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James Carson

Henry Martyn Lazelle (1832-1917), born in Enfield, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer, orphaned at the age of four, and raised by a succession of relatives and family friends, was the only cadet in the history of the U.S. Military Academy to be suspended and sent back a year (for poor grades and bad behavior) and eventually return as Commandant of the Corps of Cadets. After graduating from West Point in 1855, he scouted with Kit Carson, was wounded by Apaches, and spent nearly a year as a ...

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James Carson

Isaac is a teenager living in a beautiful place called Charlottesville with his older sister, Gwyn, and his mother, Sophia.He is an introverted person, who is very reserved when it comes to everyone, but he's looking for the one to show who he really is.Like everyone else, he experiences what it is like to lose the one he thought was the love of his life, not knowing that it was a lesson in life and that it was redirecting him down the correct path.Anna is new to Ch...

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JAMES CARSON

A series of parting salutes, such as only wide-awake cowboys know how to give, followed Frank and his chum as they galloped away from the Circle Ranch cattle corral…FROM THE BOOKS.

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James Carson

The Saddle Boys on the Plains by James Carson is an exciting western adventure audiobook filled with exploration, courage, and frontier life. Set on the open plains, this story captures the spirit of youth, friendship, and adventure in the American West.

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James Carson

Near the end of the Civil War, Army Chief of Staff Henry W. Halleck described the 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry as "cowed and useless" after they were "cut up" by Confederate Colonel John Mosby's Rangers. The following April the New Yorkers made their place in history when 26 men led by Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty captured and killed John Wilkes Booth.An amalgam of three partially formed regiments, the 16th was plagued by early desertions, poor leadership and a near mutiny as it...

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James Carson

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History (R0)

This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past histories of race and society, they collapse different historical signs of skin color into a transhistorical and essentialist notion of race that implicates their work in the very racial categories they seek to transcend.

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Leo Tolstoy

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James E Carson

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Svenska Ljud Classica

A fascinating tale about a man who through much effort rises to the highest ranks of society, only to leave it all behind to become a monk. Yet even as a monk, he struggles with uncertainty. Is this how he is supposed to serve God? In "Father Sergius" Leo Tolstoy ponders religion, pride, lust, doubt, and the eternal question: How does one lead a moral life?

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Carson James Denniston

Project 2025: A Threat to Marginalized Communities by Carson James Denniston is a powerful exploration of a controversial policy blueprint poised to reshape American society. This ebook delves into the alarming impact of Project 2025 on marginalized groups, particularly LGBTQIA+ individuals, racial minorities, women, immigrants, and low-income communities. Denniston examines how the return to so-called “traditional values” serves as a cover for authoritarianism, r...

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James Taylor Carson

In the South, colonialism threw together three peoples who each played important roles in the creation of a new kind of society. Making an Atlantic World explores how Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans understood the landscapes they inhabited and how, after contact, their views of the world had to accommodate and then accept the presence of the others.Based on the notion of “founding peoples” rather than “founding fathers,” Making an Atlantic World uses an ...

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Greg Kennedy, Suzanne Doyle, Carson Teuscher, C. J. Jenner, Thomas Maguire, David Gioe, Wyn Rees, Michael F. Hopkins, Emma Salisbury, Andrew Gawthorpe, Gill Bennett, OBE, Louise Kettle, Reja Younis, Barbara Zanchetta, Jonathan Esty, William D. James

An authoritative, in-depth study on the character, legacy, and trajectory of the UK-US allianceAfter the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, many observers declared the UK-US alliance—often dubbed "the special relationship"—dead. Yet this was hardly the first time the partnership was read its last rites. Indeed, one of its defining characteristics is its resilience in the face of political volatility and geopolitical shifts.Transatlantic Storms...

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Captain James Carson

The Saddle Boys of the Rockies: Lost on Thunder Mountain is an early twentieth century juvenile adventure novel by Captain James Carson that follows two young explorers navigating danger and mystery in the Rocky Mountains. It stands as a notable literary work in youth adventure fiction, emphasizing courage, survival, and the thrill of wilderness exploration. This literary work gains importance through The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on, presenting a narrative grounded in juvenile front...

Wide ranging, interdisciplinary look at the emergence and persistence of the concept of American Exceptionalism in US culture and history.An incisive and wide ranging look at a powerful force and myth in American culture and history, American Exceptionalisms reveals the centuries-old persistence of the notion that the United States is an exceptional nation, in being both an example to the world and exempt from the rules of international law. Scholars from North Ame...