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Tongue-Tied: A Memoir by Vijaya Bodach (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 5)
by Vijaya BodachNIMAC-sourced textbook
A Mingled Yarn: The Life of R.P.Blackmur
by Russell FraserR. P. Blackmur was an American critic and poet, as well as a professor of English literature and creative writing at Princeton University. At the time of his death, he had completed five books and numerous plays, poems, and short stories. He devoted most of his life to studies on Henry Adams - someone he saw in himself. In his lifetime, he received a share of adulation, but he was not successful in the way that success is commonly measured. In this work, Russell Fraser follows the course of Blackmur's self-declared failed genius. He tells the story of his precocious youth in Cambridge; his eclectic education; his years of poverty and renown as a poet, novelist, freelance music critic, and essayist; his obsessive marriage to artist Helen Dickson; his entangled friendships with T. S. Eliot, Delmore Schwartz, Allen Tate, and John Berryman; and, his passion for the wilds of Maine. He discusses Blackmur's crucial role in the literary magazines of the twenties and thirties; his unique influence as instructor of creative writing; the emotional and professional price he paid for a doubtful security at Princeton University; and, the torment of wavering between intellectual inertia and prolific inspiration. With empathy and insight, Fraser shows how the trajectory of Blackmur's career parallels the movements in the American literary scene; the experiments in poetry and fiction; the development of the New Criticism; the writer's conflict between order and anarchy, taxonomy and the full response; and, the emergence of the critic as artist. A biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism, "A Mingled Yarn" unravels Blackmur's complex character and celebrates his great achievement.
In the Field: A Sociologist's Journey
by Renée C. FoxIn the Field, by Renee C. Fox, is a narrative account of the author's life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense; rather, it is an ethnographic autobiography. Drawing on a vast reservoir of notes and documents that chronicle the span of her career, this work also focuses on the places Fox's field research has carried her.Propelled by a conviction to move beyond the boundaries of herself and of her native land, Fox has done first-hand research in Europe, Central Africa, and China, as well as in the United States. The majority of her research has centered on health, illness, and medicine. Other recurrent themes that pervade her work include training for uncertainty; the allocation of scarce resources; the relationship between self and others; detachment and concern; the particular and the universal; the harm that can result from intended good; and the questions posed by illness and accident, pain and suffering, and death.It is Fox's commitment as a teacher and mentor of generations of students that lies at the heart of this book. This volume will inspire new generations of social researchers.
Long Old Road: Back to Black Metropolis
by Horace CaytonFrom the time that he ran away to sea at sixteen, until he graduated from the University of Washington, Horace R. Cayton was a messman on a freighter, an unknowing handyman in an Alaskan brothel, a juvenile delinquent and inmate of a reform school, a dock worker and steward on a passenger liner, and a deputy in the sheriff's office of King County, Washington. Born in Seattle, a city then uniquely free from racial tensions and prejudices, Cayton found the privileged, secure, middle-class position of his well-to-do parents ineffectual against the gradual spread of racism that was sweeping America. His disarmingly honest autobiography is the ever-absorbing record of an intelligent, sensitive, and proud man's attempts to find identity in a confusing and conflicting chaos of black and white, in a nation that, although dedicated to equality, somehow managed to deny this ideal by almost every action. Although his turbulent life was complicated by the color barrier--often resulting in reverses and frustrations that have rendered him close to a breakdown--this alone is not what makes Cayton's book such captivating reading. Wholly lacking in self-pity or special pleading, Horace Cayton has written a personal narrative of unfailing interest on any number of scores, a book that ranks with the best of American autobiographical writing. For it manages to remain highly critical without once resorting to bitterness; to be filled with hope, though not always hopeful; and brims with compassion and bemused and acute insights into a troubled society. It is a telling, almost poetic tribute to the resiliency of black culture.
The Political Principles of Robert A. Taft
by Russell KirkRobert A. Taft has been neglected by some historians and political theorists and vilified by others. Vigorously and impartially written, this book analyzes the ideas and influence of a great U.S. senator of the twentieth century. Here readers will find a close and lively examination of Taft's convictions on freedom, justice, labor policy, social reform, foreign affairs, and the responsibilities of political parties.Respected for his intelligence and integrity, Robert Taft was considered the most remarkable public man of a turbulent political era. He was strong and candid, yet was repeatedly denied executive power. Despite this, he will undoubtedly be long remembered.Drawing on many contemporary sources, including the Taft Papers in the Library of Congress, Kirk and Mc- Clellan set Taft in historical perspective. Taft's enduring significance to a normative theory of politics is made clear in this careful study, which includes extensive quotations from his outstanding speeches and writings. Available in paperback for the first time, this edition includes a new introduction by Jeffrey Nelson, who has been closely associated with Russell Kirk.
