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This is a seemingly well-researched biography of one member of the famous expedition who didn't have any stories of his own to tell about it, since he was only 18 months old when his parents parted from Lewis and Clark. Certainly many have asked, "Whatever happened to "Pomp"? He seems to have been a loner; his parents allowed Captain Clark to become his mentor in St. Louis, where he was educated with other half-Indian boys. During his entire life he saw little of Sacagawea (who died when he was 8) or Toussaint Charbonneau, his father, who was a guide and trapper. In his travels, Jean Baptiste crossed paths with many of the famous explorers and shapers of the American West. I'm no longer a "young adult," but found the book very interesting.

A wonderful history lesson for young adults. This factual chronicle of the life of Sacajawea's son, Charbonneau, will dispel the myth that Clark (of Lewis & Clark) made good on his promise to his Indian guide, Sacajawea. He did provide an education and board and room, but little else. In spite of the prejudice this boy faced, he was able to succeed in life. The book is well-written, factual, and written without predjudice. I would recommend this for required reading in junior high school.

The speed in which I received my book was wonderful - and I can't remember the last time a book that was used was in such great quality!
Thanks for making my Christmas a Merry One!

I visited Santa Fe 20 years ago and was charmed by the city, enough so that I moved here and have made it my home. I keep meeting other people with the same story.

So what a pleasure it is to find this beautifully photographed love song to Santa Fe! The historical photos are fascinating. I recognize some of the spots, but many places have changed so much. The nice thing is that Santa Fe, while growing and changing, retains is charm and its easygoing atmosphere.

This book is a treasure.

Title: Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers

Author: Edie Clark

ISBN; 0 - 9719934 - 5 - 9


Most readers are familiar with Edie Clark's writings from her column in Yankee Magazine. The column was originally called The Garden at Chesham Depot and later when Edie moved it was renamed Mary's Farm.

Edie Clark has written three books. The Place He Made, her first book, is an unforgettably searing memoir of love and bittersweet tragedy. Edie's second book, The View From Mary's Farm, is a collection of very special essays from past issues of Yankee Magazine. Her devoted readers are thrilled to have many of these timeless treasures all in one volume.

The writings of Edie Clark transport me to another time and place......a place where time spent with friends and family ...and the small events of everyday life ....glow with special meaning. Edie's newest book, "Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers", is certainly no exception. It is a winning combination of delicious recipes, collected throughout the author's life, and the memories associated with them.

Edie has a very endearing way of engaging her readers and drawing them into her magical world. She has an extraordinary gift in the ability to make the ordinary seem special and beautiful. Edie often reveals her innermost thoughts, in such an honest fashion, that this creates a unique bond with the reader. You will feel as if you have reconnected with an old friend.

Edie's mother did not enjoy cooking. When Edie would visit her Aunt Peg in Massachusetts, it was there that she experienced the comfort and joy associated with food preparation and sharing her creations with those she loved. To this day Edie expresses her love of friends through cooking and entertaining.

Fast food, hurry here, scurry there, is the trend in modern society. Reading Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers just makes you want to slow down and savor life. Many of the recipes in the book originate from the tried and true traditions of New England. However, Edie's journey even carries us to far away places, such as Iceland, where she worked for a summer herding and shearing sheep. Roast lamb had always been one of her favorite culinary delights. However, despite the fact that sheep were obviously very prevalent in Iceland, this delicacy was reserved for special occasions. In her book Edie includes a most unusually delicious recipe for Roast Lamb, which includes coffee, sour cream, garlic .... and more.

The author brings us along with her to a New England church supper where Mary Upton's beans are always the anticipated focus of the event. We are even invited into Edie's kitchen while she makes German Apple Pancakes on her treasured wood cook-stove. Another day, it's pizza on the porch.

Other recipes include Indian Pudding, Cheese Strata, Chicken and Dumplings, a savory Beef Stew....and more. Basically , Edie has written a chapter for each recipe. I found this very unique and appealing.

During the hot sultry days of summer, when as a youngster Edie would visit her Aunt Peg, they would often make iced tea together. The tea making process took a good part of the day so it was always a smart idea to begin early enough in the day before the heat set in. This was no ordinary run of the mill iced tea, but in fact was so delicious and invigorating, the family has affectionately called it the Magic Brew. Edie ponders the recipe's origins....

