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Book SynopsisMost of the others date from 1807, when Mme de Genlis sent her adopted son Casimir Baecker to London in an attempt to repeat the successes of his Paris harp concerts.The forty letters from Mme de Genlis are extraordinarily candid in their description of her daily activities, her financial situation, and her hopes and disappointments.Table of ContentsList of illustrationsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsEditor’s introductioni. The manuscriptsii. Editorial principlesiii. Editorial symbolsBiographical notes on the Chinnery familyGeneral introductioni. The 1802-1803 lettersii. The 1807-1808 lettersThe unpublished correspondence of Mme de Genlis and Margaret Chinnery and related documents in the Chinnery family papersAppendixWorks citedIndex

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Book Synopsis'There is something absolute about the letters between you ... The letter is a form of communion of the soul-spirit - ... one that is faded & yet unimpeded, complete', wrote Martin Heidegger to his fiancee Elfride Petri shortly before their wedding.Trade Review"The letters reveal Heidegger as a whole in an unprecedented fashion, but also evoke the character and qualities of his wife." The Scientific and Medical Network “Heidegger’s letters to his wife are a revelation. They offer privileged access to the innermost reaches of Heidegger’s thought. Moreover, here, perhaps for the first time, Heidegger the fallible individual is fully on display. These fascinating letters reveal Heidegger’s exalted sense of the world-historical mission of philosophy, as well as his own immodest estimation of his standing. This rich correspondence should be required reading for anyone interested in the vital intersection between biography and the history of ideas.” Richard Wolin, City University of New York “Can a philosopher’s life illuminate his thinking? Heidegger is not encouraging, writing of Aristotle: ‘He was born, worked, and died.’ Yet in these letters to Elfride, his thinking, tribulations and passions bleed together, exploding any such parsimony. They bear intimate witness to everyday life chez Heidegger, and offer a riveting glimpse of an often unequal struggle with his wife over the meaning of marriage, love and truth.” David Wood, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Editor’s note. Letters 1915 – 1970. Afterword by Hermann Heidegger. Appendix:. Life of Elfride Heidegger. Life of Martin Heidegger. Heidegger Family Tree. Annotated Index of Names. Index. Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisBetween 1925 and 1945 thousands of ordinary Germans of both sexes and all ages wrote letters to Hitler. Lost for decades, a large cache of these letters was recently discovered in the KGB Special Archive in Moscow, having been carted off to Russia by the Soviet Secret Police at the end of the war. The letters range from gushing love letters - 'I love you so much. Write to me, please,' this from a seven-year old girl named Gina - to letters from teachers, students, priests, businessmen and others expressing gratitude for alleviating poverty or restoring dignity to the German people. There are a few protest letters and the occasional desperate plea to release a loved one from a concentration camp, but the overwhelming majority are positive and even rapturous, shedding fresh light on the nature of the Hitler cult in Nazi Germany. This volume is the first publication of these letters in English. It comprises a selection of the letters and includes a contextualizing commentary that exTrade Review"A valuable addition to the available sources. There is also a lot here for the general reader: the letters are often surprising in tone and content, and sometimes funny."Literary Review"A historic gem ... Eberle's work is an interesting but chilling case study on how a seemingly educated and mature society can be manipulated to the point of blind fanaticism."Morning Star"Sheds a whole new light on life under the Nazis."Daily Express"An excellent example of the increased drive to portray history from the ordinary, everyday people - if that's what Hitler's followers could be called."Review 31"A history of the Third Reich at its most personal and individual; from the fawning letters of sycophants to desperate pleas for clemency from both active opponents and innocents swept up in terror ... an excellent book."The Australian"The letters have, like something from a Hans Fallada novel, the stamp of grimy, gritty truth."The Age"Gripping evidence on the relationship between Hitler and some ordinary Germans."Australian Journal of Politics and History"A unique and captivating view of one nation's devotion to its dictator."Deseret News"This collection of letters to Hitler from ordinary Germans is full of fascinating and sometimes disturbing testimonies to the charismatic power of the Nazi dictator. It adds notably to our knowledge of the German people's attitudes towards the Third Reich and its policies."Richard J Evans, University of Cambridge "This collection of letters to Hitler provides unique and fascinating insights into the social-psychological climate of the times. Here published for the first time in English, the long-lost letters from ordinary citizens read like voices from the past. Perhaps most strikingly they reveal loyalties to and support for a dictator and a regime we are still struggling to understand."Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi GermanyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Victoria Harris PART ONE: The ‘Time of Struggle': 1924-1932 1. Hitler and the Nazi Party 2. Veneration and Advice 3. Wishes for the New Year 4. Rage and Hope PART TWO: Worship, Protest and Consent: 1933-1938 1. Recognition, Gratitude, and Veneration 2. Private Petitions and Political Requests 3. Dissent 4. Expressions of Loyalty 5. The Highpoint of Hitler's Popularity PART THREE: Crisis and War: 1938-1945 1. Jubilation and Concern 2. The Calm Before the Storm 3. At War 4. The End Suggestions for further reading