A New York Memoir
by Richard GoodmanA New York Memoir is about a life lived in New York City over a period of thirty years. The memoir begins in 1975, with author Richard Goodman's arrival in New York, an intimidated newcomer. It follows him through the years as he encounters some of the remarkable people one meets in New York, while harkening back to the inspiration the city provides, especially for artists and young writers. The memoir follows the author as he witnesses tragedies and then ruminates on growing old in New York. It tells of the joys and the difficulties of living in this remarkable city. A New York Memoir is, essentially, a long love letter to the city. Like all great loves, this volume reflects passion, promise, hope, pain, regret and, ultimately, the author's pride. This includes true stories of love, work, marriage, raising a child, becoming a writer, death, and friendship. Most of the stories in this effort take place there; those that do not are highly influenced by New York. The author has seen New York at its best and at its worst, when was it rich and freewheeling and when it fell on hard times and almost collapsed. He's seen it grievously wounded, and seen it pick itself back up again with the help of the entire world and with its own limitless moxie. This is a very personal story set against the backdrop of a massive city of unmatchable energy and of sheer, brute authority and inspiration. The book ends with a long remembrance of the author's mother who came to New York after many travails and was rescued by the city. This is the story of Richard Goodman's encounter with New York. **See Richard Goodman read an excerpt from A New York Memoir titled, "Elegy for an English Bike," here."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9sMJXJ1L8"
I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary
by Margaret RandallIn 1969, poet and revolutionary Margaret Randall was forced underground when the Mexican government cracked down on all those who took part in the 1968 student movement. Needing to leave the country, she sent her four young children alone to Cuba while she scrambled to find safe passage out of Mexico. In I Never Left Home, Randall recounts her harrowing escape and the other extraordinary stories from her life and career.From living among New York's abstract expressionists in the mid-1950s as a young woman to working in the Nicaraguan Ministry of Culture to instill revolutionary values in the media during the Sandinista movement, the story of Randall's life reads like a Hollywood production. Along the way, she edited a bilingual literary journal in Mexico City, befriended Cuban revolutionaries, raised a family, came out as a lesbian, taught college, and wrote over 150 books. Throughout it all, Randall never wavered from her devotion to social justice.When she returned to the United States in 1984 after living in Latin America for twenty-three years, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered her to be deported for her “subversive writing.” Over the next five years, and with the support of writers, entertainers, and ordinary people across the country, Randall fought to regain her citizenship, which she won in court in 1989.As much as I Never Left Home is Randall's story, it is also the story of the communities of artists, writers, and radicals she belonged to. Randall brings to life scores of creative and courageous people on the front lines of creating a more just world. She also weaves political and social analyses and poetry into the narrative of her life. Moving, captivating, and astonishing, I Never Left Home is a remarkable story of a remarkable woman.
Bobby Braddock: A Life on Nashville’s Music Row (Co-published with the Country Music Foundation Press)
by Bobby BraddockIf you know country music, you know Bobby Braddock. Even if you don't know his name, you know the man's work. "He Stopped Loving Her Today." "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." "Golden Ring." "Time Marches On." "I Wanna Talk About Me." "People Are Crazy." These songs and numerous other chart-topping hits sprang from the mind of Bobby Braddock. A working songwriter and musician, Braddock has prowled the streets of Nashville's legendary Music Row since the mid-1960s, plying his trade and selling his songs. These decades of writing songs for legendary singers like George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Toby Keith are recounted in Bobby Braddock: A Life on Nashville's Music Row, providing the reader with a stunning look at the beating heart of Nashville country music that cannot be matched.If you're looking for insight into Nashville, the life of music in this town, and the story of a force of nature on the Row to this day, Bobby Braddock will take you there.
