The Mayhem Mysteries - Chronicle Five: Mayhem on the Mississippi
Title | The Mayhem Mysteries - Chronicle Five: Mayhem on the Mississippi PDF eBook |
Author | Nathan Rush |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2010-02-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0557657334 |
This is the story of a young man's riverboat journey to find his missing father.Set in 1890, Johnny enlists the help of an absent-minded skipper, an amnesia-suffering first mate, a tall hillbilly hunter, an uppity couple and a grumpy muted cook to help him reach New Orleans and hopefully find the father he has been without for 15 years.This is part five of The "Mayhem Mysteries Series".
Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice
Title | Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice PDF eBook |
Author | Minnesota Crime Wave (Group) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories, American |
ISBN | 9781935666431 |
The Minnesota Crime Wave presents stories of mayhem by Minnesota’s finest mystery writers. Some will scare you. Some will make you cringe. All will put to rest the myth of Minnesota Nice! If you read these before bed, don’t expect sweet dreams.
After Vicksburg
Title | After Vicksburg PDF eBook |
Author | Myron J. Smith, Jr. |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2021-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476643709 |
This is the first published comprehensive survey of naval action on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the years 1863-1865. Following introductory reviews of the rivers and of the U.S. Navy's Mississippi Squadron, chronological Federal naval participation in various raids and larger campaigns is highlighted, as well as counterinsurgency, economical support and control, and logistical protection. The book includes details on units, locations and activities that have been previously underreported or ignored. Examples include the birth and function of the Mississippi Squadron's 11th District, the role of U.S. Army gunboats, and the war on the Upper Cumberland and Upper Tennessee Rivers. The last chapter details the coming of the peace in 1865 and the decommissioning of the U.S. river navy and the sale of its gunboats.
Chronicles of a Two-Front War
Title | Chronicles of a Two-Front War PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Allen Eldridge |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2012-01-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0826272592 |
During the Vietnam War, young African Americans fought to protect the freedoms of Southeast Asians and died in disproportionate numbers compared to their white counterparts. Despite their sacrifices, black Americans were unable to secure equal rights at home, and because the importance of the war overshadowed the civil rights movement in the minds of politicians and the public, it seemed that further progress might never come. For many African Americans, the bloodshed, loss, and disappointment of war became just another chapter in the history of the civil rights movement. Lawrence Allen Eldridge explores this two-front war, showing how the African American press grappled with the Vietnam War and its impact on the struggle for civil rights. Written in a clear narrative style, Chronicles of a Two-Front War is the first book to examine coverage of the Vietnam War by black news publications, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964 to the final withdrawal of American ground forces in the spring of 1973 and the fall of Saigon in the spring of 1975. Eldridge reveals how the black press not only reported the war but also weighed its significance in the context of the civil rights movement. The author researched seventeen African American newspapers, including the Chicago Defender, the Baltimore Afro-American, and the New Courier, and two magazines, Jet and Ebony. He augmented the study with a rich array of primary sources—including interviews with black journalists and editors, oral history collections, the personal papers of key figures in the black press, and government documents, including those from the presidential libraries of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford—to trace the ups and downs of U.S. domestic and wartime policy especially as it related to the impact of the war on civil rights. Eldridge examines not only the role of reporters during the war, but also those of editors, commentators, and cartoonists. Especially enlightening is the research drawn from extensive oral histories by prominent journalist Ethel Payne, the first African American woman to receive the title of war correspondent. She described a widespread practice in black papers of reworking material from major white papers without providing proper credit, as the demand for news swamped the small budgets and limited staffs of African American papers. The author analyzes both the strengths of the black print media and the weaknesses in their coverage. The black press ultimately viewed the Vietnam War through the lens of African American experience, blaming the war for crippling LBJ’s Great Society and the War on Poverty. Despite its waning hopes for an improved life, the black press soldiered on.
Chicago Tribune Index
Title | Chicago Tribune Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1552 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Chicago (Ill.) |
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The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books
Title | The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Children's literature |
ISBN |
Subject Guide to Books in Print
Title | Subject Guide to Books in Print PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3310 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | American literature |
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