Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

"Authorship of the Battle Hymn of the Republic made [19th-century aspiring poet and playwright Julia Ward Lowe] celebrated and revered. But Julia was also continuing to fight a civil war at home; she became a pacifist, suffragist, and world traveler. She came into her own as a tireless campaigner for women's rights and social reform ... Elaine Showalter tells the story of Howe's determined self-creation and brings to life the society she inhabited and the obstacles she overcame"--Amazon.com.

"The Young Cavalier" is a notable book that was written with help from Percy F. Westerman. In ancient instances, the narrative takes place throughout the English Civil War, and readers can enjoy a thrilling journey through the eyes of the principle man or woman, a young cavalier. Westerman skillfully crafts a story approximately bravery, loyalty, and the difficult situations that kids stuck inside the center of struggle need to deal with. The important character, a younger, energetic cavalier, offers with the problems of war, balancing the pleasures of private life with the tough statistics of struggle. Westerman's story not only appears on the army parts of the time, but it also follows the principle man or woman on a journey of self-discovery and power. The author's thorough have a look at and bright writing delivery readers to a specific time, enveloping them within the sounds, points of interest, and feelings of these bothered times. The uncommon turns into a touching examine the human spirit in the face of difficulty as the young knight reviews love, loss, and friendship. Percy F. Westerman's "The Young Cavalier" is a first-rate instance of the way excellent a storyteller he became. It has numerous thrilling human beings, loads of coming-of-age tales, and it takes region throughout a completely essential time in English history.

Just as Mississippi whites in the 1950s and 1960s had fought to maintain school segregation, they battled in the 1970s to control the school curriculum. Educators faced a crucial choice between continuing to teach a white supremacist view of history or offering students a more enlightened multiracial view of their state's past. In 1974, when Random House's Pantheon Books published Mississippi: Conflict and Change (written and edited by James W. Loewen and Charles Sallis), the defenders of the traditional interpretation struck back at the innovative textbook. Intolerant of its inclusion of African Americans, Native Americans, women, workers, and subjects like poverty, white terrorism, and corruption, the state textbook commission rejected the book, and its action prompted Loewen and Sallis to join others in a federal lawsuit (Loewen v. Turnipseed) challenging the book ban. Charles W. Eagles explores the story of the controversial ninth-grade history textbook and the court case that allowed its adoption with state funds. Mississippi: Conflict and Change and the struggle for its acceptance deepen our understanding both of civil rights activism in the movement's last days and of an early controversy in the culture wars that persist today.

The period 1642-1651, one of the most turbulent in the history of mainland Britian, saw the country torn by civil wars. Focusing on the English and Welsh wars this book examines the causes, course and consequences of the conflicts. While offering a concise military account that assesses the wars in their national, regional and local contexts, Dr Gaunt provides a full appraisal of the severity of the wars and the true extent of the impact on civilian life, highlighting areas of continued historical debate. The personal experiences and biographies of key players are also included in this comprehensive and fascinating account.