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Francis the talking mule [videorecording] : complete collection / by Adams, Julie,1926-cast.; Arthur, Robert,1909-1986.(CARDINAL)530946; Backus, Jim,cast.(CARDINAL)819408; Brodney, Oscar.; Duguay, Yvette,1932-1986,cast.; Erdman, Dick,1925-cast.; Flavin, James,1906-1976,cast.; Freeman, Devery,1913-2005.; Goldstein, Leonard,1903-1954.; Guild, Nancy,1925-cast.; Harrigan, William,1894-1966,cast.; Hyer, Martha,cast.(CARDINAL)781707; Kelley, Alice,cast.; Lamont, Charles,1895-1993,direction.; Laurie, Piper,1932-2023cast.(CARDINAL)718886; Lockhart, Gene,1891-1957,cast.(CARDINAL)843742; Lubin, Arthur,1901-1995,direction.; Margolis, Herbert(Herbert F.); McIntire, John,1907-1991,cast.; Medina, Patricia,1919-2012,cast.; Nelson, Lori,1933-cast.; O'Connor, Donald,1925-2003,cast.; Palmer, Gregg,1927-cast.; Raynor, Bill,1920-1994.; Reynolds, William,1910-1997,cast.(CARDINAL)808350; Richmond, Ted,1912-2013.; Rooney, Mickey,cast.(CARDINAL)183490; Rubin, Stanley,1917-2014.(CARDINAL)348858; Stern, David,1909-2003.; Van Doren, Mamie,cast.(CARDINAL)756424; Welles, Virginia,cast.; Wills, Chill,1902-1978,cast.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)344011; Universal-International (Firm)(CARDINAL)784572;
Francis the talking mule: Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills, John McIntire, Patricia Medina ; Francis goes to the races: Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie ; Francis goes to West Point: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Palmer Lee, William Reynolds ; Francis covers the big town: Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild, William Harrigan ; Francis joins the WACS: Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Mamie Van Doren ; Francis in the Navy: Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Richard Erdman, Jim Backus ; Francis in the haunted house: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin.Francis the talking mule: GI Peter Sterling, who appears to be bucking for a Section Eight, keeps insisting that Francis, a cantankerous Army mule, has the power of speech. It turns out that Francis not only can talk but is also a superb military strategist. With Francis' help, Sterling breaks up a Nazi spy ring and becomes a hero. Francis goes to the races: The loquacious equine and his plucky pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch and end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run. Francis goes to West Point: Peter Sterling, with the garrulous Francis' help, prevents the destruction of an atomic energy plant. As a reward, Peter is given a scholarship to West Point, where he quickly distinguishes himself as the military academy's biggest foul-up. Peter's future as an officer and a gentleman is saved by the timely arrival of Francis, who functions as the West Point football team's mascot. Francis covers the big town: former Army officer Peter Stirling becomes a reporter for a big city newspaper. His greatest source of news tips is his talking mule Francis, who has become friendly with all the police horses. Francis joins the WACS: A clerical mishap places ex-GI Peter back into service, where he is assigned to a WAC unit. Francis in the Navy: Army lieutenant Peter Sterling heads to a Navy base when it looks like his old pal Francis is about to be auctioned off as surplus. In short order, in a case of mistaken identity, both Sterling and Francis are sent off to sea. Francis in the haunted house: David meets Francis, he gets mixed up with crooks robbing a castle. Although David has informed the police, they suspect him of the robbery and the crooks what to do him in.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, Dolby digital.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Fantasy films.; Human-animal relationships; Mules; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Wish you well [videorecording] by Baldacci, David,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)340258; Burstyn, Ellen,1932-actor.(CARDINAL)344803; Cantelon, Paul.; Foy, Mackenzie,2000-actor.(CARDINAL)789039; Lucas, Josh,actor.(CARDINAL)784588; Martin, Darnell,director.; Prinzi, Frank.; Spiegel, Karen,producer.; Timmins, Sara Elizabeth,producer.; Wais, Eric.; Baldacci Entertainment (Firm); Copper Beech Productions (Firm); Life Out Loud Films (Firm); Phase 4 Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)849178;
