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The West Virginia University® Football Vault®: The History Of The Mountaineers® takes you on a journey through WVU football history, starting with the first game in 1891. Along with a story woven by West Virginia alumnus and longtime sports information official John Antonik, this scrapbook contains never-before-published photographs, artwork and memorabilia drawn from WVU s athletic department, campus archives and personal collections. Tucked into dozens of sleeves and pockets are reproductions of old game programs, historic tickets, numerous postcards and vintage photos. Fascinating replicas include an 1891 cast photo from the Shakespearean play that served as a fundraiser for the inaugural team, a 1919 program cover from the WVU-Washington & Jefferson game, the 1930 Pitt-WVU program cover, a 1940s-era pennant, a 1954 Sugar Bowl ticket and program cover, a 1969 poster showing artificial turf being installed at Mountaineer Field, the contract Don Nehlen signed when he became WVU s coach in 1980 and a 1983 biography card for quarterback Jeff Hoss Hostetler. No Mountaineer fan should be without this home archive of West Virginia s football history. ... Read more

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Fantastic book for WVU football fans!
This book is great, very interesting and different.Shows what old tickets etc looked like.Gave one to my husband and to father-in-law - both are WVU alumni - both love it!

A True Tribute
This book brings pure pleawure to a diehard Mountaineer fan.I gave it as gifts and it was so much fun to watch the two gentlemen go through it and share things from it with others.They hjave read and reread its contents.Having grown up in Morgantown, it was a true walk deown memory lane for me and remembering my father speak of the events.An excellent gift for a Mountaineer.

Let's Go Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!!
Great book. WVU obviously has a great football tradition, and this book tells that story VERY well. Also has a bunch of "add ins" in the book, like pull outs of older gameday tix, or program, and lots off other stuff. Well written, and a bunch of great pictures.
Well worth the money!!!!

WVU Football Book - The Vault
This product was great! I really enjoyed it and the price beat all the other places I looked.

Great!
I bought this as a gift for my father in-law and it is awesome! We are so excited to give it to him. This is the perfect gift for a die hard Mountaineers fan!! ... Read more

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The West that Was, by John Leakey
Reading the book, "The West that Was" was absolutely wonderful!Mr. Leakey tells his life story of being a real cowboy and all the experiences he had in trying to make a living.It tells of encounters with Indians and cattle drives.It is absolutely fabulous in my opinion, if the reader is interested in real Western history accounts.I'm very glad that I chose to purchase it and I will treasure it.We don't have people living who are like Mr. Leakey any more.I wish I would have had the pleasure of meeting him before he died.He had so much to tell!Reading this book makes one realize what a hard life the cowboy actually had, but how they loved it!

An Important Source of Regional History
I had this book on the shelf for years before I finally picked it up to read.It didn't take long once I started.This is the type of first-person history that we should have more of.It is the story of the life of a man who witnessed much that was worth preserving and it was written with the assistance of someone who knew how to bring that story to life.The story is that of a man named John Leaky who becomes important to the reader but it is what he bears witness to that is important for everyone.It is the story of the life of a cowboy.It starts in Texas before the Civil War.Mr. Leaky shares with us the history his grandfather shared with him and we get an interesting glimpse of early settlements in the Lone Star State.Comanches, Texas Rangers, cattle rustling, border incidents, etc fill the first third of the book.

As the author becomes a young man, he takes a trip north herding cattle and eventually ends up in the western Dakota/eastern Montana area where he spends the rest of his life.Since this is the area I've lived in for the last 23 years, I found this part of particular interest.It can be of interest to anyone else who enjoys the history of the US cowboy.For those familiar with this part of the country, Mr. Leaky tosses out a lot of names of people he knew and worked with or for.That adds a great deal value to geneologists and local historians.As I was reading this at the local gym, I was able to go over and show someone the name of his father and grandfather.

This is a very engaging work of history and can help answer the question, what ever happened to the cowboys of the Old West? ... Read more

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The letters of Keats between 1816 and 1821 are passionate, revealing and sensitive. Furthermore, it was within the context of these letters that many of the poems first appeared, Perry Keenlyside has selected some of the most revealing of the letters to show the state of mind and attitudes of the poet while he was writing that made him one of the most loved poets in the English language. ... Read more

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it truly is Realms of Gold...
I seem to be on a Keats jag of late and just finished the wonderful audio book Realms of Gold.This is, quite simply, a fabulous recording.I can't imagine anyone being dissappointed in it.The only thing I wished for when it was over was that it had been longer.It is two cds in length and is positively crammed with Keats' letters and poetry.It is a lovely blending between the two, in chronological order, the poetry spaced throughout.One of the best things about this recording is the reader' voice, tone, and interpretation.Samuel West reads Keats like he was born for it.I've heard other readings but his is by far the best. Very sensitive. I know I will return to this audio book again and again.It would make a perfect gift for someone you are trying to entice into reading Keats, or for someone who already adores Keats' work.You can't go wrong. I now look for other Naxos recordings read by Samuel West, his reading is that good.

