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Book Synopsis This landmark volume collects Lucretia Mott''s correspondence for the first time, highlighting the length and breadth of her work as an activist dedicated to reform of almost every kind and providing an intimate glimpse of her family life. Mott’s achievements left a mark on reform movements from abolition to women''s rights. The letters cover her work in these causes as well as her founding of key antislavery organizations; her friendships with Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth; her efforts to bring Quakers into the abolitionist movement; and her part in organizing the 1848 Seneca Falls Woman''s Rights Convention. Other correspondence cover her fifty-six-year marriage, the five children she raised to adulthood, and informal insights and news with and about her cherished family. An invaluable resource,Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mottreveals the incisive mind, sense of mission, and level-headed personality that made this extraordinary figure a maTrade Review"This admirably edited and handsomely published book is a great contribution to printed scholarly resources for 19th-century history. Lucretia Mott was engaged in several of the central social and political movements of that century, and her correspondence opens views into them, especially abolition, women's rights, and religion and Quakerism. But one will also find comments on domestic life and childrearing, public events, pacifism, and Indian rights. . . . Palmer included as much scholarly apparatus as a reader could want."--Choice"This scrupulously annotated volume makes widely available for the first time the correspondence of the nineteenth-century Quaker activist who was dedicated to numerous reform movements, including temperance, peace, equal rights, woman suffrage, nonresistance, and the abolition of slavery."--Documentary Editing"While scholars will rejoice in this volume, lay readers, too, will find the letters entertaining and inspiring. Beverly Palmer has done the Religious Society of Friends a real service."--Friends Journal"Finally, a chance to see the full range of ideas, concerns, words of Lucretia Mott, the first foremother of the U.S. feminist movement. Beverly Palmer has performed an enormous service, for Lucretia Mott's many appreciators and for many others, who will now know the historical significance of this great "woman."--Ellen Carol DuBois, editor of The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader: Correspondence, Writings, Speeches

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Book SynopsisSubstantial correspondence from an exceptional writer, poet, pacifist, and mysticTrade Review"An engaging book."--Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction"[Underhill] reminds us how Christian women of the last century were able to exercise intellectual influence and unofficial leadership with faithfulness and love."--Commonweal"This correspondence reveals the intimate Evelyn Underhill--friend, spiritual guide, wife, pacifist--whose life spanned the age of Victoria through the horrors of two global wars. These letters serve as a companion piece to Underhill's pioneering books on mysticism and the spiritual life and explore the making of this foremother of contemporary spirituality. Carol Poston has retrieved a treasure for all of us."--Dana Greene, author of Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life"Evelyn Underhill's public voice was strong and confident, often choosing language from the middle of the road, while her private writings often reveal tremendous insecurities and perspectives from the margins. These letters are a rich resource for those of us who study Underhill's life and writings."--Todd E. Johnson, coauthor of Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in DialogueTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Introduction ix A Note on Editorial Practice xix One The Early Years: 1888-1905 1 Two Toward Mysticism: 1906-10 84 Three A Dark Time: 1911-23 179 Four The Retreat Years: 1924-34 224 Five Worship unto Death: 1935-41 280 Index 353

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Book SynopsisThe final years of a steadfast fighter for labor justiceTrade Review"A distinguished and invaluable collection."--Bruce Laurie, Industrial and Labor Relations Review"This last volume is as exceptionally well produced as the first. . . recaptures the force, the failings, and the achievements of this unflappable union leader"--The Journal of American History

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Book SynopsisOne of the Lost Generation modernists who gathered in 1920s Paris, Kay Boyle published more than forty books, including fifteen novels, eleven collections of short fiction, eight volumes of poetry, three children's books, and various essays and translations. Yet her achievement can be even better appreciated through her letters to the literary and cultural titans of her time. Kay Boyle shared the first issue of This Quarter with Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, expressed her struggles with poetry to William Carlos Williams and voiced warm admiration to Katherine Anne Porter, fled WWII France with Max Ernst and Peggy Guggenheim, socialized with the likes of James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, and Samuel Beckett, and went to jail with Joan Baez. The letters in this first-of-its-kind collection, authorized by Boyle herself, bear witness to a transformative era illuminated by genius and darkened by Nazism and the Red Scare. Yet they also serve as milestones on the journey of a woman who poTrade ReviewHonorable Mention, Morton N. Cohen Award, Modern Language Association (MLA), 2017. "As a teacher, Kay Boyle started the career of countless writers, but as a citizen with a will and a conscience, she saved countless lives, and showed all of us the path to follow. Sandra Spanier reminds us that Kay Boyle's words might be even more relevant in our current century. And, who better to learn from than a poet and storyteller rather than a 24-hour news channel pundit and spin doctor?" --Shawn Wong, author of American Knees "Kay Boyle: A Twentieth Century Life in Letters is an achievement to celebrate."--Resources for American Literary Study"More than a collection of letters by Kay Boyle, this volume functions as a cultural history. . . . Boyle's talent as a letter writer and Spanier's skill as an editor guarantee that this volume with be of enduring value. Highly recommended."--Choice "Boyle's letters, often relayed in breathless and passionate prose, make clear that for her, as Spanier argues, there were 'no boundary lines between the public and the private, the person and the political, between art and life.'"--Times Literary Supplement

