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89Th Anniversary of the National Independence, July 4, 1865, at Dover, N.H. - Full Report of the Celebration, Including Preliminary Incidents, Procession, Engine Trial, Fireworks, Decorations, &C. Also Oration by Hon. James W. Patterson, of Hanover, N.H (Paperback)
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The importance of spirituality in shaping contemporary visual
culture has mostly been disregarded. Mentioning art and spirit in
the same sentence was considered embarrassing. In contrast, most of
the significant twentieth-century art movements developed in
conjunction with spiritual inspiration. This book explores the
topic through the lenses of media ecology, art history, and
psychology. Media ecology is a theory that media shapes how
messages are delivered. The non-commercial nature of spiritual
concepts would prevent messages from being offered through
commercial media. As a result, many respected artists whose works
are familiar have escaped understanding because people haven't yet
pierced the spiritual history of modern art. Images once considered
devoid of meaning are now being re-examined in terms of their
spiritual underpinnings. Kandinsky thought that he could correct
nineteenth-century materialism by replacing it with
twentieth-century spirituality. However, it was not until the
twenty-first century that modern art's spiritual value started to
be publicly recognized through scholarship and gallery exhibits.
Abstraction provides the opportunity to explore design as a
psychological self-revelation of the artist. Automatic drawing,
once a tool for spirit messages, became a psychological method with
the introduction of Surrealism. Psychology introduced the notion of
creative dissociation to replace the idea of mediumship as a basis
for art created in altered states. Art, as a personal and reflexive
expression, can be used to steady our culture from one that denies
spirituality to one that embraces it. We can all use artistic
techniques to become more balanced people. Spiritual and
psychological artistic techniques created the world of art we
experience today. Understanding these influences can help us to
better know the world in which we live.
The importance of spirituality in shaping contemporary visual
culture has mostly been disregarded. Mentioning art and spirit in
the same sentence was considered embarrassing. In contrast, most of
the significant twentieth-century art movements developed in
conjunction with spiritual inspiration. This book explores the
topic through the lenses of media ecology, art history, and
psychology. Media ecology is a theory that media shapes how
messages are delivered. The non-commercial nature of spiritual
concepts would prevent messages from being offered through
commercial media. As a result, many respected artists whose works
are familiar have escaped understanding because people haven't yet
pierced the spiritual history of modern art. Images once considered
devoid of meaning are now being re-examined in terms of their
spiritual underpinnings. Kandinsky thought that he could correct
nineteenth-century materialism by replacing it with
twentieth-century spirituality. However, it was not until the
twenty-first century that modern art's spiritual value started to
be publicly recognized through scholarship and gallery exhibits.
Abstraction provides the opportunity to explore design as a
psychological self-revelation of the artist. Automatic drawing,
once a tool for spirit messages, became a psychological method with
the introduction of Surrealism. Psychology introduced the notion of
creative dissociation to replace the idea of mediumship as a basis
for art created in altered states. Art, as a personal and reflexive
expression, can be used to steady our culture from one that denies
spirituality to one that embraces it. We can all use artistic
techniques to become more balanced people. Spiritual and
psychological artistic techniques created the world of art we
experience today. Understanding these influences can help us to
better know the world in which we live.
Once only a sign, technologies have helped to transform brands into
symbols that we constantly encounter in our natural and mediated
environments. Moreover, the branding of culture marks a
commercialization of society. Almost everywhere we look, a brand
name or logo appears. By combining a scholarly approach with case
studies and examples, this text bridges the worlds of communication
and business by providing a single vocabulary in which to discuss
branding. It brings these ideas together into a coherent framework
to enable discussions on the topic to occur in a variety of
disciplines. A number of perspectives are also provided, including
brands as signs and symbols, brand personality, history,
communication, cognitive factors, loyalty, personal branding,
community, and social issues. Providing a comprehensive overview of
the branding process - from the creation of brands to analysis of
their messages - readers will begin to understand the communicative
impact of branding.
Technological changes have radically altered the ways in which
people use visual images. Since the invention of photography,
imagery has increasingly been used for entertainment, journalism,
information, medical diagnostics, instruction, branding and
communication. These functions move the image beyond aesthetic
issues associated with art and into the realm of communication
studies. This introductory textbook introduces students to the
terminology of visual literacy, methods for analyzing visual media,
and theories on the relationship between visual communication and
culture. Exploring the meanings associated with visual symbols and
the relationship of visual communication to culture, this book
provides students with a better understanding of the visually
oriented world in which they live. From cave art to virtual
reality, all visual media are discussed with methods for
evaluation. Student-friendly features such as boxed topics, key
terms, web resources, and suggestions for exercises are provided
throughout.
