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Author : Ivan Sergueievitx Turguenev
Release : 1959
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Book Synopsis Literary Reminiscences and Autobiographical Fragments by : Ivan Sergueievitx Turguenev
Download or read book Literary Reminiscences and Autobiographical Fragments written by Ivan Sergueievitx Turguenev. This book was released on 1959. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Roy Lynch
Release : 2010-06-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of an Active Life by : John Roy Lynch
Download or read book Reminiscences of an Active Life written by John Roy Lynch. This book was released on 2010-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, John Roy Lynch (1847–1939) came to adulthood during the Reconstruction Era and lived a public-spirited life for over three decades. His political career began in 1869 with his appointment as justice of the peace. Within the year, he was elected to the Mississippi legislature and was later elected Speaker of the House. At age twenty-five, Lynch became the first African American from Mississippi to be elected to the United States Congress. He led the fight to secure passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1875. In 1884, he was elected temporary chairman of the Eighth Republican National Convention and was the first black American to deliver the keynote address. His autobiography, Reminiscences of an Active Life, reflects Lynch's thoughtful and nuanced understanding of the past and of his own experience. The book, written when he was ninety, challenges a number of traditional arguments about Reconstruction. In his experience, African Americans in the South competed on an equal basis with whites; the state governments were responsive to the needs of the people; and race was not always a decisive factor in the politics of Reconstruction. The autobiography, which would not be published until 1970, provides rich material for the study of American politics and race relations during Reconstruction. It sheds light on presidential patronage, congressional deals, and personality conflicts among national political figures. Lynch's childhood reflections reveal new dimensions to our understanding of black experience during slavery and beyond. An introduction by John Hope Franklin puts Lynch's public and private lives in the context of his times and provides an overview of how Reminiscences of an Active Life came to be written.
Author : Emmanuel Abraham
Release : 2011
Genre : Ethiopia
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of My Life by : Emmanuel Abraham
Download or read book Reminiscences of My Life written by Emmanuel Abraham. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having served Emperor Haile Sellassie in various capacities for nearly four and a half decades, Emmanuel Abraham here tells the inside story of the inner workings of one of the most defining governments in Ethiopian - and indeed African - history. Equally valuable is the rare insight the author provides into Haile Sellassie's life in exile during the Italian occupation, which he witnessed from close quarters, as well as the political intrigue and fighting within the imperial government.
Author : Susie King Taylor
Release : 1902
Genre : African American women
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops by : Susie King Taylor
Download or read book Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops written by Susie King Taylor. This book was released on 1902. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce M. Metzger
Release : 1995-09-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of an Octogenarian by : Bruce M. Metzger
Download or read book Reminiscences of an Octogenarian written by Bruce M. Metzger. This book was released on 1995-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Manning Metzger's memoirs trace his life from his childhood in the Pennsylvania Dutch country and his student years at Princeton through his distinguished career of teaching, writing, lecturing, and editing. Professor Metzger's work has won him the gratitude of both biblical scholars and the larger Bible-reading public. His text-critical work on the New Testament is reflected in the standard Greek text now used and appreciated by scholars worldwide. His efforts on the Revised Standard and New Revised Standard versions of the Bible helped produce the readable, accurate English translations used for study and devotion by so many. His work on The Reader's Digest Bible and The Oxford Companion to the Bible has made the Bible more accessible for an untold number of readers. In these memoirs, Professor Metzger's own words put a human face on his monumental scholarly achievements. The wide array of stories and vignettes--from Senator Joseph McCarthy's attack on RSV committee members and Metzger's audiences with the pope to the time Professor Metzger and other members of the NRSV committee had to crawl out of a library window to get to their dinner--offer the reader a personal insight into some of the twentieth century's crucial developments in the text and translation of the Bible.