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Book SynopsisA revealing account of a naval officer's young wife, her life during the Napoleonic Wars, and her influence on Jane Austen's fiction.Trade Review"Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister draws an exciting new portrait of a relatively unsung heroine. Kindred successfully weaves together factual material from a range of sources, revealing the rigours and rewards of Charles Austen's experiences as a naval officer combined with his wife's fears for his survival, pride in his achievements, and constant anxiety regarding finance and family status. This is a compelling approach to Fanny Austen's life and the first extensive study to focus on a man's naval career from a woman's perspective." Hazel Jones, author of Jane Austen and Marriage

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Book SynopsisAspiring artist Alan Caswell Collier’s letters, sketches, and paintings recall in vivid detail life in Canada’s relief camps and the crisis of youth unemployment during the Great Depression.Trade Review[Collier] was a skilled letter writer and his lively narrative is free of pretension. He attempted to record the toughness of the life in a way that was authentic, while no doubt taking off a few rough edges and embellishing anecdotes, as all writers do … This book is an easy read and will appeal to general readers, as well as those interested in the 1930s life or Canadian art. This fascinating slice of social history forms a Canadian counterpart to the volume of Pollock family letters. -- Alexander Adams, art critic * alexanderadamsart *Peter Neary has done a real service by bringing Alan Collier’s letters to a wide public audience. Collier’s views of the politics of the camps, while contentious, provide a useful comparison to the more familiar leftist reading of the era. More importantly, his letters, along with the paintings and photographs that Neary has collected, provide an intimate and detailed glimpse, a view from the inside, of the relief camp system, a short-lived but embryonic experiment in social control during a time of economic crisis. -- Daniel Francis * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsPreface Principal PersonsIntroduction2231 Blenheim St., VancouverCamp 506, Big Bend Road, Near RevelstokeCamp 376, TappenCamp 378, Notch Hill2231 Blenheim St., VancouverAfterwards …Appendix; Further Reading; Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1996, Darius Mehri traveled to Japan to work as a computer simulation engineer within the Toyota production system. Once there, he found a corporate experience far different from what he had expected. Notes from Toyota-land, based on a diary that...Trade ReviewBy the end of his stint in Japan, Mehri has matured into an intrepid amateur reporter, exposing the dangers on the assembly line and investigating the sham of the company unions. * Far Eastern Economic Review *

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Book SynopsisThis insider's account of the antiwar and student protest movements of the '60s also provides a rare look at the prison experiences of Vietnam-era draft resisters.Trade Review[Dancis] had been an antiwar activist of the first rank at Cornell University and had spent 19 months in federal prison for draft resistance. Resister is Bruce's memoir of those years, and it too is keenly intelligent, soft-spoken, and possessed of a quiet dignity. -- Robert Westbrook * The Christian Century *Above all, Dancis distinguished himself with the depth of his resistance to the draft. With other resisters, Dancis made a public showing of his opposition, forswearing the student deferment he could easily have garnered and destroying at a rally his Selective Service card to tempt authorities to prosecute him. More than displays of personal conviction, Dancis reminds us, such acts were envisioned as a way to literally sabotage the war. The early hope was that a growing wave of this resistance would jam the courts and then the jails, imposing both an administrative and moral burden American society could not bear.... By some socio-historic alchemy we may never understand, an uncommon number of young people felt in the 1960s that it was both their right and obligation to resist injustice, and to do so fairly anonymously, with little thought of personal plaudits. In today's world of ubiquitous celebrity and self-aggrandizement, Dancis's humility as he served that obligation is both refreshing and instructive. One senses that he never felt himself a hero. Setting a positive example that others might follow to achieve a moral goal was his steadfast priority.... By the end, I concluded that his impassive, observant tone is essential to who he is: a profoundly decent and thoughtful man, with an unshakable moral compass, and an intent to do the right thing with precision and follow-through. -- Jeremy Varon * Los Angeles Review of Books *In Resister: A Story of Protest and Prison During the Vietnam War, Dancis, as candid and cleareyed as he was a half-century earlier, escorts readers on a backstage tour of the antiwar movement and the evolution of a democratic socialist. Dancis, who would become an editor, critic and writer, also had the courage of his conviction—he was sentenced to federal prison after tearing up his card (the day was too windy for it to burn). He also encouraged others to take part in a mass draft-card burning. -- Sam Roberts * New York Times *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE MAKING OF A DRAFT RESISTER 1. Boy from the Bronx 2. Socialism in Two Summer Communities PART TWO: THE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE WAR, THE DRAFT, AND UNIVERSITY COMPLICITY 3. First Year at Cornell: Runs, Pledges, and Sit-Ins 4. Tenant Organizing in East Harlem 5. From Protest to Resistance 6. Draft Cards Are for Burning 7. The Summer of Love and Disobedience 8. The Resistance 9. SDS, South Africa, and the Security Index 10. From Resistance to Revolution 11. Trials and Tribulations 12. Rebellion and Factionalism in Black and White 13. Brinksmanship, or Cornell on the BrinkPART THREE: FEDERAL PRISON 14. Safety and Survival in My New Kentucky Home 15. A Typical Day in Prison, and a Few That Weren't 16. Politics in Prison, or Keeping Up with the Outside World 17. Getting Out PART FOUR: EPILOGUE 18. Did We End the War? Did Draft Resistance Matter?

