Автор: Jim Kershner Название: Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life ISBN: 029599231X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295992310 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 3259.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Carl Maxey was, in his own words, “a guy who started from scratch - black scratch.” He was sent, at age five, to the scandal-ridden Spokane Children's Home and then kicked out at age eleven with the only other “colored” orphan. Yet Maxey managed to make a national name for himself, first as an NCAA championship boxer at Gonzaga University, and then as eastern Washington's first prominent black lawyer and a renowned civil rights attorney who always fought for the underdog.
During the tumultuous civil rights and Vietnam War eras, Carl Maxey fought to break down color barriers in his hometown of Spokane and throughout the nation. As a defense lawyer, he made national headlines working on lurid murder cases and war-protest trials, including the notorious Seattle Seven trial. He even took his commitment to justice and antiwar causes to the political arena, running for the U.S. Senate against powerhouse senator Henry M. Jackson.
In Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life, Jim Kershner explores the sources of Maxey's passions as well as the price he ultimately paid for his struggles. The result is a moving portrait of a man called a “Type-A Gandhi” by the New York Times, whose own personal misfortune spurred his lifelong, tireless crusade against injustice.
Автор: Kershner Jon R Название: John Woolman and the Government of Christ ISBN: 0190868074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190868079 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10296.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1758, a Quaker tailor and sometime shopkeeper and school teacher stood up in a Quaker meeting and declared that the time had come for Friends to reject the practice of slavery. That man was John Woolman, and that moment was a significant step, among many, toward the abolition of slavery in the United States. Woolman's antislavery position was only one essential piece of his comprehensive theological vision for colonial American society. Drawing on Woolman's entire body of writing, Jon R. Kershner reveals that the theological and spiritual underpinnings of Woolman's alternative vision for the British Atlantic world were nothing less than a direct, spiritual christocracy on earth, what Woolman referred to as "the Government of Christ." Kershner argues that Woolman's theology is best understood as apocalyptic-centered on a supernatural revelation of Christ's immediate presence governing all aspects of human affairs, and envisaging the impending victory of God's reign over apostasy. John Woolman and the Government of Christ explores the theological reasoning behind Woolman's critique of the burgeoning trans-Atlantic economy, slavery, and British imperial conflicts, and fundamentally reinterprets 18th-century Quakerism by demonstrating the continuing influence of early Quaker apocalypticism.
Автор: Kershner David J. Название: By the Dawn`s Early Light ISBN: 0692571825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692571828 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2800.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The United States of America is just a shell of its former self. With the collapse of the food system and the nation's financial reserves set to be pillaged, what more can Josh Simmons and the small town of McArthur, Ohio endure? Find out as David Kershner amps up the action to a blistering pace in Foreign and Domestic Part III, By the Dawn's Early Light From the Back Cover: It's been years in the making, but wedding bells and the return to a simple normal life are finally on the horizon for Josh. The food system and financial capacity of a once great nation are in ruins, but he's content for the first time in over a decade. Unfortunately, his wedded bliss is defenseless against the plans set in motion by the Esfahani brothers. Can Gregg and Hoplite extract the information from Suhrab in time? Can they stop their plans for a world dominating caliphate from coming into existence? What new perils are locked away in the prisoner's twisted mind? Can the security of McArthur, Ohio be maintained if for no other reason than to protect the secret it now holds?About the AuthorMr. Kershner currently splits his time between his writing and his 'day job' as an analyst. He lives with his wife and children in the Midwest. Born and raised in the southeast, he spent much of his childhood in the small towns of northern Virginia and southern North Carolina. He is currently working on the next installment for the Foreign and Domestic series as well as the Just a Small Gathering series
Автор: Kershner David J. Название: Hannibal Is at the Gates ISBN: 0692361502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692361504 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2628.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Pick up right where you left off and continue the ride as Josh Simmons and his family have been reunited just in time. America's empirical enemies are standing at the gates and a new subversive foe, bent on a holy war, has entered the game. Foreign insurgents are on their way with a new weapon not previously seen on the battlefield. Food riots and rationing continue to grip the nation while aristocratic diplomats eagerly work to take advantage of the United States when it's at its weakest.Can Josh protect the people he loves the most while the nation descends into chaos?About the AuthorMr. Kershner currently splits his time between his writing and his 'day job' as an analyst. He lives with his wife and children in the Midwest. Born and raised in the southeast, he spent much of his childhood in the small towns of northern Virginia and southern North Carolina. He is currently working on the next installment for the Foreign and Domestic series as well as the Just a Small Gathering series.
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