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Devil in the White City by Erik Larson: Story of the Chicago World's Fair of 1892 and a serial killer stalking female fairgoers Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof: Life in the post-World War I world and how the Chicago White Sox were paid by gamblers to lose the 1919 World Series Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann: Osage Nation reservation in Oklahoma, money, murder and birth of the FBI Hard Times by Studs Terkel: Oral history of the Great Depression Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand: Tale of sports and redemption set during the Great Depression Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose: World War II story of Easy Company, 101st Airborne during World War II Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand: A former Olympic athlete and his hard times during World War II Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides: Story of the amazing rescue of American POWs in the Philippines during World War II The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe: Story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts October Sky by Homer Hickam: Autobiography of a NASA scientist and his rough childhood in coal country In Cold Blood by Truman Capote: Classic crime story about a murder in Kansas The Fifties by David Halberstam: Comprehensive history of the 1950s I Was Right on Time by Buck O'Neil: Life in segregated America as told by a baseball lifer Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley: Civil Rights History Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi: History of gangsters in Las Vegas and the city's transition to corporate ownership The Fight by Norman Mailer: Tale of the boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali that took place in Zaire in 1974. Also a social history of the civil rights movement Heaven is a Playground by Rick Telander: A journalist moves to Brooklyn to and learns of playground basketball and New York City life in the 1970s. Loose Balls by Terry Pluto: Oral History of the American Basketball Association, a rival league to the NBA between 1967-1975. The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam: About the NBA in the 1970s and a social history of the US in the 1970s. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell: Stories about important assassinations in American history Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin: Story of the 2008 Wall Street crisis .

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1. in the Note "Evils Imminent," Erik Larson Writes
1. In the note "Evils Imminent," Erik Larson writes "Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow" [xi]. What does the book reveal about "the ineluctable conflict between good and evil"? What is the essential difference between men like Daniel Burnham and Henry H. Holmes? Are they alike in any way? 2. At the end of The Devil in the White City, in Notes and Sources, Larson writes "The thing that entranced me about Chicago in the Gilded Age was the city's willingness to take on the impossible in the name of civic honor, a concept so removed from the modern psyche that two wise readers of early drafts of this book wondered why Chicago was so avid to win the world's fair in the first place" [p. 393]. What motives, in addition to "civic honor," drove Chicago to build the Fair? In what ways might the desire to "out-Eiffel Eiffel" and to show New York that Chicago was more than a meat-packing backwater be seen as problematic? 3. The White City is repeatedly referred to as a dream. The young poet Edgar Lee Masters called the Court of Honor "an inexhaustible dream of beauty" [p. 252]; Dora Root wrote "I think I should never willingly cease driftingin that dreamland" [p. 253]; Theodore Dreiser said he had been swept "into a dream from which I did not recover for months" [p.
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A Tale of Prosecutorial Indiscretion: Ramsey Clark and the Selective Non-Prosecution of Stokley Carmichael
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What We Give, However, Mgkes a Lve. -Arthur Ashe 2 THETUFTS DAILY Commencement 1999
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ELECTION 2008 Lipstick on the Pig Robert David STEELE Vivas Public Intelligence Minuteman Prefaces from Senator Bernie Sanders (I‐VT), Tom Atlee, Thom Hartmann, & Sterling Seagraves Take a Good Look Our Political System Today Let’s Lose the Lipstick, Eat the Pig, and Move On! ELECTION 2008 Lipstick on the Pig Robert David STEELE Vivas Co‐Founder, Earth Intelligence Network Copyright © 2008, Earth Intelligence Network (EIN) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ EIN retains commercial and revenue rights. Authors retain other rights offered under copyright. Entire book and individual chapters free online at www.oss.net/PIG. WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS: 1. You can copy, print, share, and translate this work as long as you don’t make money on it. 2. If you want to make money on it, by all means, 20% to our non-profit and we are happy. 3. What really matters is to get this into the hands of as many citizens as possible. 4. Our web site in Sweden is robust, but you do us all a favor if you host a copy for your circle. Books available by the box of 20 at 50% off retail ($35.00). $20 is possible at any printer if you negotiate, we have to pay $35 with our retail discount, but actual cost to printer is $10. Published by Earth Intelligence Network October 2008 Post Office Box 369, Oakton, Virginia 22124 www.earth-intelligence.net Cover graphic is a composition created by Robert Steele using open art available on the Internet.
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Devil in the White City Discussion Questions by Erik Larson Author Bio: Erik Larson (born January 1, 1954) lives in Seattle with his wife, three daughters, a Chinese fighting fish, a dwarf hamster, and a golden retriever named Molly. (Random House) The Devil in the White City won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2004. Larson has written 7 books, including his newest called Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania out in 2015. The film rights for Devil in the White City have been purchased by Leonardo DiCaprio. Characters: Daniel Burnham – Chief architect behind the World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) in 1893. Business mind and people person of the Burnham and Root architectural firm. Wife’s name is Margaret. John Root – Burnham's partner. Artistic mind of the Burnham and Root architectural firm. Frederick Law Olmsted – Landscape architect in charge of the World’s Fair’s landscape. Also the designer of New York City's Central Park. Louis Sullivan – Main Landscape architect behind the World’s Fair. Worked for Olmsted. Sol Bloom – Hired to create the midway for the fair. Charles B. Atwood – Burnham's head of design after Root's death. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. – creator of the Ferris wheel. Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr. – Mayor of Chicago. Was assassinated on the last day of the fair. Patrick Prendergast - Assassin who killed Mayor Harrison over his delusional belief that he helped Harrison win re-election. Dr. H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) – a serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their deaths.