"In fact, this concoction was not of my aunt's devising. I don't suppose any recipe really comes from any one person and I have no way of knowing what, if anything, she contributed to the method. It came to her from my uncle's side of the family, a recipe that came with the marriage, if you will, like a mother- in- law or a set of silver. So it had further lineage. But for me the recipe belonged to Aunt Peg and was a part of her legend, which seemed to grow the longer I stood at her side, my young mind forming it's opinions, likes and dislikes. More than just a drink, it was an elixir, a potion, a magic brew."

Legend even has it that this tea once saved a young boy's life.

Many people enjoy just "reading" cookbooks and perhaps never actually prepare many of the recipes. I can tell you how I am going to put this book to very good use. I have already thoroughly enjoyed lingering over Edie's memories. It's a book one can read over and over again. Now, as I try the new recipes, and serve them to friends and family, they will receive another special treat, the reading of the story which reveals each recipe's history.

Edie is a masterful storyteller and knows how to win her reader's hearts. Recently someone likened her to a painter of words. In my opinion, Edie Clark is the Norman Rockwell of essay writers.

Mixing memories of food and friendship, family and events, this famous author shares parts of her life in the form of kitchen stories from the early 1960's when vinegar cake was introduced thru today when we enjoy even more variety in food including couscous - orange couscous no less!

Edie Clark writes from her heart. Gifted, insightful, humorous and inspiring, she connects with the reader in a special way. Her collection of about three dozen recipes are easily prepared and very satisfying. I felt gently transported to thoughts of my own family, friends and events from the past. Upon completion of reading this delightful and absorbing book, my own reaction was to share it with friends at once and also to begin preparing the recipes and enjoy my own kitchen capers more! Thank you, Edie Clark, for sharing your memories and expressing yourself so honestly.

A 5 star book in my opinion. I highly recommend it. Vermont baked beans anyone? Or a special refreshing iced tea? Edie writes that "food is an adventure, food is communion, food is comfort, food is love. We may as well make it good." And so we shall. Thanks again.

This is a delightful guide to South Carolina's beautiful scenic back roads and natural resources attractions. Like Clark's earlier book, "Hiking South Carolina," a hallmark of this current work is its excellent, detailed maps, along with interesting illustrative photos, precise directions, and fascinating historic and cultural background information.

Featured prominently throughout the book are state parks, national wildlife refuges, national monuments, state Heritage Preserves, national and state forests, and state wildlife management areas. The appendix includes listings of nature-based services and tours, as well as bed and breakfast accommodations, eclectic restaurants, and places to shop for antiques, crafts and other unique goods.

If you want a guide to the state's coastal resorts and entertainment centers, or to its cities and suburbs, this book is not for you. But if you want to experience South Carolina's mountains, hills, lakes, streams, and wetlands, its history, and its unique rural and small town ambiance, then get a copy of "Scenic Driving South Carolina" and go for a ride.

The love of Clark and Pierce for their home state shines through in their exceptionally well-written work. When you read and use their publication, you will find that their affection is contagious.

A valuable guide for driving South Carolina, "Scenic Driving South Carolina" gives my Texas-based family with deep South Carolina roots information we need to explore the homelands of our parents and grandparents. For several years, family members have planned to discover the South Carolina so embodied in our lives and in the spirit of our family. Our first journey embarks through information gleaned from the pages of "Scenic Driving South Carolina."

We value especially the 21 detailed maps packed with essential features, one for each of the scenic drives. The background information included in the "Introduction," the "Attractions," the "Neat Places to Stay," the "Restaurant and Shops," the "Tours and Nature-based Services" sections of the book also demonstrates the vitality of the state.

More than 40 appealing photographs add merit to "Scenic Driving South Carolina."

Our journeys continue: We native Texans will explore for several years the present day 21 "scenic drives" of our grandparents' and mothers' indigenous to South Carolina. This book is invaluable.

This was required reading for a graduate course in American history.

