An oral history of the West Virginia Mine Wars published to coincide with the centennial of the Battle of Blair Mountain. In 1972 Anne Lawrence came to West Virginia at the invitation of the Miners for Democracy movement to conduct interviews with participants in, and observers of, the Battle of Blair Mountain and other Appalachian mine wars of the 1920s and '30s. The set of oral histories she collected-the only document of its kind-circulated for many years as an informal typescript volume, acquiring an almost legendary status among those intrigued by the subject. Key selections from it appear here for the first time as a published book, supplemented with introductory material, maps, and photographs. The volume's vivid, conversational mode invites readers into miners' lived experiences and helps us understand why they took up arms to fight anti-union forces in some of the nation's largest labor uprisings. Published to coincide with the celebration of the Blair Mountain centennial in 2021, On Dark and Bloody Ground includes a preface by public historian Catherine Venable Moore and an afterword by Cecil E. Roberts of the United Mine Workers of America.

This is the personal account of an army infantry platoon leader and commanding officer in the central highlands of Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 when he was 21 years old. These were the two bloodiest years of the war, a time when the army employed search and destroy missions with high casualty rates. The author provides a historical overview and casualty report of the Vietnam War, his military and officer training, and his return to civilian life after Vietnam.

In Search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s follows Austrian biographer Stefan Zweig, American producer Irving Thalberg, and Canadian-American actress Norma Shearer as they attempt to uncover personal aspects of Marie-Antoinette's life at the French court in the late eighteenth-century and to dramatize them in biography, cinema, and performance for public consumption during the 1930s. The first chapter establishes the core subject as an inquiry into the respective contributions of Zweig, Thalberg, and Shearer in formulating an "objective" or "authentic" image of "Marie-Antoinette." The three chapters that follow examine in some detail how Zweig pursued research and drafted the psychological biography at his Salzburg home, Thalberg acquired film rights to the best-selling book and fought the censors to preserve the more sensational aspects of the screenplay at the Culver City studio, and Shearer worked closely with a new producer to give the script a strong romantic angle and to perform the character of the queen on the sound stage. The professionals' research standards and strategic objectives are weighed in the formulation of a new myth at once sensitive to the historical record and suited to the leisure market.

THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Perfect Ashlar and Other Masonic Symbols, by John T. Lawrence. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766108341.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1912 Edition.

This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1813 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.

1923. Illustrated by Grand Lodge decisions from the date of the Union. In this book, the Book of Constitutions has been followed as closely as is consistent with the production of a continuous work and as far as possible, the author avoided the expression of personal opinions.

1813. Contents: The Keystone; The Triangle; The Foundation Stone; Columns of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty; Lesser Lights; Discipline of the Craft; Lodge Room and Work; Some Unsolved Problems; Religion and Freemasonry; Masonic Sermon; Babylon; First or Holy Lodge; Second or Sacred Lodge; Third or Grand and Royal Lodge; Queen of Sheba; Without Detriment; First Artificer in Metals. Also contains an essay of Sir Edward Letchworth.

1923. Illustrated by Grand Lodge decisions from the date of the Union. In this book, the Book of Constitutions has been followed as closely as is consistent with the production of a continuous work and as far as possible, the author avoided the expression of personal opinions.

1909. These chapters are for the most part concerned with aspects of Masonic practice and discipline, though of continual occurrence, are only slightly, if at all, referred to in the Constitutions. This volume was compiled for the benefit of those brethren who have not the time nor possibly the inclination to be studious. The subject selected are of popular Masonic interest, and have been suggested to the writer from time to time by what he had heard in conversation with his brethren.

THIS 20 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Perfect Ashlar and Other Masonic Symbols, by John T. Lawrence. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766108341.