La conciencia uncida a la carne: Diarios de madurez 1964-1980
by Susan SontagLa conciencia uncida a la carne es el segundo volumen de los diarios de Susan Sontag, que abarcan desde 1964 a 1980. El segundo de los tres volúmenes de los diarios de Susan Sontag arranca donde acaba Renacida: a mediados de los años sesenta. Estos diarios trazan y documentan la evolución de la autora de principiante en el mundo artístico e intelectual de Nueva York a influyente crítica mundialmente reconocida con la publicación de Contra la interpretación en 1966. La conciencia uncida a la carne sigue a Sontag durante los turbulentos años de la década de los sesenta -sus viajes a Hanoi en el punto álgido de la guerra de Vietnam y a Suecia para rodar largometrajes-, hasta los ochenta y el inicio de la era Reagan. Este libro es un registro de incalculable valor de los mecanismos internos, emocionales, espirituales e intelectuales de una de las pensadoras más incisivas y analíticas del siglo XX en pleno apogeo de sus facultades, además de una ventana al despertar político y moral del individuo.
Creating Carmen Miranda: Race, Camp, and Transnational Stardom (Performing Latin American and Caribbean Identities)
by Kathryn Bishop-SanchezCarmen Miranda got knocked down and kept going. Filming an appearance on The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, the "ambassadress of samba" suddenly took a knee during a dance number, clearly in distress. Durante covered without missing a beat, and Miranda was back on her feet in a matter of moments to continue with what she did best: performing. By the next morning, she was dead from heart failure at age 46.This final performance in many ways exemplified the power of Carmen Miranda. The actress, singer, and dancer pursued a relentless mission to demonstrate the provocative theatrical force of her cultural roots in Brazil. Armed with bare-midriff dresses, platform shoes, and her iconic fruit-basket headdresses, Miranda stole the show in films like That Night in Rio and The Gang's All Here. For American film audiences, her life was an example of the exoticism of a mysterious, sensual South America. For Brazilian and Latin American audiences, she was an icon. For the gay community, she became a work of art personified and a symbol of courage and charisma.In Creating Carmen Miranda, Kathryn Bishop-Sanchez takes the reader through the myriad methods Miranda consciously used to shape her performance of race, gender, and camp culture, all to further her journey down the road to becoming a legend.
Porque Andamos Tão Exaustos?
by Vânia CastanheiraQuantas vezes, depois de um dia de trabalho, foi para casa trabalhar? Quantas vezes acordou cansado? Este livro vai ajudá-lo a viver melhor e a evitar o Burnout,síndrome resultante de stress crónico no trabalho, numa linguagem acessível, com casos reais e exercícios práticos. O burnout foi finalmente reconhecido pela Organização Mundial de Saúde como uma síndrome resultante de stress crónico no trabalho, que não foi bem gerido. Fadiga, tristeza acentuada, irritabilidade, aborrecimento, perda de motivação, sobrecarga de trabalho, rigidez e inflexibilidade. Todos são comportamentos que podem significar um esgotamento profissional. Neste livro da Medical Coach Vânia Castanheira, vai encontrar uma explicação detalhada do que é o Burnout, vai aprender a identificar os sintomas e de como evitá-lo. E como sair dele, caso já lá esteja, com muitas dicas práticas e fáceis de seguir.
Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It
by Dan HamptonNEW FROM THE BESTSELLING AVIATION HISTORIANAt the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier–nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told. Speed. In 1947, it represented the difference between victory and annihilation. After Hiroshima, the ability to deliver a nuclear device to its target faster than one’s enemy became the singular obsession of American war planners. And so, in the earliest days of the Cold War, a highly classified program was conducted on a desolate air base in California’s Mojave Desert. Its aim: to push the envelope of flight to new frontiers. There gathered an extraordinary band of pilots, including Second World War aces Chuck Yeager and George Welch, who risked their lives flying experimental aircraft to reach Mach 1, the so-called sound barrier, which pilots called “the demon.” Shrouding the program in secrecy, the US military reluctantly revealed that the “barrier” had been broken two months later, after the story was leaked to the press. The full truth has never been fully revealed—until now. Chasing the Demon, from decorated fighter pilot and acclaimed aviation historian Dan Hampton, tells, for the first time, the extraordinary true story of mankind’s quest for Mach 1. Here, of course, is twenty-four-year-old Captain Chuck Yeager, who made history flying the futuristic Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Officially Yeager was the first to achieve supersonic flight, but drawing on new interviews with survivors of the program, including Yeager’s former commander, as well as declassified files, Hampton presents evidence that a fellow American—George Welch, a daring fighter pilot who shot down a remarkable sixteen enemy aircraft during the Pacific War—met the demon first, though he was not favored to wear the laurels, as he was now a civilian test pilot and was not flying the Bell X-1.Chasing the Demon sets the race between Yeager and Welch in the context of aviation history, so that the reader can learn and appreciate their accomplishments as never before.