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Trade Review"A very important work. This travel journal tells the story of a great man's baptism into other worlds of culture, language, nationhood, and appreciation for peoples outside of his purview. The more one knows about David O. McKay, the more one recognizes that this international experience changed the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."--R. Lanier Britsch, author of Moramona: The Mormons in Hawai'i"A well-researched and well-written narrative that places McKay's journey in historical context and prepares the reader to plumb its forward-looking significance. It will take its place in the extensive documentary history of the most important figure in twentieth-century Mormonism."--Gregory A. Prince, coauthor of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[T]he most important thing Sharett contributed to the state is the personal diary he wrote during his tenure as prime minister. It is difficult to overstate the importance of those eight volumes to the study of the 1950s and to the understanding of Israeli history as a whole. -- Tom Segev, September 12, 2003 * Haaretz *Moshe Sharett was a compulsive writer. He enjoyed the very act of writing, the flavour of the words and the quest for precision of expression . . . [T]his is by no means a diary kept at leisure. Most of it was written under the extremely heavy pressure of work and great mental strain, very often in the middle of the night when he was on the verge of physical exhaustion. Standing out above all [the Diary's revelations] is the moral force which dominated Sharett's personality. This extraordinary diary, besides being a unique human document, is a treasure trove for the student of Israel's contemporary history and invaluable for the understanding of one of its crucial periods. -- Joshua Justman, May 4, 1979 * The Jerusalem Post *The editors did not merely edit and translate the text; they vastly improved on the Hebrew version by adding Sharett's speeches, reports, cabinet minutes, and other sources to the text . . . These additions makes this work so important and welcome by all who aspire to understand the foreign and defense policies of Israel in its first decade. * Israel Studies Review *The wealth of material enhanced by Sharett's eloquence and per-ceptive eye turn the diary into an indispensable source of Israel's history in its first decade and for several aspects of Israeli politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israel's relationship with the international system. In sum, the large community of researchers and lay readers interested in Israeli politics, Arab-Israeli relations, and Middle Eastern politics should be grateful to Neil Caplan and Yaakov Sharett for this herculean effort. -- Itamar Rabinovich * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[T]he most important thing Sharett contributed to the state is the personal diary he wrote during his tenure as prime minister. It is difficult to overstate the importance of those eight volumes to the study of the 1950s and to the understanding of Israeli history as a whole. -- Tom Segev, September 12, 2003 * Haaretz *Moshe Sharett was a compulsive writer. He enjoyed the very act of writing, the flavour of the words and the quest for precision of expression . . . [T]his is by no means a diary kept at leisure. Most of it was written under the extremely heavy pressure of work and great mental strain, very often in the middle of the night when he was on the verge of physical exhaustion. Standing out above all [the Diary's revelations] is the moral force which dominated Sharett's personality. This extraordinary diary, besides being a unique human document, is a treasure trove for the student of Israel's contemporary history and invaluable for the understanding of one of its crucial periods. -- Joshua Justman, May 4, 1979 * The Jerusalem Post *The editors did not merely edit and translate the text; they vastly improved on the Hebrew version by adding Sharett's speeches, reports, cabinet minutes, and other sources to the text . . . These additions makes this work so important and welcome by all who aspire to understand the foreign and defense policies of Israel in its first decade. * Israel Studies Review *The wealth of material enhanced by Sharett's eloquence and per-ceptive eye turn the diary into an indispensable source of Israel's history in its first decade and for several aspects of Israeli politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israel's relationship with the international system. In sum, the large community of researchers and lay readers interested in Israeli politics, Arab-Israeli relations, and Middle Eastern politics should be grateful to Neil Caplan and Yaakov Sharett for this herculean effort. * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe editors did not merely edit and translate the text; they vastly improved on the Hebrew version by adding Sharett's speeches, reports, cabinet minutes, and other sources to the text . . . These additions makes this work so important and welcome by all who aspire to understand the foreign and defense policies of Israel in its first decade. * Israel Studies Review *The wealth of material enhanced by Sharett's eloquence and per-ceptive eye turn the diary into an indispensable source of Israel's history in its first decade and for several aspects of Israeli politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israel's relationship with the international system. In sum, the large community of researchers and lay readers interested in Israeli politics, Arab-Israeli relations, and Middle Eastern politics should be grateful to Neil Caplan and Yaakov Sharett for this herculean effort. -- Itamar Rabinovich * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *[T]he most important thing Sharett contributed to the state is the personal diary he wrote during his tenure as prime minister. It is difficult to overstate the importance of those eight volumes to the study of the 1950s and to the understanding of Israeli history as a whole. -- Tom Segev, September 12, 2003 * Haaretz *Moshe Sharett was a compulsive writer. He enjoyed the very act of writing, the flavour of the words and the quest for precision of expression . . . [T]his is by no means a diary kept at leisure. Most of it was written under the extremely heavy pressure of work and great mental strain, very often in the middle of the night when he was on the verge of physical exhaustion. Standing out above all [the Diary's revelations] is the moral force which dominated Sharett's personality. This extraordinary diary, besides being a unique human document, is a treasure trove for the student of Israel's contemporary history and invaluable for the understanding of one of its crucial periods. -- Joshua Justman, May 4, 1979 * The Jerusalem Post *