on realms of gold
This is a very sympathetic record of Keats' letters and poems, and anyone interested in his thoughts/personality is likely to find themselves pleased. ... Read more

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Between 1842 and 1854 John C. Frémont, renowned as the nineteenth century's greatest explorer, and Kit Carson, the legendary scout and Indian fighter, boldly ventured into untamed territory to fulfill America's "manifest destiny." Drawing on little-known primary sources, as well as his own travels through the lands Frémont and Carson explored, David Roberts re-creates their expeditions, second in significance only to those of Lewis and Clark. A Newer World is a harrowing narrative of hardship and adventure and a poignant reminder of the cultural tragedy that westward expansion inflicted on the Native American.Amazon.com Review
Unlike, in many ways, but forever joined, the figures of KitCarson, frontier scout and soldier, and John Frémont,politician and bureaucrat, loom large in the history of the AmericanWest. Carson is remembered today as something of a dime-novel hero oras a villain responsible for the deaths of innocent women and childrenduring the Long Walk of the Navajo. For his part, Frémont,famed in the mid-19th century, is all but forgotten.

Frémont was a complicated, flamboyant, and scandal-riddenfigure whose quest for fame proved to be his undoing. DavidRoberts, the author of several popular histories of the West,describes Frémont's undeniable contributions to the growth ofthe American nation in A Newer World, a narrative account ofthe explorer's career in the West from the early 1840s to the adventof the Civil War. "Frémont's expeditions," Roberts writes,"were significant not so much for crossing land never before seen byAmericans as for thrusting the Great West into the awareness of anation hungry to expand. He was the classic example of the right manin the right place at the right time." So, too, was Kit Carson, thetaciturn frontiersman who guided Frémont and saved his life onmore than one occasion. Roberts's sympathetic but not uncritical taleof their crossed destinies puts human faces on two men lost tolegend. --Gregory McNamee ... Read more

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Judgemental
If you want to read an exciting informative book about these two guys, read Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides. I read this book to get that extra bit of detail and what I got was an author who was always second-guessing everyone's motives. He has really nothing good to say about Jessie Fremont. Didn't like ole' JCF too much either.Sometimes people themselves don't know their motivations.They just do things.

He was very upset that Fremont and the US ruined the paradise that once was CA.I don't know if he missed the memo, but the year after 1848 was 1849.The gold miners were almost there.Also CA may have been a paradise to the big land owners, not so much for the poor Mexicans and Indians.

It was like he looked back over history where the end is known from the beginning and said,they should have turned left here,should have said this in this manner, ad infinitum.

A Newer World,by David Roberts
By all means read this book if your interest is in John Fremont and Kit Carson. I gave 4 stars due to the same reasons already mentioned. I think though that either Roberts lacked confidence in his writing ability and so 'beefed up' his verbage or he was following the advice of an editor. Actually the wording would have been OK if consistently used beginning to end, instead the reading evidences sporadic uncommon wordage. Nevertheless, Roberts has written a book that really is worth the read!

Historical Gossip
This type of publication is not real history but instead excerpted from already published scholarly work. It is an unfortunate example of Fremont-bashing giving only one side of the issues involved and even impugns Fremont's wife who it seems was doing her best to support her husband. The material concerning Kit Carson could be written in an afternoon on a word processor by any knowledgeable western historian. The Preuss diaries were published in 1958. Of course the absence of citations in a book like this is especially annoying when the author makes such accusations as Fremont having two mistresses. Where is the supporting evidence for this scurrilous accusation? Was it in the works of Spence and Jackson? As previouly noted in reviews the author uses many obscure words when more simple examples would suffice.

A Newer World
I used the book as reference for a presentation I was to make on Fremont.I found it very helpful

Hands-On History
You know, it used to be that historians would content themselves with wandering into the university or national library to idly pore over musty and ancient tomes and monographs, and that this would constitute the bulk of their research. These days, though, historians are a hardier breed, and they like to race excitedly across the countryside, getting a firsthand glimpse at historical sites and badgering old codgers for oral accounts.

David Roberts is of this latter breed, and it shows in his work. Evidently, he is a mountaineer of some accomplishment: he co-wrote one book with Conrad Anker, who was on the expedition that found Mallory's body on Everest, and yet another with Jon Krakauer of "Into Thin Air" fame. So he was not one to merely read about the exploits of Fremont and Carson; he decided to personally travel in their footsteps, across plain and desert and mountain. Consequently, his book is informed by his own knowledge of travel conditions in the West and his assessment of the various camp sites and surrounding terrain. He has visited most of the key locations and knowledgeably discusses their current conditions.

