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Book SynopsisBetween Home and the Front offers not only a unique first-person account from those that experienced the Civil War but an annotation in meticulous detail to provide valuable historical context for the events, people, and material culture described in the letters.Trade Review"Between Home and the Front uses the words of the Walters family to bring a uniquely personal perspective to the suffering and sacrifices of the American Civil War. This well-referenced book uses letters, maps, and background information to illuminate one family's experiences and losses—the same kind of experiences and losses felt by millions due to war, both then and now."—Terry Reimer, Director of Research, National Museum of Civil War Medicine"Between Home and the Front stands out amid the many published collections of Civil War correspondence in numerous ways. These letters vibrantly capture the daily lives and emotional strains of countless ordinary Americans during the war years. They reflect not just one soldier's experience but a rich network of correspondents: spouses, siblings, and friends. Especially fascinating is the role played by Rachel Walters, farmer's wife-turned-schoolteacher, in orchestrating communications among relations scattered by the upheavals of war. Heidelbaugh and Paone's careful attention to all aspects of this distinctive archive—from its military and social contexts to the materiality of its envelopes—has given us an exceptional primary-source collection that will prove eye opening for any student of the Civil War."—Christopher Hager, Trinity College"This unique collection of letters offers an exceptional glimpse into one Indiana family's tragic Civil War experiences. Taking readers across the eastern and western theaters, the chase for John Hunt Morgan in Ohio, and into the northern home front, Between Home and the Front provides a broad view of the war and will be a boon for scholars and general readers alike."—Jonathan W. White, author of A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White HouseTable of ContentsFamily TreesMapsAcknowledgmentsAbout the Letters1. Introduction2. 1861–18623. 18634. 18645. 1865 and Post-War YearsEpilogueAfterwordBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The diary of Dr. Aharon Pick is a historical document of extraordinary importance. A talented physician and intellectual who was steeped in Jewish culture documented the events pertaining to the Jews in the city of Šiauliai during the Holocaust, from the Soviet regime through the ghetto years under Nazi German occupation. Pick meticulously chronicled and analyzed the events, enlightening his "future readers" with profound insights into human nature and the essence of humanity exposed in what he termed the "Valley of Slaughter." The diary sheds light on numerous aspects of Holocaust research: the history of medicine in extreme situations, the Jewish society's reaction pattern to gradual destruction, ethical dilemmas, philosophical reflections on the unique nature of the Holocaust, and more. Pick's first-person testimony of coping with the Germans' decrees to murder fetuses in their mothers' wombs is singularly powerful, making the diary essential reading."—Miriam Offer, Western Galilee College"In this important account — part memoir, part diary — of Jewish life under Bolshevik and then Nazi occupation in Siauliai, Lithuania, the English-language reader gains access for the first time to the observations and reflections of Aharon Pick, a medical doctor active in Jewish communal affairs and politics. Pick wrote with a journalist's flair for an important story and a humanist's care for the individual. His searing record offers scholars fresh insights into Jews' experience of the Holocaust in Lithuania and will be suitable for classroom use as well."—Alexandra Garbarini, Charles R. Keller Professor of History, Williams College"Dr. Aharon Pick's memoir and diary open a new window into the wartime history of Šiauliai, the site of one of Eastern Europe's lesser-known ghettos. Superbly edited and introduced by Gabriel Laufer and Andrew Cassel, this deeply personal account, suffused with a spirit of intense anguish, forces us to confront the day-to-day reality of the persecution and death which the Nazis and local collaborators inflicted on one of Lithuania's oldest and most prosperous Jewish communities."—Saulius Sužiedėlis, Millersville University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsRetrieving a Voice from the GhettoNotes on the TextPart A1. Before the Bolsheviks' Arrival (A Preface)2. The Blosheviks in Lithuania3. My Son's Admission to the Lithuanian University4. On the Eve of War5. The Start of the War6. The Germans Enter ŠiauliaiPart B7. Afflictions8. The EdictsPart C9. The Rules of the GhettoPart D10. From My DiaryNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTaking the film ""The Dead Poet's Society"" as his inspiration, Vittorio Hosle creates a place where the great philosophers of antiquity and their modern successors can all meet. They gather in the ""Cafe of the Dead But Ever Young Philosophers"" and discuss eleven-year-old Nora K.'s letters.Trade Review“Hösle (Univ. of Essen, Germany, and Univ. of Notre Dame, Indiana) presents two years of correspondence between himself and an 11- to 13- year-old girl identified as Nora K. Nora received a copy of Jostein Gaarder’s Sophie’s World (Eng., 1994); when Hösle first met her, she asked whether the Platonic idea of the dinosaur had ceased to exist, since there are no living dinosaurs. In a thank you note for a marzipan dinosaur present from Hösle, she mentioned that Aristotle’s conception of women made her made. Hösle responded with a letter describing the “Cafe of the Dead but Ever Young Philosophers.” where the philosophers Gaarder mentioned were encountered arguing among themselves. Nora was quick to play along with the fantasy, and 56 letters ensued. There is much of interest in the letters, but it is easy to miss the point of this book. A better beginning might have been prefaced by Nora; only late does Hösle reveal his intention: “What is new, and perhaps unique, about the present work is that it contains the philosohy of a child” rather than philosophy about children. Hösle ends with an insightful commentary but risks losing readers by failing to say earlier why and how they should attend to the exchange. Recommended; all levels.” —Choice“These discussions—related to Nora through Vittorio’s letters—raise, challenge, and vigorously debate these issues in a philosophically satisfying and entertaining fashion. To its credit, this work implicitly argues that philosophical ideas and problems are not solely a playground for adults; they are equally relevant to children. It also illustrates that, by engaging the intellect and imagination in a comprehensive and constructive way, philosophy may even be fun.” —International Philosophical Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The German governess Ina von Binzer’s letters provide unparalleled insights into the texture of Brazilian life in the early 1880s, from the condition and lives of slaves to the intimate family and material lives of their owners who employed her. Lewin’s contextualization of these precious primary sources is consummate, moving from archival confirmation of specific details to concise summations of the general context that these missives illuminate.” —Peter M. Beattie, author of The Tribute of Blood“This book wonderfully compliments a textbook account of nineteenth-century Brazil. The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil touches on many of the most notable events and paradoxes of the period, including the rise of coffee, waning slavery (that was not, however, weakening quickly enough in the regions where von Binzer visited), monarchical rule, and the start of a new wave of European immigration.” —Ian Read, author of The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888"Drawing on the personal letters of Ina von Binzer, Linda Lewin provides today’s scholars with a lens to understand how wealthy families rooted in Brazilian coffee production struggled with the onset of abolition. Lewin’s book integrates powerful photographs, including rare views of slaves, with von Binzer’s letters that, together with Lewin’s succinct, accessible introduction and explicating footnotes, will stimulate and complicate historical debates about slavery in Brazil." —Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp, author of So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico"This insider’s view of the final days of slavery in nineteenth-century Brazil captures her employers’ lives and that of their enslaved servants. Expertly edited by Linda Lewin, her letters are a rich primary source for all historians of slavery and the family. Appropriate period photographs accompany the text." —Mary C. Karasch, author of Before Brasília"This book is a fascinating window into nineteenth-century Brazilian daily life. The reader will enjoy the German governess’s depictions of family relations in this first English translation and will appreciate her take on a society defined by enslavement in all its aspects. Linda Lewin’s introduction weaves both realms, illuminating the inner works of the last slave society in the Americas." —Maria-Aparecida Lopes, author of Rio de Janeiro in the Global Meat Market, c. 1850 to c. 1930"One cannot finish reading The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil without gaining insight into the economy, society, and beauty that was Brazil in the 1880s, as well as developing some admiration for this intrepid governess, despite her flaws and prejudices. The translation flows nicely, and Linda Lewin’s excellent introduction sets the stage." —Francie R. Chassen-López, author of From Liberal to Revolutionary OaxacaTable of ContentsIllustrations List Acknowledgments Note on the Monetary Unit of the Brazilian Empire Introduction by Linda Lewin Ina von Binzer's Letters: 1. 27 May 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 2. June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 3. 20 June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 4. 11 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 5. 25 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 6. 14 August 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 7. 1 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 8. 17 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 9. 5 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 10. 22 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 11. 3 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 12. 24 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 13. 15 January 1882 Petrópolis 14. 8 February 1882 Petrópolis 15. 12 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 16. 17 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 17. 21 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 18. 2 March 1882 Rio de Janeiro 19. 20 March 1882 São Paulo 20. 5 April 1882 São Paulo 21. 21 April 1882 São Paulo 22. 5 May 1882 São Paulo 23. 29 May 1882 São Paulo 24. 25 June 1882 São Paulo 25. 28 June 1882 São Paulo 26. 1 July 1882 São Paulo 27. 11 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 28. 19 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 29. 28 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 30. 5 August 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 31. 20 August 1882Santos 32. 22 September 1882 Santos 33. 4 October 1881 Fazenda São Sebastião 34. 27 October 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 35. 17 November 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 36. 5 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 37. 18 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 38. 28 December 1882 São Paulo 39. 2 January 1883 Santos 40. 9 January 1883 Fazenda São Sebastião 41. January 1883 São Paulo Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA transcription and annotation of the diary of Emilie Davis, a free African American woman who lived in Philadelphia during the Civil War.Trade Review“Emilie Davis's diary surely will find an appreciative audience among scholars and readers interested in African Americans during the Civil War era. Its entries, covering January 1863 through December 1865, yield valuable information on multiple topics, including daily life among Philadelphia's free black community, reactions to news from the war's political and military fronts, and the centrality of religion in Davis's world. Judith Giesberg and her coeditors have framed the diary beautifully and placed students of the conflict much in their debt.”