The Harp and the Eagle
Author : Donald R. Jones
Publisher :
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Irish American soldiers
ISBN : 9781934696408
Author : Donald R. Jones
Publisher :
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Irish American soldiers
ISBN : 9781934696408
Author : Susannah J. Ural
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category : History
ISBN : 081479940X
On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America's largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought for the Union. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and diplomatic records; and community newspapers, Susannah Ural Bruce significantly expands the story of Irish-American Catholics in the Civil War, and reveals a complex picture of those who fought for the Union. While the population was diverse, many Irish Americans had dual loyalties to the U.S. and Ireland, which influenced their decisions to volunteer, fight, or end their military service. When the Union cause supported their interests in Ireland and America, large numbers of Irish Americans enlisted. However, as the war progressed, the Emancipation Proclamation, federal draft, and sharp rise in casualties caused Irish Americans to question—and sometimes abandon—the war effort because they viewed such changes as detrimental to their families and futures in America and Ireland. By recognizing these competing and often fluid loyalties, The Harp and the Eagle sheds new light on the relationship between Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, and how the Irish made sense of both the Civil War and their loyalty to the United States.
Author : Peter Durkee
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2003-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781901214079
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 1812
Category : Humorous songs
ISBN :
Author : Susannah Ural Bruce
Publisher :
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Irish American soldiers
ISBN :
Author : Laurie Riley
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 1610655583
An updated, step-by-step method for playing the harp. This book can be used alone or with a teacher. the easy-to-follow method produces results for musicians of all levels, and even if you have no prior experience, and varying levels of difficulty are presented in arrangements of familiar musical pieces. All basic techniques and tunes are clearly and thoroughly explained. Specific topics include: how to use this book, how to sit with your harp, how to tune your harp, how to use your hands, plucking the strings, finger placement, basic structural concepts of music and 14 tunes.
Author : J Krishnamurti
Publisher : Random House
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,70 MB
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1473503280
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) rose from humble beginnings to become a leading spiritual and philosophical thinker. His works continue to influence thousands of people around the world; Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra have all been indebted to him. And yet he belonged to no religion, sect or country. Nor did he subscribe to any school of political or ideological thought. On the contrary, Krishnamurti maintained that these are the very factors that divide human beings and bring about conflict and war – an approach that makes his teachings particularly appealing in our own times. The Flight of the Eagle is regarded as one of Krishnamurti’s key works, grappling with themes such as freedom, change, peace, violence and – finally – the transcendental and the unknown.
Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451212573
The first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable time and place in history. At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army—a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.
Author : Carol Stober
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 24,32 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 1609740548
The book, musician, entertainer, teacher, and recording artist Carol Stober provides melody lines, lyrics, chord symbols, and melody tablature for 35 tunes she learned in Appalachia. the stories woven through the music portray a mixture of life situations that were ever-present in the difficult struggle for survival of our ancestors. the lyrics of many of these songs, although sometimes harsh, give insight into the values of the Appalachian people. the autoharp tablature provides detailed indications for different types of thumb and finger strokes, plucking, and string pinching.
Author : Susannah J. Ural
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0814785719
At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age. Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo through the United States today. Contributors: Stephen D. Engle, William McKee Evans, David T. Gleeson, Andrea Mehrländer, Joseph P. Reidy, Robert N. Rosen, and Susannah J. Ural.