As for archival material and existing biographies of the duo, Roberts is not at all shy about repeatedly proclaiming his opinions of their merits. Many previous works on Fremont and Carson are dismissed as being factually flawed, overly Freudian, or hopelessly biased. Unlike some previous authors in this field, Roberts was able to draw upon the long-lost secret diaries of Charles Preuss, who accompanied Fremont on his first, second, and fourth expeditions. The Preuss material is an invaluable corrective to the self-serving official histories penned jointly by Fremont and his wife Jessie, and the documents cast Fremont in a far worse light.

Roberts is also sensitive to the Native American side of the story, and goes to considerable lengths to discuss the involvement of Fremont and particularly of Carson in Indian affairs. This might not sit well with readers who uncritically buy into the "Manifest Destiny" school of thought.

On the whole, Carson comes off rather well in this account, as Roberts strives to shift popular opinion away from the revisionist view of the scout as a savage and barbaric Indian killer. Fremont, however, gets relentlessly mauled, and based on the surviving independent accounts of his fourth expedition, rightfully so. His historical accomplishments may have been significant (not so much for original discoveries as for the popularization of westward expansion), but he seems to have been very much lacking as a man.

This is a boldly written and robust survey of the accomplishments of Carson and Fremont, and it definitely has a lot to recommend it. Readers of exploration literature or of the American West will want to pick it up. ... Read more

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Univ. of California, San Diego. Brandon/Hill Allied Health selection (#386). Text provides a concise and updated account of respiratory function in the diseased lung. Includes the pathogenesis of asthma, emphysema, and pulmonary edema; cystic fibrosis; and mechanical ventilation. For second-year and after medical students. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. ... Read more

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Interesting
I enjoyed using this book for a research project on asthma. It has many charts and important data. It was also very concise.

new and original
on time, and as original, but as mentioned in description, has been published and mailed from out of state

A little dry, some bright spells
Like Chairman Mao, Dr John West has terrorized legions of young men and women with his little red book. His original textbook of respiratory physiology has become a classic of its time, being the first (and often last) foray into really difficult physiology equations that many a med student or resident dares to take. For many, it has no doubt been the last straw that drove them into a career in orthopedic surgery. This follow-up offering, with its mixture of science and padding, is easier to follow but, ultimately, less useful. Following on from the foundation of the red book, this one aims to present the science in a more clinical context. However, the reader is left with a sense that, in some chapters, he was struggling to come up with enough good physiology to fill the pages, and instead he delivers whole sections without an equation or scientific principle to be seen. This can be seen either as vice or virtue, since it reads a lot more easily and can give basic insights into conditions without tripping the reader up with arcane equations. But it can fail to deliver quite the same intense burst of brain food that the red book provided. It should be seen more as an introduction to pathophysiology than a useful text, but is a good way to look like you're reading something clever without overly straining the grey matter. Despite all this, I would recommend it as an amuse-bouche before the main course of a three-course respiratory phsiology text book.

poorly explained, confusing, and misleading
This is not a good text.There is too little information and explanation for the concepts.In addition, the back of the book claims that the questions are in USMLE format and that explanations are provided, but that is simply a lie.There are no explanations.Compared to physiology texts such as those by Costanzo or Lilly, this book is very weak.

M.Ubaghs
In his books Dr West does a great job teaching basic Respiratory Physiology and Respiratory Physiopathology.The easy-to-read texts will be very helpfull to medical studends in their first years and for USLME review. ... 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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In the spring of 1863, Lieutenant Thomas Selman returned to Texas with hopes of recruiting men to fill the depleted ranks of Co. E, 4th Texas Infantry. Only one man from the Waco area responded--John C. West. Soon after enlisting, West not only began his trip to Virginia but also began a diary. That diary and his letters home form the basis of this personal account in the ranks of one of the finest fighting outfits in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. West saw action at two of the bloodiest battles of the war--Gettysburg and Chickamauga.

"Although never a significant proportion of its soldiers, troops from Texas played important roles in many of the Army of Northern Virginia's battles.John C. West's A Texan In Search of a Fight is an excellent account by a man who fought with the Texas Brigade at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Knoxville.A combination of diary and letters, West's book includes valuable information about the battles in which he took part, attitudes and concerns of soldiers in the ranks, and the nature of travel between the trans-Mississippi and the eastern Confederacy at the mid-point of the war."Gary W. Gallagher

"Highly intelligent, unusually forthright, and blessed with remarkable descriptive powers, John West authored a personal account of his service with Hood's Texas Brigade that comprises one of the most credible and readable primary sources produced by any soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia."T. Michael Parrish ... Read more

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"Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal."
The best of John Muir: 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time: nature writer, social critic, realist, a romantic, a visionary. A long-needed collection that features an excellent subject index. Painstaking bibliographic references make this an invaluable addition to one s Muir Library. (Yosemite Association.) If asked for a succinct statement of his beliefs, Muir might have replied:
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." ... Read more

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Still Useful, even with google and John Muir Exhibit
I am frequently asked for the source of particular Muir quotations. Answering these requests is difficult, because many of Muir's best passages were written in different locations. Muir frequently wrote for newspapers and magazines, and then later edited his writings for book publication. So, there are sometimes two or three slightly different versions of the same Muir quote! In addition, some of his most memorable quotes come from his journals, only part of which have ever been published.

