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Excerpt from Recreations in History It will sufficiently appear from this, I think, that our ancestors were at least equal to their posterity in the manipulation of a job. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the w...

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The Build-Up, Volume 3 of the Stecher Trilogy, picks up the thread of White Mule and In the Money. Although all of the novels deal with the triumphant rise of an immigrant family in the early 1900s, the Build-up is more concerned with the overwhelming drive and ambition of Joe Stecher's wife, Gurlie.

Excerpt from The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, a Seaman, Vol. 2 of 4 About this time we were annoy-ed by a most disagreeable smell. The wind was then north-easterly, and the stench at times became very offensive. I inquired if they had left any fish garbage, but could find none. At last it became so bad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This b...

William Carlos Williams's medical practice and his literary career formed an undivided life. For forty years he was a busy doctor in the town of Rutherford, New Jersey, and yet he was able to write more than thirty books. One of the finest chapters in the Autobiography tells how each of his two roles stimulated and supported the other.

Asphodel' celebrates unforgettably Williams' love for his wife Floss, (going) so far as to say, 'Death is not the end of it'...'Asphodel' strands impressively as the poet's personal credo, a late, long poem central to his entire work.' -- World Literature Today

Through a wide variety of documents-including newly opened presidential papers, congressional debates, military reports, treaties, and newspaper articles-the authors trace the origins of the war back to pre-World War II attitudes and then proceed through the development of the "domino theory" and the policies of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. Each of the editors has written an introductor...

A timeless classic about the magic of boundless love that's been treasured for generations!"Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."Here is one of the most classic and beloved children's stories, with the original illustrations from 1922-the ideal gift for baby showers, birthdays, weddings, and holidays throughout the year. At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbi...

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Excerpt from The Communes of Lombardy From the Vi. To the X. Century: An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes Before tracing the beginnings of renewed municipal life in Northern Italy, we must consider the conditions of land and people, which first rendered possible and then fostered the spirit of local independence Of which such beginnings were the natural expression. To do th...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from Letter to the Railroad Securities Commission: In Reply to Their Request for Information and Opinions Upon Questions Pertaining to the Issuance of Stocks and Bonds of American RailwaysThe original Cost of material in place on any one railway, must be a definite sum although it is Seldom ascertainable with accuracy. While the aggregate cost may increase or decrease as ma terial is added or withdrawn, the original cost of any quantit...