A Far Cry From Plymouth Rock

Author : Kwame Senu Neville Dawes
Publisher : Peepal Tree Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock written by Kwame Senu Neville Dawes and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ten years of living and working in South Carolina, of trying to manage a writing career that spans the USA, the UK and Jamaica, the question of where was home had become insistent. In this deeply personal narrative, Dawes explores the experiences that bring him to indecision.

Author : Kwame Senu Neville Dawes
Publisher : Peepal Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 9781845230258
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock written by Kwame Senu Neville Dawes and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After ten years of living and working in South Carolina, of trying to manage a writing career that spans the USA, the UK and Jamaica, the question of where was home had become insistent. In this deeply personal narrative, Dawes explores the experiences that bring him to indecision.

Author : Samuel Adams Drake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331455967
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Plymouth Rock (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Adams Drake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On Plymouth Rock There are some things which the young people of this country should know by heart. Foremost among them is the simple, yet noble, story of the Pilgrim Fathers. How much this story transcends all others was lately emphasized by the high honors paid to the ancient manuscript history of Plymouth Colony, written by Governor Bradford, upon its return to its rightful owners, in this country. Nobody can read it without being deeply moved. It takes us back, along the deep-flowing river of time, to the very fountain-head of our national life. It is a story to be proud of. Not to' the book alone, but to the grand heroism it tells us of, the sterling character it reveals, were these high honors paid. To the faint-hearted there is a strengthening power in its pages. To the strong it is a splendid example of serene fortitude, of high resolve. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Rose T. Briggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plymouth Rock written by Rose T. Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Troy Tyson
Publisher : Courant Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1732781206
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yankee Way written by Troy Tyson and published by Courant Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did America become great? How did this country become the most successful, powerful, and prosperous nation in the history of the world? Was it because of the nation's unprecedented founding documents? Was it due to the scores of immigrants from all over the world who brought their dreams and talents to America's shores? Or did America become great, as some contend, through racism, theft, and genocide? Author Troy Tyson proposes a unique argument as to the origins of American greatness: that the country's unparalleled success is a result not of its founding documents, nor its celebrated openness to people of all backgrounds, nor of genocidal tyranny. Rather, The Yankee Way asserts that the nation's great power and success stem primarily from the traits of a comparatively small, peculiar ethnic group from New England known as the Yankees. These traits, which include morality, industriousness, respect for law and order, commitment to education, and dedication to traditional family values, were developed first by the early Puritans of New England, then passed down to their Yankee descendants, who finally embedded them into the cultural DNA of the United States. The Yankee Way explores, in fascinating detail, the history of the Yankees, and the process by which they created modern America and instilled within it their distinct cultural characteristics. Further, though, the book serves as a warning to Americans as to what the future might hold, as the nation rapidly moves away from this critical cultural inheritance, and leaves The Yankee Way behind.

Author : Thomas Fletcher McGrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Feather's Plymouth Rock Book written by Thomas Fletcher McGrew and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kwame Dawes
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933354446
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gomer's Song written by Kwame Dawes and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gomer, an Old Testament harlot, was the non-conformist wife of the prophet Hosea. In Dawes' contemporary reinterpretation of this Bible story, he presents a beautiful and sometimes erotic exploration of the cost of arriving at freedom with an uneasy grace. Dawes examines the insidious qualities of power, the confining nature of gender roles and the limits of protest. Through Gomer's journey, readers are asked to consider how each one of us is able to express our own defiance, as well as to tally the costs of our individuality.

Author : Kwame Dawes
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619320835
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duppy Conqueror written by Kwame Dawes and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Dawes] is highly original and intelligent, possessing poetic sensibility that is rooted and sound, unshakeable and unstopped, both in its vibrancy and direction. He writes poetry as it ought to be written."—World Literature Today "Dawes asserts himself as man and artist and finally, with grace achieved and grace said, sits down to begin life's tragic feast . . . a writer of major significance."—Brag Book "The notion of a reggae aesthetic—of the language moving to a different rhythm, under different kinds of pressure . . . underpins all Dawes' work as poet."—Stewart Brown Born in Ghana, raised in Jamaica, and educated in Canada, Kwame Dawes is a dynamic and electrifying poet. In this generous collection, new poems appear with the best work from fifteen previous volumes. Deeply nuanced in exploring the human condition, Dawes' poems are filled with complex emotion and consistently remind us what it means to be a global citizen. From "The Lessons": Fingers can be trained to make shapes that, pressed just right on the gleaming keys, will make a sound that can stay tears or cause them to flow for days. Anyone can learn to make some music, but not all have the heart to beat out the tunes that will turn us inside out. . . Kwame Dawes is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, two novels, four anthologies, and numerous essays and plays. In 2009 he won an Emmy Award for his interactive website, LiveHopeLove.com. Since 2011 he has taught at the University of Nebraska, and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Author : Ricia A. Chansky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317337182
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auto/Biography across the Americas written by Ricia A. Chansky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auto/biographical narratives of the Americas are marked by the underlying themes of movement and belonging. This collection proposes that the impact of the historic or contemporary movement of peoples to, in, and from the Americas—whether chosen or forced—motivates the ways in which identities are constructed in this contested space. Such movement results in a cyclical quest to belong, and to understand belonging, that reverberates through narratives of the Americas. The volume brings together essays written from diverse national, cultural, linguistic, and disciplinary perspectives to trace these transnational motifs in life writing across the Americas. Drawing on international scholars from the seemingly disparate regions of the Americas—North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America—this book extends critical theories of life writing beyond limiting national boundaries. The scholarship included approaches narrative inquiry from the fields of literature, linguistics, history, art history, sociology, anthropology, political science, pedagogy, gender studies, critical race studies, and indigenous studies. As a whole, this volume advances discourse in auto/biography studies, life writing, and identity studies by locating transnational themes in narratives of the Americas and placing them in international and interdisciplinary conversations.