Canebrake Beach

Canebrake Beach

Author: John Keith

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1603062327

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Four tenant families, some black and some white, lived on the farm owned by author John Keith’s family as a child. Although no one who grew up on the farm except for him was active in the civil rights movement, in Canebrake Beach he imagines what would happened to members of black and white families as they progress from the Jim Crow era and beyond. The other short stories in the book explore friendships, relationships, and conflicts of white and black people in the South at various intervals over a span of seventy years.


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Download or read book Canebrake Beach written by John Keith and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four tenant families, some black and some white, lived on the farm owned by author John Keith’s family as a child. Although no one who grew up on the farm except for him was active in the civil rights movement, in Canebrake Beach he imagines what would happened to members of black and white families as they progress from the Jim Crow era and beyond. The other short stories in the book explore friendships, relationships, and conflicts of white and black people in the South at various intervals over a span of seventy years.


Parallel Crossing of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach- Northampton County

Parallel Crossing of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach- Northampton County

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Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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Virginia Plants and Animals

Virginia Plants and Animals

Author: Karla Smith

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781403405821

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Discusses the native plants, animals, and ecosystems of the state of Virginia.


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Download or read book Virginia Plants and Animals written by Karla Smith and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the native plants, animals, and ecosystems of the state of Virginia.


Nicaraguan Gringa

Nicaraguan Gringa

Author: John Keith

Publisher: NewSouth Books

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1603063595

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After her father's death, Sarah Rutledge returns from North Carolina to Nicaragua in an attempt to prevent the family's property from being expropriated by the Sandinista government. The novel begins with Sarah's childhood on the coffee farm where her British-American family has lived for almost a century. Natural disasters, civil conflicts, and political changes force her to ponder who belongs in Nicaragua, just where she belongs, to whom she belongs, and what belongs to her. Author John Keith's life was significantly shaped by two social transformations of the twentieth century, the civil rights movement in the United States and the new vision of mission and development by churches in Central America. In Canebrake Beach: A Novella and Four Short Stories (2012) he reflected on the relationships of black and white people in the South over a span of seventy years. In Nicaraguan Gringa: Claiming a Home, he explores the evolving relationships of nations and their citizens as ruling regimes ebb and flow.


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Download or read book Nicaraguan Gringa written by John Keith and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her father's death, Sarah Rutledge returns from North Carolina to Nicaragua in an attempt to prevent the family's property from being expropriated by the Sandinista government. The novel begins with Sarah's childhood on the coffee farm where her British-American family has lived for almost a century. Natural disasters, civil conflicts, and political changes force her to ponder who belongs in Nicaragua, just where she belongs, to whom she belongs, and what belongs to her. Author John Keith's life was significantly shaped by two social transformations of the twentieth century, the civil rights movement in the United States and the new vision of mission and development by churches in Central America. In Canebrake Beach: A Novella and Four Short Stories (2012) he reflected on the relationships of black and white people in the South over a span of seventy years. In Nicaraguan Gringa: Claiming a Home, he explores the evolving relationships of nations and their citizens as ruling regimes ebb and flow.


Elemental Narratives

Elemental Narratives

Author: Enrico Cesaretti

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0271088478

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Over the past century, the Italian landscape has undergone exceedingly rapid transformations, shifting from a mostly rural environment to a decidedly modern world. This changing landscape is endowed with a narrative agency that transforms how we understand our surroundings. Situated at the juncture of Italian studies and ecocriticism and following the recent “material turn” in the environmental humanities, Elemental Narratives outlines an original cultural and environmental map of the bel paese. Giving equal weight to readings of fiction, nonfiction, works of visual art, and physical sites, Enrico Cesaretti investigates the interconnected stories emerging from both human creativity and the expressive eloquence of “glocal” materials, such as sulfur, petroleum, marble, steel, and asbestos, that have helped make and, simultaneously, “un-make” today’s Italy, affecting its socio-environmental health in multiple ways. Embracing the idea of a decentralized agency that is shared among human and nonhuman entities, Cesaretti suggests that engaging with these entangled discursive and material texts is a sound and revealing ecocritical practice that promises to generate new knowledge and more participatory, affective responses to environmental issues, both in Italy and elsewhere. Ultimately, he argues that complementing quantitative, data-based information with insights from fiction and nonfiction, the arts, and other humanistic disciplines is both desirable and crucial if we want to modify perceptions and attitudes, increase our awareness and understanding, and, in turn, develop more sustainable worldviews in the era of the Anthropocene. Elegantly written and convincingly argued, this book will appeal broadly to scholars and students working in the fields of environmental studies, comparative literatures, ecocriticism, environmental history, and Italian studies.


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Download or read book Elemental Narratives written by Enrico Cesaretti and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, the Italian landscape has undergone exceedingly rapid transformations, shifting from a mostly rural environment to a decidedly modern world. This changing landscape is endowed with a narrative agency that transforms how we understand our surroundings. Situated at the juncture of Italian studies and ecocriticism and following the recent “material turn” in the environmental humanities, Elemental Narratives outlines an original cultural and environmental map of the bel paese. Giving equal weight to readings of fiction, nonfiction, works of visual art, and physical sites, Enrico Cesaretti investigates the interconnected stories emerging from both human creativity and the expressive eloquence of “glocal” materials, such as sulfur, petroleum, marble, steel, and asbestos, that have helped make and, simultaneously, “un-make” today’s Italy, affecting its socio-environmental health in multiple ways. Embracing the idea of a decentralized agency that is shared among human and nonhuman entities, Cesaretti suggests that engaging with these entangled discursive and material texts is a sound and revealing ecocritical practice that promises to generate new knowledge and more participatory, affective responses to environmental issues, both in Italy and elsewhere. Ultimately, he argues that complementing quantitative, data-based information with insights from fiction and nonfiction, the arts, and other humanistic disciplines is both desirable and crucial if we want to modify perceptions and attitudes, increase our awareness and understanding, and, in turn, develop more sustainable worldviews in the era of the Anthropocene. Elegantly written and convincingly argued, this book will appeal broadly to scholars and students working in the fields of environmental studies, comparative literatures, ecocriticism, environmental history, and Italian studies.


Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Author: William Francis Lynch

Publisher:

Published: 1850

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Author: William Francis Lynch (captain)

Publisher:

Published: 1852

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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Narrative of the United States' Expediti

Narrative of the United States' Expediti

Author: William Lynch

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1429021810

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Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Author: William F. LYNCH (Lieut. United States Navy.)

Publisher:

Published: 1855

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea written by William F. LYNCH (Lieut. United States Navy.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Narrative of the Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Narrative of the Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

Author: William Francis Lynch

Publisher:

Published: 1855

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Narrative of the Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea written by William Francis Lynch and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: