Begleiten Sie uns auf eine literarische Weltreise!
Buch zum Bücherregal hinzufügen
Grey
Einen neuen Kommentar schreiben Default profile 50px
Grey
Jetzt das ganze Buch im Abo oder die ersten Seiten gratis lesen!
All characters reduced
War to the Knife - Bleeding Kansas 1854–1861 - cover

War to the Knife - Bleeding Kansas 1854–1861

Thomas Goodrich

Verlag: Stackpole Books

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Beschreibung

This history shines a light on America’s “first civil war”: the bloody conflict in Kansas Territory between abolitionists and proslavery extremists. Long before the secession crisis at Fort Sumter ignited the War between the States, men fought and died on the prairies of Kansas over the incendiary issue of slavery. The bitter conflict was described in the Atchison Squatter Sovereign newspaper as “war to the knife and knife to the hilt.”  In 1854 a shooting war developed between proslavery men from Missouri and free-staters in Kansas over control of the territory. The prize was whether Kansas would become a slave or a free state when admitted to the Union, a question that could decide the balance of power in Washington.  War to the Knife is an absorbing account of this bloody episode in our nation's past, told in the unforgettable words of the men and women involved: Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sara Robinson, Jeb Stuart, Abraham Lincoln, William F. Cody, and John Brown—the abolitionist who was hailed by some as a prophet, and denounced as a madman by others.
Verfügbar seit: 14.06.2023.
Drucklänge: 305 Seiten.

Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

  • The Theory of Sexuality - cover

    The Theory of Sexuality

    Sigmund Freud

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    "The Theory of Sexuality" by Sigmund Freud delves into the complexities of human sexual development and its profound impact on psychology. Freud introduces groundbreaking concepts such as the Oedipus complex, and the role of repression in shaping adult desires. He argues that sexuality evolves through distinct stages, influencing personality and emotional well-being. By examining controversial topics, Freud challenges societal norms, emphasizing unconscious drives. This foundational text bridges biology, culture, and psychology, offering insights into relationships, neuroses, and human behavior. Though provocative, it reshaped modern understandings of sexuality and remains central to psychoanalytic theory.
    Zum Buch
  • Unsettled - Lord Selkirk’s Scottish Colonists and the Battle for Canada’s West 1813–1816 - cover

    Unsettled - Lord Selkirk’s...

    Robert Lower

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and letters
    		 
    Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an epic journey over ocean, up wild rivers, and through boundless wilderness, surviving disease and brutal winter only to face the determined opposition of fur barons who want no sodbusters threatening their trade and are prepared to stop at nothing to destroy their dream.
    		 
    The “empty” land they’ve been promised is also anything but, already occupied by First Nations bands and the beginnings of that proud nation soon to be called Métis, whom they must befriend or fight.
    		 
    Unsettled takes you inside the experience, relying on journals, reports, and letters to bring these days of soaring hope, crushing despair, and heroic determination to life — to bring their present into ours.
    Zum Buch
  • Can the Brain Operate Without Recourse to the Past? - Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion 2 - cover

    Can the Brain Operate Without...

    Jiddu Krishnamurti

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Can the brain operate without recourse to the past? - 22 February 1970  
    • Is there self-progress? 
    • Conflict 
    • Security 
    • Any form of division within oneself is a source of conflict. 
    • Can the brain be quiet?
    Zum Buch
  • Trauma Stewardship - An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others - cover

    Trauma Stewardship - An Everyday...

    Anonym

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    This beloved bestseller-over 180,000 copies sold-has helped caregivers worldwide keep themselves emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and physically healthy in the face of the sometimes overwhelming traumas they confront every day. 
     
    A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other living things, and the planet itself. 
     
    In Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way. Lipsky offers a variety of simple and profound practices, drawn from modern psychology and a range of spiritual traditions, that enable us to look carefully at our reactions and motivations and discover new sources of energy and renewal. She includes interviews with successful trauma stewards from different walks of life and even uses New Yorker cartoons to illustrate her points. 
     
    "We can do meaningful work in a way that works for us and for those we serve," Lipsky writes. "Taking care of ourselves while taking care of others allows us to contribute to our societies with such impact that we will leave a legacy informed by our deepest wisdom and greatest gifts instead of burdened by our struggles and despair."
    Zum Buch
  • Awakening Osiris - The Spiritual Keys to the Egyptian Book of the Dead - cover

    Awakening Osiris - The Spiritual...

    Normandi Ellis

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    A beautiful and engaging rendering of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. 
     
     
      
    The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and greatest classics of Western spirituality. Until now, the available translations have treated these writings as historical curiosities that have little relevance to our contemporary situations. This new version, made from the hieroglyphs, approaches the Book of the Dead as a profound spiritual text capable of speaking to us today. These writings suggest that the divine realm and the human realm are not altogether separate—they remind us that the natural world, and the substance of our lives, is fashioned from the stuff of the gods. Devoted like an Egyptian scribe to the principle of "effective utterance," Normandi Ellis has produced a prose translation that reads like pure, diaphanous verse.
    Zum Buch
  • A short story with a moral - cover

    A short story with a moral

    Onofre Quezada

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
    On every page of A Short Story with a Moral, the reader will discover brief tales brimming with wisdom and reflection. Each story, simple yet profoundly meaningful, contains a lesson that invites thought, feeling, and learning. 
    This book combines the power of short narratives with the timeless value of moral lessons, offering an emotional journey that leaves a lasting impression. Ideal for readers of all ages, each story reminds us that even the smallest actions can have profound consequences and that there is always something to learn from every experience in life. 
    A perfect book for those seeking inspiration, values, and soul-stirring messages, all told through short but unforgettable stories.
    Zum Buch