E. Culpepper Clark's The Schoolhouse Door is a narrative account of how The University of Alabama was integrated. In this detailed book Clark tells the story of the University's integration in two distinct parts. Part one tells the story of Autherine Lucy's acceptance to the University and of her swift expulsion. Clark examines how the board of trustees was successful in keeping Lucy out of the university. Part two focuses on George Wallace's stand at Foster Auditorium in June 1963. Clark documents the forces behind-the-scenes that orchestrated this infamous event. One of the author's purposes in writing this book is to debunk the idea that the University of Alabama was helpful in its own integration. Clark argues that the university desegregated its students only after immense outside pressure forced the institution to stop segregation. In the book the reader will find information on the major and minor figures who contributed to the end of segregation at the University of Alabama. The Schoolhouse Door offers the reader sound descriptions of the events and of the people who were a part of, " ... how Tuscaloosa became the Appomattox of segregation" (xix).

E. Culpepper Clark is highly qualified to write on this particular topic. Clark is currently the Dean of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. He has worked for the university in a number of different positions since 1971 and was the Executive Assistant to the President from 1990-1996.1 Wallace's stand at the schoolhouse door is an incredibly important piece of The University of Alabama's history. Furthermore, the integration of the university stands as a lasting symbol of federal vs. state authority. Clark sets the tone of this book in the introduction, " ... Alabama was a microcosm of the larger South, as ardently committed to white supremacy as Mississippi, but more vulnerable to change by virtue of its social and economic composition" (xii). Clark argues that the struggle for integration in Tuscaloosa was a relatively peaceful and a symbolic victory over Southern segregation.

The first part of The Schoolhouse Door examines how Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, the university's president, was caught in the middle of the battle for integration. Carmichael was essentially a non-factor in the university's road to integrate because he did what the board of trustees told him to do. The members of the board of trustees legally delayed integration as long as possible to avoid integration. In 1952 Pollie Myers and Autherine Lucy applied to the University of Alabama, but did not indicate that they were black. They were accepted and they even paid the five dollar deposit on their dormitories. Once the Office of Admissions found their mistake it was immediately taken to the president (at the time, President Gallalee) with hope that the situation could be averted. However, the girls were backed by the NAACP and would wait until the courts told them they could attend. This was the first step that led to integration at the University of Alabama.

The complex nature of the university's integration is illuminated by Clark's telling of the story. On February 1SI 1956 Autherine Lucy was allowed to register, but Myers was denied because she became pregnant while unmarried. Lucy's acceptance to the university was, " ... three and a half years of costly and life-absorbing legal wrangling" (57). The board of trustees did not allow Lucy to have a room on campus, a decision which was contested by the NAACP. Lucy attended two days of classes in relative peace; however on the third day of classes a mob of students tormented Lucy and threatened her life. Lucy was expelled by the board of trustees because of the pressure placed on them by the mob. One student demonstrator said, "Well, we won. It took her four years and the Supreme Court to get her in, and it took us only four days to get rid of her" (80). Lucy was charged with conspiracy and was eventually expelled permanently. The NAACP lawyers could not win the battle in the courtroom for various reasons. It was not until 1989 that Lucy's expulsion was reversed and she was allowed to attend classes. The mob at The University of Alabama had won the first battle.

Clark's book is valuable because he places important emphasis on the behind-the scenes aspects of the situation. Most notably, Clark skillfully presents the tension between the board of trustees, the president, faculty, students, and politicians. The Schoolhouse Door successfully characterizes many people who were involved with the
university's integration. One particularly outstanding portrayal is that of James Jefferson Bennett, who was President Carmichael's top assistant. Bennett was involved in many situations in the book and actually drove the car that delivered Lucy from the mob. Clark portrays Bennett as skillful mediator who was instrumental at keeping the peace at Tuscaloosa. Bennett made the university run smoothly from the transition of the presidency from Oliver Charmichael to Frank Rose. Clark portrays Bennett as the voice of reason during many years prior to the desegregation at Tuscaloosa. The Schoolhouse Door is a work of considerable importance because Clark outlines the roles that "minor" people had in the integration of The University of Alabama.

