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Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 714

Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson

During the years 1764 through 1766, John Dickinson became a leading figure in the Pennsylvania Assembly and in the growing American resistance to unjust British taxation. The documents in this volume show that, in both roles, he sought to protect the fundamental rights of ordinary Americans. In the 1764 Assembly, after working to punish those responsible for the slaughter of peaceful Indians, Dickinson challenged Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Galloway in their plan to abolish Pennsylvania’s unique Quaker constitution that secured liberty of conscience and place the colony under the control of the Crown. Then, in 1765, he served as primary draftsman at the Stamp Act Congress in New York, producing the first official American documents of the Revolutionary Era. In his private capacity, Dickinson continued to write through 1765 and 1766, publishing, among other documents, the first practical advice to Americans on how to resist Great Britain. The present volume also contains draft legislation, fascinating case notes from his legal practice, and personal correspondence.

The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 491

The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson

John Dickinson’s entry into public life in Delaware and Pennsylvania is a highlight of the ninety-eight documents written over four years printed in Volume Two of The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson. The volume opens with Dickinson’s legal notes as he established himself as one of the most prominent and learned lawyers in colonial British North America. His cases dealt with, among other issues, interpretation of wills, disputes over land, sailors suing for wages, a fine on a Quaker who refused military service, and a notorious murder in a prominent Philadelphia family. It concludes with Dickinson offering thoughtful advice to a young man who was considerin...

Emily Dickinson
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 298

Emily Dickinson

Among the 19th century poets, Emily Dickinson is by far the most scientifically minded. Science is the voice that summoned Dickinson at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and gave her unique distinction as a poetess of botanical and entomological and astronomical classifications. Like no other 19th century poet she forms an integration between science and spirituality. She studied at Holyoke at the exact historical moment of the first Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. This, therefore, is a feminist book. It speaks up for the Divine Feminine. On the front cover purple-white rosemary blossoms are exploding with color. Emily Dickinson’s garden was a place where butterflies, bees, a...

The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style, the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War, the suffrage movement, and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson's personal struggles with romantic love, religious faith, friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works, as well as their reception, is teased out, and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America's finest poets, but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.

Toby Dickinson's New Dimensions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

Toby Dickinson's New Dimensions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-04-17
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

The first book of the Daurth chronicles, which sees the start of Toby Dickinson's adventures.

Toby Dickinson's Transpar Inheritance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Toby Dickinson's Transpar Inheritance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-04-17
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

Time and the Universe have their own rules. Humans understand so little; yet Toby Dickinson must find a way to learn. Daurth is being destroyed and Earth is at risk. Bolgord Skuvinder and his deformed son Gawth bring a new evil that threatens to turn the stars to flame and destroy everyone Toby loves. In this the third book of the Daurth chronicles, Toby faces the greatest dangers yet...

The Oxford Handbook of Emily Dickinson
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 657

The Oxford Handbook of Emily Dickinson

"Includes new historical research that provides the most thorough nineteenth-century contextualization of Dickinson in relation to religion, race, gender, sexuality, age, class, ecology, and place, and historically grounded contexts for thinking about publication, media, education, and reading practices. Features original interpretations of Dickinson's compositional practices, reception, and influence including chapters on translations of Dickinson's work into visual arts, musical composition, international cultural practices, popular culture, and other languages. Considers Dickinson's composition and circulation of poems, her environmental ecology, her responses to the Civil War, and her relation to publishing and media." --

Toby Dickinson's Strands of Time
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 438

Toby Dickinson's Strands of Time

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-09-08
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com

Nick S Dyer TOBY DICKINSON'S STRANDS OF TIME The second book of the Daurth chronicles

Americans of Royal Descent
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 740

Americans of Royal Descent

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1891
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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