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Author
Publisher
Cluny Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Cluny Media edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits (black and white) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"We are drawn to accounts of disasters, writes John Vidmar, O.P., "not because of the human destruction that happens, but because of the human spirit that somehow survives and overcomes them, either in death (strangely) or in life." Widely known and rarely discussed, the yellow fever epidemics of Memphis are among the worst tragedies in American history, each wave rife with fear and frustration, disaster and unspeakable devastation. Yet rising over...
Author
Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rolundus Rice offers the first scholarly biography of civil rights leader Hosea Lorenzo Williams. When Williams died in in 2000, John Lewis said of him, 'Hosea Williams must be looked upon as one of the founding fathers of the new America. Thorough his actions, he helped liberate all of us.' Rice's work brings to the fore the significant role that Williams played in a way that previous studies have not. While Williams has been forgotten by scholars,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Box Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
547 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Visions of Flesh and Blood: a Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is a comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art, and reference materials. Combined with original short stories and scenes from some of the world's most beloved characters, as well as never-before-seen visual enticements, it's a treat for the senses. Told from the viewpoint of Miss Willa herself, the compendium acts like research material...
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