As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy sustained itself for as long as it did by cultivating the allegiances of countless ordinary citizens. Bonner also comments more broadly on flag passions--those intense emotional reactions to waving pieces of cloth that inflame patriots to kill and die. Colors and Blood depicts a pervasive flag culture that set the emotional tone of the Civil War in the Union as well as the Confederacy. Northerners and southerners alike devoted incredible energy to flags, but the Confederate project was unique in creating a set of national symbols from scratch. In describing the activities of white southerners who designed, sewed, celebrated, sang about, and bled for their new country's most visible symbols, the book charts the emergence of Confederate nationalism. Theatrical flag performances that cast secession in a melodramatic mode both amplified and contained patriotic emotions, contributing to a flag-centered popular patriotism that motivated true believers to defy and sacrifice. This wartime flag culture nourished Confederate nationalism for four years, but flags' martial associations ultimately eclipsed their expression of political independence. After 1865, conquered banners evoked valor and heroism while obscuring the ideology of a slaveholders' rebellion, and white southerners recast the totems of Confederate nationalism as relics of the Lost Cause. At the heart of this story is the tremendous capacity of bloodshed to infuse symbols with emotional power. Confederate flag culture, black southerners' charged relationship to the Stars and Stripes, contemporary efforts to banish the Southern Cross, and arguments over burning the Star Spangled Banner have this in common: all demonstrate Americans' passionate relationship with symbols that have been imaginatively soaked in blood.

What would you do if you were suddenly faced with the responsibility of being a God? For Timothy De Marquisate, it is yet another task that he must handle with his legendary style and grace. A humble prostitute with a heart of gold, Timothy seems born to play the role...but will his beloved Matthias stand by him? Book Two in the Jasmine Vampire series, this is the story of a modern day Messiah who must sacrifice himself for the good of humanity. This is a story of family, of friendship, of brotherhood and passion...it is about true love, no matter what the cost. Book One, The Scent Of Jasmine, followed Matthias on his journey back to humanity through the love of his beautiful Timothy. Join us now as we delve into the sad and sordid past, and learn a bit more about Arik, Obadiah, Brian, Benediction, Jesse, Matthias and Timothy...and the true meaning of Sacrifice.

Reproduction of the original: The Southern Cross by Foxhall Jr. Daingerfield

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For fans of Dennis Lehane, JD Robb, and Iris Johansen... The third novel in the critically acclaimed Erin Solomon mystery series! Apocalyptic danger, epic romance, and a heart-stopping plot that will keep you turning pages deep into the night... Reporters Daniel "Diggs" Diggins and Erin Solomon travel to Kentucky to look into the bizarre ritual murder of one of Diggs' oldest friends. But that single death is hardly the only bizarre occurrence in Justice: soon, power outages, explosions, standoffs, and conspiracy rock the small town, and fundamentalist preacher Jesup T. Barnel claims he knows the reason for the madness: The end times are upon them, and judgment comes fast and furious as the clock winds down in this occult thriller.And don't miss the other novels in this now-complete series: ALL THE BLUE-EYED ANGELS, SINS OF THE FATHER, and BEFORE THE AFTER, all leading up to the stunning series conclusion, THE BOOK OF J, as well as the newly released prequel to the series, MIDNIGHT LULLABY!

The book tells of a life under 3 flags and the blood, sweat and tears to live under all 3.