The Schoolhouse Door is rather brief in the discussion of George Wallace's infamous stand at Foster Auditorium. Rather, the author looks at the forces that were behind the university's peaceful integration. During the course of this book Clark does an excellent job at building suspense in his description of the events leading up to the stand at the schoolhouse door. The amount of tension and uncertainty were paramount at _Tuscaloosa prior to Wallace's stand. General Graham, under the order of Robert Kennedy, was assigned the duty of removing Wallace from the steps. Thankfully, Wallace's camp informed the general that Wallace would go peacefully if given time to make a speech. Wallace briefly spoke about how the action by the federal government was, "a bitter pill for the members of the Alabama National Guard to swallow" (230). Wallace stepped aside and Jimmy Hood and Vivian Malone walked through the schoolhouse door and were met with, "a spattering of applause" (231). Although the battle against segregation lasted from 1956 to 1963 the University of Alabama was finally an institution that accepted students of any color.

One of the key themes of The Schoolhouse Door is the lack of violence that accompanied the university's integration. "For all its drama no one dies in this story" (ix). Violence had been avoided at The University of Alabama and there was no clear-cut winner of the battle. George Wallace was not successful in his stand, but gained popularity from the incident. Despite the fact that The University of Alabama was an integrated institution the feeling of white supremacy in the South was not lost. Clark says, "As a reenactment of Appomattox, the schoolhouse door fulfilled expectations federal, force-induced surrender followed by a settled conviction that the real cause, white supremacy, was not, indeed, could not, be lost" (239).

Recommended reading for anyone interested in American history, civil rights history.

This was required reading for a graduate course in American history.

E. Culpepper Clark's The Schoolhouse Door is a narrative account of how The University of Alabama was integrated. In this detailed book Clark tells the story of the University's integration in two distinct parts. Part one tells the story of Autherine Lucy's acceptance to the University and of her swift expulsion. Clark examines how the board of trustees was successful in keeping Lucy out of the university. Part two focuses on George Wallace's stand at Foster Auditorium in June 1963. Clark documents the forces behind-the-scenes that orchestrated this infamous event. One of the author's purposes in writing this book is to debunk the idea that the University of Alabama was helpful in its own integration. Clark argues that the university desegregated its students only after immense outside pressure forced the institution to stop segregation. In the book the reader will find information on the major and minor figures who contributed to the end of segregation at the University of Alabama. The Schoolhouse Door offers the reader sound descriptions of the events and of the people who were a part of, " ... how Tuscaloosa became the Appomattox of segregation" (xix).

E. Culpepper Clark is highly qualified to write on this particular topic. Clark is currently the Dean of Communication and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama. He has worked for the university in a number of different positions since 1971 and was the Executive Assistant to the President from 1990-1996.1 Wallace's stand at the schoolhouse door is an incredibly important piece of The University of Alabama's history. Furthermore, the integration of the university stands as a lasting symbol of federal vs. state authority. Clark sets the tone of this book in the introduction, " ... Alabama was a microcosm of the larger South, as ardently committed to white supremacy as Mississippi, but more vulnerable to change by virtue of its social and economic composition" (xii). Clark argues that the struggle for integration in Tuscaloosa was a relatively peaceful and a symbolic victory over Southern segregation.

The first part of The Schoolhouse Door examines how Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, the university's president, was caught in the middle of the battle for integration. Carmichael was essentially a non-factor in the university's road to integrate because he did what the board of trustees told him to do. The members of the board of trustees legally delayed integration as long as possible to avoid integration. In 1952 Pollie Myers and Autherine Lucy applied to the University of Alabama, but did not indicate that they were black. They were accepted and they even paid the five dollar deposit on their dormitories. Once the Office of Admissions found their mistake it was immediately taken to the president (at the time, President Gallalee) with hope that the situation could be averted. However, the girls were backed by the NAACP and would wait until the courts told them they could attend. This was the first step that led to integration at the University of Alabama.

