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I never read a book about the Black experience in Marshall County Mississippi; perhaps, such a book has never been written. Episodes of the black experience can be found in many books written about this historic County, but none take the Black experience as the theme. This book purports to do what other books about the County do not do; tell the black experience as lived by my great grand parent, grand parent, parent and me. I choose the historic Strawberry Missionary Baptist Church as the stage in which the story is played out. As a small child, I went with my parents to a burial in Stephenson- McAlexander Cemetery. While adults occupied themselves with the burial ceremony; my cousin, Myrtl...
Oliver brings a fresh twist--and touches of mystery and humor--to the Christian fiction genre with this engaging, entertaining novel.
Kilbourn, Dwight C. The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut 1709-1909: Biographical Sketches of Members. History and Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School. Historical Notes. Litchfield: Published by the Author, 1909. xiv, 344, [3], viii pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001038974. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-213-2. ISBN-10: 1-58477-213-1. Cloth. $95.* Litchfield Law School, the first American law school, was founded by Tapping Reeve in 1782. The work is composed of materials relevant to the school and related personages, and contains historical notes, biographies, photographs, accounts of important trials and the following reprints: "Litchfield County: Historical Address Delivered at Litchfield, Conn., On the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration, 1851, by Samuel Church"; "Sketches of the Early Lights of the Litchfield Bar by David S. Boardman" (1860); "Fifty Years at the Litchfield County Bar by Charles F. Sedgwick" (1870); and "Reminiscences of the Litchfield County Bar, Delivered at the Centennial Banquet, November 18, 1898, by Donald J. Warner."
Americans have long been aware of the phenomenon loosely known as faith healing. During the 1990s the American cultural landscape changed and religious healing became a commonplace feature in our society. This is a look at this new reality.
The author recounts the history and descriptions of nearly 100 homes, schools, taverns, and farms in Greenbrier County from their erection until the middle of the 19th century, illustrating many of them with graceful line drawings. While the genealogical coverage of the buildings' inhabitants varies, in most cases we are given the names of the original head of household, his spouse and children; the names of subsequent owners and their families; years occupied; something of the residents' lives and/or careers; and more.
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