Once only a sign, technologies have helped to transform brands into
symbols that we constantly encounter in our natural and mediated
environments. Moreover, the branding of culture marks a
commercialization of society. Almost everywhere we look, a brand
name or logo appears. By combining a scholarly approach with case
studies and examples, this text bridges the worlds of communication
and business by providing a single vocabulary in which to discuss
branding. It brings these ideas together into a coherent framework
to enable discussions on the topic to occur in a variety of
disciplines. A number of perspectives are also provided, including
brands as signs and symbols, brand personality, history,
communication, cognitive factors, loyalty, personal branding,
community, and social issues. Providing a comprehensive overview of
the branding process - from the creation of brands to analysis of
their messages - readers will begin to understand the communicative
impact of branding.
Socializing the Classroom: Social Networks and Online Learning, by
Susan B. Barnes, examines how social media can be used in education
through two research grants and real-world applications. Barnes
analyzes social media including Facebook, Courseware, and Second
Life, while providing a theoretical foundation for examining social
software. A new generation of students is surrounded by digital
technologies, leading scholars and teachers to consider virtual
worlds to engage students. By bringing together
human-computer-interaction theories with social theory, Socializing
the Classroom creates a theoretical foundation for future research
in the area of social media, online learning technologies, and the
development of social networks. Readers will gain a better
understanding of how students use online learning environments to
communicate task-oriented messages and maintain social
interactions. This is an essential text for scholars, students, and
those interested in social networks and the implementation of
technology in education.
Mediated interpersonal communication is one of the most dynamic
areas in communication studies, reflecting how individuals utilize
technology more and more often in their personal interactions.
Organizations also rely increasingly on mediated interaction for
their communications. Responding to this evolution in
communication, this collection explores how existing and new
personal communication technologies facilitate and change
interpersonal interactions. Chapters offer in-depth examinations of
mediated interpersonal communication in various contexts and
applications. Contributions come from well-known scholars based
around the world, reflecting the strong international interest and
work in the area.
Mediated interpersonal communication is one of the most dynamic
areas in communication studies, reflecting how individuals utilize
technology more and more often in their personal interactions.
Organizations also rely increasingly on mediated interaction for
their communications. Responding to this evolution in
communication, this collection explores how existing and new
personal communication technologies facilitate and change
interpersonal interactions. Chapters offer in-depth examinations of
mediated interpersonal communication in various contexts and
applications. Contributions come from well-known scholars based
around the world, reflecting the strong international interest and
work in the area.
This book won the Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship
in the Ecology of Social Interaction 2014 Technological changes
have radically altered the ways in which people use visual images.
One such impact has been the transformation of
computer-mediated-communication (CMC) into social networking. With
a focus on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace,
Second Life, and YouTube, this book describes the theoretical and
historical background of computer-mediated communication alongside
the cultural changes occurring with the introduction of digital
media in society. Designed for students, this text introduces CMC
terminology, methods for analyzing online exchanges, and theories
on the relationship between CMC, social networks, and culture. By
exploring both the meanings associated with CMC and social
networks, and the relationship of CMC to culture, the goal of this
text is to provide students with methods to better understand the
socially-oriented world in which they live and to understand the
characteristics that make social networks successful. Special
features including terms, examples, CMC theory, and suggestions for
student exercises.
Mathematical Modelling with Case Studies: Using Maple (TM) and
MATLAB (R), Third Edition provides students with hands-on modelling
skills for a wide variety of problems involving differential
equations that describe rates of change. While the book focuses on
growth and decay processes, interacting populations, and
heating/cooling problems, the mathematical techniques presented can
be applied to many other areas. The text carefully details the
process of constructing a model, including the conversion of a
seemingly complex problem into a much simpler one. It uses flow
diagrams and word equations to aid in the model-building process
and to develop the mathematical equations. Employing theoretical,
graphical, and computational tools, the authors analyze the
behavior of the models under changing conditions. The authors often
examine a model numerically before solving it analytically. They
also discuss the validation of the models and suggest extensions to
the models with an emphasis on recognizing the strengths and
limitations of each model. The highly recommended second edition
was praised for its lucid writing style and numerous real-world
examples. With updated Maple (TM) and MATLAB (R) code as well as
new case studies and exercises, this third edition continues to
give students a clear, practical understanding of the development
and interpretation of mathematical models.