Director of photography, Frank Prinzi ; editor, Eric Wais; music, Paul Cantelon.Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, Josh Lucas.A tragic accident forces twelve-year old Louisa Mae and her younger brother Oz to move from New York City to live with their great grandmother on a small farm in Virginia. Once Lou and Oz finally adjust to their new home, their family is threatened to be torn apart again when a coal company tries to steal their land. Now, Lou must team-up with lawyer Cotton Longfellow, to fight for their land, their home and their future.Not rated.DVD; 5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Children's films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Coal trade; Great-grandmothers; Siblings;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Wish you well / by Baldacci, David,screenwriter.producerauthor.; Burstyn, Ellen,1932-actor.; Foy, Mackenzie,2000-actor.; Martin, Darnell,director.; Lucas, Josh,actor.; Cantelon, Paul,musical director.; Prinzi, Frank,director.; Spiegel, Karen,producer.; Wais, Eric.; Timmins, Sara Elizabeth,producer.; Copper Beech Productions (Firm); Baldacci Entertainment (Firm); Life Out Loud Films (Firm); Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Director of photography, Frank Prinzi ; editor, Eric Wais; music, Paul Cantelon.Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, Josh Lucas.A tragic accident forces twelve-year old Louisa Mae and her younger brother Oz to move from New York City to live with their great grandmother on a small farm in Virginia. Once Lou and Oz finally adjust to their new home, their family is threatened to be torn apart again when a coal company tries to steal their land. Now, Lou must team-up with lawyer Cotton Longfellow, to fight for their land, their home and their future.Not rated.DVD; 5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Children's films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Brothers and sisters; Great-grandmothers; Coal trade;
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The invisible man [videorecording] : complete legacy collection / by Abbott, Bud,1897-1974cast.(CARDINAL)520962; Ankers, Evelyn,1918-1985,cast.; Barrymore, John,1882-1942,cast.(CARDINAL)150281; Beebe, Ford,direction.; Bruce, Virginia,1910-1982,cast.; Carradine, John,cast.(CARDINAL)842589; Christie, Howard,1912-1992.; Cole, Lester,1904-1985.; Costello, Lou,cast.(CARDINAL)710854; Curtis, Alan,1909-1953,cast.; Digges, Dudley,1879-1947,cast.; Errol, Leon,1881-1951,cast.; Franz, Arthur,1920-2006,cast.; Frawley, William,1887-1966,cast.(CARDINAL)759236; Goldsmith, Ken,1899-1943.; Gray, Nan,1918-1993,cast.; Hall, Jon,1915-1979,cast.; Hardwicke, Cedric,1893-1964,cast.(CARDINAL)186771; Harrigan, William,1894-1966,cast.; Homolka, Oscar,1898-1978,cast.(CARDINAL)434166; Howard, John,1913-1995,cast.; Kellaway, Cecil,1891-1973,cast.(CARDINAL)819866; Kelly, Burt.; Laemmle, Carl,Jr.,1908-1979.; Lamont, Charles,1895-1993,direction.; Lees, Robert,1912-2004.; Leonard, Sheldon,1907-1997,cast.(CARDINAL)435371; Lloyd, Frank,1887-1960.; Lorre, Peter,cast.(CARDINAL)721866; Marin, Edwin L.,1901-1951,direction.; Massey, Ilona,1910-1974,cast.; May, Joe,1880-1954,direction.; Millhauser, Bertram,1892-1958.; O'Connor, Una,1880-1959,cast.; Price, Vincent,1911-1993,cast.(CARDINAL)125917; Purcell, Gertrude.; Rains, Claude,1889-1967,cast.(CARDINAL)843373; Rinaldo, Frederic I.; Ruggles, Charlie,1886-1970,cast.; Sherriff, R. C.(Robert Cedric),1896-1975.(CARDINAL)190895; Siodmak, Curt,1902-2000.(CARDINAL)715502; Snyder, Howard,1909-1963.; Sondergaard, Gale,1899-1985,cast.; Stuart, Gloria,cast.(CARDINAL)766025; Sutherland, A. Edward(Albert Edward),1897-1973,direction.(CARDINAL)843999; Sutton, John,1908-1963,cast.; Travers, Henry,1874-1965,cast.(CARDINAL)843745; Wedlock, Hugh,1908-1993.; Wells, H. G.(Herbert George),1866-1946.(CARDINAL)142647; Whale, James,1889-1957,direction.(CARDINAL)510354; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)344011;
Abbot and Costello meet the invisible man: produced by Howard Christie ; written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Howard Snyder ; directed by Charles Lamont.The invisible agent: produced by Frank Lloyd ; screenplay by Curt Siodmak ; directed by Edwin L. Marin.The invisible man returns: produced by Ken Goldsmith ; screenplay by Lester Cole and Curt Siodmak ; directed by Joe May.The invisible man: produced by Carl Laemmle ; screenplay by R.C. Sherriff ; directed by James Whale.The invisible man's revenge: produced by Ford Beebe ; screenplay by Bertram Milhauser ; directed by Ford Beebe.The invisible woman: produced by Burt Kelly ; screenplay by Robert Lees, Fred Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell ; directed by A. Edward Sutherland.The invisible man: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, Una O'Connor, Henry Travers. The invisible man returns: Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton, Cecil Kellaway. The invisible woman: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charlie Ruggles, Oscar Homolka. The invisible agent: Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. The invisible man's revenge: Leon Errol, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Gale Sondergaard. Abbot and Costello meet the invisible man: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, William Frawley.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Subjects: Drugs; Murder; Personality disorders; Scientists;
