Gems from Fable Land
Author : William Oland Bourne
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Children's stories
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Author : William Oland Bourne
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 15,70 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Children's stories
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Author : Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Page : 210 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Nicolas Trübner
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Page : 742 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 1859
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Author : William M. Fowler Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1620409097
Winner of the Brewington Book Prize for Maritime History The story of the epic contest between shipping magnates Samuel Cunard and Edward Collins for mid-19th century control of the Atlantic. Between 1815 and the American Civil War, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution delivered a sea change in oceanic transportation. Steam travel transformed the Atlantic into a pulsating highway, dominated by ports in Liverpool and New York, as steamships ferried people, supplies, money, and information with astounding speed and regularity. American raw materials flowed eastward, while goods, capital, people, and technology crossed westward. The Anglo-American “partnership” fueled development worldwide; it also gave rise to a particularly intense competition. Steam Titans tells the story of a transatlantic fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. Two men--Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins--and two nations wielded the tools of technology, finance, and politics to compete for control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. The world watched carefully to see which would win. Each competitor sent to sea the fastest, biggest, and most elegant ships in the world, hoping to earn the distinction of being known as “the only way to cross.” Historian William M. Fowler brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of a competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization, still unfolding today.
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Page : 698 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 1853
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Author : Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,59 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Catalogs, Classified
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Page : 212 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 1856
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Author : Nicolas Trübner
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Page : 744 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 1859
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 1862
Category : Library catalogs
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Author : Allison M. Johnson
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0807177482
The Left-Armed Corps collects and annotates a unique and little-known body of Civil War literature: narrative sketches, accounts, and poetry by veterans who lost the use of their right arms due to wounds sustained during the conflict and who later competed in left-handed penmanship contests in 1865 and 1866. Organized by William Oland Bourne, the contests called on men who lost limbs while fighting for the Union to submit “specimens” of their best left-handed “business” writing in the form of personal statements. Bourne hoped the contests would help veterans reenter the work force and become economically viable citizens. Following Bourne’s aims, the contests commemorated the sacrifices made by veterans and created an archive of individual stories detailing the recently ended conflict. However, the contestants and their entries also present visible evidence—in the form of surprisingly elegant or understandably sloppy handwriting specimens—of the difficulties veterans faced in adapting to life after the war and recovering from its traumas. Their written accounts relate the chaos of the battlefield, the agony of amputation, and the highs and lows of recovery. Editor Allison M. Johnson organizes the selections thematically in order to highlight issues crucial to the experiences of Civil War soldiers, veterans, and amputees, offering invaluable insights into the ways in which former fighting men understood and commemorated their service and sacrifice. A detailed introduction provides background information on the contests and comments on the literary and historical significance of the veterans and their writings. Chapter subjects include political and philosophical treatises by veterans, amateur but poignant poetic testaments, and graphic accounts of wounding and amputation. The Left-Armed Corps makes accessible this archive of powerful testimony and creative expression from Americans who fought to preserve the Union and end slavery.