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Book SynopsisIn January 1992, human resources manager Louise Moser Illes was notified, along with nine hundred co-workers, that the semiconductor plant where she worked would be closed by the end of the year.Trade ReviewAs a slice of history, docudrama and how-to manual, Sizing Down is top-notch. Illes was human resources manager at the Signetics semiconductor plant in Orem, Utah, when, in January 1992, she was notified that the plant would close at the end of the year. It became her task to assist with orchestrating the phase-out of 900 jobs, including her own.... Throughout the inevitable juggling of interests, judgments had to be made, some good, some bad, says the author. This relentlessly objective history records them all, along with afterthoughts on how the situation might have been handled better. * Publishers Weekly *The strength of Illes's book is the... summary at the end of each chapter. She gives suggestions on how managers involved in future plant closings can learn from the Signetics experience. * Library Journal *An instructive look at what problems to anticipate and how to minimize the traumatic effects of job loss. * Booklist *

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Book SynopsisHis Life and Adventures offer an inside account of the brawling racism common in the early nineteenth century and sharply detail the rowdy male subculture of the times.... History of My Own Times is one of the few first-person accounts of a rural artisan in pre-genteel America.Trade ReviewOtter's life story opens doors into our understanding of northern Jacksonian, including their acceptance of Indian removal, and their lack of concern over slavery. This is a disturbing but significant publication. * Journal of the Early Republic *This edition of Otter's autobiography is a welcome addition to the scant volume of literature dealing with the rural laboring men of the early national period. Otter's autobiography also offers an interesting commentary on the nature of nineteenth century American character, highlighting its admirable as well as its contemptible qualities. For these reasons, and many others, this work deserves recognition and further discussion by scholars and students of American history alike. * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biographies *William Otter's History of My Own Time is a riveting, disturbing window into the world of rural artisans in the early republic. Paul Stott's thorough, thoughtful, and sometimes brilliant editing and commentary greatly enhance the text. Local historians, students, and academics will love it and hate it all at once, while the old families of Frederick County will either cringe to find their ancestors in league with Otter or sigh with relief at their absence from the History. * Maryland Historical Magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction History of My Own Times Preface England New York Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hanover Cincinnati, the Eastern Shore, and Baltimore EmmitsburgPostscript Commentary: William Otter and the Society of Jolly Fellows in the Early RepublicAppendix: Articles of an Agreement between Rev. John DuBois & William Otter, 11 October 1823 Index

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Book SynopsisHistorians of labour, gender, and migration in the North Atlantic world will find More of a Man a valuable primary document of considerable insight and depth. All readers will find it a lively story of life in the nineteenth century.Trade Review'More of Man is a goldmine of information on the life of a journeyman crafts worker... Framing the diaries with a thoughtful introduction and effective epilogue is merely the icing on the cake for historians and readers alike in their quest to understand the mid-19th century world that produced an Andrew McIlworth.' -- Darren Ferry Labour/Le Travail, vol 73 2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Source Dramatis Personae Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction: Andrew McIlwrait and His World "Is the Working Man Better Off in America than in Britain?" Andrew McIlwraith's Letter to The Ayrshire Times, 29 August 1860. Diary for 1857 Diary for 1858 Diary for 1859 Diary for 1860 Diary for 1861 Diary for 1862 Epilogue. Endings and Beginnings Appendix 1. McIlwraith and Goldie Family Trees Appendix 2. Andrew McIlwraith's Mechanics' Institute Library Loans, Newton on Ayr, Scotland, 1846-52 Appendix 3. Memoranda, Cash Accounts and Letters Sent and Received, 1857-62 Index

