Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing, Bolden Tonya, Roberts Cokie
Автор: Roberts Cokie Название: Capital Dames LP ISBN: 0062393197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062393197 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 2925.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during this momentous period of American history.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social Southern town of Washington, D.C. found itself caught between warring sides in a four-year battle that would determine the future of the United States.
After the declaration of secession, many fascinating Southern women left the city, leaving their friends--such as Adele Cutts Douglas and Elizabeth Blair Lee--to grapple with questions of safety and sanitation as the capital was transformed into an immense Union army camp and later a hospital. With their husbands, brothers, and fathers marching off to war, either on the battlefield or in the halls of Congress, the women of Washington joined the cause as well. And more women went to the Capital City to enlist as nurses, supply organizers, relief workers, and journalists. Many risked their lives making munitions in a highly flammable arsenal, toiled at the Treasury Department printing greenbacks to finance the war, and plied their needlework skills at The Navy Yard--once the sole province of men--to sew canvas gunpowder bags for the troops.
Cokie Roberts chronicles these women's increasing independence, their political empowerment, their indispensable role in keeping the Union unified through the war, and in helping heal it once the fighting was done. She concludes that the war not only changed Washington, it also forever changed the place of women.
Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Roberts brings the war-torn capital into focus through the lives of its formidable women.
--Library Journal
Автор: Bolden Tonya, Roberts Cokie Название: Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing ISBN: 0062572040 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062572042 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 2298.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in American history. Read the original words--sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety--that have shaped our cultural fabric.
Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and impact of every speech. Illustrations by award-winning artist Eric Velasquez illuminate what it was really like at each moment in history. This collection includes the following:
Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
George Washington, Farewell Address
Red Jacket, "We Never Quarrel about Religion"
Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
Sojourner Truth, "I Am a Woman's Rights"
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship in a Republic"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself"
Lou Gehrig, "Farewell to Baseball"
Langston Hughes, "On the Blacklist All Our Lives"
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "We Choose to Go to the Moon"
Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"
Fannie Lou Hamer, "I Question America"
Cesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984
Hillary Rodham Clinton, "Women's Rights Are Human Rights"
Strong Voices includes a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts, as well as a timeline in the back of the book, along with letters to the reader from Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez.
Strong Voices is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in history.
Автор: Roberts Cokie Название: Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation ISBN: 0060780096 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060780098 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 939.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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"This collection succeeds in emphasizing that many unsung women left their mark well before the suffrage movement." --Publishers Weekly
Fans of #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts, who was also a celebrated journalist for ABC and NPR, will love this stunning nonfiction picture book, as will parents and educators looking for a more in-depth book beyond the Rosie Revere and Rad Women series.
Highlighting the female explorers, educators, writers, and political and social activists that shaped our nation's early history, this is the stunning follow-up to the acclaimed children's book Founding Mothers.
Beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor-winning artist Diane Goode, Ladies of Liberty pays homage to a diverse selection of ten remarkable women who have shaped the United States, covering the period 1776 to 1824.
Drawing on personal correspondence and private journals, Cokie Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of these women who created the framework for our current society, a generation of reformers and visionaries.
Roberts features a cast of courageous heroines that includes African American poet Lucy Terry Prince, Native American explorer Sacagawea, first lady Louisa Catherine Adams, Judith Sargent Murray, Isabella Graham, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Louise D'Avezac Livingston, Rebecca Gratz, and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe.
This compelling book offers a rich timeline, biographies, and an author note, bringing these dynamic ladies to life.
--Publishers Weekly
Автор: Roberts Steven V. Название: Cokie: A Life Well Lived ISBN: 0063000172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780063000179 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 3134.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Follow one girl as she builds a rocket and plans to take her friends on an amazing trip to the Sun and Moon. But will the task prove more difficult than she first thought? Imaginatively illustrated by T.S Spookytooth, this clever and inventive poem was written by eleven-year-old Collins Big Cat 2011 Writing Competition winner Nicole Sharrocks.
Автор: Roberts Cokie Название: Founding Mothers ISBN: 0062152033 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062152039 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 1566.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Flack, Roberta Bolden, Tonya Название: Green piano ISBN: 0593479874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593479872 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1746.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Introducing a hilarious and heartfelt graphic novel in which an unlikely pair of cryptids - one a Bigfoot whose failure to get himself photographed disappoints his family, and the other a Loch Ness Monster, who seems unable to escape the spotlight wherever she goes - meet up and find friendship, creativity, and just the right amount of attention.
In this engrossing and informative companion to her New York Times bestsellers Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War by offering a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during this momentous period of American history.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, the small, social Southern town of Washington, D.C. found itself caught between warring sides in a four-year battle that would determine the future of the United States.
After the declaration of secession, many fascinating Southern women left the city, leaving their friends--such as Adele Cutts Douglas and Elizabeth Blair Lee--to grapple with questions of safety and sanitation as the capital was transformed into an immense Union army camp and later a hospital. With their husbands, brothers, and fathers marching off to war, either on the battlefield or in the halls of Congress, the women of Washington joined the cause as well. And more women went to the Capital City to enlist as nurses, supply organizers, relief workers, and journalists. Many risked their lives making munitions in a highly flammable arsenal, toiled at the Treasury Department printing greenbacks to finance the war, and plied their needlework skills at The Navy Yard--once the sole province of men--to sew canvas gunpowder bags for the troops.
Cokie Roberts chronicles these women's increasing independence, their political empowerment, their indispensable role in keeping the Union unified through the war, and in helping heal it once the fighting was done. She concludes that the war not only changed Washington, it also forever changed the place of women.
Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Roberts brings the war-torn capital into focus through the lives of its formidable women.
Автор: Roberts Steven V. Название: Cokie: A Life Well Lived ISBN: 0062851470 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062851475 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 2925.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This second book by Donald D. Yackel continues the format and organization of his first, The Idling Bulldozer and Other Paddling Adventures. However, unlike that offering, this one starts with a personal reflection on the author`s connection to boats and the water. Subsequent chapters describe paddling trips in Canada, Costa Rica, Florida, and Mexico. While each chapter provides a glimpse into part of the world most readers will never visit, the author`s vivid descriptions will take you there. As one reviewer put it: "I am an armchair adventurer. I loved the descriptions of the various areas in the U.S. and Canada...the terrain, the wildlife...places I will never see...places most people will never see or experience. The challenges of paddling in various places and conditions, the hardships, the challenges and the rewards make for a great and interesting read." A second reviewer writes: "Even if you are not a paddling enthusiast, the stories are fun! Don writes in a conversational tone...it`s like you`re sitting next to him while he tells his stories." Each tale is a memoir of what the author experienced on the adventure: what he saw, what he did, how it felt, whom he traveled with, and the dangers and rewards experienced. Whether you are a veteran kayaker, a rank beginner, or have never been in a boat before, you can find something to relate to in this book.
Описание: From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes the fascinating story of one of America's most influential African American voices
Teacher. Self-emancipator. Orator. Author. Man. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is one of the most important African American figures in US history, best known, perhaps, for his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent in slavery and his famous autobiography. Delving into his family life and travel abroad, this book captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. As a statesman, suffragist, writer, newspaperman, and lover of the arts, Douglass the man, rather than the historical icon, is the focus in Facing Frederick.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America`s past and our nation`s attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War`s conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.
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