This is the story of the small east coast town of Hornsea during
and after the Great War. The war touched every aspect of life on
the home Front and those who were left behind suffered terribly as
the war dragged on. This study meticulously explores the problems,
hardships and grief faced by the people of Hornsea and is a
microcosm of the experience of the nation generally. Chapters one
to five cover the experience of the population at home, many
Hornsea families were interviewed by the author over a number of
years and their photographs and memories' bring the text to life.
Diaries and letters found in archives and in the possession of the
people of Hornsea and surrounding areas highlight events that have
long been forgotten, guns placed along the cliff top, Zeppelins
roaring over Hornsea on their way to bomb Hull and the resulting
chaos as anti-aircraft guns and searchlights lit up the night sky
over Hornsea. The sky over Hull glowed red and the explosions of
bombs and guns could be seen and heard clearly from Hornsea, after
the raid the Zeppelins would roar over Hornsea once again with the
resulting chaos of noise and lights, releasing any bombs they had
not dropped on Hull. Eye witness accounts of these Zeppelin raids
are featured in the text. Recruits were being trained in the town
throughout the war and in the Hornsea Drill Hall one night a rifle
was discharged by accident and blew the arm off one young man, the
nurse who had to help hold him down as they amputated what was left
of his arm has left a graphic description of her gruesome nights
work. Thousands of troops were stationed in Hornsea and its
surrounding areas to train, many of them met their future wives
there. Others died in training of a number of ailments, one young
man who could not take the strain anymore committed suicide, these
men are all buried in Hornsea and the author has researched them
all, even though they were not from that town. Many such unusual
stories fill the first five chapters, from spy scares to people
prosecuted for profiteering or ignoring the black-out regulations.
The photographs of all these people give an added poignancy to
their story. Chapter six delves into the aftermath of the Great War
with its legacy of grief and men badly damaged mentally and
physically. The maimed could be seen on the streets and many felt
bitter about their treatment when they returned home, no "Land fit
for Heroes" for them. One young officer commented in a letter to
his friend in Hornsea: "I feel I have been a business weed all my
life, it's a sad end to a military career. I suppose they won't
want us till the next war, then we shall be somebody once again".
Prophetic words indeed. In chapter seven all the men on the Hornsea
War Memorial are featured with portraits of the Fallen and of their
families. Each family history is gone into in great detail and
provides an insight of how people lived before the war. Their
living relatives gave information and photographs that have been
carefully kept in their own family archives and now those that were
once mere names on a memorial live again within the pages of this
study. In chapter eight the author has sought out all of the
Hornsea Great War Memorials in Churches, Chapels and clubs. After
the war the Hornsea Council decided not to have a public war
memorial but to build something that would be of use to future
generations and stand as a memorial to those who never came home.
The Hornsea Cottage Hospital was opened in the 1920s and is still
in use today with numerous additions to its structure. In 2008 a
War Memorial was dedicated to the men of WW1 and WW2, it is a large
black granite block with all the men's names engraved in gold leaf.
It is situated in the Memorial Gardens, New Road, Hornsea. One
hundred years after the Great War ended the names of the Fallen are
now on display for all to see. In 1918 and 1919 Hornsea men who had
served throughout the war came home only to die in the terrible
influenza epidemic that was raging world-wide. One man was on his
way home after being a Prisoner of War for three years and died on
board ship in 1919, he is buried in Denmark. Another died at sea
during the Russian War of Intervention in 1920 and is buried in the
same Danish cemetery. Chapter nine deals with all Great War burials
in Hornsea that are of men from other counties. In 1919 the body of
a seaman was washed ashore in Hornsea, he had been on a war ship
that was clearing the North Sea of mines and fell overboard, he is
buried in Southgate Cemetery, Hornsea. The histories of the men
from other counties is researched meticulously and the author has
left no stone unturned to find out their sad and deeply moving
stories. As is the case on all war memorials in Britain after the
Great War many men were missed off the memorial for a number of
reasons. The author has traced many such men who should be on the
Hornsea War Memorial but have been omitted and has researched them
and their families. They are covered in great detail in chapter
ten, some with photographs. Hornsea researchers have in the past
traced a number of men with links to Hornsea, some lived there
before the war, some were educated there and others were born there
or had relatives that lived there. The author has researched all
these men and their families, those found with a link to Hornsea
but not entitled to be listed on the Hornsea War Memorial feature
in chapter eleven. This is the only wide ranging history of Hornsea
and the Great War, it does not focus solely on the war dead but is
a history of the civilian population as well. The grief felt by the
Great War generation of Hornsea has now mellowed to a distant
memory of sacrifice and loss, but at the time of the war the loss
of sons, brothers and fathers was crushing in its enormity as
ordinary folk tried to come to terms with the fact that loved ones
once present were present no more. They looked out onto a world
greatly changed from the one they knew. Their viewpoint is
impossible for most of us now to share as they came together to
cope with the emptiness, the nothingness of loss in war. The
smaller Hornsea memorials kept in churches freeze in time a record
of human suffering and the harsh reality of life and death in
wartime. We now see these memorials with a hurried glance as relics
of a bygone age, but after the war they would have been highly
visible and arresting to all with their clarion call to the
faithful to remember. The Hornsea Great War generation has now
passed into history and with them went the grief and pain felt by
all families, their memorials now stand as a silent witness to
momentous events that are little known to the majority of the
public today. Each day since the end of the Great War the cycle of
renewal and healing has continued, the record left by the people of
Hornsea stands as testament to that generosity of the human spirit
that can, and must, transcend the obscenity of war.