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Book SynopsisJohn James Audubon produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of America. As the record of the interior story of the making of this monumental work, his journal of 1826 is one of the richest documents in the history of American culture. This is the first accurate transcription of Audubon's 1826 journal.Trade Review"Now, nearly 200 years later, Audubon is in fact "here, there and all over the Globe." And we are very lucky indeed to have a definitive transcription of the document that describes how that happened."—Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe“Thanks to [this] new edition of the personal diary he kept during the voyage [to England], for the first time we are able to enter to some degree into Audubon’s thoughts and feelings during that stressful year [of 1826]”—Robert O. Paxton, New York Review of Books "Patterson strives to be faithful to the original manuscript, preserving Audubon's original writing and style except where it would lead to misunderstanding. This fidelity allows Audubon's own voice to finally emerge and provides a fascinating look at his interests, drives, and opinions."—C.T. Brundy, Choice“Audubon’s 1826 journal is one of the few surviving portions of his extensive journals, and a new, scholarly, and correct transcription is a welcome contribution and will become the standard for Audubon scholars and fans alike.”—Ron Tyler, director of the Amon Carter Museum and author of Audubon’s Great National Work: The Royal Octavo Edition of The Birds of America“This volume is all the more important because it deals specifically with the creation of his masterpiece, Birds of America‚ one of the most cherished books ever produced. This edition corrects many of the errors found in earlier published versions.” – Library Journal "The adventure would continue to unroll after Dec. 31, 1826, when this journal ends, but when Audubon signs off that night, he leaves us feeling that we have accompanied him in the achievement of a masterpiece."—James M. Keller, PasatiempoTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordJohn R. KnottAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The History and Significance of Audubon's Journal of 1826Editorial Principles and ProceduresList of Abbreviations and Symbols1. Departure from Bayou Sara and New Orleans; Voyage to Liverpool2. Liverpool3. Manchester4. Return to Liverpool5. Return to Manchester and Travel to Matlock and Bakewell6. EdinburghAppendix A: A Page from Audubon's 1828 JournalAppendix B: Letters of Introduction Copied into the 1826 JournalAppendix C: Front Matter in the Manuscript of the 1826 JournalTextual NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for earlier volumes in The Complete Letters of Henry James series: “This edition is not just notable for its astonishing ambition, however; even at this early stage, it must also be reckoned a signal achievement. By every measure, the volumes we have so far are simply outstanding in every major respect. The books are physically beautiful inside and out; Walker and Zacharias have edited the letters to within an inch of their lives. . . . The result is an embarrassment of critical and biographical riches.”—Bruce Bawer, New Criterion “The letters collected in these elegant three volumes, edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias, cover the period in which Henry James became Henry James. . . . [An] extraordinary job of editing. . . . Both the footnotes and the biographical register at the back of each volume are at once succinct and full. They allow any reader to place and know the people in this busy social world.”—Michael Gorra, Times Literary Supplement “Rippling through these letters are the first imaginative stirrings of one of the greatest fiction and travel writers in the language. [James] was also one of the most entertaining—and prolific—correspondents. . . . These are richly enthralling letters.”—Peter Kemp, Sunday Times (London) “The textual editing of the letters is fantastically thorough, every blot, deletion, insertion, and misspelling being lucidly presented in the text itself and further described in endnotes to each letter; for the reader this evokes the dash and spontaneity of James’s pen, and for the scholar it clarifies every possible ambiguity caused by that dash. . . . The letters themselves are so vivid, funny, and revealing that [the edition] is already indispensable.”—Alan Hollinghurst, Guardian “The general public has been deprived of James’s full epistolary record until now. . . . All the more reason to celebrate the present volumes, handsomely produced and extensively and intelligently annotated.”—Peter Brooks, Bookforum “Like earlier releases in the ambitious Complete Letters of Henry James series, this richly rewarding compilation is well annotated and scrupulously edited.”—J. J. Benardete, Choice “For a snapshot of nineteenth-century Europe—and a sampling of a great novelist’s young mind—there is perhaps nothing better than the latest, meticulously edited volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James [series].”—Alexander Theroux, Wall Street Journal “The volumes are beautiful, solidly put together, with big type, wide margins, and copious annotations.”—Edmund V. White, New York Review of Books “These extraordinary, profoundly welcome volumes are the first fruits of an epic undertaking by two heroic American scholars, Pierre Walker and Greg Zacharias. . . . These early volumes give a wonderfully pleasurable picture of a writer at the beginning of his journey, enduring setbacks and barren spells, but already showing the impressive resilience, wisdom, and wit that were the foundations of his astonishing career.”—Philip Horne, Daily TelegraphTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Symbols and Abbreviations Chronology Errata 1879 September 2 To Delano Alexander Goddard September 14 To Mary Walsh James September 14 To Alexander Macmillan September 14 To Thomas Sergeant Perry [September 15-22] To Isabella Stewart Gardner September 18 To Josiah Holland September 27 To Chatto & Windus September 28 To Alexander Macmillan [early October] To Frances Rollins Morse October 5 To Chatto & Windus October 11 To Henry James Sr. October 13 To Chatto & Windus October 17 To Grace Norton October 19 To Alexander Macmillan October 21 To Alexander Macmillan October 31 To William Dean Howells October 31 To Henry James Sr. November 2 To Thomas Sergeant Perry November 6 To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley November 10 To William James November 18 To Mary Walsh James [November 19] To Julia C. Coster Reubell November 20 To Elizabeth Boott November 26 To Richard Watson Gilder December 7 To Elizabeth Boott December 15 To Theodore Child December 15 To Richard von Hoffmann December 16 To Henry James Sr. December 16 To William James December 19 To Sarah Butler Wister December 20 or 27, 1879, or January 3, 10, 17, 24, or 31, 1880 To Helena de Kay Gilder December 21 To John S. Barron December 21 To Grace Norton December 22 To Frances Rollins Morse December 31 To Elizabeth Boott 1880 January 3 To William Dean Howells January 5 To Alice James January 5 To James Ripley Osgood January 8 To George Abbot James January 11 To Henry James Sr. January 11 To Robertson James January 13 To Louisa Lawrence January 17 To Henry James Sr. January 17 To Grace Norton January 17 To Thomas Sergeant Perry January 19 To John S. Barron January 22 To William Jones Hoppin January 22 To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley January 29 To Isabella Stewart Gardner January 31 To Richard von Hoffmann January 31 To William Dean Howells February 2 To Mary Walsh James February 3 To Helena de Kay Gilder February 4 To Theodore E. Child February 6 To Theodore E. Child February 7 To Anthony John Mundella and Mary Smith Mundella February 9 To Joseph Hatton February 11 To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley February 15 To Henry James Sr. February 16 To Gertrude Barbara Rich Collier Tennant February 17 To Theodore E. Child February 22 To Elizabeth Boott February 22 To Thomas Sergeant Perry February 22 To John Russell Young February 26 To Chatto & Windus March 3 To William Jones Hoppin March 9 To Jane Octavia Brookfield March 9 To Mary Walsh James [late March-early May] To Linda White Mazini Villari March 30 To Henry James Sr. March 31 To Charles Eliot Norton April 9 To Grace Norton April 11 To Fanny Hertz April 16 To Sarah Butler Wister April 18 To George Grove April 18 To William Dean Howells April 18 To Thomas Sergeant Perry April 22 To Scribner’s Monthly April 25 To Alice James May 3 To Catharine Walsh May 9 To William James May 14 To John Walter Cross May 14 To Henry James Sr. Supplement Introduction July 26 [1868] To Ticknor & Fields July 29 [1876] To Richard Watson Gilder May 22 [1878] To William Jones Hoppin July 19 [1879] To Elizabeth Eberstadt Lewis Biographical Register Genealogies General Editors’ Note Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1913, Joaquín Nin abandoned his family, including his ten-year-old daughter, Anaïs. Twenty years later, Anaïs and Joaquín reunited and began an illicit sexual affair.Trade Review“The sharp focus of this volume on Nin and her father results in a powerful narrative of an ambiguous relationship and a disturbing experiment that went wrong. Reunited is a must for readers familiar with Anaїs Nin’s works, but it will be equally interesting to those who have never read Nin before.”

