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- A really excellent work!
- A fascinating look into the Confederacy and the life of a Southern politician
- interesting perspective on Confederacy
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Senator James Murray Mason: Defender of the Old South
Robert W. Young
Manufacturer: University of Tennessee Press
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A really excellent work!.......2006-06-29
I was amazed at how much I enjoyed reading this really good biography. It was the author's Ph.D. disertation but he worked on it for ten years after he he obtained his doctorate, and I don't know how good his dissertation was but this work is superlative. I did not find a dull page. The account of the Trent Affair, in which Mason was a prime figure, is very well-told. The account of the years in England also is full of information I did not know, tho I have a reasonably full reading background re Civil War times. I cannot recall a more satisfactory biography of this type. It is excellently footnoted, and has an outstanding bibliography. After finishing it one feels he knows as much about Senator Mason--grandson of George Mason of constitutional history fame--as anyone can be expected to know. Senator Mason had some outrageous views--e.g., slavery was a good thing for both whites and blacks!--but these are outlined without editorial outrage, tho it is clear that Young holods no brief for them. I do not believe an unreconstructed Confederate could take issue with anything in the book, even tho I did not have the idea, as one sometimes does in reading books about Southern Confederates, that the author sympathizes or, worse yet, agrees with them. For instance Charles Wiltse's three volume biography of John C. Calhoun, which I read in 1976, I remember I found trying to read because of his obvious bias in favor of his subject. The same is true of
Jefferson Davis: American Patriot 1808-1861, by Hudson Strode (read 8 Nov 1970);
Jefferson Davis: Confederate President, by Hudson Strode (read 15 Nov 1970); and
Jefferson Davis: Tragic Hero The Last Twenty-Five Years, by Hudson Strode (read 22 Nov 1970),
which volumes reek with adulation for their subject. I admit I was glad that Senator Mason did not live to see that the South actually won the Civil War in the long run, since the Negro was treated abominably for so many years after the end of Reconstruction. This biography is a real treasure, and I enjoyed it tremendously.
A fascinating look into the Confederacy and the life of a Southern politician.......2005-07-24
I had the privilage of being Dr. Young's student where he teaches college (Carroll Community, Westminster, MD) and his facts on Mason are endless. He speaks of Mason as if he knew him personally and that's the mark of a good historian who's done his research. Sometimes historical biographies can be a bit dull, but this was interesting and I enjoyed reading about Senator Mason. I would recommend this as a book to be read by U.S. History students or Civil War buffs.
interesting perspective on Confederacy.......1998-10-07
I had the opportunity not only to read Dr. Young's book, but to interview about it as well. He is a knowledgeable historian and very fact-conscious, as well as understanding the larger issues at hand. I recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in the American Civil War because it will provide you with a unique story about one player in this immense drama.
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La Maquina De La Volatilidad (Economia Y Finanzas)
Michael Pettis
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ASIN: 9706516654 |
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This package contains a copy of the student edition of Fundamentals of Accounting Course 1, Working Papers, and Automated Accounting 8.0 individual CD.
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This year the Lionel Train Company celebrates its 100th anniversary, and to commemorate the milestone comes a an updated second edition of ALL ABOARD!, the marvelous story of Joshua Lionel Cowen and the toy trains he created. Originally published in 1981, ALL ABOARD! brings back the classic electric trains for all those who remember them. The Santa Fe came in gleaming silver and shiny red. The New York Central was gray and white. World War I models carried seige guns, a 1957 engine came in pink for girls. There were Pullmans and steam locomotives, Lehigh Valley coal cars, lumber cars, and a design from 1964 that carried radioactive waste and the Mercury capsule. A&E Network named Lionel trains a "Top Ten Toy" of the century-#4 specifically.
But the story of Lionel trains is far from over. Co-owned by rock star Neil Young, who bought the company because of his autistic son's love for the trains, the Lionel Train Company is stronger than ever, and is evolving with the times by employing remote control, sound chips, and other technical innovations. With 32 all-new pages and scores of colorful illustrations from the archives of Lionel catalogs, ALL ABOARD! is the definitive collector's book on the subject.