During the sixteenth century, no part of the Christian West saw the
development of a more powerful and pervasive astrological culture
than the very home of the Reformation movement-the Protestant towns
of the Holy Roman Empire. While most modern approaches to the
religious and social reforms of that age give scant attention to
cosmological preoccupations, this study argues that astrological
concepts and imagery played a key role in preparing the ground for
the evangelical movement sparked by Martin Luther in the 1520s, as
well as in shaping the distinctive characteristics of German
evangelical culture over the following century. Spreading above all
through cheap printed almanacs and prognostications, popular
astrology functioned in paradoxical ways. It contributed to an
enlarged and abstracted sense of the divine that led away from
clericalism, sacramentalism, and the cult of the saints; at the
same time, it sought to ground people more squarely in practical
matters of daily life. The art gained unprecedented sanction from
Luther's closest associate, Philipp Melanchthon, whose teachings
influenced generations of preachers, physicians, schoolmasters, and
literate layfolk. But the apocalyptic astrology that came to
prevail among evangelicals involved a perpetuation, even a
strengthening, of ties between faith and cosmology, which played
out in beliefs about nature and natural signs that would later
appear as rank superstitions. Not until the early seventeenth
century did Luther's heirs experience a "crisis of piety" that
forced preachers and stargazers to part ways. Astrology and
Reformation illuminates an early modern outlook that was both
practical and prophetic; a world that was neither traditionally
enchanted nor rationally disenchanted, but quite different from the
medieval world of perception it had displaced.
The Bloody Road to Catania commences with the landings by XIII
Corps on 10 July 1943 (Operation Husky) between Avola and
Cassibile. The inland advance occurred along the eastern coastal
road on the invasion's right flank. The countryside consisted of
winding narrow roads flanked by high hills. this terrain favoured
the defence and skilful German forces took full advantage of it.
Road bridges were held to the last man. These focal points were
essential to Montgomery's plan of attack. To reinforce the
hard-pressed Herman Goering Division, troops of 1st
Fallschirmjaeger Division were air dropped into Sicily on 13th
July. These were tough paratroopers who had served in Russia and
their inclusion into the German order of battle was a great boost
to the defenders. The same night the Fallschirmjaegers were dropped
into Sicily, the British 1st Parachute Brigade was dropped on to
the same landing zone as that of their enemy equivalents.
Paratroopers of both sides fought it out near a bridge called
Primosole, which eventually fell to the British in the face of
furious counter-attacks by the Herman Goering Division. The 50th
Northumbrian Division had great difficulty in fighting its way
forward and, despite earlier gains, the beleaguered British paras
abandoned the key bridge after sustaining enormous casualties. The
50th Division's supporting armour arrived at Primosole and, at the
sight of the approaching tanks, the Germans withdrew to the
northern bank. The advancing XIII Corps, having fought their way
forward in terrific heat and dust, were in no fit state to mount an
attack, but Montgomery would not let them rest as the vital
Primosole junction was holding up the Eighth Army advance. The
151st (Durham) Brigade attacked the next day and were cut down like
corn before the scythe by German paras. For three days the south
bank vineyards echoed to the sounds of battle as Durhams and
Germans engaged in fierce close quarter fighting. Once over the
Bridge Montgomery wanted XIII Corps to press on to Catania
airfield. Numerous attacks were launched, but all ended in disaster
and stalemate on the Catania Plain. Montgomery then launched XXX
Corps in a left hook around Mount Etna This resulted in numerous
other costly actions until they too came to a halt. By now the
Germans were preparing to withdraw towards Messina. As they did so,
weary British units pressed forward. Withdrawing in stages, the
Germans fought delaying actions wherever possible. By early August,
the Germans began 'Operation Lehrgang', a plan to evacuate all
German forces across the Strait of Messina to the Italian mainland.