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Book SynopsisJack London has long been recognized as one of the most colorful figures in American literature. From his birth in San Francisco in 1876 until his death in 1916, he lived a life rich with experiences and emotional intensity. Factory worker at 14; able-bodied seaman at 17; hobo and convict at 18; Boy Socialist of Oakland at 19; Klondike argonaut at 21; the American Kipling at 24; renowned author, social crusader, journalist, and war correspondent at 28; world traveler and adventurer at 31; prize-winning stockbreeder and scienfitic farmer at 35; self-made millionaire by the time of his death at 40: the facts became a legend in London''s own lifetime.London dominated the literary marketplace during the first decade of the twentieth century; scarcely a month passed without his writing appearing in the nation''s leading magazines. In less than 20 years, he produced some 500 nonfiction pieces, 200 short stories, and 19 novels (over 50 books in all), on such varied subjects as agronTable of ContentsVolume I: Introduction; About this edition; Abbreviations; Chronology: 1876-1905; Map of Klondike; 1. 1896-98; 2. 1899; 3. 1900; 4. 1901; 5. 1902; 6. 1903; 7. 1904; 8. 1905. Volume II: Abbreviations; Chronology; Map of 'Snark's' Voyage; 1. 1906; 2. 1907; 3. 1908; 4. 1909; 5. 1910; 6. 1911; 7. 1912. Volume III: Abbreviations; Chronology; Map of the Jack London ranch; 1. 1913; 2. 1914; 3. 1915; 4. 1916; Index of correspondents; General index.

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Book SynopsisIn print at last, this collection of John Finerty’s letters and telegrams to his hometown newspaper, written from the field during Crook’s campaign, conveys the full extent of the reporter’s experience and observations during this time of great excitement and upheaval in the West.Trade Review“Marking a definitive contribution to the dual fields of frontier history and frontier journalism, John Finerty Reports the Sioux War assures that Finerty’s earlier, contemporaneous reporting of 1876 stands alongside his later work, War-Path and Bivouac, as a significant historical resource in its own right. Paul L. Hedren has dug deep into Finerty’s life and presents a well-rounded story of a news reporter working in the field at a time when journalism itself was still evolving the reporter’s role.”—Sandy Barnard, author of Photographing Custer’s Battlefield: The Images of Kenneth F. Roahen“Hedren’s contribution to the history of the Indian wars is not limited to his work in collecting and publishing Finerty’s newspaper accounts, though that collection affords us a timely view of the proceedings. In addition Hedren offers succinct interpretations that open each chapter of his book as they introduce the next grouping of Finerty missives. The up-to-the-minute coverage by Finerty and the cogent context and background offered by Hedren make for a powerful addition to our understanding of the Sioux war.”---Nebraska History“Under the careful and detailed work of a master editor, Finerty’s work finally emerges in its full glory.”—Great Plains Quarterly Research

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Book SynopsisExplores the diversity of public opinion on the Vietnam War within the American South. Joseph Fry examines correspondence sent by hundreds of individuals, of differing ages, genders, racial backgrounds, political views, and economic status, reflecting a broad swath of the southern population.

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Book SynopsisEleanor Roosevelt was a beloved figure among poor children, who between 1933 and 1941 wrote her thousands of letters describing their problems and requesting her help. Nearly 200 of these documents are presented here, showing how it was to be needy and young during the Depression in the USA.

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Book SynopsisRecognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated.