—Gary W. Gallagher,author of The Union War and The Confederate War“Emilie Davis’s Civil War offers a rare ‘interior’ view of the daily life and doings of a young black Philadelphian during the Civil War. In brief but regular daily jottings, Emilie Davis recorded the rhythms of life in the city; the associations in clubs, school, and church that formed the marrow of the black community; the feelings she had about loved ones, friends, and public figures; and moments when the war brought home death and dangers. This book commands attention because sustained private views from black women are few, and those few we have are from more educated and affluent writers than Davis. The diaries also benefit from a perceptive introduction by Judith Giesberg and excellent annotation throughout. The result is a book that is at once a rarity and a necessity. It allows us to enter a place and meet a people we hardly know—black Philadelphia during wartime—and by doing so, in critical ways, it turns the narrative of the home front upside down and inside out.”—Randall M. Miller,Saint Joseph’s University“This book commands attention because sustained private views from black women are few, and those few we have are from more educated and affluent writers than Davis. It allows us to enter a place and meet a people we hardly know—black Philadelphia during wartime—and by doing so, in critical ways, it turns the narrative of the home front upside down and inside out.”—Randall M. Miller,Saint Joseph’s University“Emilie Davis’s Civil War: The Diaries of a Free Black Woman in Philadelphia, 1863-1865 is both an important educational tool and a vivid depiction of everyday life in a country at war to end the greatest injustice it has ever committed.”—Hope Wabuke The Root“This book and its digital counterpart are priceless additions to the study of the northern Civil War home front.”—Tyler Sperrazza Civil War MonitorTable of ContentsContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of People and Institutions Mentioned in the DiaryA Note on Method IntroductionChapter 1 1863 Chapter 2 1864 Chapter 3 1865 Coda: All’s Well that Ends Well Bibliography The Memorable Days Project Editorial Team Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive, annotated English translation of Eugène Delacroix’s most significant writings during his travels in Morocco, Algeria, and southern Spain, recording his observations of places, people, costume, landscapes, and architecture.Trade Review“The notebooks make for a fascinating read and will be of interest not only to specialists of Delacroix and Orientalism, but also to scholars of French colonialism in North Africa and travel writing more in general. Delacroix brought a keen eye and wrote avidly about what he saw in Tangiers and elsewhere in Morocco.”—Thomas Dodman H-France“Eugène Delacroix’s journey to Morocco in 1832 was one of the defining artistic moments of the nineteenth century, and it is brought to glorious life by Michèle Hannoosh’s compilation and translation. This work chronicles the artist’s journey and provides exceptional insights into his fascination with the ‘Orient’ and his motivations as a painter.”—John Zarobell,author of Empire of Landscape: Space and Ideology in French Colonial Algeria“Michèle Hannoosh’s 2009 edition of Delacroix’s journal contained a wealth of new information about an artist known for his brilliant insights as well as his magnificent works. Here she reveals to us Delacroix’s direct experience, lasting memories, and recognition of his new way of seeing. Hannoosh’s work is an inestimable contribution to our understanding of this great artist and of the nineteenth century.”—Beth S. Wright,author of Painting and History During the French Restoration“Delacroix scholars know Michèle Hannoosh through her stunning discoveries of unpublished Delacroix texts, her impeccable editions of his writings, and her compelling interpretations of his work. This volume reveals her to be a superb translator as well. It will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers, or simply admirers of Delacroix's work. The introduction and commentary provide crucial new insights for experts, and Hannoosh's translations are eminently readable, marvelously capturing the varying tone of Delacroix's prose, which ranged from direct observations to stylish commentary and from bitter sarcasm to genuine enthusiasm.”—David O'Brien,author of Exiled in Modernity: Delacroix, Civilization, and Barbarism“In this welcome and timely book, Hannoosh presents the first comprehensive, annotated English translation of Delacroix’s important and often cited multifarious observations of his voyages to the Maghreb and Andalusia. The translation is clear, crisp, and elegant as well as faithful to the artist’s original. The voice and thought of Delacroix are made vividly manifest in this splendid translation.”—Dorothy Johnson,author of David to Delacroix: The Rise of Romantic Mythology“Hannoosh’s unfailingly elegant translation and annotation are greatly enriched by her deep research into the wider social and aesthetic universe through which Delacroix moved, traveled, experienced the world, and thus refined his artistic sensibilities. This book is a visual and textual delight, and it contributes immeasurably to long-standing debates in art history and the historical sciences about ‘Orientalist’ representations of peoples and cultures on the Mediterranean’s southern shores.”—Julia Clancy-Smith,author of Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900 Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionMemories of a Visit to MoroccoA Jewish Wedding in MoroccoNotebooksMarginalia to “Memories of a Visit to Morocco”Notes and Drafts for “Memories of a Visit to Morocco”Appendix A: SupplementaryMaterial from the NotebooksAppendix B: History of the ManuscriptsBiographiesGlossary of Moroccan TermsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe fascinating diaries of a perceptive eyewitness to the historic events of the 1930s and 40s - including the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, the coronation of George VI in 1937, the rise of Hitler and the war with Germany of 1939-45.Trade Review‘In the recent parade of diaries, unbelievable interviews, and extraordinary political commentaries, Alan Don’s diaries shine out. . . These were years of the Depression, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Abdication, the Coronation of George VI, the Munich crisis, the Second World War and the London Blitz, and finally victory. . . You will enjoy reading these beautifully written diaries because of the unique insight into these historical events, but also because of Don’s remarkable analysis of the personalities. . . There are wonderful insights throughout.’ * Church Times *I can’t express how much I have been enjoying The Confidential Diaries of Alan Don, who was for a decade from 1931 chaplain and secretary to the strange Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang . . . The 500-page diaries have been brilliantly reduced from 1,764 closely written pages by Robert Beaken, who wrote a marvellous biography of Lang in 2012. -- Christopher Howse * The Telegraph *‘Robert Beaken has done a magnificent job of presenting these journals and bringing to life again a cast of remarkable figures during an eventful and traumatic era. . . A really valuable contribution to the history of twentieth century Britain.’ * Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge *‘Alan Don’s diaries are a revelation, full of perceptive and lively comment on the leaders of the Church of England and aspects of public and social life during the difficult years of the 1930s and 1940s.’ * Philip Williamson, Professor of Modern British History, Durham University *‘These wonderful diaries add hugely to our understanding of the centrality of the Church in the British state in the run up to global conflict.’ * Mark Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology, University of Oxford *‘The entries on the Second World War are especially vivid and compelling.’ * Matthew Grimley, Associate Professor of Modern History, Merton College, Oxford *‘An essential resource for researchers of these turbulent years, but also a delight for any reader to dip into.’ * Paul Avis, Honorary Professor, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University *Certainly a volume that will give you endless delight . . . this is a "must buy". -- Perry Butler * Anglo Catholic History Society *Fascinating. * Westminster Abbey Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Through the lens of epistolary practice, The Power of the Brush revisits many important issues required for a critical understanding of late Choson society." * The Seoul Journal of Korean Studies *"Well illustrated with relevant examples of letters, and including helpful tabulations, this study covers an enormous range of historical and political experience, bravely attempting to compare Korean and other societies’ letter writers, as well as the persistence of letter petitions in modern South Korea." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Hwisang Cho's book is a welcome addition to a nascent body of English-language scholarship on the study of Korean letters and provides vital insight into how epistolary practice in sixteenth-century Chosŏn spurred sociocultural and political change." * Acta Koreana *"The Power of the Brush further enriches the understanding of Chosŏn elite’s political epistolary writing…[O]ur understanding of premodern Korean humanities would be incomplete without this book." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *"This book, with its rich content and detailed historical information, discusses the social and political situation of Chosŏn Korea in terms of epistolary practice and thereby provides a new window into Korean culture." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisChronicles the story of Henry F. Young, an officer in the famed Iron Brigade, as told through 155 letters home. His insights, often poignant and powerful, enable readers to witness the Civil War as he did.Trade ReviewYoung’s rich lode of testimony illuminates Civil War military service. His letters reveal the centrality of the Union to northern motivation, the complex relationship between U.S. soldiers and emancipation, and the powerful ties between armies and the home front."" - Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War""Among the many collections of Civil War correspondence, these letters stand out for their honesty about the hard realities of war that tested one's faith and fealty to ‘the cause,' and the maturing ideas about what it meant to be a man. Dear Delia will repay many readings for anyone wanting to know how and why the war mattered to those who fought it."" - Randall M. Miller, co-author of The Northern Home Front during the Civil War""Young’s letters offer some of the most stunningly honest opinions and detailed descriptions ever produced by a Union soldier. The letters are expertly presented and explained by the editors, offering unusually rich insights into the most important dimensions of the Civil War."" - T. Michael Parrish, Baylor University""This revealing collection of letters is one of the best windows one will ever find into the everyday reality and the horror of the Civil War. Larson and Smith illuminate this remarkable story; the letters themselves take us deep into Young's values, honesty, racial views, contempt for slackers and civilians, and almost unfathomable determination to stay to the end to save the Union."" - David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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Book SynopsisThese two volumes of Horace Walpole's correspondence illustrate the breadth and variety of Walpole's friendships. The rakes, wits, and politicians of Volume 30 are the intimates of his younger days as an active member of the Young Club at White's and of Parliament, although correspondences with George Selwyn and Henry Fox continue until their deaths. Walpole's subjects in these letters are politics and gossip, occasionally dispensed with asperity and witty allusions to entertain Sir Charles Williams and Lord Lincoln. Volume 31 shows Walpole the attendant of wise and spirited dowagers and later, of pretty young women with good minds and literary tastes. Here he is soliciting the reminiscences of Lady Suffolk, comforting and entertaining Lady Hervey, squiring Lady Browne, teasing Lady Mary Coke and Hannah More, dispensing gaiety and gifts to all.Eighty-one of the letters from Walpole in these two volumes are printed for the first time and seven others first printed in full; the correspondences with Lord Lincoln, Selwyn, Hannah More, and Lady Browne are particularly rich in this new material. Seventy-seven other Walpole letters, although printed in supplements to the previous edition of Walpole letters, are integrated here for the first time with the main body of his correspondence, as are all of sixty-three letters to him. The appendices contain several of his biographical sketched and other writings as well as his will.

