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Booker T. Washington's Classic Essay on the Importance of African Americans Working the Land

Sarah Orne Jewett places her most famous short story, "A White Heron," in her native Maine. Originally published in 1886, it's a coming-of-age story about a young city girl now living with her grandmother in the country. She comes out of her shell in nature, more comfortable with creatures than with people. A visit from a young bird hunter awakens her interest in the opposite sex, but when presented with an ethical decision, she protects her beloved white heron, instead of revealing its location. "...she remembers how the white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak; she cannot tell the heron's secret and give its life away."This short work is part of Applewood's American Roots series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers and thinkers.

A Moving Account of the Death of Dubois' First-Born Son

"'The Passenger Pigeon' is from Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon. It was first published in 1831."--t.p. verso.

"'On the decay of the art of lying' was written in 1880 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, CT. It was first published in The stolen white elephant, Etc., in 1882"--Title page verso.

"Small-boat sailing" was first published in Yachting Monthly in August of 1912.

With an Introduction by Carl Sandburg This is a new edition of the pocket devotional that Lincoln carried every day of his life, after the death of his son Edward. For each day of the year there is a different passage from the scriptures, along with a section of a poem, and plentiful space for a journal entry, so that the owner can record events and thoughts. 5 x 7 1/4. 208 pp. PAGINATION i half-title ii blank iii title iv copyright v-xv introduction xvi blank xvii Half-title xviii blank 1-190 entries

In its nearly two hundred years of existence, New York's first collecting institution has never had a guide to introduce the museum-going public to the encyclopedic range of its renowned buildings of art, decortive objects, and artifacts. Now, in conjunction with the opening of the Henry Luce III Center for the Center for the Study of American Culture and in the spirit of accessibility that returns these collections to public view, The New-York Historical Society has compiled a book that not only highlights the different facets of its museum collection, but also illuminates the people who made, used, inspired, and donated the objects left to us for our interpretation today. Organized according to object type as housed in the Luce Center, each of the featured items tells a unique story. With a lively design and over one hundred color images, this book samples the full spectrum of the Historical Society's art and artifacts, along with related manuscripts, prints, and photographs in the society's Library. Together the entries suggest the immense interpretive resource that these materials reppresent for those curious to learn more about the American past.

This book is your child's passport to the ultimate children's party. Every detail of the book, and the party itself, has been designed with a child's favorite things in mind. You'll find ""sandboxes everywhere, and fields to play ball in, and places to hide in, and places to crawl in, and places to lie in, and places to fall in, and one that I'm sure you will feel very tall in."" The party in Kalamazoo reveals itself through easy, playful rhymes and bright, whimsical illustrations that delight children and parents alike. You'll meet ""puppies and ponies and marionettes. That's the kind of excitement that no one forgets!"" Best of all, you and your child can attend the party in Kalamazoo again and again - on rainy days, at bedtime, and whenever else you like - for as long as this book remains a cherished part of your child's collection.

Rendered deaf and blind by scarlet fever at the age of a year and a half, Helen Keller, with the help of Anne Sullivan, other teachers, and her own determination, learned to read, write, and speak several languages. Keller became an advocate for people with disabilities and fought for human rights her entire life. In 1903, while attending Radcliffe College - she was the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree - she wrote "Optimism Within." "If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life, if, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing." This short work is part of Applewood's "American Roots" series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers and thinkers.

"The gospel of nature is a chapter from Time and change ... it was first published in 1912"--Title page verso.

A Handsome Three-Book Boxed Set for the Patriotic American

A Boxed Set of Wisdom Books for Any Patriotic American

This short work is part of Applewood's "American Roots" series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers.

A curated boxed set of three Inspirational Books: Thanks to the Maple, Chowder, Blueberries

A curated boxed set of three Inspirational Books: On the Art of Teaching, Discourse upon the Duties of a Physician, The Path of the Law

A curated boxed set of three Inspirational Books: Quotations of John F Kennedy, Water, Small-Boat Sailing

A curated boxed set of three Inspirational Books: A Wind-Storm in the Forests, Quotations of Theodore Roosevelt, Our National Parks Quotation Book

A curated boxed set of three Inspirational Books: A Short Biography of Frida Kahlo, Fire, A Short Biography of Pablo Picasso