The Boy Who Felt Too Much: How a Renowned Neuroscientist and His Son Changed Our View of Autism Forever
by Lorenz WagnerAn International Bestseller, the Story behind Henry Markram&’s Breakthrough Theory about Autism, and How a Family&’s Unconditional Love Led to a Scientific Paradigm Shift Henry Markram is the Elon Musk of neuroscience, the man behind the billion-dollar Blue Brain Project to build a supercomputer model of the brain. He has set the goal of decoding all disturbances of the mind within a generation. This quest is personal for him. The driving force behind his grand ambition has been his son Kai, who has autism. Raising Kai made Henry Markram question all that he thought he knew about neuroscience, and then inspired his groundbreaking research that would upend the conventional wisdom about autism, expressed in his now-famous theory of Intense World Syndrome. When Kai was first diagnosed, his father consulted studies and experts. He knew as much about the human brain as almost anyone but still felt as helpless as any parent confronted with this condition in his child. What&’s more, the scientific consensus that autism was a deficit of empathy didn&’t mesh with Markram&’s experience of his son. He became convinced that the disorder, which has seen a 657 percent increase in diagnoses over the past decade, was fundamentally misunderstood. Bringing his world-class research to bear on the problem, he devised a radical new theory of the disorder: People like Kai don&’t feel too little; they feel too much. Their senses are too delicate for this world.
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
by Alfredo CorchadoIn the last six years, more than eighty thousand people have been killed in the Mexican drug war, and drug trafficking there is a multibillion-dollar business. In a country where the powerful are rarely scrutinized, noted Mexican American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juarez, or the ruthless drug cartels of Mexico. A paramilitary group spun off from the Gulf cartel, the Zetas, controls key drug routes in the north of the country. In 2007, Corchado received a tip that he could be their next target-and he had twenty four hours to find out if the threat was true. Rather than leave his country, Corchado went out into the Mexican countryside to trace investigate the threat. As he frantically contacted his sources, Corchado suspected the threat was his punishment for returning to Mexico against his mother’s wishes. His parents had fled north after the death of their young daughter, and raised their children in California where they labored as migrant workers. Corchado returned to Mexico as a journalist in 1994, convinced that Mexico would one day foster political accountability and leave behind the pervasive corruption that has plagued its people for decades. But in this land of extremes, the gap of inequality-and injustice-remains wide. Even after the 2000 election that put Mexico’s opposition party in power for the first time, the opportunities of democracy did not materialize. The powerful PRI had worked with the cartels, taking a piece of their profit in exchange for a more peaceful, and more controlled, drug trade. But the party’s long-awaited defeat created a vacuum of power in Mexico City, and in the cartel-controlled states that border the United States. The cartels went to war with one another in the mid-2000s, during the war to regain control of the country instituted by President Felipe Calderón, and only the violence flourished. The work Corchado lives for could have killed him, but he wasn't ready to leave Mexico-not then, maybe never. Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man’s quest to report the truth of his country-as he raced to save his own life. .
El manto
by Marcela SerranoUna conmovedora reflexión sobre la pérdida. El libro más personal de Marcela Serrano En noviembre de 2017, tras años de ir y venir, un cáncer terminó con la vida de la periodista Margarita Serrano. Devastada, su hermana Marcela encontró en el retiro campesino y en la escritura la única manera de sobrellevar el desconcierto, la tristeza y la rabia. Ese estado de excepción emocional es lo que está en la base de estas páginas que, con el pasar de los días, la autora fue tejiendo como un manto para cubrir a su hermana y a quienes tras su muerte quedaron a la intemperie. El resultado de ese arrojo son los emocionantes, tristes y a la vez luminosos apuntes # discontinuos como el duelo mismo# que Serrano reunió con lucidez y coraje durante todo el año que siguió a la muerte de #la M#. Cita: Tiene el ideario y el corazón amueblados con una firmeza que es capaz de esquivar todas las contradicciones." Ángela López, El Mundo
Juan Pablo II: Recuerdos de la vida de un santo
by Paloma Gómez BorreroUn retrato fascinante de 31 momentos desconocidos en la vida del Papa más querido de los últimos tiempos a punto de ser canonizado. Solo Paloma Gómez Borrero podía escribir este libro con las anécdotas más íntimas, más cercanas, más simpáticas y sobre todo menos conocidas de la vida del Papa Juan Pablo II. Ella misma fue testigo de las historias y vivencias que nos presenta en este libro. Hay anécdotas que demuestran su lado más humano, más cercano, y otras que nos narran los momentos más serios, dramáticos y trágicos, como el del atentado que sufrió en 1981. Paloma relata también los encuentros que tuvo el pontífice con enfermos, con presos, con famosos, con políticos (y no todos creyentes), y una serie de curiosidades que tuvieron lugar durante los múltiples viajes por todo el mundo.
