Grandparents' Memory Book: Did You Really Walk Five Miles to School?

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Grandparents' Memory Book: Did You Really Walk Five Miles to School?
Teri Harrison
Manufacturer: Sta-Kris
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Binding: Hardcover

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useful, a good gift.......2007-01-10

My mother died 1 1/2 years ago at 85. About eight years ago my young daughter gave a copy of this book to her. Grandma took a year to fill it out. Then she returned it to my daughter as a gift. Now that mother is gone, the entire family appreciates this little book filled with Grandma's memories.
I have recommended it to many people since then.

grandparents journals.......1999-12-13

Great grandparent journal. Gender neutral. 8 x 8 inch. Black and white photos of typical families in the 1940-1960s about every 6 pages. Questions include the usual and the unusual ("did you like popsicles?", less organized (and less creative) than other journals. Not as much room for writing (again a plus or minus) compared to other journals.

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Well-researched and thorough .......2005-02-12

As the title clearly tells us, this is a book (primarily) about the contributions of the American Indian to the American Civil War. It starts the reader with some of the early atrocities and misunderstandings that have characterized Indian and White interactions throughout American history. Some are the same things you will read about in any decent high school history text, and some are new for those that are not Indian history "buffs", such as myself. For example, I was not aware of the cruel and deliberate destruction of the Indian populations in California during the Gold Rush of 1849 until I read about it here.

The book discusses Indian participation on both sides of the war and their various motivations for joining in the fight. These motivations range from genuine patriotism to wanting to suck up to the government (be it Union or Confederate) for favors to wanting a steady, if small income to just wanting to get involved in the biggest thing that was going to happen to this generation of Americans.

Among the more interesting vignettes are the story of how the Eastern Band of the Cherokees (if you have been to the Smoky Mountain Nat'l Park you've heard of them) earned their land through service to the CSA, the biography of Colonel Ely Parker, the Indian who drafted Lee's surrender for his friend U.S. Grant and the Battle of the Crater. This Battle in the Petersburg siege had 3 different groups of Indians fighting (one on the side of the CSA, two on the USA) along with Blacks and Whites. It was probably the most integrated battle the U.S. fought until the Korean War, when Truman desegegrated the armed forces.

This is one of the most heavily referenced books I've ever read. There are 53 pages of end notes and 42 pages of bibliography for a 192 page book! If you are ever looking for a great source of information for a paper or research project on the Civil War, I'd recommend starting with this list.

Final Grade: B+ (good writing style, ocassionally too in-depth and bordering on trivia)

I was hoping for more.......2000-04-07

In this book Hauptman tells about a little known part of Civil War/American Indian history-the Native Americans who fought on both sides of the conflict. Before reading this I generally thought of the Civil War as a period when the Plains Indians got a brief respite from their battle for freedom and the tribes of the East-well, I didn't really know.

While Hauptman gives us some interesting facts, however, he never really treats the obvious question. Why? Why did so many American Indians put their lives on the line for a battle between two factions of whites? Unfortunately Hauptman devotes little time to this part of the issue, simply stating over and over that the Indians saw this as a way to ward off even further dislocation and perhaps as "a bargaining chip" with their conquerors. I would have liked him to go into more detail. For example, was it individual Indians who chose to fight, or were they encouraged by tribal leaders? Were there any negotiations going on between Indians and whites? Were the whites making promises to the Indians in order to recruit them? In his last chapter, Hauptman tells us what we already know. Whatever the Indians hoped to gain pretty much came to nothing. But he doesn't tell us what, if anything the Indians did to fight this outcome.

This was worth reading because I learned some interesting things. For example how Indians were seen in the South vis a vis Blacks; how different tribes viewed slavery, etc. However, I was hoping for more.

Worthy goal, but hindered by weak writing........1999-05-18

"Between Two Fires" reveals little new and signficant material on the Native American's role in the Civil War, but it does attempt to cover both sides of the War. Hauptman should be commended on making Indian involvment on both the sides the focus of his book, but his clumsy narrative dilutes the subject's impact.