One way of finding many of Muir's best quotes is available through this 1988 compilation by Peter Browning. Browning has selected quotations from Muir filling 74 pages, arranged chronologically. Each chapter reflects a particular time period. For example, the first chapter, "So Little a Time, " reflects 1860-1869. The book ends with a chapter reflecting some Muir quotes from as late as 1920, published quite a few years after his death.
The most valuable feature of the book is the index. The 22 page index includes most of the topics that one might think of when thinking of John Muir, for example, "Animals," "Bears," "Earth," "Mountains," "Nature," and "Wilderness." It also contains many topics you might not expect: "civilization," "darkness," "ignorance," "People," and "wives." Then, under each of these topics, you will find the first line or a portion of a phrase which uses that topic in the quotation.

Thus, if you look up "Freedom," in the index, you will find five quotes using that word, indicated by phrases like "boasted f. of the town," or "f. and beauty and peace come in." If you look up the latter, you'll find this relatively-unknown gem from Muir: "Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head, and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in." Browning indicates the source of each quote, this one from both the Atlantic Monthly (January 11,) and My First Summer in the Sierra, with the correct page numbers indicated. Browning also indicates when it was first written, when that can be determined; in this case on June 13, 1869.

With the advent of the World Wide Web, it is now possible to do a search on the John Muir Exhibit Website for the source of many Muir quotes. If you need to find the source of a particular Muir quote, you can do a search on the John Muir Exhibit website with the Sierra Club host server search engine. This allows you to type a key phrase from the quote you are trying to find, and if it is on any of the books Muir wrote which we have online, you should find it.

Even with the Web, Peter Browning's compilation provides a very useful service, allowing keyword searches, and it is also fun just to leaf through the book to read many of Muir's best quotations. Of course, at 98 pages, the book is not exhaustive, and the selection are those preferred by Browning. Some of my favorite quotes are not found in Browning's book. But most of Muir's best quotes can be found in the book, so I recommend it if you have a need to find Muir sources.

This review is also available on my John Muir Exhibit website:
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Useful resource for locating Muir quotes
I am frequently asked for the source of particular Muir quotations. Answering these requests is difficult, because many of Muir's best passages were written in different locations.Muir frequently wrote for newspapers and magazines, and then later edited his writings for book publication.So, there are sometimes two or three slightly different versions of the same Muir quote! In addition, some of his most memorable quotes come from his journals, only part of which have ever been published. One way of finding many of Muir's best quotes is available through this 1988 compilation by Peter Browning. Browning has selected quotations from Muir filling 74 pages, arranged chronologically. Each chapter reflects a particular time period. For example, the first chapter, "So Little a Time,"reflects 1860-1869.The book ends with a chapter reflecting some Muir quotes from as late as 1920, published quite a few years after his death.The most valuable feature of the book is the index.The 22 page index includes most of the topics that one might think of when thinking of John Muir, for example, "Animals," "Bears," "Earth," "Mountains," "Nature," and "Wilderness." It also contains many topics you might not expect: "civilization," "darkness," "ignorance," "People," and "wives." Then, under each of these topics, you will find the first line or a portion of a phrase which uses that topic in the quotation.Thus, if you look up "Freedom," in the index, you will find five quotes using that word, indicated by phrases like "boasted f. of the town," or "f. and beauty and peace come in." If you look up the latter, you'll find this relatively-unknown gem from Muir: "Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head, and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in."Browning indicates the source of each quote, this one from both the Atlantic Monthly(January 11, 1911) and My First Summer in the Sierra, with the correct page numbers indicated.Browning also indicates when it was first written, when that can be determined; in this case on June 13, 1869.With the advent of the World Wide Web, it is now possible to do a search on the John Muir Exhibit Website for the source of many Muir quotes. If you need to find the source of a particular Muir quote, you can do a search on the John Muir Exhibit website with the SierraClub host serversearch engine.This allows you to type a key phrase from the quote you are trying to find, and if it is on any of the books Muir wrote which we have online, you should find it. Even with the Web, Peter Browning's compilation provides a very useful service, allowing keyword searches, and it is also fun just to leaf through the book to read many of Muir's best quotations.Of course, at 98 pages, the book is not exhaustive, and the selection are those preferred by Browning.Some of my favorite quotes are not found in Browning's book. But most of Muir's best quotes can be found in the book, so I recommend it if you have a need to find Muir sources. ... Read more

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The companion for small indepth review
It is not needed such as the maps book is, but it deliver the merchandise for the price.