The complex nature of the university's integration is illuminated by Clark's telling of the story. On February 1SI 1956 Autherine Lucy was allowed to register, but Myers was denied because she became pregnant while unmarried. Lucy's acceptance to the university was, " ... three and a half years of costly and life-absorbing legal wrangling" (57). The board of trustees did not allow Lucy to have a room on campus, a decision which was contested by the NAACP. Lucy attended two days of classes in relative peace; however on the third day of classes a mob of students tormented Lucy and threatened her life. Lucy was expelled by the board of trustees because of the pressure placed on them by the mob. One student demonstrator said, "Well, we won. It took her four years and the Supreme Court to get her in, and it took us only four days to get rid of her" (80). Lucy was charged with conspiracy and was eventually expelled permanently. The NAACP lawyers could not win the battle in the courtroom for various reasons. It was not until 1989 that Lucy's expulsion was reversed and she was allowed to attend classes. The mob at The University of Alabama had won the first battle.

Clark's book is valuable because he places important emphasis on the behind-the scenes aspects of the situation. Most notably, Clark skillfully presents the tension between the board of trustees, the president, faculty, students, and politicians. The Schoolhouse Door successfully characterizes many people who were involved with the
university's integration. One particularly outstanding portrayal is that of James Jefferson Bennett, who was President Carmichael's top assistant. Bennett was involved in many situations in the book and actually drove the car that delivered Lucy from the mob. Clark portrays Bennett as skillful mediator who was instrumental at keeping the peace at Tuscaloosa. Bennett made the university run smoothly from the transition of the presidency from Oliver Charmichael to Frank Rose. Clark portrays Bennett as the voice of reason during many years prior to the desegregation at Tuscaloosa. The Schoolhouse Door is a work of considerable importance because Clark outlines the roles that "minor" people had in the integration of The University of Alabama.

The Schoolhouse Door is rather brief in the discussion of George Wallace's infamous stand at Foster Auditorium. Rather, the author looks at the forces that were behind the university's peaceful integration. During the course of this book Clark does an excellent job at building suspense in his description of the events leading up to the stand at the schoolhouse door. The amount of tension and uncertainty were paramount at _Tuscaloosa prior to Wallace's stand. General Graham, under the order of Robert Kennedy, was assigned the duty of removing Wallace from the steps. Thankfully, Wallace's camp informed the general that Wallace would go peacefully if given time to make a speech. Wallace briefly spoke about how the action by the federal government was, "a bitter pill for the members of the Alabama National Guard to swallow" (230). Wallace stepped aside and Jimmy Hood and Vivian Malone walked through the schoolhouse door and were met with, "a spattering of applause" (231). Although the battle against segregation lasted from 1956 to 1963 the University of Alabama was finally an institution that accepted students of any color.

One of the key themes of The Schoolhouse Door is the lack of violence that accompanied the university's integration. "For all its drama no one dies in this story" (ix). Violence had been avoided at The University of Alabama and there was no clear-cut winner of the battle. George Wallace was not successful in his stand, but gained popularity from the incident. Despite the fact that The University of Alabama was an integrated institution the feeling of white supremacy in the South was not lost. Clark says, "As a reenactment of Appomattox, the schoolhouse door fulfilled expectations federal, force-induced surrender followed by a settled conviction that the real cause, white supremacy, was not, indeed, could not, be lost" (239).

Recommended reading for anyone interested in American history, civil rights history.

This book is an excellent summary of the essential ideas and findings related to cognitive theory of depression. For those interested in depression and related latest researches, you should not miss it ! From Max Wong. Hong Kong.

Beck's cognitive model of depression has been a seminal contribution to the field of psychopathology. This book, Scientific Foundations of Cognitive Theory and Therapy of Depression, is the first comprehensive review of the research that pertains to the various aspects of this theory and its application as a therapeutic approach. Every serious student of psychopathology and therapy will want to read this book. It is well-organized, informative, clearly written, and balanced in its coverage. One comes away with the awareness that the cognitive model of depression and treatment has substantial support in empirical research. This will prove to be a classic.

This version of selected works is one of the best French to English translations of Baudelaire I've come across. The text is not manipulated to rhyme in English as it does in French, and therefore is much more representative (in meaning) of the work in it's native language. I'm not much of a poetry reader, but next to Leaves of Grass by Whitman, this (the selections from "The Flowers of Evil" in particular) is my favorite.

The flowers of evil is simply the single greatest book in all of french literature.Read it & agree.