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Roy Cohn was the grandson of Joshua Lionel Cowen..........2005-09-14
My grand-uncle, Mario Caruso, was the co-owner and co-founder of Lionel Trains along with Joshua "Lionel" Cohen.
Frank Pettit, chief designer for Lionel Trains and my uncle, had over 100 patents for designs and innovations he created for toys, expecially trains, including the smoke tablet, cattle car, news-stand, a transformer, etc. Amazon lists his biography "It Comes From Within: The Frank Pettit Story." This is an accurate story of the Lionel Trains Corp.
My entire family; mother, father, uncles, aunts, from the Caruso/Pagano family worked at Lionel Trains, located in Irvington, New Jersey during the 1950's, which was the largest toy company in the world. During World War II, Lionel Corp. developed and manufactured instruments for the navy.
The company was bought by the lawyer, Roy Cohn, grandson of Lionel Trains founder Lionel Cowen (Cowen & Cohn are very similar names). Roy Cohn immediately fired everyone and stated that "We are out of the toy business." To this day, nobody knows where the pension fund went. All the money was taken out of the company. My mom and dad, my relatives and others never received a penny of their pension that they worked so hard for.
Read this fascinating history of what was once the largest toy manufacturing company in the world.
The Definitive (and Readable) History of Lionel Trains.......2004-01-28
Simply put, Hollander has written and compiled the highest quality, most comprehensive, and most readable book about the history of the Lionel electric train company that has ever been done. I make that claim while scanning my bookcase holding 45 books on electric toy trains, the majority of them dealing with Lionel, indisputably the penultimate brand name in America, at least where toy trains are concerned.
Hollander writes of the origin and the evolution of Lionel trains from their beginning around 1900 through their status at the commencement of the 21st century, including their near death in 1969 and their miraculous resuscitation by the General Mills cereal company in 1970. Don't be alienated by the earlier statement that this is a history book. It is in no way a dry rehashing of facts, dates and dollars such as comprise boring histories. On the contrary, "All Aboard!" is more of a love story, for Hollander is truly in love with his subject, and his excitement in telling us about the Lionel legend carries the reader through the book on wings of delight.
Highly descriptive text leaves us with a wonderful acquaintanceship with Lionel's parent, Joshua Lionel Cohen (who "Americanized" his name to Cowen), shows us the birth of his baby, draws us word pictures of that baby's successes and failures, its grand leaps of inventiveness and its faltering steps of failure in the changing business and economic climate of a century of American enterprise. Along the way, we are presented with copious visual reinforcement (both in color and in black and white) of the story that the text is weaving for us. We see photographs of the movers and shakers of this great company, some of the wondrous trains that they produced, and some of the expert art work that marketed those trains to the boys and fathers (and girls and mothers, too) of 20th century America. That art work, in annual catalogs and in magazine and newspaper advertisements, forged an emotional bond between American youth and the Lionel Corporation that endures today despite changing fortunes and changing ownership. Its effect on our culture has been phenomenal and is clearly addressed in Hollander's book.
I can levy only two criticisms against "All Aboard!" The first is that I sometimes find the page layout annoying in that many sidebars and notes are included to give us insights into Lionel's executives, competitors, and plans. These are valuable and interesting, but they do interrupt the flow of the main text. The reader must either pause to read the sidebars or else ignore them at first and then return to them later. The second criticism is that the final chapter, which is the only "revised and updated" part of the book since its original release in 1981, lacks the intimate, revealing analysis that gives the rest of the book its finesse. The first eight chapters read as though Hollander had been an insider at the Lionel Corporation for its eighty-one years of birth, growth and turmoil, whereas the ninth chapter, which looks at the technological advances in toy trains from 1982 to 2000, is told by an outside observer who is no more privy to corporate thoughts than are the rest of us.