Rather short on some action, this books attempt too much in many ways.

It is still a easy book to read, that will accommodate the fast reader that wants to follow a story without stopping to much on the details.

Outstanding History
The West Point Word War II series is one of the best sources of history on the Second World War. The Atlases associated with each volume are a must because the text refers to them frequently. The writing style is not overly technical and explains the foundations of military doctrine followed by the respective combatants in prosecuting the conflict.

The authors are able to point out the fundamental errors made by each side, the results of those miscalculations and what adjustments (if any) were made.The correct deductions are also put on display for the reader.And the authors manage to make the conflict dramatic in a professional way.For example, at the battle of Midway the Americans had put all their critical assets at risk.If all the US carriers were lost the situation in the Pacific would have been ruinous.The authors clearly point out that the Japanese fleet was overwhelming, and properly used could not have lost that battle.The American command was counting on Japanese mistakes, and the Japanese made them.

Thus, the West Point historians have injected the true drama of the situation in June of 1942.A lot was on the line and the history of WWII would have been far different if the US admirals had made the mistakes instead of the Japanese.

The entire series is filled with this kind of drama.

The background sections which cover the road to WWII is thought provoking and shows how the outcome of the war, in many respects, was determined prior to the start of hostilities. The books cover the mental attitudes that contributed to the start of the war and the course of the conflict.

The series isn't perfect.The US Army writers find a little time to subtly criticize some actions of the US Navy and US Marines.They seem to like implying the Marines were getting a lot of publicity for doing the same thing the Army was doing.This is a very minor criticism and such minor diversions do not detract at all from the superlative standards set by this very complete history.

Anyone interested in WWII, its causes, conduct and outcomes, must read this set (one book covers the Pacific war and the other the European war - and there is an atlas for each of these volumes for a total of 4 books).

Accurate, insightful, synthetic... and fun to read.
This book is one of the best of the whole West Point series. The authors have found a way to describe an analyse historical events in detail and in a very serious way, yet the book is never boring nor exceedingly academic.The readers feels like a junior officer in a staff HQ and witnesses keydecisions being made. A brilliant and innovative book, maybe a little toocentered on the role of the United States. The Atlas is a usefulcomplement, and reading the two in parallel is invaluable. Probably one ofthe best tools to understand WWII ever designed. ... Read more

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Most treatments of slavery, politics, and expansion in the early American republic focus narrowly on congressional debates and the inaction of elite "founding fathers" such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. InSlavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West, John Craig Hammond looks beyond elite leadership and examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and freedom in the West between 1790 and 1820.

By shifting focus away from high politics in Philadelphia and Washington, Hammond demonstrates that local political contests and geopolitical realities were more responsible for determining slavery's fate in the West than were the clashing proslavery and antislavery proclivities of Founding Fathers and politicians in the East. When efforts to prohibit slavery revived in 1819 with the Missouri Controversy it was not because of a sudden awakening to the problem on the part of northern Republicans, but because the threat of western secession no longer seemed credible.

Including detailed studies of popular political contests in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri that shed light on the western and popular character of conflicts over slavery, Hammond also provides a thorough analysis of the Missouri Controversy, revealing how the problem of slavery expansion shifted from a local and western problem to a sectional and national dilemma that would ultimately lead to disunion and civil war.

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In recent years, controversies over abortion, school prayer, and religious cults have raised new questions about the delicate balance between church and state, between true believers and civic authority. John West shows that America's Founders had already anticipated and answered such questions by carefully defining religion's proper role in politics.

West sheds new light on how the Founders tried to solve this fundamental theological-political problem and shows to what extent their solution worked in practice in the early decades of the new nation. West contends that the Founders and their immediate successors encouraged religion to play a dynamic, positive role in politics. This was not surprising, he argues, because in that era both church and state supported civic authority through a shared moral vision.

This can clearly be seen, West demonstrates, in Christian political activism from the election of 1800 to 1835--a period that witnessed evangelical challenges to Cherokee removal, the delivery of Sunday mail, dueling, and other practices evangelicals deemed inconsistent with the moral order. These reform-minded evangelicals, West argues, were the period's most politically active religious adherents and thus provided the most stringent test of the Founders' attempts to devise a solution to the theological-political problem.

Illuminating these neglected episodes in the history of religion and politics, West adds enormously to our understanding of early American church-state conflict. As such, his book will be enlightening for anyone interested in the political role of religion in America's past, evangelical religion in contemporary politics, and the current "culture wars."