An Interesting subject usually overlooked........1998-07-23

A rich and infinitely interesting subject -- a sad, mistreated people join in a war to help the very ones responsible for their wretched condition in a last, desperate effort to secure a happier existence for their tribes by proving their worth to their oppressors. I did not find this book particularly well written and often felt its lack of narrative interest getting in the way of my enjoyment of and attention to the subject. There were many points that made the book well worth reading however, and if it did nothing else, it gave me a deeper understanding of the "Native American ordeal" leading up to and following the ACW. It also did a good job of pointing out how the story of the African American's emancipation has overshadowed many other stories of the Civil War and while their (the African Americans') situation was well improved by war's end, the Native American's problems were just beginning and that theirs is perhaps one of the "real" tragedi! es of the Civil War. Although I don't feel the book lives up to its potential given its rich subject, I would recommend it to anyone looking for an entirely different slant on Civil War history.

A fine overview of Native Americans in the Civil War........1997-12-08

This history by Hauptman is a long overdue light on the hidden stories of Native Americans in the Civil War. As a Delaware Indian, I really appreciated his chapter on the Delaware Tribe, and our brave scouts, Black Beaver and Capt. Falleaf. It is good to see our heroes get the recognition they deserve. Non-Indians who read this will have to wonder at the courage and dedication of Indian people who fought in the Civil War, despite not being U.S. citizens. The stories of sacrifice and suffering of Indian people in this war needed to be told, and Hauptman has done an excellent job.

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Portraits of African American Life since 1865 is an intimate study of the lives of 14 African Americans since the end of the Civil War. Written by established and rising scholars, these diverse biographies offer a rich portrayal of the African Ameri

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Essays highlight their struggles to become leaders.......2003-07-19

Portraits Of African American Life Since 1865 is a scholarly survey of fourteen selected Afro-Americans since the end of the civil war blends history and biography in exploring the lives of ordinary individuals who pursued politics, labor reform, religion and civil rights after 1865. Essays highlight their struggles to become leaders and pave new paths after the war, providing a sharp set of interpretations which should appeal to scholars and students of Afro-American history and culture.

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* McGraw-Hill's annual publication continues its tradition of making information on the latest advances in science and technology accessible to non-specialists through concise, well-illustrated articles

* Approximately 150 articles from 250 leaders in their respective fields cover technical disciplines from Astronomy to Zoology

* 220 images and two-color illustrations enhance the text

* Features numerous cross-references to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and bibliographies of key literature after each article

* An extensive subject index makes finding information a snap

* Up-to-date coverage of forefront areas such as information technology, molecular genetics, nanotechnology, and environmental science and technology

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McGraw-Hill 2004 Yearbook of Science & Technology
McGraw-Hill (Editor)
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
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After their 43ft schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific. With no maps, compass or navigation instruments and rations for only 3 days.

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VERY VERY GOOD.......2007-07-29

this was a great book- i liked "adrift" better but this was still very enjoyable and an amazing true story- it was maybe too technical for me but not unbearably so- the dad is a bit pompous in his writing and tries to sound like a better writer than he is and the infighting he recounts was a bit unpleasant for me, but it was still very interesting to read their survival techniques and see their eventual rescue- i mentioned to my friend (who had also read the book) that i was disliking the father while reading it but his response was "the man is a hero for goodness sake! he single handedly is responsible for saving this entire family plus their guest!" and you know what? my friend is absolutely right, you may not like the father (or not mind him at all like my friend) but what matters is that he saved his entire "crew" and didn't play favourites with his family- he was brilliant and if my boat ever capsized, i would definitely want him on board with me- this is a good story that all should read-

Gone in sixty seconds.......2007-07-21

In this fascinating book, Dougal Robertson describes the survival at sea of six people for over a month. Their 43-foot schooner sank in only a minute after being attacked by killer whales.

Um, killer whales? A couple of hundred miles west of the Galapagos? In warm water? That's pretty rare. That was truly awful luck. They were lucky to get their life raft and 9-foot dinghy launched, so that they did not go down with their ship.

