Little Lindy Is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century, Doherty Thomas
Автор: Barnes Susie Название: Kidnapped: And Other Stories of God`s Grace ISBN: 1950398110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950398119 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "His grip was now so tight that I fought for breath, and there was none. I knew that death was soon to follow." These are the words of Susie Barnes, relating her miraculous survival from the grip of a kidnapper. This and other stories of God`s grace that you will not want to miss occupy the pages of this amazing little book.
Описание: After living as a free man for the first thirty-three years of his life, Solomon Northup was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery, leaving behind a wife and three children in New York. Sold to a Louisiana plantation owner who was also a Baptist preacher, Northup proceeded to serve several masters, some who were brutally cruel and others whose humanity he praised. After years of bondage, he met an outspoken abolitionist from Canada who notified Northup's family of his whereabouts, and he was subsequently rescued by an official agent of the state of New York. Twelve Years a Slave is his account of this unusual series of events. Northup describes life on cotton and sugar cane plantations in meticulous detail. One slave narrative scholar calls his narrative "one of the most detailed and realistic portraits of slave life." He also leavens his account with wry humor and cultural commentary, making many parts of the narrative read more like travel writing than abolitionist literature. Twelve Years a Slave presents the remarkable story of a free man thrown into a hostile and foreign world, who survived by his courage and cunning.
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Through meticulous research, Hidden Disgrace pierces through the veil of descriptions of Indians as either savages or "Noble Savages" and describes them as real people with both strengths and weaknesses. Likewise, it takes a hard look at the notion the conquest of North and South America by Europeans was "inevitable" and was, in reality, the result of deliberate choices.
Books that dive beneath the superficial explanations of Westward Expansion are often criticized as being "revisionist history." Such claims ignore the obvious explanation that aspects of history cannot be "revised" if they were never reported properly in the recording of history.
Among other historically documented myths, Hidden Disgrace explains why the casting of the Wounded Knee Massacre as the result of an attempt to suppress an uprising fueled by the "Ghost Dance" is patently absurd. Important facts surrounding that dark episode in United States history are often ignored, miscast, or misrepresented altogether.
With this work, the author seeks to shed light on the true course of history.
Автор: Bryson John Название: Evil Angels: The Case of Lindy Chamberlain ISBN: 1504049470 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781504049474 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The basis for the Meryl Streep film A Cry in the Dark: The dramatic true story of a mother's worst nightmare and the murder trial that shocked Australia.
On a camping trip at Ayer's Rock, the Chamberlain family's infant daughter disappeared in the middle of the night. Her distraught mother, Lindy, claimed she saw a dingo carry her off into the Australian outback. Two years later, their tragedy worsened when, without a murder weapon, a body, or even a motive, a jury convicted Lindy Chamberlain of killing her own daughter. The public cheered.
John Bryson, a trial lawyer and award-winning journalist, deconstructs the factors that led to a seemingly reasonless incarceration and the public attitude that demanded it. With this book, he began to sway popular opinion in the Chamberlains' favor by discussing the failures on the part of the police, forensics team, and press.
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger award and the inspiration for the film A Cry in the Dark starring Meryl Streep, Evil Angels presents an impartial analysis of the most notorious miscarriage of justice in Australian history. It serves as a reminder of the dangers of blindly searching for a conviction, the importance of scientific accuracy, the volatility of the media, and the ease with which a nation can fall prey to bigoted thinking. Written with literary finesse, this is one of the twentieth century's most important--and thoughtful--works of true crime.
"Out of the complex story of his country's most famous murder trial, Australian lawyer, journalist and novelist John Bryson has fashioned a remarkable book, one that resonates with moral ambiguities and wrenching emotions. . . . Bryson's handling of the complicated testimony about physical evidence is a model of clarity and coherence. . . . Far more important, however, is his quietly devastating portrait of the ugly undercurrent of ignorance and prejudice that ran against Lindy Chamberlain almost from the beginning." --Newsday
"One of the most interesting and disturbing books I've ever read about the social and emotional ramifications of a criminal trial . . . Bryson] turns the worst nightmare of false justice into an affirmation of honest grit, without losing sight of how easily Lindy Chamberlain could still be in jail. . . . Terrific." --Erika Munk, The Village Voice
"Five hundred and fifty pages of cinematic excitement." --Maeve Binchy
"Non-stop excitement . . . Bryson piles shock upon shock as he spirits readers all over the map: To courtrooms in Darwin and Alice Springs; to the homes of aboriginal trackers; to forensic laboratories in Australia, England and the United States; even to an Adelaide zoo, for bizarre experiments in the likely behavior of dingoes. . . . Books don't get more interesting than this one." --The Virginian-Pilot
"An impressive literary document." --The Times (London)
"Hypnotic." --The Mail on Sunday
"Stunning and disturbing." --The Australian
"A fine work of literature. The dramatic intensity never wavers." --The Age (Melbourne)
"A story with the tragic force of a Shakespearian drama." --Monthly Review
"A work of art." --Australian Book Review
Автор: O`Brien Mary Barmeyer Название: Heart of the Trail: Stories of Covered Wagon Women ISBN: 1493026674 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493026678 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: True stories of the triumphs and tribulations of eight women who crossed the American frontier by wagon. First hand accounts from their letters and diaries, most written on the trail.
Автор: Woodrow, Lindy Название: Doing a Master`s Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics ISBN: 1138587281 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138587281 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a practical guide for master`s students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Tailormade for MA students in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, this book is essential reading for students on these degrees around the world as well as for their supervisors and program directors.
Описание: Murderous Women is a glimpse into the dark acts of some of Australia`s most violent women. True crime writers Ruth Wykes and Lindy Cameron examine over a dozen cases from Australia and New Zealand where women have brutally ended the lives of others, either strangers or loved-ones, simply because they could.
Автор: Woodrow, Lindy (university Of Sydney, Australia) Название: Doing a master`s dissertation in tesol and applied linguistics ISBN: 113858729X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138587298 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a practical guide for master`s students tackling research and research writing for the first time. Tailormade for MA students in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, this book is essential reading for students on these degrees around the world as well as for their supervisors and program directors.
Описание: In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally assaulted a Seneca hunter near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, the crime ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice-rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations-and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty. In Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable individuals-from the slain man's resilient widow to an Indigenous diplomat known as "Captain Civility" to the scheming governor of Pennsylvania-as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations.
Taking its title from a Haudenosaunee metaphor for mourning, Covered with Night ultimately urges us to consider Indigenous approaches to grief and condolence, rupture and repair, as we seek new avenues of justice in our own era.
Автор: Moll Fred J. Название: Pennsylvania`s Covered Bridges ISBN: 1531662498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531662493 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4413.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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