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Book SynopsisThese two volumes of Horace Walpole's correspondence illustrate the breadth and variety of Walpole's friendships. The rakes, wits, and politicians of Volume 30 are the intimates of his younger days as an active member of the Young Club at White's and of Parliament, although correspondences with George Selwyn and Henry Fox continue until their deaths. Walpole's subjects in these letters are politics and gossip, occasionally dispensed with asperity and witty allusions to entertain Sir Charles Williams and Lord Lincoln. Volume 31 shows Walpole the attendant of wise and spirited dowagers and later, of pretty young women with good minds and literary tastes. Here he is soliciting the reminiscences of Lady Suffolk, comforting and entertaining Lady Hervey, squiring Lady Browne, teasing Lady Mary Coke and Hannah More, dispensing gaiety and gifts to all.Eighty-one of the letters from Walpole in these two volumes are printed for the first time and seven others first printed in full; the correspondences with Lord Lincoln, Selwyn, Hannah More, and Lady Browne are particularly rich in this new material. Seventy-seven other Walpole letters, although printed in supplements to the previous edition of Walpole letters, are integrated here for the first time with the main body of his correspondence, as are all of sixty-three letters to him. The appendices contain several of his biographical sketched and other writings as well as his will.

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Book SynopsisOne of Walpole's longest and liveliest correspondences was the Lady Ossory (formerly Duchess of Grafton), providing her, in her country retirement, a dazzling narrative of London's social life from 1761 until Walpole's death in 1797. The letters are in his happiest vein; in them he most consciously practised the art of letter-writing. Of the 450 letters, including some written by Walpole to her husband and daughter, 48 are here printed for the first time, one them being the only survivint letter written to him by Lady Ossory. Commenting on the series, the Times Literary Supplement has said, The editing of the volumes is as fine as ever: the notes are as illuminating and erudite, the result of an almost incredible thoroughness of research.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments. These first two volumes cover the time from July 31, 1793, when he visited Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill, to August 31, 1796. Apart from recording his constant involvement in Academy business, he describes his visit to Valenciennes and his sketching tour for the History of the River Thames. Such matters as the sale of part of Sir Joshua Reynolds's collection, the controversies over the Shakespeare forgeries are set down against the background of the French Revolution and the war, and of political turbulence at home. The diary is now for the first time published in full. The unannotated text will be published in successive volumes with a full index and a final volume, A Companion to The Farington Diary, to follow.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist and lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his time at many points. This diary, which he kept from 1793 until his death, provides a meticulous record of his actions and observations and is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. It also constitutes an absorbing record of this period's social, political, and literary developments. This second pair of volumes covers the period in which Farington's influence within the Royal Academy was at its height and he earned the title of dictator of the Royal Academy.' These years where characterized by artistic controversy over such matters as the eligibility of architects for membership, the expulsion of James Barry from his position as Professor of Painting and then from the Academy itself, and the alleged destructiveness of James Wyatt's restoration of Durham Cathedral. Farington immersed himself in these and other artistic matters ranging from the campaign for the establishment of a national gallery to his budding friendships with the young Turner and the young Constable.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821) was a professional topographical artist who lived most of his life in London. Through his extensive involvement in the affairs of the Royal Academy, his wide circle of friends, and his membership in several clubs and societies, he touched the life of his times at many points. His diary, now for the first time being published in full, is an invaluable source for the history of English art and artists. In this third pair of volumes, the chief interest is provided by Farington's account of his visit to Paris, in company with Fuseli, during the Peace of Amiens in 1802. West, Opie, Flaxman, Hoppner, and Turner were among the other English artists who visited Paris at the same time, as did Charles James Fox and his followers. Farington provides much material on French art and artists, notably on David and his pupils, and on the works of art looted from other parts of Europe, especially from Italy, which were on view in the Louvre. There are vivid descriptions of Napoleon and of the atmosphere of Paris during the Consulate. During these years Farington also undertook tours of the Lake District, Scotland, and the Wye valley. He portrays in detail the pre-Regency society of these years, ranging from the small change of gossip and social life to the serious matters of art and politics.

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Book SynopsisThese seventh and eighth volumes of Farrington's diary chronicle a period of troubled time for the Royal Academy and record political events such as the battle of Trafalgar and the death of Pitt and Fox.

