So full of History and fact and even a little romance. The author really captured the time and is so well informs his readers. I had checked this out of the Library for my Son's Scout project and I really hate to return it.

Deftly written by the talented author Virginia Hamilton (whose Children's Literature awards include the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Newberry Medal, and the Coretta Scott King Award), Time Pieces: The Book Of Times is an audiobook coming-of-age story for young people. An eleven-year-old African-American girl named Valena lives with her family in rural Ohio; as she deals with daily events, the threat of a tornado, the excitement of going to a circus, and the oppressive pallor of racism, she also listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history. A remarkable story of the importance of family ties and taking pride in one's heritage, skillfully narrated by Lisa Renee Pitts. 3 CDs, unabridged, tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking.

Usually books of this nature send me to sleep, but this was different, it did the opposite. 'Evolution and Healing' deals with the idea of evolution, but specifically applying to a medical setting, asking such pertinent questions as 'Why do we Die?'. With an narrative more suited to lecture than a lenghtly scientific tome it explains with clarity and coherence an argument that you cannot fail to understand. Buy now and never regret.

Thank you Chad. America should know this "awful truth". By the way, we in Appalachia are still holding the same protest signs that these brave people held up in this book 30 years ago.
Help us America.