If one has already enjoyed the 1981 edition of "All Aboard!", I cannot recommend purchasing the current edition just to have the new chapter. On the other hand, if one has never seen either edition of "All Aboard!", then, no matter what other books he may have read on Lionel trains, he has missed the most definitive and enjoyable book of all, and I cannot recommend Hollander's book too highly.
Great Nostalgia Ahead!.......2003-03-19
This is one of my best books about Lionel trains. Profusely illustrated with photos of Joshua Lionel Cohen and the people that helped make Lionel a giagantic toy train builder. This is a book you're sure to read over and over.
Highly recommended reading for toy train enthusiasts.......2001-01-29
All Aboard! The Story Of Joshua Lionel Cowen & His Lionel Train Company is the fascinating story of the man who made the electric toy train one of the most popular toys for boys and hobbies for grown men in the last century. Published in part to celebrate the Lionel Train Company's 100th Anniversary, All Aboard! is also a testament to how this producer of toy trains dealt with the competition of electronic games at the end of the 20th century and is experiencing a surge of popularity at the beginning of the 21st Century. Original published in 1981, this new, revised and updated celebratory edition of All Aboard! is welcome and highly recommended reading for toy train enthusiasts in general, and Lionel Train collectors in particular!
Marvelous book. A starting point for the Lionel Hobby.......2001-01-02
I have had several copies of the previous edition of this book but kept giving them away to neighbors of mine. It is a wonderful look at one of the oldest and most successful toy companies in the world: Lionel Trains. This book covers everything: humble beginnings, postwar boom, near destruction at the hands of famed veteran of the "Red Scare" Roy Cohn to it's present day owners. If you had Lionel trains as a child or have always loved them from afar I cannot tell you how much fun this book is. With stories on all of the most famous cars and the people behind the genius it's an engrossing read.
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Knit the kids you love something special—even if you’re always on the run. Choose from 20-plus cute and colorful outfits for children ages four to ten years. Created by some of today’s top designers, these carry-along projects include delightful cap and mitten sets, sweater and purse sets, denim jackets, V-necks, striped pullovers, ponchos, skirts, and more. You’ll even find ideas for personalizing them, as well as tips on selecting yarns, determining gauge, and following patterns and charts.
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Some cute projects.......2004-08-19
The beauty of this book is its tiny size and quickness of projects. The first few pages are dedicated to a quick review of knitting, and then the fun begins. Most of the items featured are long-sleeve sweaters, and I feel that there's a sweater for everyone here: they have cable work, hoods, stripes, color work, one even has Fair Isle. A few sweaters are clearly for girls, but most are unisex. Instructions are given for sizes 4-10. Some patterns other than sweaters include ones for mittens, a mini bag, a hat and a poncho.
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Bonsai: In Association With the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Rh Value Publishing
Manufacturer: Gramercy
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ASIN: 0517121395
Release Date: 1996-07-13 |
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In this important new work, Nicholas Townsend explores what men say about being fathers, and about what fatherhood means to them. He shows how men negotiate the prevailing cultural values about fatherhood, marriage, employment, and home ownership that he conceptualizes as a "package deal." Townsend identifies the conflicts and contradictions within the gendered expectations of men and fathers, and analyzes the social and economic contexts that make emotionally involved fathering an elusive ideal.
Drawing on the lives and life stories of a group of men in their late forties who graduated from high school together in the early 1970s, The Package Deal demystifies culture's image of fatherhood in the United States. These men are depicted as neither villains nor victims, but as making their best efforts to achieve successful adult masculinity. This book shows what fathers really think about fatherhood, the division of labor between fathers and mothers, the gendered difference in expectations, and the privileging of the relationship between fathers and sons.
These revealing accounts of how fatherhood fits into the rest of men's lives help us better understand what men can and cannot do as fathers. And they clearly illustrate that women are not alone in trying to "have it all" as they strive to combine work and family.
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My Lord, What a Morning is a gentle and engrossing memoir, abounding with the tender and inspiring stories of Marian Anderson's life in her own modest words. From her humble but proud beginnings in south Philadelphia to international vocal renown, the legendary contralto writes of triumph and adversity, of being grounded in faith and surrounded by family, and of the music that shaped her career.