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Book SynopsisLaurence Sterne remains one of the towering figures of eighteenth-century life and literature, and a continuing influential presence in the canon of modern western fiction. This book offers a collection of Laurence Sterne's letters in seventy-five years.Trade ReviewEstablishes a newly authoritative and fully documented text of all remaining letters, based on fresh examination of the relevant manuscript and early printed sources and implementing, with unflagging rigor, state of the art editorial practice. Annotation is clear, astute, and comprehensive, and draws with exemplary command on the mass of biographical, bibliographical, and other scholarship that has transformed our understanding of Sterne and the culture he inhabited. - Thomas Keymer, University of Toronto ""The editors have done a splendid job of annotating the letters with clarity while maintaining the highest levels of scholarship and learning. Their introduction is clear, candid, thoughtful, and informative. Their treatment of the vexed problems of the edition is a model of intelligent modern editing practice."" - Robert Folkenflik, University of California, Irvine (emeritus)

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Book SynopsisIn her third and final volume on Virginia Woolf's diaries, Barbara Lounsberry reveals new insights about the courageous last years of the modernist writer's life, from 1929 until Woolf's suicide in 1941. Woolf turned more to her diary for support in these years as she engaged in inner artistic wars.Trade ReviewBarbara Lounsberry has done for Woolf's diaries what the diaries once did for Woolf's novels, and what all great literary criticism seeks to do: It takes a canonical work of literature and offers an entirely new way of seeing it."— New Republic"Lounsberry uses these [diaries] to demonstrate that as fascism flourished and dear friends died, diaries—as a lifeline and a path forward—became integral to both Woolf's doing and her undoing. . . . Essential."—Choice"In her comprehensive, close readings of Woolf's entire diary, Lounsberry significantly advances scholarship on Woolf's most sustained literary endeavor. . . . Lounsberry enhances our understanding of the diary as a genre informed by its own traditions, aesthetics, and intertextual networks throughout history. She also showcases how Woolf's diary is itself a work of art."—Review of English Studies

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Book SynopsisThrough their letters, speeches, articles and diaries, this volume recounts the national careers of Stanton and Anthony as popular lecturers, their work with members of Congress to expand women's rights and the launch of their campaign for a 16th amendment in the Centennial Year of 1876.Trade Review"A captivating and enchanting book, beautifully edited, full of rich, brilliantly chosen selections." -- Christine Stansell * Princeton University *"When Clowns Make Laws for Queens, 1880 to 1887 is the fourth of six planned volumes of The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The entire collection documents the friendship and accomplishments of two of America's most important social and political reformers.At the opening of the fourth volume, suffragists hoped to speed passage of a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution through the creation of Select Committees on Woman Suffrage in Congress. Congress did not vote on the amendment until January 1887. Then, in a matter of a week, suffragists were dealt two major blows: the Senate defeated the amendment and the Senate and House reached agreement on the Edmunds-Tucker Act, disenfranchising all women in the Territory of Utah. As evidenced in this volume's selection of letters, articles, speeches, and diary entries, these were years of frustration. Suffragists not only lost federal and state campaigns for partial and full voting rights, but also endured an invigorated opposition. In spite of these challenges, Stanton and Anthony continued to pursue their life's work. In 1880 both women retired from lecturing to devote attention to their monumental History of Woman Suffrage. They also opened a new transatlantic dialogue about woman's rights during a trip to Europe in 1883." -- Anne Firor Scott * author of Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History *"In this rich and important collection, Ann Gordon applies a scholar's integrity, a woman's sensitivity, and a personal curiosity to the works that define these cherished foremothers. Thanks to her extraordinary work, we now have a full and accessible record for future readers and writers of our history." -- Lynn Sherr * ABC News correspondent and author of Failure Is Impossible *"This volume, masterfully edited by Ann D. Gordon, lays bare some of the most dramaticùand most painfulùyears in the struggle for woman rights. It also brings to vivid life two of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. No one seriously interested in our common history should be without it." -- Geoffrey C. Ward * author of Not For Ourselves Alone *"This is one of the great historical projects of our generation. Long after current narratives, biographies, and monographs have faded into the realm of the 'old-fashioned,' the forthright voices of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony will still ring clear. Ann Gordon and the insightful editors guide us through the politics and society in which these remarkable leaders flourished. These volumes are a compelling read, and indispensable to an understanding of modern democracy." -- Linda K. Kerber * author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies *"I would encourage everyone interested in nineteenth-century politics to buy these books. The materials selected for inclusion-letters, diary entries, speeches, articles-provide a window on the debates that were crucial to the formation of American political culture before, during, and after the Civil War. Presented chronologically, introduced with editorial headings, and superbly annotated, each document stands on its own, and together they tell many stories." -- Melanie S. Gustafson * New York History *

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Table of Contentsv. 1. 1 March-30 September 1809 -- v. 2. 1 Oct. 1809-2 Nov. 1810 -- v. 3. 3 November 1810-4 November 1811 -- v. 4. 5 November 1811-9 July 1812, with a supplement, 5 March 1809-19 October 1811.

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Book SynopsisCovers developments in Europe that affected the international position of the USA, such as the signing of preliminary articles of peace between the UK and France, which foreshadowed the end of the lucrative trading period. The letters are accompanied by annotations and a detailed index.

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Book SynopsisIn the two-year span covered by this volume, Washington continues to be concerned with personal and local matters - the expansion of his Mount Vernon acreage, the development of the flour and fishing industries there, and his promotion of schemes for the navigation of the Potomac River.

