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A firsthand account of a woman's life on a coastal Georgia plantation; As the wife of a frequently absent slaveholder and public figure, Anna Matilda Page King (1798-1859) was the de facto head of their Sea Island plantation. This volume collects more than 150 letters to her husband, children, parents, and others. Conveying the substance of everyday life as they chronicle King's ongoing struggles to put food on the table, nurse her ""family black and white,"" and keep faith with a disappointing husband, the letters offer an absorbing firsthand account of antebellum coastal Georgia life. Anna Matilda Page was reared with the expectation that she would marry a planter, have children, and tend to her family's domestic affairs. Untypically, she was also schooled by her father in all aspects of plantation management, from seed cultivation to building construction. That grounding would serve her well. By 1842 her husband's properties were seized, owing to debts amassed from crop failures, economic downturns, and extensive investments in land, enslaved workers, and the development of the nearby port town of Brunswick. Anna and her family were sustained, however, by Retreat, the St. Simons Island property left to her in trust by her father. With the labor of fifty bondpeople and ""their increase"" she was to strive, with little aid from her husband, to keep the plantation solvent. A valuable record of King's many roles, from accountant to mother, from doctor to horticulturist, the letters also reveal much about her relationship with, and attitudes toward, her enslaved workers. Historians have yet to fully understand the lives of plantation mistresses left on their own by husbands pursuing political and other professional careers. Anna Matilda Page King's letters give us insight into one such woman who reluctantly entered, but nonetheless excelled in, the male domains of business and agriculture.

The only endorsed resources for the Cambridge International AS Level English General Paper syllabus (8021). Through exploration of a wide array of topics, from celebrity culture to poetry in the modern world, this book focuses on strengthening communication, evaluation, analysis, application and understanding skills. Helping students improve their written responses, use of English and comprehension, this coursebook looks at discussion points relevant to the globally-minded classroom. With frequent practice questions and sample answers, students have plenty of opportunities to build their confidence answering questions. Answers to coursebook questions are in the teacher's resource.

The only endorsed resources for the Cambridge International AS Level English General Paper syllabus (8021). This card gives you access to your digital teacher's resource on the Cambridge Elevate platform. With ready-made lesson plans, worksheets and a scheme of work all written by an experienced teacher trainer, this Cambridge Elevate Teacher's Resource helps you save time preparing and planning. Combining a logical route through the syllabus with editable PowerPoints, advice for differentiation and tips for tailoring the material to your classroom, this resource is an essential addition to any General Paper teacher's shelf. Answers to coursebook questions are included in this resource. Supports group 4 of the Cambridge AICE Diploma.

"My Gift from Elvis" details the journey Victoria experienced, shortly after practicing transcendental meditation in 1973 and then culminating in Automatic Writings; messages from spirits residing in God's Beautiful Spirit World.

The United States Air Force (USAF) dedicates aircraft, crews, and ground personnel to deliver humanitarian assistance (HA) when and where it is needed. Occasionally this entails penetrating hostile airspace, and these cases are not unique or obscure. Since 1990, political leaders have tasked the USAF to conduct HA airdrops in Northern Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. The USAF has a role and is being utilized to assist relief efforts. The exact nature of this role, however, is still undefined in Air Force doctrine. This thesis will determine if the Air Force should be used to conduct the HA mission in a hostile environment. It will focus primarily on airlift assets in a hostile environment and assess USAF abilities using the feasibility, acceptability, and suitability or FAS test. Operations in Bosnia and Kosovo serve as case studies and provide environments where HA could and could not be conducted. The USAF airlift fleet has both a global reach and the ability to operate in austere environments. It is feasible to task these assets to provide conventional relief. Acceptability is based on risk and cost. A political-military plan was developed for each case study to identify interest, objectives, end state, and others. In Bosnia, the risk to U.S. personnel was acceptable, and in Kosovo, it was not. This will always change with environment, technology, and political will. The Mohonk criteria provide guidance on when it is suitable to use the military for HA. In both case studies, the USAF met the established criteria and delivered HA when other agencies could not. Humanitarian airdrops were conducted within Bosnia to stranded civilians. Airlift missions to austere fields were conducted on the periphery of Kosovo for refugees. The USAF has a role in HA operations and doctrine is required to provide operational and tactical guidance.