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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Odysseus lost his way, but students shouldn't have to. This delightful companion, written in a lively narrative style and full of fresh insights and interpretations, offers teachers a wealth of ideas for making Homer's timeless epic come alive for students. Maps, charts, tables, and photographs help readers further appreciate the story and its historical context. ... Read more

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Winding its way southward through the Philadelphia communities of Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy, as well as the verdant rural countryside of Gwynedd, Whitemarsh, and Wyndmoor, the Wissahickon Creek flows through a region of both unsurpassed natural beauty and some of the nation s most exquisite residential architecture.

The marvelous landscape that attracted early travelers and settlers became the setting for glorious estates that celebrated the connection between the natural and the built environment. From the mid-19th through the mid-20th century, three generations of prominent regional and national architects designed houses that have endured as magnificent examples of their own time, and remain eminently livable homes to this day.

In Houses of Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill and the Wissahickon Valley, 1880 1930, author James Garrison documents an outstanding group of houses, illustrating the scope of development in the Wissahickon Valley and the talented architects who worked there. From Henry Houston s much altered Drum Moir to Edward Stotesbury s extraordinary Whitemarsh Hall, the book examines 40 properties in detail with over 300 archival and contemporary photographs, drawings, and floor plans.

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Important structures finally documented
Jim Garrison has filled the void left by prior historians by documenting important structures in suburban Philadelphia.The book is enriched by the numerous images that help tell the story of the wealthy members of late Victorian-early twentieth century society.This book will compliment any library that documents the greater Philadelphia area.

PHILADELPHIA'S CHESTNUT HILL
This is a very well researched book on one of Philadelphia's most famous neighborhoods.The black and white images are beautiful and the text is highly informative.I suppose the only real disappointment is in the houses themselves; I'm not sure what I expected, but when I think of Philadelphia, I think of the gilded age mansions of the Main Line, or the opulent country houses like the iconic Whitemarsh.The houses of Chestnut Hill are nice, but hardly spectacular.Though having said that, it does not diminish the quality of this book or the importance of the subject covered.If you are interested in historic Philadelphia or just appreciate well researched, well put together books on architecture, then I cant imagine you not being pleased with this book. ... Read more

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Good background reading
A worthwhile read to know more about the education of the civil war professional officers. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Schooling the New South deftly combines social and political history, gender studies, and African American history into a story of educational reform. James Leloudis recreates North Carolina's classrooms as they existed at the turn of the century and explores the wide-ranging social and psychological implications of the transition from old-fashioned common schools to modern graded schools. He argues that this critical change in methods of instruction both reflected and guided the transformation of the American South. According to Leloudis, architects of the New South embraced the public school as an institution capable of remodeling their world according to the principles of free labor and market exchange. By altering habits of learning, they hoped to instill in students a vision of life that valued individual ambition and enterprise above the familiar relations of family, church, and community. Their efforts eventually created both a social and a pedagogical revolution, says Leloudis. Public schools became what they are today--the primary institution responsible for the socialization of children and therefore the principal battleground for society's conflicts over race, class, and gender. ... Read more

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A VERY INTERESTING BOOK
THIS IS A VERY NICE BOOK TO READ. I DIDN'T KNOW BIRDIE PERSONALLY SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER HE WROTE THIS OR NOT. BUT I AM FROM CLEVELAND, AND REMEMBER HIM AS MANAGER DURING THE MIDDLE 1960'S. HE DID A GOOD JOB AND WAS WELL RESPECTED BY THE PLAYERS AND MEDIA. I ENJOYED THIS TALE OF HIS LIFE IN AND OUT OF BASEBALL. I AGREE WITH ANOTHER REVIEWER THAT I THINK MORE TIME WAS NEEDED ON HIS MANAGING CAREER. ALSO I WOULD HAVE RATED THIS 5 STARS IF THIS BOOK WAS LONGER. BUT VERY WELL DONE AND QUITE INTERESTING.
VERY RECOMMENDED.

Catch this Birdie
Unlike a couple of other reviewers (....), I never knew Birdie, and cannot attest whether these pages seem written by the real man. What does stand out, however, is that any fan of baseball before the present - swing for the fences, no strategy needed - era will enjoy this book. James Morrison has culled many, many delicious stories from Birdie's diaries. Some stories are not brand new to baseball literature, but Birdie's viewpoint on them is worthwhile. Except for some quotes using swear words, I cannot see what Birdie's friends can object to here. The player-manager-scout's humanity and delightful humor ring out on every page. Perhaps the best chapter reviews player-umpire relations in the "old days," but the anecdotes throughout make it hard not to read out loud to others.

My only regret is that short space was given to Birdie's managing years. I suspect he was too busy then to post lengthy diary entries. Perhaps Birdie would have edited the finished product differently, had he lived, but this book will stand out with that of his Tiger teammate, Elden Auker's, as one of the best books on baseball from the '30s through the 50s.

I couldn't agree more
...I knew Birdie well and know a lot of people who also knew Birdie well and none of us believe that Birdie authored this book.The man we all knew is not represented by the words on these pages. For example, Birdie wrote an article titled, "I'd Rather Catch".This was written by Birdie himself and Birdie spoke about it many times.In the article he praised Newhouser.Having known the man, I never heard him ever criticize another player.On the contrary, he was one of baseball's biggest fans.And he most certainly did not talk like the blue collar, swaggering, swearing person represented on these pages.This is a book published many years after his death.I would keep that in mind as the pages are turned.

Birdie Speaks His Mind
Birdie Tebbetts' career in baseball covered nearly his entire life and he expresses his opinions on a number of things, oftentimes in strong terms.A New England native Birdie says his best years in baseball were with the Boston Red Sox.After having spent a number of years in Detroit with the Tigers, Birdie says he was booed out of Detroit.Tebbetts says pitcher Hal Newhouser of the Tigers begged his way into the Hall of Fame.Newhouser, he says, had his best years when the stars were off fighting WWII.Could this be sour grapes for his not being in the Hall of Fame himself?As an executive for the Milwaukee Braves during the 1960's Birdie says it was a job he detested.Such things as deciding on a hospitalization plan for the groundscrew and who is to get the contract for paving the parking lot at County Stadium were meetings he had to sit in on.He does provide us with some interesting tidbits in regard to what scouts look for in baseball prospects. I may be wrong, but at times Birdie seems to come across as a braggert.I also didn't feel it was necessary for him to be so flippant in using God's name in vain so many times.

Not the Birdie I knew
Birdie was a great storyteller.This book was not written with Birdie's sense of humor,intelligence, or respect for the people in the baseball industry.I knew him well and do not believe that he wrote it.Unfortunately, since he died three years before he supposedly wrote this book, we can't hear his side of the story.This book is just not worth the paper it's printed on. ... Read more

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The chapters in this volume have been written by some of the foremost practictioners in the field and should be of interest to both mechanistic and synthetic chemists. ... Read more

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Studies the uses of suspense in the Iliad.
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