Anderson published My Lord, What a Morning in 1956 on the heels of her groundbreaking role as the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. In it are bittersweet reminiscences of a working-class childhood, from her first job scrubbing the neighbors' steps to the sorrow and upheaval of her father's untimely death. Here are the stories of a young girl with prodigious talent, and her warm remembrances of the teachers, managers, friends, accompanists, and fans who worked to foster it. Here is a veritable travelogue of her concerts across the globe and rare glimpses at the personal life of a woman more concerned with family than celebrity.
An entire chapter devoted to the Easter concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 reveals Anderson's immense respect for Eleanor Roosevelt, who resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution when they refused to let Anderson perform at Constitution Hall. Supplanting sorrow and regret for anger and violence, Anderson demurely imparts her views on discrimination and on becoming an icon in the struggle for civil rights.
With eleven photographs and a touching new foreword by Anderson's nephew, famed conductor and poet James DePreist, this new paperback edition of My Lord, What a Morning revives the classic portrait of a musical legend who was resilient in the bullying face of bigotry and gracious in the unfaltering glow of fame.
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The most excellent autobiography I've read in ages..........2000-01-31
This was a completely personal and revealing work. If you are a fan of Anderson's voice this book will soon become one of your favourites. I couldn't put it down (I know that statement is cliche-ed but it's the truth). Anderson had an incredible struggle establishing a career as an African American opera singer, but throughout her life she treated everyone she encoountered (despite the cruelty and racism of many) with dignity and grace. Her autobiography is indicative of her supreme modesty and love of music and the human voice as the most divine instrument. If you buy it, you will be enchanted. I particularily recommend it for people studying voice.
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Revisiting the Shadows: Memoirs from War-Torn Poland to the Statue of Liberty
Irene Shapiro
Manufacturer: DeForest Press
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ASIN: 1930374062 |
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"Don't forget the way they will have me die! Don't forget that we tried to stand up to them until the last moment! Don't forget what they are doing to us here! Don't forget! Swear to me that you will tell the world!"
Golda Lipkies's words shouted to Irene before Golda's execution at Auschwitz.
This is the true story of Irene (Rena Hass), a Jewish teenager involved in the 1941-1943 resistance movement and uprising of the Bialystok Ghetto, which was second in historical significance only to the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto. Irene is one of the very few survivors of the 60,000 massacred Bialystok Jews. She survived the horrors of three concentration camps: Blizyn, Majdanek and Auschwitz. Irene's father, a virtuoso violinist, was forced to perform before his own execution with the orchestra at the extermination camp of Majdanek in Poland. Her mother was a schoolteacher who suffered with Irene the horrors of the concentration camps until she died just before the end of the war at the Bergen-Belsen camp in Germany.
Revisiting the Shadows was written so that we will not forget. The atrocity of killing three and a half million Jews during the Holocaust from Poland alone (almost ten per cent of the country's population)—similar to murdering 25 million Americans today—reminds us that some are still seeking ethnic cleansing, or genocide, in present-day forms of the Final Solution.
"Germans are different people now—I have German friends who carry the guilt of the war on their shoulders—the Germans helped us. No people, no nation has only bad people."
Ms. Shapiro as quoted by Laurie Sullivan in the Scarsdale Inquirer
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A moving personal tale.......2004-06-29
You should almost ignore the publisher's blurb for this book. This isn't an adventure story of a valiant teenage freedom fighter, nor a chilling recount of Jews in Nazi concentration camps, nor a "Do not forget" shout about the Holocaust.
Well, to some extent it is these, but that misses the point. This is one woman's very personal tale of her story through this period. The book draws you into her world back then, and flavors it with the present, tracing her own process of revisiting these memories.
It's almost disconcerting how little time is spent dewlling on the horrors, and how matter-of-factly she can recount them. But this is her life, the life of a young girl, and her life contained many things.
Come to this book for any of many reasons. You may find yourself staying for others.
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