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Book SynopsisThe ninth and tenth volumes of the diary cover the years from January 1808 up to December 1810. Among the public events that preoccupy Joseph Farington are the wars in Europe and South America and the spectacular scandal that erupted in 1809 over Duke of York's association with Mary Anne Clark. This period finds Farington embarking on extended toursone to the north of England and two to the West Countrymaking sketches to illustrate the survey of Britain, Britannica Depicta, compiled by his friends Samuel and Daniel Lysons. Farington's association with this and other projects for the publishers Cadell and Davies involves him in negotiations with many engravers, among them Joseph Landseer, James Heath, and Samuel Middiman. Within the Royal Academy (to which Landseer is pressing that a number of engravers be admitted) feelings run high over the lecture by John Soane criticizing the architecture of Covent Garden Theatre, which was the work of Robert Smirke, the son of Farington's oldest friends. At the end of 1810 Farington is occupied with assessing Robert Smirke's prospects at the coming election of academicians. In common with many others in the diarist's wide circle of acquaintances, Thomas Lawrence and John Constable continue to seek Farington's advice on professional and practical affairs. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

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Book SynopsisThese eleventh and twelfth volumes of Farington's famous diaries gives his accounts of Academy exhibitions from 1811 to 1813 and discuss the political events of the time. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for studies in British art.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Farington (1747-1821), a respectable though not outstanding painter, was active in the social, cultural, and professional art world of his time. His voluminous diaries enrich our perception of this lively and productive age. Volumes XIII and XIV of the diaries take Farington past his seventieth birthday but show that his keen interest in public and artistic affairs remained undiminished. He rejoices at the end of the long war with France, deplores the conduct of Lord Byron, approves the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and speculates about the probable authorship of the attack on prominent connoisseurs in the catalogue raisonné of the British Institution exhibition. In private life, Farington survives a financial disaster, and campaigns tirelessly to secure the promotion of a nephew to the rank of Post Captain in the Royal Navy.

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative selection of the writings of one of the most important early American writersTrade Review“With its magisterial grasp of previous Mather scholarship and its mastery of Mather’s published and unpublished writings (a huge feat in itself), this reader marks the culmination of Mather’s intellectual and academic rehabilitation.”—Mark Noll, University of Notre Dame“A Cotton Mather Reader is a remarkable achievement. In 300 pages, the editors capture this most prolific author whole, offering a complete and rounded portrait of a man too often depicted as two-dimensional, the caricatured ‘witch hunter’ of Salem. Instead, we see Mather as the sophisticated intellectual, preacher, public figure, and family man that he was, engaged in every aspect of a complex and changing colonial world—politics, economics, race relations, medicine, science, international relations, and biblical interpretation. Mather’s life embodied the contradictions and tensions of the society he lived in and helped to shape, as any reader of this marvelous collection will see.”—Mark Petersen, author of The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865“A brilliant collection that reveals the extraordinary range of Cotton Mather’s interests and contributions—by far the best introduction to the mind of the Puritan divine.”—Francis J. Bremer, author of Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism“For most of American history, Cotton Mather has been more despised than studied, more ridiculed than read. Although he was, as the editors of this outstanding volume write, ‘the foremost scholar and innovative thinker of his generation in New England,’ many Americans only remember Mather as an intolerant and self-righteous Puritan who participated in the Salem witchcraft trials. But there was much more to Mather. He was ahead of his time in many ways, and was involved in virtually every movement and issue of his time. The thousands of pages he wrote spanned a wide range of topics, from religion and politics to slavery, medicine, and economics. With selections from Mather’s writings and illuminating introductions to Mather, his most important works, and his time, this book is a reader into Mather’s world, making his life and thought accessible like never before.”—James P. Byrd, Vanderbilt Divinity School“This anthology situates Mather as a cosmopolitan writer and effective pastor, bringing us much closer to the real person.”—David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School “For too long Cotton Mather has languished in the shadow of his fellow colonial theologian Jonathan Edwards. Now, thanks to this prodigious volume, that scholarly imbalance has been definitively addressed. This meticulously researched and documented collection of Mather’s major writings provides a comprehensive overview of early America’s most prolific author. These selections reveal a linguistic genius fluent in seven languages and remarkably informed over a variety of subjects spanning theology, witchcraft, foreign missions, medicine, slavery, and Native American ethnography. This volume offers an indispensable tool for unlocking the full spectrum of early American thought and practice and represents an essential addition to any early American library.”—Harry Stout, Yale University

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Book SynopsisFour decades of correspondence of Tennessee Williams's and James Laughlin's unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship.Trade Review"Ultimately these letters show us that while Tennessee Williams’s own tragic ending left theatre the poorer for it, their unique insight in to one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century leaves us all the richer." -- The Irish Times