Auburn Police (Images of America)
by Joseph E. Divietro Jr.Auburn Police traces the history of the Auburn Police Department, which dates back to the mid1800s. It portrays many of the faces of those people who have devoted 20, 30, or more years of service to their community. Although a number of aspects of law enforcement have changed over the years, the very principle of the police officer interacting with the public remains the same.
Aubuchon Hardware (Images of America)
by Bernard W. Aubuchon Jr.William E. Aubuchon Sr. immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1900 at the age of 15, speaking no English and armed with only a fifth-grade education. Through hard work and perseverance, he established a hardware store in 1908 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. One hundred years later, there are over 130 Aubuchon Hardware stores located throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, employing about 1,100 people. This remarkable growth by Aubuchon Hardware can be attributed to the company treating its customers as friends and always making them number one. As William E. Aubuchon Sr. once said, "The business was founded on the principle of buying economically. We give our customers what they want--high-grade hardware at a price everyone can afford." Aubuchon Hardware never lost track of where it started, and today it still remains "all in the family" with over 20 family members currently employed, including the fourth generation. In Aubuchon Hardware, family members were an invaluable resource for photographs and historical information.
El papa Borgia: Un inédito Alejandro VI liberado al fin de la leyenda negra
by Lola Galán José Catalán DeusEn este libro se ofrece una visión inédita de un Papa-rey que despertó gigantescas envidias. Es momento de rescatar a Alejandro VI del sumidero de una historia casi siempre interesada. ¿Fue el papa Borgia un político competente o un embaucador corrupto? ¿Cuidó de la Iglesia o la usó para promocionar a su familia? ¿Fue un ser humano con sus defectos y virtudes al timón de una institución sumamente compleja o un malvado asesino? Durante siglos la respuesta ha estado clara para el común de los historiadores y novelistas, que han encontrado en la vida de Rodrigo Borja, valenciano de nacimiento y romano de adopción, elementos suficientes para construir un relato de terror, plagado de ambición, sexo y veneno. La realidad, sin embargo, es otra. Los datos históricos de que disponemos permiten reconstruir la biografía de este Papa que, libre de la leyenda, emerge como una figura de excepcionales cualidades. Vicecanciller vaticano durante tres décadas y pontífice católico durante diez años vitales para la Iglesia, aseguró la supervivencia de la institución a él encomendada gracias a sus grandes dotes políticas, diplomáticas y humanas. Tildado de lujurioso y homicida, Alejandro VI fue un hombre apasionado, carnal y tolerante, entregado a su familia y a la defensa de la Iglesia. Pocos personajes de la historia han sido tan calumniados como él por difamadores a sueldo de sus rivales políticos. La verdad es sorprendente y más apasionante que los tópicos.
