James Kendall Hosmer

"The Civil War is the central event in American history. More than any other event, the war defined the American people and nation." "Following a narrative history, Kingseed offers six stimulating topical chapters covering such issues as the transformation of Abraham Lincoln, why Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg, and the consequences of the War from a contemporary perspective. Eighteen biographical sketches of key civilian, military and political figures such as Clara Barton, Matthew Brady, J.E.B. Stuart, Ulysses S. Grant, and Frederick Douglass personalize the momentous events of the Civil War, while 16 keenly annotated primary documents, ranging from Lincoln's "House Divided against Itself" speech to Jefferson Davis's Inaugural speech to a bluejacket's remembrances of the horrors witnessed during and after the Battle of Antietam. Ten illustrations, a map of the major campaigns, chronology of events, glossary, annotated bibliography, and index complete this one-stop research resource on the American Civil War."--Jacket.

Refers to Joseph Hosmer and the Battle of Concord, 1775 (p. 3-4)

Details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. A tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews. Details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. A tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews. It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents, from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. And a great story unfolds. Not, as often imagined, of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too. -- From publisher's description.

A sick artist with no will to live feels she will die when the last leaf falls from the tree by her window--yet for some reason the leaf hangs on.

Although independent in field and arrangement, this volume continues the author’s “Appeal to arms.” It covers the period from the midsummer of 1863 to the end of hostilities in April, 1865. — Standard Catalog for Public Libraries: History (H.W. Wilson) 1929 Chapter headings are: 1. Military Law and War Finance (1863) 2. The Chickamauga Campaign (August, 1863 – September, 1863) 3. Chattanooga and Knoxville (September, 1863 – December, 1863) 4. Life in War-time North and South (1863) 5. Concentration under Grant (December, 1863 – April, 1864) 6. On to Richmond (May, 1864 – June, 1864) 7. The Atlanta Campaign (May, 1864 – August, 1864) 8. Attempts at Reconstruction (1863-1864) 9. Lincoln’s Second Election (1864) 10. The Confederacy on the Sea (1861-1864) 11. Sheridan in the Valley (July, 1864 – February, 1865) 12. Sherman’s March to the Sea (September, 1864 – December, 1864) 13. Preparations for Readjustment of the States (September, 1864 – March, 1865) 14. Military Severities (1864-1865) 15. Spirit of the North (1864-1865) 16. Spirit of the South (1864-1865) 17. Downfall of the Confederacy (April, 1865) 18. Critical Essay on Authorities