The retirement was conducted with cool efficiency and precision,
Allied naval and air forces offering no effective response.
Justifiably termed 'A glorious retreat' by the Germans, for the
Allies the invasion of Sicily was a bitter victory that would
return to haunt them. Thus, thousands of battle-hardened German
troops and war material would be redeployed to face the Allies at
Cassino, Anzio and Salerno.
The book begins when war is declared and the Territorials of the
50th (Northumbrian) Division are mobilised before their move to
France. Many of these men joined the territorials in the 1930s
because they could find no work in the depression and the monthly
bounty they got paid, plus a good pair of army boots, were worth a
lot to men who had nothing. In late 1939 the division was moved to
France in one of the worst winters in modern memory. In May 1940
the war began and the 50th were in the forefront of the fighting as
they tried to stem the Blitzkrieg. When the situation became
untenable the British army found themselves outflanked and in full
retreat to the French Coast. The 50th reached the Great War
Memorial at Ypres, the Menin Gate, and fought a delaying action
here but soon found themselves retreating again, by now they had
lost many casualties. By 19th and 20th May 1940 the whole British
Army was in headlong retreat and heading towards Dunkirk with the
panzers close on their heels, it was decided that a delaying action
was to be launched by the 50th Division at Arras with British and
French armoured units in support. It was here at Arras that the
50th would meet their future Nemesis in the form of Erwin Rommel
and his Ghost Division. On 20th May the 50th prepared themselves
for battle on and around the Canadian Great War Memorial on Vimy
Ridge. On 21st May the attack was launched into some very surprised
German formations that were just about to move around Arras. The
attack was led by tanks of the Royal Armoured Corps and the Troops
of the 151st Durham Brigade, 150th Brigade was in Arras itself
along the River Scarpe. The shock of the British assault caught the
Germans by surprise and the British tanks caused great slaughter
among the German units, especially among the ranks of the SS
Totenkopft Division who fled the field in terror. The descriptions
of the battle by tank crews and Durhams are outstanding and hair
raising, the Germans looked to be close to defeat when Erwin Rommel
stepped forward and ordered his 88mm anti-aircraft guns to lower
their barrels and be used in an anti-tank role for the first, but
not the last time. The British tanks could not withstand their
immense firepower and soon the battle-field was strewn with the
smoking hulks of British tanks and the dead bodies of both sides.
Rommel had saved the day. The retreat now continued in a mad dash
to the coast. At the town of Dunkirk and along the beaches the
whole British Army waited patiently to be taken home, under
constant air attack and artillery fire. By 2nd June the last troops
had been evacuated and a very badly beaten army was brought home,
men who were there talk of their shame when interviewed, many were
never proud of the fact that they were at Dunkirk. The British
populace however were just pleased to have the survivors home and
the myth of the miracle of Dunkirk took root. For many it was a
time of mourning. The 50th Division were now reorganised and
stationed on the south coast of England in preparation for the
invasion that never came. In 1941 the newly reconstructed 50th
Division was sent to the middle east, spending a miserable winter
moving about from camp to muddy camp. Finally the 50th was sent to
the Gazala Line in May 1942, this line was held by the South
Africans, the Free French and three brigades of the 50th Division,
150th, 151st and 69th Brigades, plus all the 8th Army's armoured
formations. Rommel needed to break through here and in May began to
make his plans. The British Forces were positioned in defensive
boxes, each one was supposed to be able to support the other in the
event of the expected attack, but most were so far apart that
mutual support was out of the question. Lt General Cruwell of the
German forces was out reconnoitring the ground in a spotter plane
when his pilot got lost and flew over the box held by 150th
Brigade, his plane was shot down, his pilot killed and he was taken
prisoner. The troops who took him saw only a blood spattered German
and had no idea who was in front of them, they handled him roughly
and stole his Pour le Merite and a gold ring. The young officers
did not know the rank of the prisoner they had to interrogate and
all snapped to attention when his rank was revealed, interviews
with these men are featured in this book. In late May 1942 Rommel
assembled his panzers, infantry and support vehicles by night, his
attack force covered an area of eleven square miles. The plan was
to move across 8th Army's front at night and to swing around the
left flank, where the Free French held Bir Hacheim, and to the rear
of 8th Army, a classic Rommel manoeuvre. As this happened the men
of the 50th Division sat tight in their defensive boxes and waited.