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University of Delaware Library Associates Annual Dinner
2016 annual dinner inviteRR.qxp_Layout 1 1/22/16 3:27 PM Page 1 Erik Larson Larson Erik Menu Appetizer u Bibb Lettuce Wedge topped with Roasted Pears, Gorgonzola Cheese, Candied Pecans, Watermelon University of Delaware and Radish with an Aged Balsamic Vinaigrette Lusitania the of Last The Crossing Wake: Dead Library Associates Entrées (select one) Annual Dinner u Seared Atlantic Salmon with Creamy Lemon Risotto, Garlic Oil Broccolini and a Port Wine Demi-glace OR u Filet of Beef with Bordeauz Demi-glace accompanied by Boursin Mashed Potatoes, Dead Wake: The Last Mixed Baby Vegetables in Herb Butter OR Crossing of the Lusitania u Eggplant, Couscous and Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna served with Tri-Colored Baby Carrots by Dessert u Chocolate Cabernet Cake with Grilled Peaches Erik Larson Coffee, Tea and Soft Drinks Meiomi Chardonnay Estancia Cabernet Sauvignon Wednesday, April 6, 2016 2016 annual dinner inviteRR.qxp_Layout 1 1/22/16 3:27 PM Page 3 About Erik Larson The Officers and Directors of the Erik Larson is the author of five New York Times University of Delaware Library Associates bestsellers, most recently Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Times r which hit #1 on the request the pleasure of your company at the e d i e list soon after launch. n h c Annual Dinner s n In the Garden of Beasts: Love, e His previous book was B n i Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, m a j n which also hit #1 and remained on the printed list for e B : The Devil in the White City t i 35 weeks.
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“Two Voices:” an Oral History of Women Communicators from Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 and a New Black Feminist Concept ______
THE TALE OF “TWO VOICES:” AN ORAL HISTORY OF WOMEN COMMUNICATORS FROM MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER 1964 AND A NEW BLACK FEMINIST CONCEPT ____________________________________________ A Dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri-Columbia ________________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy ____________________________________________ by BRENDA JOYCE EDGERTON-WEBSTER Dr. Earnest L. Perry Jr., Dissertation Supervisor MAY 2007 The undersigned, appointed by the dean of the Graduate School, have examined the dissertation entitled: THE TALE OF “TWO VOICES:” AN ORAL HISTORY OF WOMEN COMMUNICATORS FROM MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER 1964 AND A NEW BLACK FEMINIST CONCEPT presented by Brenda Joyce Edgerton-Webster, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and hereby certify that, in their opinion, it is worthy of acceptance. Dr. Earnest L. Perry, Jr. Dr. C. Zoe Smith Dr. Carol Anderson Dr. Ibitola Pearce Dr. Bonnie Brennen Without you, dear Lord, I never would have had the strength, inclination, skill, or fortune to pursue this lofty task; I thank you for your steadfast and graceful covering in completing this dissertation. Of greatest importance, my entire family has my eternal gratitude; especially my children Lauren, Brandon, and Alexander – for whom I do this work. Special acknowledgements to Lauren who assisted with the audio and video recording of the oral interviews and often proved herself key to keeping our home life sound; to my fiancé Ernest Evans, Jr. who also assisted with recording interviews and has supported me in every way possible from beginning to end; to my late uncle, Reverend Calvin E.
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Found, Featured, Then Forgotten: U.S. Network TV News and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War © 2011 by Mark D
Found, Featured, then Forgotten Image created by Jack Miller. Courtesy of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Found, Featured, then Forgotten U.S. Network TV News and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War Mark D. Harmon Newfound Press THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LIBRARIES, KNOXVILLE Found, Featured, then Forgotten: U.S. Network TV News and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War © 2011 by Mark D. Harmon Digital version at www.newfoundpress.utk.edu/pubs/harmon Newfound Press is a digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries. Its publications are available for non-commercial and educational uses, such as research, teaching and private study. The author has licensed the work under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/. For all other uses, contact: Newfound Press University of Tennessee Libraries 1015 Volunteer Boulevard Knoxville, TN 37996-1000 www.newfoundpress.utk.edu ISBN-13: 978-0-9797292-8-7 ISBN-10: 0-9797292-8-9 Harmon, Mark D., (Mark Desmond), 1957- Found, featured, then forgotten : U.S. network tv news and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War / Mark D. Harmon. Knoxville, Tenn. : Newfound Press, University of Tennessee Libraries, c2011. 191 p. : digital, PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-191). 1. Vietnam Veterans Against the War—Press coverage—United States. 2. Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Protest movements—United States—Press coverage. 3. Television broadcasting of news—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. HE8700.76.V54 H37 2011 Book design by Jayne White Rogers Cover design by Meagan Louise Maxwell Contents Preface .....................................................................
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