Surviving at sea is not easy, but the most critical elements are buoyancy and water. We see plenty about both. The life raft lasted a little more than two weeks, and the dinghy only had a few inches of freeboard when all six people were on board. Any swamping would almost surely be fatal, so they sailed their dinghy stern-first, with a flotation collar at the bow end and a sea anchor behind the bow.

What about water? There wasn't going to be much near the equator, so they chose to sail north. At around 5 degrees north, rain is more plentiful. It took two weeks to accomplish this, and the day after that, it rained enough to give them good chances to reach land (in fact, they did run low on water again, got more rain, and finally were rescued by a Japanese fishing boat when they were less than 300 miles from Costa Rica). By the way, one can drink sea water, but it just makes things worse. The Robertsons were wise to avoid trying it.

And, of course, what about food? They did catch some fish and turtles, and they eventually wound up with adequate provisions.

I was curious to see what stores Robertson advises for life rafts. There's a discussion of food and water, as well as a rain-catcher. And there has to be a means of propulsion. A useful knife. Fishing equipment (a gaff is the most important of these). A spear head. A bailer. A first-aid kit, a repair kit, and some line. A couple of sea anchors.

And, oh yes, some navigational equipment, including a clock and compass, as well as "dividers strong enough to be used as small fish spears." Along with a series of world charts "showing shipping lanes with frequency of use, ocean currents with set and drift, seasonal weather with, most important of all, rainfall expectations."

All these things probably ought to be made to float, and there probably needs to be an instruction manual.

Of course, as Robertson mentions, it would be useful to have a (battery-operated) phone or radio phone. He does not discuss beacons, and while I think these are better than nothing, I'd rather have two-way communications before staking my life on staying put.

Given that the life raft did not last all that long, Robertson also has some suggestions for making rafts that might last longer.

Of course, none of this will do you much good if you go down with your ship, so the most important thing is to make sure that you can get yourselves and the lifeboat off the ship very quickly, and under terrifying and unexpected conditions.

I recommend this book.

Hard to Swallow.......2006-09-26

I tried to read this book, but only made it about 50 pages. Despite the many rave reviews and status of this book, it did not ring true to me. I read it while vacationing in the Galapagos, and I just didn't buy it. I love the genre, Krakauer being number one. In the Heart of the Sea, etc, all good. But this one did not work for me. Sorry.

Engaging story..........2006-03-19

This was a very engaging account of this families survival at sea. Told in an understated and concise voice, I couldn't put it down.

Worth reading.......2006-03-08

I thought this was an excellent book. I have read several ocean survival tales & this is one of the best. The five other people that were stranded at sea , besides the author, I feel owe their lives to the author. He made some very important decisions & most had lives hanging in the balance. Most other people lost at sea just seem to drift aimlessly until they are sighted by another ship, hit land or die looking for help. Dougal Robertson had a far better knowledge of the prevailing winds / currents / weather systems than your typical person stuck in the same situation. He didn't have any maps to rely on.

The book does an excellent job of telling you how to make a little go a long way. Another thing I thought was very well done in the book was the illustrations - sometimes he would describe an item he made & on the next page would be a detailed sketch of that item. Worth reading for both the adventure part of it & the survival knowledge you may gain.

I thought it was a great book. I still think I enjoyed "Adrift" slightly more - just because it was a solo effort.

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Survive The Savage Sea

Manufacturer: Book Club Associates
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0887600492

Newsweek Condensed Books (Survive The Savage Sea; Laughing All The Way; Food In History; The Americans: The Democratic Experience)

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Newsweek Condensed Books (Survive The Savage Sea; Laughing All The Way; Food In History; The Americans: The Democratic Experience)

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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0882250906

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This is one volume of a continuing series of contemporary nonfiction collections -- specially produced by Newsweek Books

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Newsweek Condensed Books - Survive the Savage Sea, Laughing All the Way, Food in History, & The Americans: The Democratic Experience
Dougal; Barbara Howar; Reay Tannahill; Robertson
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SARJ2Y