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Mystery classics [videorecording] / by Ames, Adrienne,1907-1947.; Asther, Nils,1897-1981.; Bruce, Nigel,1895-1953.; Bruce, Virginia,1910-1982.; Carradine, John.(CARDINAL)842589; Collyer, June,1906-1968.; Doyle, Arthur Conan,Sir,1859-1930.; Gamble, Warburton.; Lugosi, Bela,1882-1956.(CARDINAL)513297; Lundigan, William,1914-1975.; Manners, David,1901-1998.; Owens, Reginald.; Parker, Jean.(CARDINAL)843923; Pichel, Irving,1891-1954.(CARDINAL)751042; Rathbone, Basil,1892-1967.(CARDINAL)184262; Stossel, Ludwig.; Talbot, Lyle.(CARDINAL)764513; Platinum Disc Corporation.(CARDINAL)686974;
A study in scarlet cast: Reginal Owens, Warburton Gamble.Bluebeard cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel.Dressed to kill cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.Murder by television cast: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer.State Department file 649 cast: William Lundigan, Virginia Bruce.Terror by night cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce.The death kiss cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi.Torture ship cast: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel.Collection of 8 classic mystery films. Bluebeard: The authorities have been on the hunt for a serial killer, an artist who strangles his models when they fail to meet his standards of perfection. The death kiss: An actor and notorious womanizer is killed when a prop gun's fake bullets are replaced with real ones. Dressed to kill: Sherlock Holmes sets out to unravel the case of a convict locked away in a British prison who has made music boxes out of stolen engraving plates from the Bank of England. Torture ship: A well-intentioned doctor takes a group of convicts out to sea so he can privately conduct experiments. Murder by television: A murdered professor has recently completed a new invention--the television. One of the suspects is found stabbed to death--but is he really dead or is it just a ruse to throw authorities off course? Terror by night: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on a mission to protect a priceless diamond from falling into the clutches of a master of disguise, Colonel Moran. State Department file 649: A U.S. Foreign Service agent becomes trapped in an isolated North China village by a scheming warlord who is threatening to execute his American hostages. A study in scarlet: Coded messages and calling-card clues keep Sherlock Holmes on his toes as he deduces his way to the truth behind a number of mysterious deaths."Rated for all; suitable for all audiences"--Container.DVD; digitally enhanced audio 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Feature films.; Sherlock Holmes films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Murder; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character);
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Masterpieces of the imaginative mind [sound recording] : literature's most fantastic works / by Rabkin, Eric S.(CARDINAL)505043; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. The Brothers Grimm & fairy tale psychology ; Lecture 2. Propp, structure, and cultural identity -- Disc 2. Lecture 3. Hoffman and the theory of the fantastic ; Lecture 4. Poe, genres and degrees of the fantastic -- Disc 3. Lecture 5. Lewis Carroll, puzzles, language, & audience ; Lecture 6. H.G. Wells, we are all talking animals -- Disc 4. Lecture 7. Franz Kafka, dashed fantasies ; Lecture 8. Woolf, fantastic feminism & periods of art -- Disc 5. Lecture 9. Robbe-Grillet, experimental fiction & myth ; Lecture 10. Tolkien & mass production of the fantastic -- Disc 6. Lecture 11. Children's literature and the fantastic ; Lecture 12. Postmodernism and the fantastic -- Part 2. Disc 7. Lecture 13. Defining science fiction ; Lecture 14. Mary Shelley, grandmother of science fiction -- Disc 8. Lecture 15. Hawthorne, Poe, and the Eden complex ; Lecture 16. Jules Verne and the Robinsonade -- Disc 9. Lecture 17. Wells, industrialization of the fantastic ; Lecture 18. The history of utopia -- Disc 10. Lecture 19. Science fiction and religion ; Lecture 20. Pulp fiction, Bradbury, & the American myth -- Disc 11. Lecture 21. Robert A. Heinlein, he mapped the future ; Lecture 22. Asimov and Clarke, cousins in utopia -- Disc 12. Lecture 23. Ursula K. Le Guin, transhuman anthropologist ; Lecture 24. Cyberpunk, postmodernism, and beyond.Lecturer: Professor Eric S. Rabkin, University of Michigan.Focusing on the early 19th century to contemporary times, Professor Rabkin casts a wide net for fantastic works and delves deeply into some of the most astounding. You'll learn about the works and times of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and more.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Fantasy fiction; Fantasy literature; Science fiction;