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Book SynopsisThe first book to include Thomas Jefferson’s writings and writings about him—from his era and ours.Table of ContentsPreface A Note on the Texts Abbreviations The Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) From The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson (1829): The Declaration of Independence Notes of the State of Virginia (1787) An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family (1800) Message to Congress on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803 SELECTED LETTERS To John Harvie, January 14, 1760 To John Page, December 25, 1762 To Robert Skipwith, August 3, 1771 To Charles McPherson, February 25, 1773 To John Adams, May 16, 1777 To Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778 To the Chevalier d'Anmours, November 30, 1780 To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, January 31, 1781 To François Barbé-Marbois, March 4, 1781 To François Barbé-Marbois, December 20, 1781 To Charles Thomson, December 20, 1781 To François Barbé-Marbois, March 24, 1782 To François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, November 26, 1782 To George Rogers Clark, November 26, 1782 To Thomas Walker, September 25, 1783 To George Rogers Clark, December 4, 1783 To François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, January 16, 1784 To Charles Thomson, May 21, 1784 To James Madison, May 11, 1785 To François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, June 7, 1785 To the Reverend Richard Price, August 7, 1785 To Peter Carr, August 19, 1785 To John Banister Jr., October 15, 1785 To James Madison, October 28, 1785 To James Madison, February 8, 1786 To Maria Cosway, October 12, 1786 To J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, January 15, 1787 To John Stockdale, February 27, 1787 To Madame la Comtesse de Tessè, March 20, 1787 To Martha Jefferson, March 28, 1787 To The Marquis de Lafayette, April 11, 1787 To Maria Cosway, April 24, 1788 To J. Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, August 9, 1788 To The Reverend Richard Price, January 8, 1789 To John Trumbull, February 15, 1789 To Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789 To John Jay, July 19, 1789 To James Madison, September 6, 1789 To Mary Jefferson, April 11, 1790 To Mary Jefferson, June 13, 1790 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, December 23, 1790 To The Reverend William Smith, February 19, 1791 To Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, January 15, 1792 To Thomas Paine, June 19, 1792 To André Michaux, c. April 30, 1793 To James Madison, June 9, 1793 To Angelica Schuyler Church, November 27, 1793 To John Adams, December 28, 1796 To James Madison, January 1, 1797 To Mary Jefferson Eppes, January 8, 1798 To Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 18, 1800 To Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 27, 1800 To Dr. Joseph Priestley, March 21, 1801 To Samuel Adams, March 29, 1801 To James Monroe, November 24, 1801 To Brother Handsome Lake, November 3, 1802 To Benjamin Hawkins, February 18, 1803 To William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 To Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803 To General Horatio Gates, July 11, 1803 To John Tyler, June 28, 1804 To the Osages, July 12, 1804 To the Osages, July 16, 1804 To Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney, February 18, 1805 To the Osage and Other Indians, January 4, 1806 To Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney, February 11, 1806 To Joel Barlow, February 24, 1806 To John Norvell, June 14, 1807 To Thomas Jefferson Randolph, November 24, 1808 To John Hollins, February 19, 1809 To Henri Grégoire, February 25, 1809 To Horatio G. Spafford, May 14, 1809 To John Wyche, May 19, 1809 To John W. Campbell, September 3, 1809 To Benjamin Smith Barton, September 21, 1809 To C. and A. Conrad and Company, November 23, 1809 To James Madison, November 26, 1809 To General Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko, February 26, 1810 To Dr. Benjamin Rush, January 16, 1811 To Charles Willson Peale, August 20, 1811 To John Adams, January 21, 1812 To John Adams, June 11, 1812 To Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Madame de Staël-Holstein, May 24, 1813 To Paul Allen, August 5, 1813 To Paul Allen, August 18, 1813 To Nicholas Biddle, August 20, 1813 To John Adams, October 28, 1813 To Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813 To Edward Coles, August 25, 1814 To Samuel H. Smith, September 21, 1814 To William Short, Esq., November 28, 1814 To John Adams, April 8, 1816 To José Corrêa da Serra, April 26, 1816 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, November 7, 1817 To John Adams, November 13, 1818 To John Holmes, April 22, 1820 To John Adams, October 12, 1823 To James Monroe, October 24, 1823 To Ellen W. Coolidge, August 27, 1825 To Dr. James Mease, September 26, 1825 To Roger C. Weightman, June 24, 1826 Contexts From Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America Now Met in General Congress at Philadelphia, Setting Forth the Cause and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms Thomas Paine • From Common Sense Manuscript Notes on Resolutions of Congress François Barbé-Marbois • Queries Concerning American States John Sullivan • To Jefferson, March 12, 1784, with John McDuffee's Answers to Queries Concerning the Moose William Whipple • To Jefferson, March 15, 1784, with Answers to Queries Concerning the Moose John Sullivan • To Jefferson, with Memoranda on the Moose, June 22, 1784 François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux • From Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782 Luther Martin • To the Honorable Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Vice-President of the United States, June 24, 1797 Criticism EARLY RESPONSES TO JEFFERSON AND HIS WRITINGS, 1802-1896 Thomas Kennedy • Ode to the Mammoth Cheese (1802) James T. Callender • From The President Again (1802) Abraham Bishop • Oration, in Honor of the Election of President Jefferson, and the Peaceable Acquisition of Louisiana (1804) John Quincy Adams • On the Discoveries of Captain Lewis (1807) William Cullen Bryant • From The Embargo; or, Sketches of the Times (1808) Washington Irving • From A History of New York (1809) James Fenimore Cooper • From The Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper (1823, 1830) George Henry Evans • The Working Men's Declaration of Independence (1829) Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Declaration of Sentiments (1848) Madison Hemings • Memoirs (1873) Moses Coit Tyler • The Declaration of Independence in the Light of Modern Criticism (1896) H. Trevor Colburn • From Thomas Jefferson and the Rights of the Expatriated Man Merrill D. Peterson • From The Notes on Virginia Fawn Brodie • From Sally Hemings John C. Miller • From Slavery and the Declaration of Independence Robert Lawson-Peebles • From Landscape and Written Expression in Revolutionary America Jay Fliegelman • From Jefferson's Pauses Andrew Burstein • From Jefferson and the Familiar Letter Annette Gordon-Reed • From Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy Andrew Burstein • From The Seductions of Thomas Jefferson MODERN ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM Robert M. S. McDonald • From Thomas Jefferson's Changing Reputation as Author of the Declaration of Independence Peter Onuf • From "We Shall All Be Americans" Douglas L. Wilson • From The Evolution of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction.Table of ContentsEditor's Note Introduction by John Elderfield Chronology Foreword to the 1946 Edition by Emmy Ball-Hennings PART ONE Prologue: The Backdrop Romanticism: The Word and the Image PART TWO On the Rights of God and Man Flight to the Fundamental APPENDIX Dada Manifesto Kandinsky Endnotes: Ball's Sources Afterword by John Elderfield Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works.Trade Review"This is an immense, fascinating milestone." The Buffalo NewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chronology Editors' Introduction Part 1. The Charm, 1945--1952: Burma, New Hampshire, Aix-en-Provence Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 1/20/45 Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 4/13/45 Letter to Genevieve and Helen Creeley 5/10/45 Letter to Genevieve Creeley 5/15/45 Letter to Bob Leed 6/21/48 Letter to Bob Leed [ca. August 1948] Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/11/50 Letter to William Carlos Williams 2/27/50 Letter to Larry Eigner [ca. February 1950] Letter to Ezra Pound 4/14/50 Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/15/50 Letter to Cid Corman [4/23/50] Letter to William Carlos Williams 4/24/50 Letter to Charles Olson 4/24/50 Letter to Charles Olson 4/28/50 Letter to Charles Olson 6/5/50 Letter to Dorothy Pound 6/15/50 Letter to Charles Olson 6/21/50 Letter to Charles Olson [10/18/50] Letter to Charles Olson [11/9/50] Letter to Paul Blackburn [11/29/50] Letter to Charles Olson [12/7/50] Letter to Mitch Goodman [1951] Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 4/18/51 Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/51 Letter to Paul Blackburn 5/23/51 Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/29/51 Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/1/51 Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/27/51 Letter to Denise Levertov 10/3/51 Letter to Mitch Goodman 10/3/51 Letter to Horace Schwartz [late 1951] Letter to Larry Eigner [undated, 1951] Letter to Rene Laubies [5/25/52] Letter to Paul Blackburn 6/22/52 Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/27/52 Letter to Charles Olson 7/15/52 Letter to Robert Duncan 7/19/52 Part 2. Black Mountain Review, 1953--1956: Majorca, Black Mountain, San Francisco Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/9/53 Letter to Charles Olson 4/8/53 Letter to Charles Olson 7/19/53 Letter to Paul Blackburn 9/17/53 Letter to Jonathan Williams 9/23/53 Letter to Paul Blackburn 10/15/53 Letter to Denise Levertov 2/3/54 Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/6/54 Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/14/54 Letter to Kenneth Rexroth 8/19/54 Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/21/54 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 11/10/54 Letter to William Carlos Williams 11/25/54 Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/6/54 Letter to Cid Corman 12/24/54 Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/26/55 Letter to Alexander Trocchi 4/23/55 Letter to Jack Spicer 9/5/55 Letter to Robert Duncan 9/6/55 Letter to Robert Duncan 9/24/55 Letter to William Carlos Williams 10/31/55 Letter to Charles Olson 5/17/56 Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/26/56 Letter to Charles Olson 5/28/56 Part 3. For Love, 1956--1963: New Mexico, Guatemala, Vancouver Letter to Mitch Goodman 7/18/56 Letter to William Carlos Williams 8/8/56 Letter to Allen Ginsberg [9/19/56] Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/11/56 Letter to Mitch Goodman 11/4/56 Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/1/57 Letter to Denise Levertov 1/23/57 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 2/6/57 Letter to Ed Dorn 4/27/57 Postcard to Donald M. Allen [undated, ca. 1958] Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/31/58 Letter to Paul Blackburn 3/8/58 Letter to Denise Levertov 4/22/58 Letter to Denise Levertov and Mitch Goodman 8/13/58 Letter to Ed Dorn 11/16/58 Letter to Robert Duncan 8/20/59 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 9/7/59 Letter to Jack Kerouac 9/28/59 Letter to Robert Duncan [undated, ca. October 1959] Letter to Jack Kerouac 10/20/59 Letter to Genevieve Creeley 10/26/59 Letter to Ed Dorn 10/26/59 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 10/31/59 Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 11/8/59 Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/16/59 Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/24/59 Letter to Charles Olson 12/24/59 Letter to Jonathan Williams 1/5/60 Letter to Ed Dorn 1/9/60 Letter to William Carlos Williams 1/10/60 Letter to Donald M. Allen 1/16/60 Letter to William Carlos Williams 3/16/60 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/30/60 Letter to Paul Blackburn 4/24/60 Letter to Ed Dorn 9/14/60 Letter to William Carlos Williams 9/21/60 Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 11/6/60 Letter to Ed Dorn 11/20/60 Letter to William Carlos Williams 12/18/60 Letter to Jerome Rothenberg 12/18/60 Letter to Hugh Kenner 12/18/60 Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/11/61 Letter to Ed Dorn 1/19/61 Letter to Tom Raworth 1/23/61 Letter to Charles Olson 1/29/61 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 3/17/61 Letter to Ed Dorn 3/26/61 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 6/26/61 Letter to Ed and Helene Dorn 10/9/61 Letter to Jack Kerouac 1/19/62 Letter to Charles Olson 4/6/62 Letter to Jack Kerouac 5/30/62 Letter to William Carlos Williams 6/4/62 Letter to Warren Tallman 6/12/62 Letter to Rosmarie Waldrop 8/17/62 Postcard to Jack Kerouac 11/25/62 Part 4. Pieces, 1963--1973: New Mexico, Buffalo, Bolinas Postcard to Warren Tallman 5/7/63 Letter to Paul Blackburn 8/30/63 Letter to Ed Dorn 9/13/63 Letter to Denise Levertov 10/19/63 Letter to LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) 10/21/63 Letter to Clark Coolidge 10/26/63 Letter to Alexander Trocchi 11/1/63 Letter to Andrew Crozier 11/15/63 Letter to Denise Levertov 11/16/63 Letter to Tom Raworth 2/7/64 Letter to Stan Brakhage 3/28/64 Telegram to Charles Olson 3/31/64 Letter to Charles Olson 4/1/64 Letter to Alexander Trocchi 7/16/64 Letter to Ed Dorn 7/26/64 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 12/29/64 Letter to Ed Dorn 6/2/65 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/2/65 Letter to Tom and Valerie Raworth 6/23/65 Letter to Charles Olson 10/16/65 Letter to Stephen Rodefer 1/11/66 Letter to Charles Olson 1/26/66 Letter to Robert Duncan 4/8/66 Letter to Bela Zempleny, U.S. Department of State 4/8/66 Letter to Charles Olson 5/3/66 Postcard to Robert Duncan 5/6/66 Postcard to Allen Ginsberg 9/10/66 Letter to Charles Olson 9/24/66 Letter to Robert Duncan 3/6/67 Letter to George Oppen 3/19/67 Letter to Robert Duncan 10/26/67 Letter To whom it may concern 11/30/67 Letter to Paul Blackburn 1/15/68 Letter to Louis Zukofsky 9/7/68 Letter to the Albuquerque Journal 9/16/68 Letter to Robert Duncan 02/12/69 Postcard to Gregory Corso 10/21/69 Letter to Charles Olson 1/1/70 Telegram to Hon. Byron McMillan 2/23/70 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/20/70 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/3/70 Postcard to Sarah Creeley [9/4/70] Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) [ca. 1970] Letter to Genevieve Creeley 8/29/71 Postcard to Armand Schwerner 10/10/71 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 11/9/72 Part 5. Echoes, 1973--1989: Buffalo, Maine, Helsinki Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/17/73 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/28/73 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 1/29/73 Letter to Kate Creeley 4/26/73 Letter to Ted Berrigan 1/16/74 Letter to Diane Di Prima 3/12/74 Postcard to Barrett Watten 12/13/74 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 9/29/75 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/1/75 Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Power (Helen Creeley) 3/16/76 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/4/76 Postcard to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/10/76 Letter to Bobbie Creeley (Bobbie Louise Hawkins) 4/21/76 Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/24/76 Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76 Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 5/27/76 Letter to Robert Grenier 7/4/76 Letter to Denise Levertov 11/17/76 Letter to Penelope Highton (Penelope Creeley) 11/21/76 Letter to Robert Grenier 11/24/76 Letter to Robert Duncan 2/2/77 Letter to Robert Grenier 5/17/77 Letter to Charles Bernstein 2/6/79 Letter to George Butterick 4/12/79 Letter to John Taggart 6/12/79 Letter to Robert Duncan 3/15/80 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 6/11/80 Letter to John Taggart 7/3/80 Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 10/13/80 Letter to Stan and Jane Brakhage 1/29/81 Postcard to Charles Bernstein 1/30/81 Letter to Charles Bernstein 1/5/82 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 11/14/82 Letter to Robert Duncan 1/18/83 Letter to Alice Notley 7/5/83 Postcard to Ed and Jennifer Dorn 10/9/83 Letter to Denise Levertov 2/1/84 Letter to Robert Duncan 3/22/84 Letter to John Taggart 11/3/84 Postcard to Barrett Watten 11/23/84 Letter to Tom Clark 1/9/85 Letter to Charles Bernstein 9/17/85 Letter to Carl Rakosi 2/16/87 Letter to Tom Clark 2/23/87 Postcard to Leslie Scalapino 3/6/88 Letter to Susan Howe 9/25/88 Letter to Robert Grenier 12/18/88 Letter to Helen [Creeley] and Wayne Power 3/12/89 Letter to Susan Howe 3/24/89 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 4/23/89 Part 6. If I Were Writing This, 1989--2005: Maine, Buffalo, Providence Letter to Robert Grenier 8/10/89 Letter to Paul Auster 8/17/89 Letter to Susan Howe 2/15/90 Letter to Susan Howe 3/17/90 Letter to Charles Bernstein 3/31/90 Fax to Charles Bernstein 8/21/90 Letter to Robert Grenier 6/4/91 Letter to Allen Ginsberg 1/1/92 Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/12/92 Fax to Barbara Jellow, University of California Press 3/16/92 Fax to Tom Thompson, The National Poetry Series 5/18/92 Letter to Warren Tallman 9/25/92 Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/16/93 Fax to Allen Ginsberg 6/18/93 E-mail to Peter Gizzi 10/12/93 E-mail to Charles Bernstein 3/1/94 Letter to Eric Mottram 3/5/94 Fax to Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi 11/13/94 Letter to Jim Dine 12/12/94 Fax to Elizabeth Fox 1/26/95 Fax to Peter Quartermain/Peter Glassgold [2/24/95] E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander 4/10/95 E-mail to Peter Gizzi and Elizabeth Willis 2/15/96 Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 5/23/96 Letter to Kurt Vonnegut 6/17/96 E-mail to Simon Pettet 10/11/96 E-mail to Tom Raworth [October 1996] Letter to Marjorie Perloff [11/10/96] E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [4/7/97] E-mail to Benjamin Friedlander [4/19/97] E-mail to Charles Bernstein [April 1997] Letter to Denny Moers 5/31/97 Letter to William Wadsworth, Executive Director, Academy of American Poets 2/21/99 E-mail to Barrett Watten 1/20/00 Letter to Sarah Creeley 8/2/00 Letter to Francesco Clemente 1/31/01 Letter to Joel Kuszai 2/13/01 Letter to Henry Reath, President, Board of Directors of the Academy of American Poets 10/1/01 E-mail to Sarah Creeley 8/18/02 E-mail to Will Creeley 8/21/02 E-mail to UB English Department Listserv 9/19/02 E-mail to Penelope Creeley 10/8/02 E-mail to Barrett Watten 7/9/03 E-mail to Rod Smith 7/17/03 Letter to Carl Rakosi 9/22/03 E-mail to Ammiel Alcalay 12/1/03 E-mail to Angelica Clark 5/17/04 E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 6/17/04 E-mail to Donald Revell 11/6/04 E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/4/05 E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/5/05 E-mail to Anselm Berrigan 1/6/05 E-mail to Lisa Jarnot 1/16/05 E-mail to Michael Kelleher 3/7/05 Notes Acknowledgment of Permissions Index