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Survive the Savage Sea
Robert Charles Parsons
Manufacturer: Creative Printers and Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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SURVIVE THE SAVAGE SEA
Dougal Robertson
Manufacturer: Elek
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Survive The Savage Sea
Dougal Robertson
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Survive the Savage Sea
Dougal Robertson
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Survive the Savage Sea
Dougal Robertson
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Survive the Savage Sea
Dougal Robertson
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers, NY
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Do Latinos really identify as such?.......2002-07-25

Suzanne Oboler is a well-respected Latino studies professor at Brown University. In this book, she interviews immigrants from Latin America and asks if they identify as Latino and see themselves as having anything in common with other Latinos, those outside of their national origin group. Basically, she asks Latin Americans in the US themselves whether they accept this country's racial categorizations. What she finds is that working-class Latinos merely look at others as fellow Spanish-speakers and shrug US racial classifications off (though not in a hostile way) whereas Latin Americans from middle-class backgrounds were quite aware that the minority label opened access to affirmative action programs and other tangible benefits and thus embraced the label. This conclusion seems counterintuitive and is fascinating. Oboler grounds her discussion by talking of Puerto Rican and Chicano activism in this country. Even though she is of Peruvian descent, she is knowledgeable about the more populous Latino groups. This text is well-respected among ethnic studies scholars. Anyone interested in books on Latinos and Latinas in the US must obtain a copy of Oboler's work.

Professor Oboler Rocks!.......2001-03-22

Well structured, thoughtful, insightful, and emotionally engaging. Candid and effective for being so. Bravo to her, waiting for the next one anxiously.

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The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home.

When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors. A parable for our times, The Beast in the Garden is a scientific detective story and a real-life drama, a tragic tale of the struggle between two highly evolved predators: man and beast. 3 illustrations, 2 maps.

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Beast in the Garden Review.......2007-09-19

Extremely well written. I've recommended this book to all my friends and family.. not only is it intriguing and interesting, but its also incredibly informative. It opens your eyes to issues that you probably have not ever thought of. I'd give this book 10 stars if I could.

Beast in the Garden.......2007-06-27

I read this book because a friend at work had it.
I bought two copies from Amazon after reading it: one for me, and one for a friend researching/photographing mountain lions in South Dakota. I've already loaned out my copy to another friend who lives in Colorado and Nebraska and he said he remembers when the Idaho Springs incident happened.
This book is well written and does read like a detective story - but the reality is chilling. I couldn't stop reading it. I can't wait to read it again.
Thanks to Mr. Baron for such excellent work.
Tim Reigert

I loved this book........2007-03-08

"Beast in the Garden" was an extremely interesting book. It was full of facts and entertaining, although although a bit disturbing, at the same time. I live in an area where there are bears in many back yards and this book really takes a very informed look into the suburban/wildlife dynamic. I would definitely recommend it. My daughter is reading it now.

The Beast is Brilliant.......2007-01-09

This is a simply brilliant exposition of the Boulder that I grew up in. Baron examines the situation well and pays attention to the wildlife issues that were relevant at the time and are still relevant now. A few historical problems do come up, but they are merely anecdotal and hardly detract from the story.

Two things really make this a great book:
-if you're from Boulder or the Front Range, you'll be saying "Oh, I've been there" or "Hey, I know that guy" throughout the whole book.
-this book is action-packed. If they could make a movie out of it, they should.

Most of all, Baron pays attention to the characters and really goes in depth with who they are. I'm mostly interested in wildlife, however I found his portrayal of the people the most exciting.

A Cautionary Tale for Garden Dwellers.......2006-11-03

A fitness freak teenager, Scott Lancaster, skips his lunch period to run - his track a mountain trail just upslope from his Idaho Springs, Colorado, high school. The track lies within a few hundred yards of I-70, not far from Colorado's gambling towns, Central City and Black Hawk, about 40 miles west of Denver. Not unusual behavior for a youngster who often cut classes to go running.

But Scott Lancaster did not come back to school or to home. Two days later, a search team including many of Scott's fellow students, about ready to give up looking, found his brutally assaulted body in heavy underbrush, just off his trail.