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Appomattox : victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the Civil War / by Varon, Elizabeth R.,1963-(CARDINAL)302346;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-291) and index.No Escape -- Councils of War -- The Surrender Conference -- The armies -- Tidings of Peace -- Victory and Martyrdom -- Defeat and Liberation -- The Trials of Robert E. Lee -- The Promise Betrayed -- The Apple Tree."General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac might look serene in the amber-tinted popular images of two gentlemen sharing cigars, but that image conceals seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of United States would emerge from war. The combatants in that debate included the iconic Lee and Grant, but they also included a cast of characters previously overlooked, who brought their own understanding of the war's causes, consequences, and meaning. Whereas April 1865 has been commonly viewed as a clear breaking point, Elizabeth Varon's Appomattox promises to connect the war to the immediate postwar in ways that have the potential to tell us far more than we currently know about how the creative potential generated by the destruction of war went unfulfilled in the decades that followed. Painting a portrait of this event between the triumphalist version of 1865 as a moment of strength and healing and a more persuasive but still incomplete portrait of the postwar painted by David Blight in Race and Reunion, Varon's work seeks to examine the surrender at Appomattox with an eye toward (a) narrating the events of April 1865, (b) exploring the immediate reactions, North and South, to the surrender, (c) exploring the political uses of the surrender during Reconstruction, and (d) challenging the popular, and comforting, perception that Appomattox inaugurated an easy end to a tragic war by beginning a process of reunion that reminded Americans that they were, after all, one people who shared far more similarities than differences. Varon will bring African American voices and attitudes into a story typically limited to white actors"--"Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House evokes a highly gratifying image in the popular mind-it was, many believe, a moment that transcended politics, a moment of healing, a moment of patriotism untainted by ideology. But as Elizabeth Varon reveals in this vividly narrated history, this rosy image conceals a seething debate over precisely what the surrender meant and what kind of nation would emerge from war. The combatants in that debate included the iconic Lee and Grant, but they also included a cast of characters previously overlooked, who brought their own understanding of the war's causes, consequences, and meaning. In Appomattox, Varon deftly captures the events swirling around that well remembered-but not well understood-moment when the Civil War ended. She expertly depicts the final battles in Virginia, when Grant's troops surrounded Lee's half-starved army, the meeting of the generals at the McLean House, and the shocked reaction as news of the surrender spread like an electric charge throughout the nation. But as Varon shows, the ink had hardly dried before both sides launched a bitter debate over the meaning of the war. For Grant, and for most in the North, the Union victory was one of right over wrong, a vindication of free society; for many African Americans, the surrender marked the dawn of freedom itself. Lee, in contrast, believed that the Union victory was one of might over right: the vast impersonal Northern war machine had worn down a valorous and unbowed South. Lee was committed to peace, but committed, too, to the restoration of the South's political power within the Union and the perpetuation of white supremacy.Lee's vision of the war resonated broadly among Confederates and conservative northerners, and inspired Southern resistance to reconstruction. Did America's best days lie in the past or in the future? For Lee, it was the past, the era of the founding generation. For Grant, it was the future, represented by Northern industry and material progress. They held, in the end, two opposite views of the direction of the country-and of the meaning of the war that had changed that country forever"--
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.; Appomattox Campaign, 1865.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877);
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The trouble with brides : three novels in one volume / by Gist, Deeanne.(CARDINAL)471071;