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Book SynopsisA voracious pack-rat, Mark Twain hoarded his readers' letters as did few of his contemporaries. This title collects 200 of these letters written by a diverse cross-section of correspondents from around the world - children, farmers, schoolteachers, businessmen, preachers, con artists, and even a former president.Trade Review"Well-selected, thoroughly researched and thoughtfully annotated-a surprising, welcome addition to the apparently endless Twain shelf." Kirkus Reviews "It is a special delight to read Twain's interactions with the readers who made him 19th-century America's most popular writer." -- Alexander Nazaryan New York Daily News "Kent Rasmussen has done it again: he has come up with a book that will give every Twainiac and lots of others with only a casual interest in Mark Twain much enjoyment and a non-trivial amount of insight into one of the most remarkable writers the world has ever known." -- Shelley Fisher Fishkin Mark Twain Forum "A magnificent, remarkably researched book." -- Maria Popova Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "The content is diverse and intriguing... Verdict: Rasmussen is clearly an expert curator and researcher. Fans of Twain and most libraries will want to secure a copy." -- Stacy Russo Library Journal "A devoted Samuel Clemons/Mark Twain fan will want to pick up this book and will appreciate Rasmussen's research." -- Chris Stuckenschneider Missourian "This series of letters makes delightful reading." -- Aron Row San Francisco Book Review and Sacramento Book Review "Over the past two decades Kent Rasmussen has consistently produced some of the most useful, practically minded, and accessible scholarship in Mark Twain studies. With Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers, Rasmussen comes through again... Rasmussen enlarges what we know of Mark Twain from his correspondence as it provides the most substantive understanding yet of who were buying his books and reading him in newspapers and magazines at the turn of the century. As such, this collection will be of interest to Mark twain specialists, students of American literary and cultural studies, and general readers alike." -- Joseph Csicsila Mark Twain AnnualTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Ron Powers Introduction Note on Texts Letters 1861--1870 1871--1880 1881--1890 1891--1900 1901--1910 Note on Sources Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWhen the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bjornlie makes the material as readable as it’s ever going to be. . . . We need reliable, well-annotated translations, and products of this quality should be recognised as the original contributions they are. A formidable and committed translator, Cassiodorus would surely agree." * London Review of Books *Table of ContentsMaps Introduction Cassiodorus, the Variae, and Their World The Variae as a Letter Collection A Note on the Present Translation Chronology of Key Events Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus's Tenure in Public Offices Section I. Sixth-Century Italy in a Wider World: Diplomatic Letters from the Ostrogothic Court to the Eastern Imperial and Western "Barbarian" Courts Section II. The Senate in Public Life and Public Office: Letters to the Senate, Letters to Individual Senators, and Letters Announcing the Appointment of Senators to Office Section III. Civil Bureaucracy and Administration in Italy: Letters Describing Activities of the Court Bureaucracy and Letters of Appointment to Bureaucratic Posts Section IV. Taxes and Finances: Letters Describing Fiscal Organization and the Collection and Distribution of State Resources Section V. Administration of the Provinces: Letters Concerned with Ostrogothic Affairs in Regions outside Italy Section VI. Goths and the Military: Letters concerning Gothic Settlement and the Organization of the Military Section VII. Urban Life: Letters Describing Attention to the Urban Environment Section VIII. Rural Life: Letters concerning People in the Countryside and Their Obligations to the State Section IX. Religion: Letters to Bishops and Letters Touching upon the Court's Spiritual Sentiments and Involvement in Religious Matters Section X. Family and Gender: Letters concerning Households and Relations between Family Members and Letters to Women Section XI. Law, Order, and Conflict: Letters Describing the Court's Approach to Criminal Charges against Individuals Section XII. Intellectual Culture: Letters Pertaining to Aspects of Late-Antique Intellectual Culture Section XIII. Nature: Letters That Provide Literary Perspectives on the Natural World Glossary Concordance of Letters Cited in This Volume Selected Bibliography of Related Reading Index of Individuals Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms Index of Places