I was not with the marines but I was in Vietnam with the 75th Rangers and it was pretty tough. The author has a great feel for what really happened over there and what we were treated like while over there and when we returned. It was my first book by Johnny Clark and I liked it so well that I have recommended the book to my wife and to other Nam vets. I have also taked up reading him in all that I can find by him

I would recommend his books to all and to other Vietnam Veterans because it has helped me out and others to understand what we went through.

This is the second book I have read from Johnnie Clark. I was born during the Vietnam years but I am too young to remember them. I would encourage everyone to read this book as well as Guns Up! I will read as many of his books as I can get a hold of. Johnnie Clark puts you in the head of a soldier as no one else can. I have always supported the soldiers who do our fighting for us. However, I have a renewed understanding of what a soldier goes through. If you ever read this Johnnie, Thank You! Always Faithful.

I would encourage pastors and Christian counselors who want to help women in abusive relationships to seriously consider reading this book. I would also encourage women who suspect they may be in an abusive relationship to read this book. I say `suspect' because the woman in that life cannot openly admit it or else she couldn't understand herself for staying. She lives in the lie, the shame filled lie of existence. Dr. Clark has done a remarkable job writing what I couldn't find in any books available in the Christian community in the '70s and '80s when I was overwhelmed in my abusive marriage. The usual methods of counseling are not applicable in these marriages, but everyone seems to try. Because `I' hurt, the burden fell on me to read, counsel, pray, to fast and intercede, forgive and somehow even forget, and when it didn't work, it was I who was the failure. Christianity is a great hiding place for abusers because of distortions concerning principles of submission for women, forgiveness, and of accepting that a husband's role may include exerting power over the wife rather than in sharing mutual power and living like equals. Christian women who want to be pleasing to God can be set up to take the blame for the problem of their husband's anger. Too often, the woman is asked what she did to make him angry. It is not about his anger as much as it is about his need to control and the pattern of tearing down any sense of her self-esteem. That is why his repentance and tears are not safe. It is part of the dance to control. Dr. Clark writes to my heart as he describes the cycles and patterns of this family in distress. His validation is healing.

Besides being readable for the woman in, or from, an abusive marriage, it will encourage her to become empowered and see herself from the eyes of God instead of her husband, or even the church. And it addresses making the abuser accountable, because she probably can't do it alone. The church did not want to help me leave my former husband because `divorce was not an option' without proven adultery. But God did lead me out without the church's support. (Galatians 5:1) It is devastating for a woman to want to do God's will, and be told to do something that could kill her physically, spiritually, emotionally, and even mentally. It is the nature of our God to save women and their families from this state. Jesus came to set ALL the captives free. He set my children and me free, and it is from that voice that I so highly recommend this book! It is excellent!

Clark presents a sound biblical perspective on marriage as a model of God's covenant and a biblical response to domestic violence. The authur's view is well documented by Scripture and by those who deal with domestic violence. An eye opening read on domestic violence and how the world (especially the abused and counselors of the abused) sees the church as perpetuating domestic violence. This is not the typical wives submit to husbands period, but a godly view on the role of the husband as caretaker of the wife who models Jesus to her and their family through addressing her needs with compasion.

Finally, the first biography of the best friend Lewis & Clark, and the American government, had among their Indian hosts, Chief Sheheke of the Mandan. "White Coyote" was mis-named "Big White" by Lewis & Clark, and is known better by that name. He is the chief who returned with Lewis and Clark to Washington to be greeted by Jefferson himself. It was the delayed and troubled return of Sheheke to the Mandan Villages that ultimately led to Meriwether Lewis's death. A fascinating new angle on the Lewis & Clark Expedition, with keen insights into the amazing Mandan Indian culture. You won't be disappointed.

Sheheke: Mandan Indian Diplomat By Tracy Potter (Executive Directory, Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation, with the responsibility of administering interpretation of the On-a-Slant Mandan Indian Village) is an impressively informative biography recognizing the role that the Mandan Chief Sheheke played in Lewis and Clark's trailblazing expedition. A meticulously researched accounting, memorializing the often-overlooked contribution of a unique Native American and offering a welcomed and much appreciated additional perspective to the growing body of literature and historical reference materials concerning Lewis and Clark's famous voyage, Sheheke is an exceptionally well written contribution to the growing body of Native American History reference and Native American Biographical resource publications.