Patrols reported large troop and tank movements to the British
Front but the commanders would not believe it until it was too
late. The Free French at Bir Hacheim were attacked by German and
Italian armoured formations and fought a legendary defensive action
for over 10 days until they were forced to retire leaving behind
them one thousand of their own dead and hundreds of enemy dead,
dozens of black smouldering tanks littered the battle-field. The
panzers smashed into British armoured units behind the Front Line
and still it was not believed by the high command that this was
happening, desperate messages came over the air-waves warning of
the German assault. Rommel's forces were now in the rear of the
50th Division who could hear the thunder of battle all around them.
The British commanders threw their armour in piecemeal fashion at
the Germans and suffered horrendous losses, Rommel's timetable was
slowing down now and he needed to get supplies and fuel for his
hard pressed troops. In the face of ferocious attacks by the
British armour he backed his units up to the rear of the Gazala
Line and formed a defensive crescent of the dreaded 88mm anti-tank
guns around his panzers to hold off the British armour. Again and
again the British commanders threw their tanks at this screen, only
to see them knocked out in their hundreds, so fierce was the
fighting in this area that it was christened "The Couldron". Rommel
now turned his attention to the 50th Division and realised that to
get the supplies he so badly needed he needed to destroy the 150th
Brigade. His tanks and infantry laid siege to this box and launched
fleets of dive-bombers against them, heavy artillery fire, plus
tanks and infantry. Day after day the battle raged but the 150th
Brigade would not yield. After fighting an unsupported defence for
five days the situation became serious for the badly depleted
150th. Rommel was so concerned regarding his supplies situation
that he personally led one final desperate assault on 1st June
1942, after a morning of the most vicious close quarter fighting
the panzers rolled over this doomed position. In Rommel's diary
that night he recalled "The defence was conducted with great skill
and determination and as usual the British fought to the last
round". Rommel's now replenished troops burst out of their
bridgehead and put the British to flight, the troops in the Gazala
Line got away as best they could with many close calls and near
misses. At Mersa Matruh the 50th Division was ordered to make a
stand in order that other units could get away and in a very
confused situation fought until they could fight no more, Pte Adam
Wakenshaw won the Victoria Cross here and lost his life in the
process. The Gazala Gallop then resumed until at last the 8th Army
arrived at the last defensive line before Alexandria, this was to
take its name from an insignificant railway siding called El
Alamein. The 50th Northumbrian Division had suffered grievously in
the Western Desert and in May and June 1942 had taken nine thousand
casualties. These years of defeat had seen them transformed into a
battle hardened legion of the 8th Army who would become
internationally famous in the years to come. This study adds
comprehensively to our knowledge of WW2 in a number of ways:
Firstly the views of the men involved throw a bright light on what
it was really like to fight in an elite infantry division. Secondly
it covers events that have not been studied in detail before and
shows in no uncertain way the horrors men endured for years if they
survived. Thirdly: The testimony of the men describes scenes they
would not tell their families, from the deaths of friends in action
to the terrible things they personally had to do to survive, to men
who returned home and had to tell their parents, who knew nothing,
what had happened to their brother. Fourthly: the text,
illustrations and period maps come together to form a clear view of
what the 50th Division really did in those terrible times as seen
through the eyes of the survivors.
Contributors Include Russell E. Mumford, William E. Ginn, David M.
Brooks, And Many Others.
Big City Theatrical Thrill Ride of a Lifetime Recently unemployed
and down on his luck, a despondent journalist unexpectedly finds
himself invited to an eccentric big city public transit exhibit,
where he is taken on a theatrical thrill ride that changes his life
forever. Joined by his best friend and the new object of his
affections, the journalist narrator gains a new perspective of life
on the big city railroad via carnival hucksters, railcars that ride
on the road, whimsical theatrical characters and performances and,
of course, the wily and kooky ringleader himself: Circus Larry This
is not just a story about public transportation, but an adventure
through the big city. Apprising the good and bad of the public
transit riding experience, The Great American Adventures of Modern
Big City Railroading is a rousing, riveting tale full of fun,
thrill and inspiration spun with such vigor and animation that
readers will find themselves captivated, knowing they can enjoy the
adventure of a lifetime, only a short walk from home
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