Early American Life

Kotz, Nick & Mary Lynn Kotz .. A PASSION FOR EQUALITY, GEORGE WILEY AND THE MOVEMENT .. NY Norton C 1977, ; fester Einband / hard cover
First Printing of Stated First Edition . 372pp. Index. Notes. Bibliography. 12p b/w photos . Tall 8vo. . HC. Blue cloth spine, red boards, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. Sociology. Traces the life of George wiley, one of the most original and controversial leaders of the social movements of the 1960s and early 1970s. Provides new insights into a stormy period of American history, which witnessed the rise of the civil rights and selfare rights movements . Moderate DJ wear and soil. Top edge is foxed, fore edge has (coffee? ) stain which penetrates minutely onto the margin of a few index pages, o/w contents are clean and sound. Binding is clean and sound with very minor wear. Gift inscription on front pastedown. Good + / Good + ..

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Hoexter, Corinne K.. BLACK CRUSADER, FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Chicago: Rand McNally, c. 1970. ; 1. Ed.
Boards are very, very slight warped, else binding is clean and sound, with very minor wear. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; Gray cloth, brown lettering. BIOGRAPHY. "In this excellent biography. Corinne Hoexter brings to life one of these self-made man, the fearless abolitionist editor Frederick Douglass. Born a slave, Douglass fought against slavery and prejudice from his early childhood to his dying day. He began his public career as an oddity on the abolitionist lecture circuit - a slave who could read, write, and speak (with eloquence and force) of his experiences in the South. The author presents a fascinating account of the man's many-faceted craeer: lecturer, activist, editor, public servant, and spokesman for many causes, including universal education and women's rights. "...Frontispiece photo. Approx three dozen b/w illus (photos, drawings, reproductions) . Index. Bibliography. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 224 pages.

First Edition, Hardcover; First Printing, VG-/G.

[KW: Abolition; American Anti-slavery Society; Freedmen; Fugitive Slaves; William Lloyd Garrison; Free Negroes; Racial Discrimination; Slavery;,]

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Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research: Vol. 31 (1963). New York.The American Acedemy For Jewish Research.,
Contents: Ben Zion Bokser, "The Thread of Blue"; H. Davidson, "Maimonides' Shemonah Peraqim and Alfarabi's Fusul AI-Madam"; M. Harris, "Dreams in Sefer Hasidim"; B. Netanyahu, "The Marranos According to the Hebrew Sources of the 15 and Early 16th Cent.". - Jacob Neusner, "Some Aspects of the Economic and Political Life of Babylonian Jewry, ca. 160-220 C.E.". - Zosa Szajkowski, "The Impact of the Beilis Case on Central and Western Europe"; Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal, ...

289 S. 23 x 15 cm. Kl. Vorbes.-Stempel, ansonsten gutes Exemplar. Nachgebunden in festen Halbleineneinband, mit festen marm. Deckeln. [Good copy, with a small stamp; new binding].

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Jennet,Conant: A Covert Affair Julia Child and Paul Child: Love, Loyalty and Betrayal in the OSS, Simon + Schuster Inc., April 2011 ISBN: 1439163529
By bestselling author Jennet Conant (Tuxedo Park), a stunning account of Julia Child's early life as an American spy in the Far East during World War II, and the tumultuous years when she and her husband were caught up in the McCarthy witch hunt. Julia Child's files as well as those of her husband and many of her closest friends in the service, have recently been declassified, leading Jennet to write this wonderful and meticulously researched book.

NEUBUCH! 242 mm x 167 mm x 40 mm

[KW: Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Biography & Autobiography / General, History / Modern / 20th Century]

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