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Book SynopsisThis third and final volume of the correspondence between the founder of psychoanalysis and one of his most colorful disciples brings to a close Sándor Ferenczi's life and the story of one of the most important friendships in the history of psychoanalysis.Trade ReviewThe third and final volume of correspondence between the founder of psychoanalysis and one of his most colorful disciples brings to a close Sandor Ferenczi's life and the story of one of the most important friendships in the history of psychology. * Translation Review *Table of ContentsTranslator's Note Note on Transcription of the Original Correspondence Abbreviations of Works Cited Introduction by Judith Dupont Correspondence Works by Freud and Ferenczi Cited in the Text Index

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Book SynopsisWith the summer of 1784, most of the family reunited to spend nearly a year together in Europe. These volumes document John Adams's diplomatic triumphs, his wife and daughter's participation in the cosmopolitan scenes of Paris and London, and his son John Quincy's travels in Europe and America.Trade ReviewSuperbly edited, beautifully printed and magnificently written, in large part by John and Abigail Adams themselves, this saga of private lives in times of great public peril is as moving and dramatic as anything that has been put between covers in recent years. -- Margaret L. Colt * Saturday Review *Here even the Revolution is in the background, subordinate to the immediate business of life. There are letters among John and his relatives; there are also many back and forth between Abigail and her cousins. But the heart of this collection—and heart is the only word for it—is the long interchange between John and Abigail. -- Perry Miller * Christian Science Monitor *Taken together, the four volumes now in print are as full a domestic correspondence as now exists for eighteenth-century America, and the wisdom of bringing them out as a separate series becomes apparent. The value of the correspondence lies accordingly in the opportunity it offers for probing the character of human relations, especially domestic relations during the period… [The editors] supply us with the information for understanding the tone as well as the content of the letters. And the index to the volumes is a work of art in itself. -- Edmund S. Morgan * American Historical Review *Abigail Adams, as these volumes suggest, was the nation’s ‘First Lady,’ not only of her husband’s ill-starred presidency, but of this epoch of American history… She was, in sum, one of the superb letter writers in our history; her smooth-flowing prose sparkles, revealing repeatedly the high spirits, the wit, the high intelligence of this remarkable woman. -- Jacob F. Cooke * Pennsylvania History *It is of course a familiar tribute to this enterprise to say that it disinters John Adams the man and gives him a place in history at least equal to that of any other Founding Father. In fact by publishing the family letters as a distinct series the editors enhance still more the vigorous personalities, human reactions, and often vehement opinions of their subjects. -- Esmond Wright * William and Mary Quarterly *Table of ContentsDescriptive List of Illustrations Family Correspondence, December 1784-December 1785 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Chronology Index

