Getting Open
Title | Getting Open PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Graham |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Basketball |
ISBN | 0253220467 |
The engaging story of Bill Garrett--the Jackie Robinson of college basketball--who joined the basketball program at Indiana University in 1947 and broke the gentleman's agreement that had barred black players from the Big Ten. Within a year of his graduation from IU in 1951, there were six African American basketball players on Big Ten teams. Soon tens, then hundreds, and finally thousands walked through the door Garrett had opened.
Debunking the Middle-class Myth
Title | Debunking the Middle-class Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Gale Kugler |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780810845121 |
This book offers a unique perspective on what every educator, parent, and community leader should know about reaping the rich harvest of our diverse schools. Included are anecdotes from Kugler's personal experience as well as information from 80 interviews with key educators, parents, and students.
Wyatt Earp's Cow-boy Campaign
Title | Wyatt Earp's Cow-boy Campaign PDF eBook |
Author | Chuck Hornung |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2016-04-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476624658 |
What can be learned from another retelling of the Tombstone saga? Recent revelations challenge the traditional view of Wyatt Earp's campaign against the Cow-boy confederation as a bloody personal feud a la western fiction. It was a seek and destroy mission sanctioned by the United States attorney general, the U.S. marshal and the Arizona Territory governor, following a year of corrupt law enforcement in league with the Cow-boys' livestock raids, stagecoach holdups and other atrocities. Presented in three sections, this book establishes the major players involved in the convergence on Tombstone, provides an account of Earp's activities during the 18 months prior to the final action and discusses the provenance and credibility of the "Otero Letter." Discovered in 2001, the letter--believed to be written by New Mexico Territory Governor Miguel Otero--offers evidence that Earp's party was given government aid. The author examines the details of the letter, including the shotgun dual between Earp and Curly Bill, the split between Earp and Doc Holliday, sanctuary for the Earp posse in Colorado and Holliday's extradition fight, Earp's covert assault resulting in Johnny Ringo's death, and the controversial courtship and marriage of Earp and Josephine Marcus.
Empty Justice: One Hundred Years of Law Literature & Philosophy
Title | Empty Justice: One Hundred Years of Law Literature & Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cavendish Publishing |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 1843144247 |
Using literature as a source of challenges to questions in philosophy and law, this book exlores the inculcation of the legal subject and the relationship between "modernism" and "postmodernism", as well as how such concepts might evolve in the construction of community ethics.
Reel History
Title | Reel History PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Brent Toplin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The author makes an argument for clemency in judging Hollywood's interpretations of history and thoroughly investigates its serious limitations and opportunities to construe history.
Out
Title | Out PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2000-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Out is a fashion, style, celebrity and opinion magazine for the modern gay man.
The Science Fiction Mythmakers
Title | The Science Fiction Mythmakers PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Simkins |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2016-09-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476627258 |
A literary genre that pervades 21st-century popular culture, science fiction creates mythologies that make statements about humanity's place in the universe and embody an intersection of science, religion and philosophy. This book considers the significance of this confluence through an examination of myths in the writings of H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Frank Herbert. Presenting fresh insights into their works, the author brings to light the tendency of science fiction narratives to reaffirm spiritual myths.