This book is part of the American Political Thought series. ... Read more

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Excellent Read, Marvelous Pictures
Mike Cochran and John Lumpkin have teamed up again. This time the Associated Press' Texas dynamic duo have put out a wonderous book dealing with West Texas culture, history, and geography. At first glance this bookappears to be a coffee table book one would flip through just to oggle theaward winning pictures of John T. Montford. It is that, and a whole lotmore. Montford's mavelous pictures are equally balanced by the excellentlycrafted words of award winning reporter and master story teller MikeCochran, and his partner John Lumpkin, Head of Associated Press' Texasoperations. This is a must read no matter where you hale from. But bewarned, even a dyed in the wool Easterner, will find it impossible to putdown. Five stars for Photography, Writing, Content, Humor, and (well readit and find out!) ... Read more

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Second volume of the epic poem A Cycle of the West, covering the valiant resistance by Plains Indians. ... Read more

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See how one of comicdom's most recognizable talents remade the West Coast Avengers, starting with the readjustment of the Vision! Ancient secrets of humanity revealed! The Scarlet Witch's first step into the descent that disassembled the Avengers! Introducing the Great Lakes Avengers and featuring the triumphant return of one of Marvel's hottest golden age greats! Battles, betrayals and the bizarre as only Byrne could bring you! Collects Avengers West Coast #42-50. ... Read more

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Saturated in Avengers history...
For some reason, a lot of Byrne's best work seems to come in short stints, such as his run on WCA.With this collection of Avengers: West Coast #42-50, Byrne took the ball and ran with in terms of tying up old storylines from past Avengers storylines and adding to them.The Vision pays the price from his attempt at taking over the world, the original Human Torch is brought back to life and the Scarlet Witch begins her descent into darkness.
Mind you, these were originally published in 1989...and life did exist BEFORE Brian Michael Bendis was writing Avengers titles.
Lots of sub-plots, from Hawkeye and Mockingbird's separation to Tigra's animalistic regression, but you don't need to have the entire Avengers catalogue at your side as reference because of the manditory recaps back in those days.
All in all, a good start to a good run.

Must have for all Avengers fans
I recently purchased this book hoping to get some further knowledge on older Avengers story arcs. And boy am I happy I did!

The way Byrne writes, and draws, these characters is fantastic. Hawkeye is just as angsty as ever, Scarlet Witch and Vision's relationship is written perfectly, AND...you get The Great Lakes Avengers!

I can't say enough good things about this book, and other reviewers have said plenty about its content. Just know that if you like the Avengers you should buy this and the follow up John Byrne Avengers West Coast book, Darker than Scarlet.

Byrne's west coast Avengers, vol. 1
Before this '80s work- Byrne drew the Avengers in the late '70s, issues 181-191, with 189-191 being some of my all-time favorites. After his great work with DC's Man of Steel in the mid-'80s, he returned to Marvel's Avengers in '89, this time with this west coast team.

Highlights here for me...
*Issues 43 & 44- Hawkeye & Mockingbird reunited. And the west coast team searches for & finds the Vision. I've never seen Vision quite like this! The team is in turmoil, and the government intervenes, bringing them a special new member. Features Hawkeye, Wonderman, Hank Pym, Wasp, Tigra, Scarlet Witch & more.
*Issue 45- U.S. Agent & the new Vision. And Hawkeye quits the team?
*Issue 46- The Great Lakes Avengers. 'Nuff said!
*Issue 50- The *original* Human Torch! It's the return of a Golden Age great, and he actually joins the team.

I love Byrne's artistic vision, the Avengers in general, and especially the Avengers west coast team in the '80s. Here we get all three! This isn't usually considered his best work, but it *is* among my favorites. The clarity & consistency in his artistic vision never ceases to amaze me. In this paperback he touches on story points he previously visited in titles like Avengers & Fantastic Four. He especially, continually references the Invaders all throughout his career, and I actually appreciate these brief flashbacks.

Included in this volume:
*Issues #42 to #48 & #50- John Byrne writes & pencils; Mike Machlan inks
*Issue #49- John Byrne writes, pencils & inks

P.S. And check out this definitive career interview with Byrne: Modern Masters, Vol. 7: John Byrne. With great art & information, it's highly recommended!

has anyone bought this?
the picture is of the original issue cover, whats the trade cover look like?has anyone actually bought this and if so, is it in color or one of those hideous black and white newspaper print reprints marvel is releasing these days?i do not want to pay 17 dollars for something that looks photocopies and torn out of an old newspaper

Byrne should be doing marvel
This is a very good run, showcasing what makes the Avengers, the Avengers. John Byrne used to epitomize Marvel for most of us, this book made you forget which was the real Avengers book at the time. The seeds of Dissasembled begin here, we also have the creation of the GLA here. John's artwork is great as always, I cant wait for the 2nd one ( if they make on ) to come, that was where even better stories resided

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By car, mini-van, pickup and motorcycle, members of a family take beautiful, nostalgic country roads to a family reunion. Up, down and around the hills of West Virginia, they all head for a hoedown, hayride, and good food at Grandma and Grandpa's place in the country! Illustrator Christopher Canyon brilliantly adapts John Denver's famous song for children of all ages. It's all about country, it's all about music, and it's all about family. (The hardback edition comes with a CD of John Denver singing Take Me Home, Country Roads! This is the third title in Dawn Publications' John Denver & Kids Book Series.) ... Read more

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great illustrations!
Reviewed by Max Aures (age 4) and Mom for Reader Views (09/10)

"John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads" is an illustrated version of Denver's popular song.