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Book SynopsisBorn into the first family of the British stage, Fanny Kemble was one of the most famous woman writers of the English-speaking world, a best-selling author on both sides of the Atlantic. Her autobiographical writings are compelling evidence of Kemble's wit and talent, and they also offer a dazzling overview of her transatlantic world.Trade ReviewThe fascination of a modern reader, I think, is partially rooted in the way Kemble braids a modernist sensibility (freedom, women's rights) with conventional prejudices (class, ethnicity). Like Henry James, I find Kemble's journals absorbing, and also like him, I presume, I find her beguiling. -- James L. Roark, Emory UniversityI enthusiastically recommend Fanny Kemble's Journals. Fanny Kemble has always been one of those mysterious fugitive characters about whom we would like to know more. With this new edition by Kemble's modern biographer, these writings will take their place in college classrooms and on the shelves of readers interested in the theater, the South, the Civil War, and women's studies. To shrink eleven volumes to one manageable one and to include the critical outlines of Kemble's life as well as her observations on aspects of American life such as politics and slavery is quite a triumph. Kemble writings afford readers a fascinating retelling of the outlines of an unusual life. It is not exaggerating to say that the Clinton selections created a new autobiography that in the past was obscured by the sheer mass of Kemble's memoirs. She is a terrific writer. Clinton has placed her emphasis on areas such as race, class, and women's issues, including the story of the marriage. Clinton's introduction locates the Journals within the context of Kemble's life, and as every editor must do, she makes a strong case for their relevance and historical significance. -- Jean H. Baker, author of Mary Todd Lincoln[From] six books of memoirs, Clinton has extracted an anthology...of consistent interest. Kemble is forthright throughout, and never boring...she writes candidly about acting, social and economic contracts between England and America, slavery, politics, religion, the status of women, her reading and herself. -- Stanley Weintraub * Wall Street Journal *A work of withering detail and explosive passion. -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post Book World *Parting the curtains obscuring a nineteenth-century celebrity, historian Clinton offers...journal excerpts by a woman who was an actress, author, and abolitionst...Composed over her 80-plus years, Kemble's journals convey a variety of nineteenth-century experiences, from the discomforts of travel to the wonders of Rome...Clinton has admirably restored to interest a multifaceted figure pertinent to Civil War and women's studies. -- Gilbert Taylor * Booklist *In Fanny Kemble's Journals, Clinton has edited down the journals and letters from a voluminous collection into a compendium of excerpts that gives the reader Kemble in her own voice. -- Stephanie Harvin * Post and Courier *Fanny Kemble has finally found a historian worthy of her remarkable career. -- Eric Foner * author of Reconstruction and the Story of American Freedom *A remarkable story...supplying color and atmosphere and Kemble's distinctive voice...Her journal, begun when she was 18 and kept regularly into her 70's, records her sharp observations of roads and accommodations and social behavior in the young American democracy [and her] blunt indictment of racial hypocrisy and sexual exploitation...The voice that 'reanimated the old drawing rooms, relighted the old lamps, retuned the old pianos,' is captured again. -- David Walton * New York Times Book Review *Kemble's writing rings with passion, liveliness and wit. It is almost shocking in its clarity, precision and logic, its audacity and relevance. I marked dozens of passages in Fanny Kemble's Journals to read to friends. -- Julie Brickman * San Diego Union-Tribune *Kemble's journal entries on slavery are both poignant and horrifying. She writes passionately against the use of slave women for sex by plantation owners, as well as the demands of backbreaking physical labor they performed. -- Robin Dougherty * Boston Globe *One of the most moving and edifying personal accounts I have ever read of how oppression of slaves--and, incidentally, of women, both black and white--resulted in a war that tore apart not just one family, but a whole nation. -- Ann Morrissett Davidon * Philadelphia Inquirer *Clinton's edition of Fanny Kemble's Journals offers fascinating selections from her heart-rending account of slavery and from earlier and later journals as well. Whether as a young girl weighing the pros and cons of marriage or as an older woman considering the question of women's suffrage, Kemble's keen mind and forthright style of expression are a constant delight. -- Merle Rubin * Los Angeles Times *Kemble's life wasn't entirely devoted to the rights of women and the wrongs of slavery: she acted and wrote, had triumphs, pleasures, and friends, and she often feels like our contemporary. Clinton doesn't insist that her subject was flawless, but she finds her irresistible. * New Yorker *Kemble's biographer, historian Catherine Clinton has edited a slender volume, selecting the juiciest, most revealing and most incisive sections of Kemble's oeuvre...Splendidly edited and handsomely designed, this collection clears room for readers to hear the unforgettable voice of Kemble herself, with little interference. * Publishers Weekly *In Fanny Kemble's Journals, Clinton has judiciously selected excerpts from Kemble's six published journals...Kemble casts her keen eye on the many foibles and failings of those around her. Her journals blaze with the fire of her passionate desire for reform in social institutions and justice in inequitable relationships. -- Henry L. Carrigan, Jr. * Columbia State *Despite its welcome place in my library, when I finished [Fanny Kemble's Civil Wars], I still felt that something was missing. An element of frivolity, a touch of wit, a hint of acerbity--of course! I missed...Fanny Kemble's own voice. The antidote: Fanny Kemble's Journals...So when I want Kemble's exact words about a topic in the biography, I need only reach for this compact compilation...It's been well more than a century since Kemble was widely toasted on either side of the Atlantic; perhaps her moment has arrived again. -- Annie Ludlum * Seattle Times *Clinton offers a second book, entitled Fanny Kemble's Journals, presenting a chronological narrative of Kemble's life in her own words… Fanny Kemble's Journals is a useful introduction to the story of Kemble's life in the United States, especially during the period 1832 to 1865. -- John Anthony Scott * Civil War Book Review *

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Book SynopsisPerhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century, Scholem (18971982) once said of himself, I have no biography, only a bibliography. Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, his biography does unfold, inscribing a life that epitomized the intellectual ferment and political drama of an era.Trade ReviewWhat can this lucky bookworm say to readers who are not especially curious about the kabbalah or about the history of universities in Israel? A great deal, as this selection of letters to and from Scholem makes clear. Some of its pleasures are simple ones: the spell-binding story of the Scholem clan… But this narrative also asks difficult questions: one is whether cleaving to a particular people and its tradition constitutes a self-imposed exile from a realm of more-universal concerns… [Skinner’s] translations, thankfully, let the correspondents speak in voices that sound like their own. * The Economist *A lively…collection, which follows Scholem from his fevered adolescence to the sovereign authority of his final years. The editor’s illuminating biographical summaries set out useful links from decade to decade, but it is Scholem’s uncompromising voice that gives this volume its unified force and striking crescendos. In their unstinting energy, the letters show a man exactly where he wanted to be, and conscious of exactly why. -- Cynthia Ozick * New Yorker *Gershom Scholem: A Life in Letters offers a fascinating sample of the 16,000 letters he exchanged with members of his family… His correspondences with brilliant intellectuals of his time make for fascinating reading and provide a close look at the thoughts, beliefs and passions of a man discovering Judaism in a time and place when it seemed to be disappearing… Anthony David Skinner had chosen the letters wisely and offers excellent overviews of the periods in which they were written. -- Sylvia Rothchild * Jewish Advocate *Over seven decades, Scholem sent and received 16,000 letters. The Hebrew University’s Anthony David Skinner has lovingly translated and edited a selection of these… The replies—from such luminaries as Walter Benjamin, Martin Buber, Theodor Adorno and Hannah Arendt—create an engrossing dialogue. Skinner’s artful annotations render Scholem’s most esoteric notions accessible to the lay reader. And he shows how the adolescent maverick evolved from a ‘Jewish Zarathustra to Master Magician Emeritus of the post-war years’… It will whet readers’ appetites to read Scholem’s own books. In an age of emails and faxes, Scholem is truly a man of letters—in both senses of the term. -- Lawrence Joffe * Jewish Chronicle *Anthony David Skinner has done a useful and meticulous job. This is the most readable history of German destruction and Israeli construction I know. And it describes Jewish habits of thought leading to this day and trailing back into the darkness over thousands of hidden years. -- Atar Hadari * Jewish Quarterly *Scholem was a giant in the scholarly study of Jewish mysticism, responsible for bringing Kabbalah in particular to the attention of academia. However, the letters Skinner presents here reveal more of Scholem as a person than as a scholar. Scholem saw the two as intimately connected and would likely argue that these documents do aid in understanding his work. The decision to focus on the personal has the benefit of unearthing several firsthand accounts of critical events in 20th-century Jewish and European history. -- Stephen Joseph * Library Journal *[Anthony David Skinner] has ably translated and edited a wide-ranging selection of letters from the life of this master scholar of Jewish mysticism. Most of the letters…appear here in English for the first time. [Skinner’s] selection illuminates a question that has always haunted readers of Scholem: How did the personality of this overly dignified and self-confident academic relate to the unbridled otherworldliness in the texts he analyzed with such seeming detachment? * Publishers Weekly *A biography of Gershom Scholem lies in these well-selected and edited letters. Reading biographically between the letters’ lines, in the manner of Gershom Scholem, Master Scholar, you can learn how he found his own story between the lines of the Kabbalah’s texts he almost single-handedly restored to life; and how he wrote his autobiography out so intensely, with such vast erudition and brilliance, in all his commentaries on the Kaballah that it became, over his lifetime, a biography of the whole endlessly resilient, culturally prolific Jewish people, a 20th century national epic. -- Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, author of Hannah Arendt: For Love of the WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction I. A Jewish Zarathustra, 1914-1918 II. Unlocking the Gates, 1919-1932 III. Redemption through Sin, 1933-1947 IV. Master Magician Emeritus, 1948-1982 Notes Selected Bibliography Chronology Index

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Book SynopsisThe letters of Theodore Roosevelt constitute a major contribution to the field of American history and literature. At the same time, they present an autobiography of matchless candor and vitality. They are at once a mine of information for the historian, a case study in astute and vigorous political leadership, and a delight to the general reader. All the letters needed to reveal Roosevelt's thought and action in his public and private life are included, with appropriate editorial comment; and each is printed in its entirety.Trade Review[O]ne of those monumental contributions to the scholarship of history and biography that are also a pleasure to read. * Harper’s *Table of ContentsVOLUME ONE Introduction New York and Cambridge 1868--1881 New York and Medora 1881--1889 The Civil Service Commission 1889--1895 The Police Commission of the City of New York 1895--1897 The Department of the Navy 1897--1898 VOLUME TWO The Department of the Navy, continued 1898 The War with Spain 1898 A State Campaign August-December 1898 Parochial Affairs January--December 1899 The Kaleidoscope January--June 1900 A National Campaign June--December 1900 APPENDIX 1. Diary of Five Months In the New York Legislature 1469 2. Note on Nomination for the Governorship 3. Men of Affairs 4. Theodore Roosevelt: The Years of Decision 5. Chronologies 6. Collections Investigated INDEX

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