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This is an account of the settlement of the Maine and Oregon boundary disputes between the US and England during the 1840s. The country's success with England in resolving the dispute, marked the dawn of America's new age of expansion. This may be of value to students and history enthusiasts. ... Read more

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The unremembered diplomatic history of the 1840's
The authors of this book predicated their work with a claim that the Webster-Ashburton and Oregon treaties of the 1840's have too long laid in the shadows of the Mexican-American and the Civil War, but they were important because they laid the foundations for the concept of Manifest Destiny that came of age during the Polk Administration.

Howard Jones and Donald Rakestraw devote roughly equal coverage to the two major international crises between America and Great Britain in the 1840's - the Maine-Canada border crisis and the Oregon border question.As part of these overarching crises, individual events that led to greater prospects for war, such as the Creole slave mutiny and the destruction of the ship Caroline, are discussed in the work.

The authors of the text have done a good job of explaining why such major incidents were settled by diplomacy, thus avoiding a third military conflict between the two Atlantic nations.To accomplish this, the largest focus is on diplomacy between the countries, but diplomatic exchanges are skillfully interwoven with stories of events that could have led to armed hositilities.

The section on the Oregon treaty is not populated with so many perilous adventures that could have led to war; instead, it focuses largely on the political endeavors undertaken to negotate a settlement of the disputed boundary.It is this section where the concept of Manifest Destiny is truly introduced.The idea that Manifest Destiny is spawned from the American desire to incorporate Oregon into the Union may not be a novel concept, but the authors have done a solid job in explaining why this particular territory was the stepping stone to further ambitious territorial grabs by Polk.

Overall, I found the book to be well written and interesting - it does not deal specifically with Manifest Destiny, but, as the title suggests, it addresses the period leading up to this mad rush to govern all of the land from sea to shining sea. ... Read more

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A Must Read Book
This book was the most revealing book I've ever read. It showed me in a factual way the truth about the Book of Mormon. I encourage anyone seeking the truth to read this book. It is written in an unbiased way. It leaves you to make your own conclusion. It just presents the facts.

A Unique Approach to an Unusual Subject
Not a lot of people know about Solomon Spaulding and his book "Manuscript Story," a romantic account of native Americans who were in fact the lost tribes of Israel, or so the story goes. The authors of this book, while sometimes a bit over-the-top in their zeal to debunk the source of the Book of Mormon nonetheless do a good job of documenting some facts and some speculations. This tome is a good one for the shelf of anyone interested in Mormon or mainstream Christian apologetics. The price is rather low and good copies can yet be found.

If you are interested in this theory
If you are interested in this theory, you ought to read the original Spaulding manuscript, and compare for yourself.Don't trust the author of some book to determine your eternal future. If you don't want to be a mormon, that is your choice, but decide for yourself. (...)

An incredible culmination of the facts.
I have been studying with Mormons for the past eight months.It was veryhard at first to see through the "armor" of their beliefs."Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon" is a great book which givesundeniable evidence to the origin of the Book of Mormon.Mormon claims andthe inability to supply sufficent evidence to back up those claims iseasily understood after reading this book.You might also like to read,"Mormons, How to Witness to Them", by John Farkas & DavidReed.Please continue to pray for the Mormon believers that they will seekthe truth.

Best debunking of Mormonism. Gives perspective on others.
When I challenged a Christian minister that Mormonism had as much proof as Christianity, he gave me a copy of this book. He was right. Mormonism never looked the same to me after reading it. (I wish I had seen a similar book on Christianity then!)This book is an excellent short summary of arguments against the assertions of Mormons. For those interested in origins or a possible sequence of events explaining how Mormonism came about, this book provides an excellent foundation.Davis' central theory that the BOM (Book of Mormon) was adapted from a manuscript stolen from Solomon Spaulding has been rejected for poor reasons by many researchers, and is often not even mentioned by other authors. I found this book comparable to the single book best analyzing the origin of Judaism written by Sigmund Frued, Moses and Monotheism; or the one best book on the origins of Christianity,The Dead Sea Scrolls, by John Allegro.

Compare this book with The God Makers, by Ed Decker and Dave Hunt.Their book is mingled with much pro-Christianity proselytizing.Davis, Scales and Cowdry give plenty of specifics which can be checked, and in a short book outline enough information to give people locked into Mormon beliefs solid points to begin breaking away, without advancing the cause of a competing religion. This book would make an excellent gift to an individual or a library.Now out of print, if enough orders come in, it would be an excellent candidate for reprinting, perhaps as a series of specific debunkings of major religions.It would fit in well with Ibn Warraq's recently published volume on Islam. ... Read more

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Chapters: Jeff Noon, Eric Stewart, Harry Pollitt, Thomas Jollie, Allan Roberts, Howard Donald, Brian Green, Jack White, Phil Picken, Eric Evans, Cyril Lord. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Eric Stewart (born Eric Michael Stewart, 20 January 1945, Droylsden, near Manchester, England) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995. In 1968 he became a co-owner of Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, where he developed skills as a recording engineer and record producer. His involvement in Strawberry was instrumental in the eventual formation of 10cc. He collaborated with Paul McCartney on three McCartney albums between 1982 and 1986, has recorded three solo albums and released Viva La Difference in 2009. Stewart was invited to join local band Jerry Lee and the Staggerlees, which after a year changed its name to the Emperors of Rhythm. Stewart remained with the band for two years and was at the Oasis club in Manchester in early 1963 on the evening that Wayne Fontana had an audition with a record company representative. Wayne Fontana's drummer and guitarist did not turn up for the audition and Wayne asked Eric and drummer Ric Rothwell if they would 'sit in' for the audition. After a few minutes rehearsal, the quartet played three well known songs of the time. Wayne Fontana was offered a record deal on condition that the musicians who played at the audition formed the band. Wayne Fontana's band was called The Jets, but due an existing band using the name, an alternative name had to be sought - it was decided that the band would take the name "The Mindbenders", which was the name of a film on release at the time - Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2476298 ... Read more