En resum ... o gairebé
by Stéphane Hessel«Una autobiografia intel·lectual, emotiva i inclassificable.» Le Figaro Littéraire «Aquesta acumulació de memòria humana constitueix un tresor de sentit. Haver travessat un segle ple d'invents, esperances i horrors, i haver viscut plenament aquesta aventura és el que em dóna legitimitat. Perquè potser he rebut de la vida un deute de sentit, i avui em puc permetre pagar-lo amb el meu testimoni.»Stéphane Hessel A En resum... o gairebé l'agitador de consciències Stéphane Hessel aborda de manera magistral els temes de la indignació i els seus límits, la compassió, l'amor, l'admiració, la resiliència, la reivindicació de la dignitat, la força de les paraules, el compromís polític o la democràcia per transmetre a les noves generacions que cal lluitar dia a dia per recuperar la dignitat i per construir les bases d'un futur comú més just i accessible per a tothom. Una obra reveladora i necessària en la qual la veu de Hessel es barreja amb versos i confidències, amb opinions i records que configuren la trajectòria intel·lectual i personal d'un home bo. Opinions:«Les paraules de Stéphane Hessel desborden el marc d'un simple llibre. Són una crida a obrir els ulls i despertar les nostres consciències. Aquest llibre, per tant, no és una autobiografia en sentit estricte, no mira cap al passat. És una invitació a tenir valor. Recull unes experiències que han resultat exemplars i útils per fer costat a un compromís, a una manera d'enfrontar-se a la vida.»Maren Sell (editor francès)
La terca memoria
by Julio Scherer GarcíaEl periodista más importante de México reportea sus propios recuerdos acerca de su carrera profesional y de su contacto con los poderosos, enriqueciendo todo con información inédita y reveladora. En La terca memoria, Julio Scherer García afronta algunos de los momentos más importantes a donde lo ha llevado la vida. Para hacerlo recurre a las armas que domina soberbiamente: la sinceridad, la honradez, la información, el reportaje y la crítica. Desde el yo literario que no es presuntuoso ni sencillo, vigoroso o agresivo, pero que siempre es vulnerable Julio Scherer García reportea sus propios recuerdos, documentándolos con rigor y sometiéndolos a un enjuiciamiento implacable. Es así como su memoria se niega a olvidar los hechos y los personajes que han fraguado la compleja realidad de nuestro país. Para el periodista de una pieza, no olvidar significa seguir reporteando, denunciando y acusando con pruebas irrefutables a los operadores de la corrupción institucional que llega hasta nuestros días. En este sentido, y en palabras del propio autor, éste es "un libro escrito con todo el coraje del mundo". En La terca memoria, saltando de manera caprichosa a través del tiempo, el lector acompañará a Julio Scherer García en su recorrido por paisajes y figuras clave de la historia reciente de México, a los que devela con su gran prosa literaria, haciendo de este libro un clásico de nuestro tiempo.
Delaware State Police (Images of America)
by John R. Alstadt Jr.April 28, 1923, marks the birth of the Delaware State Police. Discussions occurred as early as 1906 for a statewide police organization to cope with speeding automobiles, roving bands of troublemakers, and the ever-present bootleggers. Prohibition and the 18th Amendment brought the discussion to the forefront. With the hiring of Charles J. McGarigle and Joseph A. McVey, the Delaware Highway Police Department came to fruition on January 1, 1920. Using many never-before-published photographs from the Delaware State Police Museum archive, Images of America: Delaware State Police illustrates the storied past of the Delaware State Police from 1920 to 1985.
Connecticut State Police (Images of America)
by Jerry Longohe Connecticut State Police Department was created in 1903 to preserve the peace, arrest convicting offenders, and stay alert to liquor and gambling violations, especially those on Sundays. The birth of the department came at time when temperance leagues began forming across the country. Connecticut State Police is an account of a department and its rise to battle, among other things, "demon rum." Today, troopers cover approximately half of the towns in the state of Connecticut and all of its highways. The CSP became successful and developed a reputation among the law enforcement community as one of the best in the nation. Connecticut state police grew in their responsibilities and expectations, taking on the duties of fire marshal, motor vehicle testing, and dozens of other important and influential agency tasks. This collection of photographs covers the many people, events, and tragedies that have shaped this respected department.
A Brief History of Wyandot County, Ohio (Brief History)
by Ronald I. Marvin Jr. Wyandot County Archaeological and Historical SocietyOnce home to the powerful Wyandotte Nation, Wyandot County emerged from lands surrounding the Grand Reserve. The landscape has evolved dramatically, from the backbreaking work of draining marshland to the creation of solar farms centuries later. The Mission Church, Indian Mill and Colonel Crawford Monument link the county to its rich heritage, and the Lincoln Highway connects it with the rest of the nation. The county has played host to General William Harrison, President Rutherford Hayes, Charles Dickens, Medal of Honor recipient Cyrus Sears and Neil Armstrong. Author Ronald I. Marvin Jr. explores several thousand years of Wyandot history from its earliest inhabitants to the set of the Shawshank Redemption.
Birmingham's Theater and Retail District (Images of America)
by Tim HollisFrom the 1890s to the 1970s, the thriving area of Birmingham between Eighteenth and Twenty-first Streets along First, Second, and Third Avenues was the bustling heart of this quickly growing city. Before the age of the shopping mall, the downtown was the center of retail and entertainment in Birmingham. Along these streets, entrepreneurial immigrants built department stores--including Pizitz and Loveman, Joseph, and Loeb--while the marquees of the Alabama, Ritz, and Lyric theaters, among others, shined over the busy downtown sidewalks.