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Book SynopsisThe twelve-month period covered in this 3rd volume of the ""Presidential Series"" was dominated by foreign policy concerns, as James Madison sought ways to compel Great Britain to respect America's neutral rights.

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Book SynopsisCovering the first half of 1790, this volume focuses upon Washington's continued concentration on the problems facing the new government. The president's near-fatal illness in May 1790 is described along with a diverse range of matters covered by his incoming correspondence.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of James Madison's papers covers events in his first administration, from November 1811 to July 1812. Two important presidential decisions buttress it: his advocacy of preparedness in November 1811 and his request in June 1812 that Congress consider his case for war against Britain.

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Book SynopsisIn the five-month period covered by this volume of the ""Secretary of States Series"", Madison and Jefferson work jointly to acquire final possession of, and establish a preliminary government for, the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of May 1803.

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Book SynopsisCovers James Madison's tenure in the office of Secretary of State, a period in which the bulk of his correspondence dealt with US relations with Great Britain, France, and Spain. In addition to his official correspondence, this volume contains Madison's personal letters. Annotation and a detailed index provide access to people, places, and events.

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Book SynopsisCovers five months that encompass the end of Jefferson's first administration and point toward his second.

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Book SynopsisA leading representative of New York in the Continental Congress, John Jay (1745-1829) became one of the American commissioners who negotiated peace with Great Britain. This work consists of a wide-ranging selection of some of the most significant and interesting public and private documents and letters, written or received by Jay.

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Book SynopsisDuring the period around volume three of the Retirement Series, James Madison remained largely at Montpelier. Madison’s correspondence in this period was wide-ranging and included replies to requests for advice from President James Monroe. His exchange of letters with Thomas Jefferson dealt primarily with the construction and financing of the university and the search for professors.

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Book SynopsisDuring the period covered by this volume, James Madison continued to deal with the United States' vexing relations with Europe. While firmly rejecting Britain's maritime policy in his Examination of the British Doctrine, published here for the first time with annotations, Madison actively promoted negotiations with the British government for an amicable settlement of these matters.

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Book SynopsisAs he traveled across Germany and the Netherlands and sailed on Dutch and Brandenburg slave ships to the Caribbean and Africa from 1682 to 1696, the young German barber-surgeon Johann Peter Oettinger (1666-1746) recorded his experiences in a detailed journal, translated here for the first time.

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Book SynopsisOpens in 1799 with John Jay well into his second term as governor of New York. After overseeing the passage of the law for gradually abolishing slavery in March 1799, Jay's administration faltered in its final months due to an ascendant Republican Party and a subsequent paralysing conflict with the Council of Appointment.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBuss’s letters provide a fascinating look into the experiences of Northern women teaching in the Reconstruction South. That she returned again and again, to different locations, teaching at different sorts of schools, and that her letters demonstrate genuine interest in and commitment to the welfare and future of freedpeople makes this collection an invaluable resource for scholars and a pleasure for readers." —Michael T. Bernath, University of Miami, author of Confederate Minds: The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South"Harriet Buss’s work proved more than a novel adventure undertaken by some missionaries. While other white women typically lasted one season, Buss persisted. By bridging race, gender, and region, she helped to lay the foundation for African American public schools and present-day Shaw University. Her letters also reveal the real challenges posed by the Ku Klux Klan and Southern white derailers of Reconstruction as well as the failure of federal leadership. This compelling collection of letters reintroduces readers to Harriet Buss as a significant interlocutor for understanding the motivations, experiences, and achievements of white Northern women who labored on the Southern educational frontier." —From the foreword by Hilary Green, University of Alabama, author of Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890

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Book SynopsisA genre-bending visual memoir and work of literary nonfiction that explores the questions: What inspires a person to write a love letter? What inspires a person to save a love letter even when the love has shifted or left? And what does it mean when a person uses someone else's love letters as a place from which to create their own sense of self?

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Book SynopsisPaul Laurence Dunbar was arguably the most famous African American poet, novelist, and dramatist at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the earliest African American writers to receive national recognition and appreciation. These 250 transcribed and annotated letters reveal his personal and literary life.Trade Review“In presenting Dunbar’s correspondence with editors, supporters, admirers, and critics, The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar adds to our understanding of an important and under-appreciated figure." —Henry B. Wonham, coeditor of Mark Twain and Money: Language, Capital, and Culture “An invaluable window on the deliberate way in which Dunbar built his literary career. The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar also illuminates the wide range of his network of Black and white intellectuals, artists, and political leaders from Frederick Douglass to Theodore Roosevelt." —James Smethurst, author of The African American Roots of Modernism

