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With this powerful, evocative new book, St. Petersburg residents
Jon Wilson and Rosalie Peck present an informative narrative that
explores the history of St. Petersburg, Florida's most vibrant
African American neighborhood: 22nd Street South or ?the deuces.?
Throughout the city's history, no other area has personified
strength for the African American community like this
segregation-era thoroughfare. A haven during the brutal Jim Crow
years, 22nd Street South was a place where prominent businessmen
and community leaders were the role models and residents and
neighbors looked out for one another. The close-knit community
encouraged strong, positive values even as its members were treated
as second-class citizens in the wider world. Authors Wilson and
Peck tell the story of this unique district and how its people and
events contributed to and helped to shape the history of St.
Petersburg in the context of the greater South and the Civil Rights
Movement.
The resilient people who lived in these neighborhoods established
strong businesses, raised churches, created vibrant entertainment
spots and forged bonds among family and friends for mutual
well-being. After integration, the neighborhoods eventually gave
way to decay and urban renewal, and tales of unquenchable spirit in
the face of adversity began to fade.
In this companion volume to "St. Petersburg's Historic 22nd
Street South," Rosalie Peck and Jon Wilson share stories of people
who built these thriving communities, and offer a rich narrative of
hardships overcome, leaders who emerged and the perseverance of
pioneers who kept the faith that a better day would arrive.
'The product of many years of detailed archival research, Wilson's
book is without question the best one-volume history of the Raj
currently in print.' - William Dalrymple, The Guardian 'The core of
the book is a virtuoso takedown of cherished shibboleths of Raj
mythology' Financial Times 'A forceful reminder that Britain has
its own messy past to come to terms with' Guardian In the
nineteenth century, imperial India was at the centre of Britain's
global power. But since its partition between India and Pakistan in
1947, the Raj has divided opinion: some celebrate its supposed role
in creating much that is good in the modern world; others condemn
it as the cause of continuing poverty. Today, the Raj lives on in
faded images of Britain's former glory, a notion used now to sell
goods in India as well as Europe. But its real character has been
poorly understood. India Conquered is the first general history of
British India for over twenty years, getting under the skin of
empire to show how British rule really worked. Oscillating between
paranoid paralysis and moments of extreme violence, it was beset by
chaos and chronic weakness. Jon Wilson argues that this
contradictory character was a consequence of the Raj's failure to
create long-term relationships with Indian society and claims that
these systemic problems still affect the world's largest democracy
as it navigates the twenty-first century. 'This is a brave and long
overdue riposte to Raj romanticists' John Keay
The history of the development of the unique vessels built for the
New England fishing industry from colonial days to the first third
of the twentieth century is here recounted by the leading authority
on the subject. Mr. Chapelle gathered material from numerous
sources over many years for this book, bringing together a vast
amount of important information on the beautiful American fishing
schooners, now extinct, built at Essex and other shipbuilding areas
of New England. This book traces the evolution of the American
fishing schooner from the eighteenth century to the last working
and racing schooners of the mid-1930s. The designers, builders, and
crews are also discussed. There are 137 plans of schooners which
graphically show the development of the type. An important feature
of the book is its illustrated glossary-appendix based on Mr.
Chapelle's notebooks. It covers scores of items of hull
construction and equipment, rigging and gear, color and carving,
and includes notes by the builders and riggers themselves, in fact,
everything that could be recorded about these crafts, then
fast-disappearing.
Tom Bridger has come to Florida in 1885 to find his long-lost uncle
and a hidden treasure. He arrives in Jacksonville and heads west
across Florida's wild frontier, his quick temper bringing several
brushes with death, including gator-filled swamps and a footrace
with a stagecoach.
It all comes down to a boxing match between Young Tom Bridger
and Bongo Jones, the Key West Slasher.
Written primarily for the beginner, the book first gives directions
for the use of tools, and suggestions for material and other
equipment. Successive chapters cover specific problems relating to
the preliminary design, the lines, construction and joiner plan,
and sail plans, with full discussion and directions for the
handling of the many problems involved. Of very real importance is
the chapter describing in detail the complete process of drawing
the lines of a yacht as it is done in actual practice. A chapter is
devoted to the list of items that should be described in the
specifications. The author has written a practical handbook which
explains, with the help of many drawings and diagrams, methods as
actually carried out in the drafting room. The book approaches the
subject entirely from the point of view of American requirements
and conditions.
Several years ago, Jon Wilson, editor of acclaimed WoodenBoat
magazine, decided he'd had enough of the constant barrage of
violence and misery in the media. His answer was the magazine Hope,
dedicated to stories by and about uncelebrated people who make a
positive difference in their communities and the world. Signs of
Hope gathers the best of that journal, and restores our faith in
the power of individual acts. For instance: a widow writes about
the death of her husband and her struggle to endure; a counselor
describes the transformative power of summer camp for children with
a fatal blood disease; a psychologist discovers the vital human
beings behind his patients' diagnoses; a father reveals what his
newborn daughter taught him about men, women, and family. This is a
collection to remind us of our common humanity and our capacity to
give and to love. The magazine Hope is the winner of Utne Reader's
9th Annual Alternative Press Award and was named one of the "10
Best Magazines" by Library Journal.
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