Max:

"I like this song! {sings}`Country roads, take me home to the place, I belong.West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home...'The pictures in the book were really cool. They look different than other books that we read.There are a lot of things in them too!My favorite picture was the one with the train."

Parent's comments:

I have decided there is nothing cuter than seeing my 4-year-old walk around the house randomly starting to sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads."The song is definitely stuck in his head after reading this book.The illustrations in "John Denver's Take Me Home, Country Roads" are absolutely wonderful and so much fun to look at.What a great way to introduce the music of John Denver to a child!

Take Me Home, Country Roads
Have purchased a copy for self & others for gifts..So, we must like it alot!

Perfect Gift
We had a family reunion in West Virginia and this was the perfect gift to give the families that had children! Colorful pictures and a great song!

Country Roads book/audio
The quilted pictures are wonderful and the drive beautiful.However, the music is not the original recording.

TAKE ME HOME,COUNTRY ROADS BOOK
This is a great book based on the John Denver song of the same title.Has full color pictures and is a great tributeto West Virginia. A great addition to any John Denver collection and a great book for children. ... Read more

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Among the great facts in the history of West Africa prior to the age of European penetration has been the propagation of Islam and the way it has changed African societies. This book is not an attempt to write a history of West Africa, but to show the way in which Islam spread and moulded the history of the western Sudan. Dr Trimingham's conclusion is that a fundamental change occurred, towards the end of the eighteenth century, in Islam's relationship to the indigenous African civilizations, which transformed it into a social and political force that ushered in a new age. ... Read more

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Well worth tracking down
One of the earliest studies of Islam in West Africa, its development and influence on all aspects of social life in this corner of the continent.

Trimmingham does a good job of placing Islam both in its historical context in African history and also in compiling historical documents from Arabic sources relating to ancient West African kingdoms and their conversion.Trimmingham was also reasonably knowledgable in Sufism and so when writing on the development of Islam in Africa was able to study it from the correct historical point of view.

Well worth finding if you can. ... Read more

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Newlyweds John and Emilia Rawlings are spending their honeymoon touring the mysterious county of Devon. The gruesome discovery of the body of a young girl, badly beaten and bruised draws the Apothecary into the investigation. Recognising the dead girl as the daughter of a Dutch merchant John realizes that he is deeply involved in something rather sinister - especially when the girl's brother, Richard, goes missing at the same time. Although he knows the identity of the dead girl, he is still no further towards finding her killer. Did her possessive father, furious with her for her wayward behavior murder her? Or is the father of her unborn child is to blame? Perhaps her fiancé, Tobias Wills, exacted a deadly revenge for the betrayal? John Rawlings is determined to find some answers...even if it means putting himself in danger. ... Read more

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Another very good book in one of my favorite series
First Sentence:A few miles beyond Exeter, the sea worked it usual magic and the wind changed, coming from the West.

Apothecary John Rawlins and his bride, Emilia, have decided to stay in England for their honeymoon.One of their stops is bustling port of Taunton.They are invited to dine with Jan van Guylder, his son, Richard, and his clearly upset and willful daughter, Juliana.A few days later, John and Emilia are at the beach when they see a ship being towed to shore.There is no crew on board, but the raped and beaten body of Juliana has been draped over the ship's figurehead.

I so enjoy this series.With each book I learn new things about herbs and medical remedies of the period.An added element in this book was the character of Old Saul who taught John, and us, about remedies he learned from American Indians and Eskimos.Lake blends the historical and fictional characters so well giving great authenticity to the story.

I don't know his age, but John is still quite young and it shows in his vanity and somewhat fickle nature regarding women.Offsetting that is a dedication to his craft, perseverance in finding the killer and a wisdom which comes from seeing the harsher side of life.[John] "I think you are amoral, the whole damned bunch of you.[Peter] "Fun though.""Not for your victims," John answered and walked away."Emilia is wonderfully drawn with just the right amount of wisdom and impatience of a young bride.

While I missed Lord John Fielding, I found it refreshing for the book to be set outside London and Rawlings working in cooperation with Joe Jago, the Flying Runners, the local constable and Emilia.Lake doesn't forget about her secondary characters but ensures they are fully dimensional and interesting.

The story was very well plotted with ghost coaches, former lovers, a depilated mansion not completely uninhabited, and escalating suspense.In spite of having figured out the villain, there was a a very satisfying twist at the end.