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Book SynopsisOffers an uncommon and intimate account of the lives of two conscientious objectors. In 2013 Suzanne Kesler Rumsey discovered hundreds of letters exchanged between her late grandparents. What is unusual about their story is that Ben Kesler was not writing from a theater of war. Instead, as a conscientious objector.Trade Review"Blessed Are the Peacemakers provides an excellent example of how historical scholarship in rhetoric and composition, as well as in other fields, can be made stronger-meaning more self-aware and more engaging-by emphasizing and even prioritizing the narrative and personal/familial frameworks that structure and support that scholarship." - Wendy Sharer, author of Vote and Voice: Women's Organizations and Political Literacy, 1915-1930"Rumsey does an admirable job weaving together family history and public history, the story of two lives, a couple, as revealed via their love letters during a tumultuous time, WWII. Emphasizing the challenges and conditions faced by Conscientious Objectors (CO), especially those affiliated with the major Peace Churches. A well-researched, engaging project that offers new insights into the lives, work, and literate activities of COs during WWII." - Gesa Kirsch, author of Feminist Rhetorical Practices: New Horizons for Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy StudiesTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Conduit and Platform Chapter 2. Beginnings (Early Life) Chapter 3. Conscription, Nonresistance, and Civilian Public Service Chapter 4. Leaving and Nesting Chapter 5. Ben's Work and Camp Life at Sideling Hill Chapter 6. Miriam's Story-the First Six Months Chapter 7. Finances and Interpersonal Conflicts Chapter 8. The Holidays Chapter 9. Transition to Rhode Island Chapter 10. Archives, Family History, and the Personal Chapter 11. Conditions of the State Hospital in 1943 Chapter 12. Daily Life at the State Hospital Chapter 13. Finances and More Conflicts Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis valuable collection tells us a great deal about the life and work of David Ignatow.... These letters reveal Ignatow converting his dreams and sorrows into poetry and his life into a much broader condition. - Small Press ""[Offers] a wealth of new and often significant information.... An important addition to the body of Ignatow's work, one that reveals a poet devoted to his fellow writers and to an art that must have seemed to him an obscure, futile desire at times. Ultimately the measure of a collection like this is whether or not it sends its readers back to the poetry. Time and time again Talking Together does just this."" - South Atlantic Quarterly ""The U.S. Postal Service should issue a stamp to commemorate Ignatow, for no man, whether poet or politician, has used the mail with such diligence and dedication.... Talking Together is candid, revealing, opinionated, and sensitive."" - Ohioana Quarterly

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Book SynopsisA unique collection of more than 150 letters written to an Ohio serviceman during the American Civil War offers glimpses of women’s lives as they waited, worked, and wrote from the Ohio home front.Trade Review“Every now and again we can thank the pack rats of the world that historic treasures remain to be discovered in attics, basements, and forgotten archives. This collection is one such gift from the past.” * Ohioana Quarterly *“(T)he collection of 168 letters published in this volume shines light on the indispensable role letter writing played during the Civil War. Fortunately, for those interested in civilian life during this period, the editors have provided us with a much richer analysis, from the roles these letters played in war to the insight they provide of changing social culture.” * Indiana Magazine of History *“An unexpected bonus in the book is the extensive introduction to the letters written by Lucy Bailey…. Dr. Bailey ties many specific letters into…larger issues, adding to the value of reading the letters themselves and making the book of interest to a much broader range of readers and researchers.” * Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal *

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Book SynopsisWilliam McKnight was a member of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry from September 1862 until his death in June of 1864. During his time of service, McKnight penned dozens of emotion-filled letters, primarily to his wife, Samaria, revealing the struggles of an entire family both before and during the war.ThisTrade Review“The letters of William McKnight … allow the reader to ride alongside McKnight as he patrols contested terrain and worries over John Morgan’s raid through his hometown, and they remind us of the sacrifices that the war exacted from families as soldiers fought to protect their homes and country and shape the nation for future generations.” * editor of Ohio’s War: The Civil War in Documents *“This treasure trove of letters from an Ohio Union soldier to his family provides great insight into the day to day life of a Civil War soldier, and how a soldier’s absence affected his family as well.“ * Ohioana Quarterly *“Do They Miss Me at Home?... is a fascinating and intimate look at experiences of a typical Ohio soldier and offers an insightful look into how one man balanced the competing desires for home and family with the overriding call of duty. It is a valuable contribution to Civil War scholarship.” * Northwest Ohio History *“Donald C. Maness and H. Jason Comb have contributed another first-rate published primary source that is certain to appeal to amateur and professional historians interested in Civil War Ohio and the Ohio Valley, wartime combat operations in Kentucky and Tennessee, and the western theater in general.… Maness and Combs’s carefully edited work succeeds in its stated goal of capturing ‘the human side of war’ and does historians a great service in their unending quest to better understand the humanity and complexity of our nation’s most violent era.” * Civil War History *“Dozens of Civil War letter collections have been published over the years—some of them heavily corrected, and even censored, by those who brought them to light. Unlike those, this book allowed the letter writer, Ohio cavalryman William McKnight, to speak clearly to his wife and to the modern reader. His grammar, spelling, and punctuation reflect his education, but his voice is not filtered through the editors’ lens.” * Xenia Daily Gazette *“As a Union cavalryman in the western theater, a member of Ohio’s ‘River Regiment,’ William McKnight had a special vantage point for viewing some of the most dramatic events of the Civil War, and he poured his thoughts and impressions into his letters home. Ably edited in this timely collection, those letters make for interesting reading, sure to be welcomed by both amateur and professional historians of the Civil War.” * author of Nothing but Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861–1865 *

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