The Gentle General

Author : Elaine J. Leeder
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791416716
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentle General written by Elaine J. Leeder and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major biography of Rose Pesotta, the organizer and vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) from 1933 to 1944. After moving to the United States from the Ukraine in 1913, Pesotta became involved in the resurgence of the garment workers' industry, women's labor colleges, and labor activism. While working for the union, she confronted serious opposition as a woman and an anarchist within an all-male bureaucracy. This book chronicles Pesotta's life while exploring a number of personal political themes. The author examines Pesotta's relationships and friendships as they reflect the issues of gender, power, and sexuality, paying particular attention to her relationships with Sacco and Vanzetti and with Emma Goldman. In the course of this biography, Leeder portrays the inherent conflicts between anarchism and bureaucratic organization and between female consciousness and male-dominated institutions. The book explores the potential for pragmatic activism by social visionaries and offers clear contextual frameworks within which to compare and contrast Pesotta to others in similar historical roles.

Author : Clifton La Bree
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873386869
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentle Warrior written by Clifton La Bree and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1950, United Nations forces in Korea narrowly escaped being overrun by Chinese Communist forces, due to the military expertise of General Oliver Prince Smith. Using the general's own notes and diaries, this book describes Smith's long and distinguished career, his command in Iceland in 1940, in the Pacific campaigns, and in Korea. The general's wartime dealings witrh military and political leaders is also discussed, paying tribute to a man called the gentle warrior.

Author : Charles L. Dufour
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807166200
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gentle Tiger written by Charles L. Dufour and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chatham Roberdeau Wheat has rightly been called the grandest of Civil War heroes. Born a Virginia gentleman, this handsome giant was by turns lawyer, politician, filibusterer, wit, bon vivant, and soldier of fortune. Perhaps the most experienced soldier on either side at the outbreak of the Civil War, Wheat led the “Louisiana Tigers”—notorious as the wildest battalion in either army—in some of the war’s bloodiest battles, including Bull Run, the Valley, and the Seven Days. Idolized by his men for his courage and camaraderie, he was adored by women for his dash and gallantry. In this comprehensive biography, originally published in 1957, Charles L. Dufour details Wheat’s life and loves—from his turbulent school days to his early and heroic end at Gaines Mill. Based largely on letters and unpublished family documents, Dufour’s work—the first in-depth study of Wheat—stands as the most vivid portrait of this fantastic young soldier.

Author : Dee Alexander Brown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803250253
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentle Tamers written by Dee Alexander Brown and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents portraits of the outstanding women who helped settle the Western frontier

Author : Helen Kate Rogers Furness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A concordance to Shakespeare's poems: an index to every word therin contained written by Helen Kate Rogers Furness and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Deloney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pleasant and Princely History of the Gentle-Craft, etc. B.L. written by Thomas Deloney and published by . This book was released on 1680 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Lord
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490809260
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentle Revolutionaries written by Don Lord and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentle Revolutionaries is a novel based on the lives of two prominent American missionaries, Dan and Emelie Bradley, who became close friends with the famous monk, later King Mongkut. They arrived in Thailand (Siam) in 1835 and made significant contributions to Thailand's medical, social and intellectual history. Their diaries and letters, as well as the Thai's evaluation of them, destroys the false image of Thailand an English writer had created. The Bradleys and their missionary coworkers came from New York's "Burned Over District," famous for its policy of accepting women as social equals. Thai nobles basically treated missionary women as their husbands did, respectfully and warmly. Anna Leonowens, who served as an English teacher for the children and wives of King Mongkut, later fabricated two novels about him that were bestsellers. Unfortunately, these books were innocently used as the basis for Margaret Landon's novel, Anna and the King of Siam, which was made into successful Broadway and Hollywood musicals. The Thai and the missionaries were so close that two missionaries negotiated Thailand's treaties with the United States and England. Missionaries also led the battle against smallpox and inspired the Thai to replace their antiquated educational system with one similar to Western schools. The best example of the Thai/missionary mutual respect came when an American ambassador to Thailand was shocked to discover at a royal dinner with King Chulalongkorn, that not he, but a missionary wife sat at the right hand of the king.

Author : Robert William Bruce
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595138918
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gentle Dragon written by Robert William Bruce and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-09-21 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Lloyd, retired Navy Intelligence Commander, and Dorothy (his wife and daughter of Dr. Baker, Bill’s friend at the FBI) are traveling on vacation on California Hwy. 101. Walking into a restaurant they are horrified to discover their country has been taken over by China, with cooperation from the Russians. They rush to Bill’s son’s cabin in the Lake Tahoe hills to hide and plan what action to take. The mainstay of the US Navy Pacific Fleet in San Diego is bombed with chemical warheads that annihilate all staff and crews. The same happens to the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, VA. But Clint Lloyd, Bills’ son, has ideas for revenge!

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1058 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shakespeare Phrase Book written by John Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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