I loved that in my hardcover copy, Ms. Lake corrected and initialed three types missed by the editors.I am reading my way through this series in order and it is a pleasure so to do.

DEATH IN THE WEST WIND (Hist. Mys.-John Rawlings, England-1759/Georgian) - VG
Lake, Deryn - 7th in series
Allison & Busby Ltd., 2001, UK Hardcover - ISBN:0749005017
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During the heyday of spas, two luxurious hotels, owned by flamboyant competing visionaries, attracted the rich and famous to southern Indiana. Hotel guests came from throughout the United States in search of cures and pleasure. Among the many noted celebrities visiting the French Lick Springs and West Baden Springs Hotels were Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Al Capone, Joe Lewis, and professional golfer Walter Hagen, and the West Baden Springs Hotel was known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World." After years of neglect, the two hotels have been restored to their original splendor. Legalization of gambling and the building of a "riverboat" casino between the hotels have lured pleasureseekers to celebrate modernday opulence and recreation. ... Read more

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For many Africanist historians, traditional religion is simply a starting point for measuring the historic impact of Christianity and Islam. In Tongnaab, Jean Allman and John Parker challenge the distinction between tradition and modernity by tracing the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi god and ancestor shrine, Tongnaab, from the savanna of northern Ghana through the forests and coastal plains of the south. Using a wide range of written, oral, and iconographic sources, Allman and Parker uncover the historical dynamics of cross-cultural religious belief and practice. They reveal how Tongnaab has been intertwined with many themes and events in West African history -- the slave trade, colonial conquest and rule, capitalist agriculture and mining, labor migration, shifting ethnicities, the production of ethnographic knowledge, and the political projects that brought about the modern nation state. This rich and original book shows that indigenous religion has been at the center of dramatic social and economic changes stretching from the slave trade to the tourist trade.

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the american west: a new interpretive history (the lamar series in western history)
That book is great! It is one of the only history books that i find interesting! I recomend in to everyone that thinks history is boring because its not.

Great Overview...Tells a lot of the negative sides of The American West
This is a great overview book of The American West...Chronologically speaking..and it has TONS of great pictures and maps!! I liked the way the adress the Un-PC issues..liek harming our environment or mistreating the Native Americans...This book really tells ALL sides of the story...The section on The Old West in books and films was great.....

i love this book
I thought this book was an excellent introduction to the American West.It is well laid out and definitely is a book worthy of a purchase.

Reductionist and dumb.Completely embarassing.
This book represents a change in the way the American Indian experience is relayed to the student of American history (especially the experience of the north American Indians).

This kind of change is definitely welcomed.No longer are the American Indians relegated to the status of non participants and simple victims; many of them are shown as complex characters living in complex societies, such as the Iroquois Confederation, Tecumseh, Little Turtle, etc.

Sadly, the authors paint the Indians as innocent angels and almost all Europeans as primitive savages interested only in the destruction of the Natives. Some Europeans are praised for getting along with the Indians (William Penn for example), but most everyone else gets the shaft.

Not only do most Europeans get the shaft, so does much of the historical data which is often reduced to childish interpretations - at one point the authors like to pretend that the U.S. Constitution was based on an old Indian concept of unity while uttering nary a word about John Locke.In another spot the authors claims that the Northwest Ordinance has been called "rather extravagantly" a major political document by many political theorists but make no effort to prove their point, nor do they bother exploring the relationship between that document, the U.S. Constitution and the political structure of the United States.Add to this all sorts of condescending language describing the European conduct and you're left holding a book that's not even worth its weight in dung.

All of this would be laughable, except the book is published under a scholarly imprint.

Excellent overview!
This is a great book if you want an overall synopsis of the history of the American West. While the author has a snarky comment here and there, overall I was beyond impressed with this book. It is a little more text book than straight read, but each section is manageable -- I learned a lot! ... Read more

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Another Fielder Masterpiece
For those of us who spend most of our time in this beautiful state cooped up in an office, Fielder takes us on yet another journey through the magnificent backcountry--this time in the dead of winter. But John's photos--as in all of his pieces--reflect more than what mother nature hasto offer. They are equally as much a relection of his experience incapturing an essence lacking in so many expensive "coffee" tablebooks. It is apparent that the photos were miticulously chosen and are alabor of love. If you, like myself, don't get "out there" as muchas you would like, A Colorado Winter is a spectucular way to immerseyourself in another world. You will not be disappointed.

A Colorado Winter
Beautiful photographs and wonderful passages

SAD
As in Seasonal Affect Disorder.This book made me sad.Sad that Fielder has his own press and can publish anything HE feels is artistically passable and commercially viable.The best way to experience a coloradowinter is to put this book down and get into the mountains.Fielder'scolors can be beautiful, but he has little to no sense of composition.Ifyou want a book for your coffee table, try Muench, or Goldsworthy, orShinzo Maeda. ... Read more