A Beast in the Garden killed Scott.

The book tells the tale in a readable way. How the Garden came to be. How the wilderness areas at the edge of human development along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains were set aside as nature preserves in which the Beasts could live undisturbed. How the Beasts' natural predators were driven off. How the Beasts adapted to co-existence with the humans at the edges of the Garden. How the Beasts were seen moving further and further into developed areas like Boulder and Idaho Springs. How the Beasts showed their killer instinct with dogs and cats and sheep and other smaller animals. How the Beasts changed their ways, hunting in broad daylight, killing animals people said it feared. How the Beasts repeatedly attacked humans, even though it was said they would not. How a Beast treed Lynda Walters. How Andy Peterson saved himself by gouging out another Beast's eye. How a Beast killed Scott.

The Beasts in the Garden were mountain lions.

The book is the story of a killing and the hunt for the killer. It is also a story of a young naturalist, Michael Sanders, then of the Boulder County Parks and Open Space District, helping humans learn to live with the raccoons and other small invaders from the Garden. Mountain lion sightings piqued Sanders' fascination for big animals. Sanders and others began to build a systematic knowledge base of verified mountain lion sightings. They showed how the population of mountain lions appeared to be growing. How the sightings were of behaviors that proved more and more dangerous to domestic animals, even to humans. How Sanders warned that mountain lions posed significant danger - and was often ignored.

Finally, the book is a study in eco-sociology. Of the forces that created and still maintain the Garden as a preserve for wilderness creatures. Of the conflicting values of those living on the edge of the Garden, those who would remove mountain lions from the Garden, those whose saw humans as the intruders onto the mountain lions' natural home. It is a story that pits neighbor against neighbor. More instructively, it pits Sanders and his friends against the State and Federal park and wilderness managers. It pits emerging reality against common wisdom.

David Baron is a reporter on science and the environment for National Public Radio who first became interested in the behavior of mountain lions in developed areas while doing a 1996 story on a hiker who was killed by a mountain lion near Auburn, CA. His interest took him to the Garden that is the wilderness near Boulder and to Scott Lancaster's and Michael Sanders' stories. Beast in the Garden is a very good read, a well-written mystery that would be thoroughly satisfying were it not for the macabre reality.

The reality is not unique to Colorado's Front Range. My local newspaper has reported many sightings in the town north of my community, sightings and attacks on sheep, goats, and other small animals. A cashier at the local supermarket lost her dog to a mountain lion that is a frequent visitor in the community 15 miles south of mine. A nearby vineyard owner reports a female that has given birth to twin kits annually for several years. The regional paper has reported mountain lion sightings in urban areas, one just a few blocks from the county's community college. On a recent ten-day swing through the Pacific Northwest, there were reports of mountain lion sightings in developed areas in the Tacoma News Tribune, the Vancouver Sun, the Lewiston, Idaho, Tribune, and the Portland Oregonian.

So reality reminds us that my community, a former sheep ranch of about 3000 acres that has been developed with 2300 properties and more than 1500 acres of common land - forests and meadows - is a Garden, too. We, too, are seeing mountain lions. Not just in the forests, but in our meadows, close to the trails along the ocean bluff. Deer kills are reported routinely. We, too, have lost some of the sheep we keep to reduce fire risk, and there are musings about pets that have gone missing. No attacks on humans - yet.

The lessons in Beast in the Garden do not stop at the Front Range; they are applicable in my community - and maybe yours.

The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature.(Book Review): An article from: Environmental Law

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The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature.(Book Review): An article from: Environmental Law
Wendy J. Keefover-Ring
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Author: Wendy J. Keefover-Ring
Publication: Environmental Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
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Mountain lions, myths, and media: a critical reevaluation of 'The Beast in the Garden'. : An article from: Environmental Law

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Mountain lions, myths, and media: a critical reevaluation of 'The Beast in the Garden'. : An article from: Environmental Law
Wendy J. Keefover-Ring
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This digital document is an article from Environmental Law, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 6059 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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