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Book SynopsisBenefits from being the first collection of Indiana Christmas stories Includes contributions from Indiana's most famous writers, including James Whitcomb Riley, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jean Shepard Features an excerpt from the story that the film "A Christmas Story" was based on Features poetry, plays, short stories, and letters Takes a nostalgic look at a Hoosier ChristmasTrade ReviewIndiana's deep literary heritage is celebrated in a new anthology with a seasonal theme. . . . In all this collection covers a variety of emotions and literary styles. All are crisply written, and most are just a few pages, which makes this book admirable Advent reading, covering just one or two entries a day during the holiday season. -- Rich Gotshall * Daily Journal, Franklin, IN *Bryan Furuness delivers three dozen views of An Indiana Christmas in this new compendium of stories, poems, essays, bits of thought, personal scenes enlarged and condensed, poignant moments crystalized and timelessness upended, all spinning from that whirl on a plastic chair Barbara Shoup relates in the opening offering. . . . An Indiana Christmas invites us inside ourselves: our motivations, our challenges, our ability to connect with the call to care about this planet—our home universally in need of repair. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *Table of ContentsPrefaceEarthbound / Barbara ShoupWinter Scene, Past Midnight / Matthew BrennanThe Fable of the Cut-up Who Came Very Near Losing His Ticket, But Who Turned Defeat into Victory / George AdeMaking Pierogi on Christmas Eve / Karen KovacikKeeping Christmas Our Way / Gene Stratton-PorterDigging and Grousing / Ernie PyleThe farm wife finds grace in her empty barn / Shari WagnerThe farm wife makes her Christmas list / Shari WagnerIndiana Winter / Susan NeveilleHome for the Holidays / Liz WhiteacreA Reversible Santa Claus / Meredith NicholsonTwo Pieces / Ambrose BierceShepherds, Why This Jubilee? / Bryan FurunessPictures from a Clapboard House / Jessamyn WestToo Cold / Jayne MarekWinter Runes / Jayne MarekTrifles / Lori Rader-DayDecember Barns of Darkness / George KalamarasIn Sunset and Moonlight, What Gathered Our Thoughts Was the Adhesive Dark / George KalamarasNanny Anne and the Christmas Story / Karen Joy FowlerBlessed rancor of music / Curtis L. CrislerWealth / Scott Russell SandersThe Christmas Long Ago / James Whitcomb RileyA Feel in the Christmas Air / James Whitcomb RileyA Song for Christmas / James Whitcomb RileyBaby Alive / Melissa FraterrigoSanta Claus, Indiana/ Bryan FurunessHoward Garfield, Balladeer / Edward PorterThe Five Little Sykeses, from Mr. Bingle / George Barr McCutcheonThe Schneebrunzer / Norbert KrapfThe Myth of the Perfect Christmas Photo Family / Kelsey TimmermanTreasure! / Eliza Tudorfrom "December" in Abe Martin's Almanack / Frank McKinney HubbardBeasley's Christmas Party / Booth Tarkingtonfrom In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash / Jean Parker Shepherd Jr.While Mortals Sleep / Kurt Vonnegut

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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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