A bride most begrudging / Courting trouble / Deep in the heart of trouble./A bride most begrudging (2005): a British lady who is taken to the colonies against her will as a "tobacco bride." The colonial farmer who "wins" her realizes he has gotten more than he bargained for in the ensuing battle of wills.Courting trouble (2007): In 1890s Texas, being a single woman at 30meant you were practically a spinster. Tired of leaving it up to providence, Essie takes matters into her own hands, casting her sights on the towns remaining bachelors and widowers. Surely with one of them she can find a match made in heaven, even if shes decides to leave God out of it.Deep in the heart of trouble (2008): Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man's eye.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Arranged marriage; Man-woman relationships; Oil well drilling; Plantation life; Plantation owners' spouses; Single women;
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1619 : Jamestown and the forging of American democracy / by Horn, James,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Jamestown -- The great reforms -- First Africans -- Commonwealth -- Tumult and liberty -- Inequality and freedom."1619 offers a new interpretation of the significance of Jamestown in the long trajectory of American history. Jamestown, the cradle of American democracy, also saw the birth of our nation's greatest challenge: the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism that have deepened and entrenched stark inequalities in our society. After running Jamestown under martial law from 1610-1616, the Virginia Company turned toward representative government in an effort to provide settlers with more control over their own affairs and more incentive to invest further in the colony. In late July 1619, the newly-formed General Assembly gathered to introduce "just Laws for the happy guiding and governing of the people." It was the first legislature in America, and history has cast it as the foundation of American freedom and democracy. From that moment on, propertied white colonists became accustomed to freedoms that would have been unthinkable in England. But those very freedoms also permitted the wholesale and largely unchecked exploitation of poor white laborers and non-European peoples. More than nine-tenths of all those arriving in Virginia at this time were brought in some form of servitude or labor contract. This is a pattern we recognize all too well in modern American society-opportunities are not shared, inequality is rampant, racism is systemic. We would like to think these are problems that can be solved by expanding representative democracy; Jamestown teaches us, instead, that these are problems have long been created and encouraged by American democracy. Casting a skeptical eye on deeply-cherished myths, 1619 will be essential reading for anyone struggling to understand the paradox of American freedom."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Colonists; African Americans; Slavery; Democracy;
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1619 : Jamestown and the forging of American democracy / by Horn, James P. P.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.Jamestown -- The great reforms -- First Africans -- Commonwealth -- Tumult and liberty -- Inequality and freedom."1619 offers a new interpretation of the significance of Jamestown in the long trajectory of American history. Jamestown, the cradle of American democracy, also saw the birth of our nation's greatest challenge: the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism that have deepened and entrenched stark inequalities in our society. After running Jamestown under martial law from 1610-1616, the Virginia Company turned toward representative government in an effort to provide settlers with more control over their own affairs and more incentive to invest further in the colony. In late July 1619, the newly-formed General Assembly gathered to introduce "just Laws for the happy guiding and governing of the people." It was the first legislature in America, and history has cast it as the foundation of American freedom and democracy. From that moment on, propertied white colonists became accustomed to freedoms that would have been unthinkable in England. But those very freedoms also permitted the wholesale and largely unchecked exploitation of poor white laborers and non-European peoples. More than nine-tenths of all those arriving in Virginia at this time were brought in some form of servitude or labor contract. This is a pattern we recognize all too well in modern American society--opportunities are not shared, inequality is rampant, racism is systemic. We would like to think these are problems that can be solved by expanding representative democracy; Jamestown teaches us, instead, that these are problems have long been created and encouraged by American democracy. Casting a skeptical eye on deeply-cherished myths, 1619 will be essential reading for anyone struggling to understand the paradox of American freedom."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Colonists; African Americans; Slavery; Democracy;
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