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Walking the Trail of Death
A recounting of the story of the original journey of the "removal" of the Potawatomi Indians from Indiana to Kansas while blending in fascinating story of this white man�s walk re-tracing every foot of the 660 mile journey�the first white man to do so since 1838. Studying the original journals and letters as he walked, and often sleeping at their actual campsites he ponders larger issues of injustice, sin, restitution, and penance. Keith Drury is an Associate Professor of religion at Indiana Wesleyan University.
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Legend and Belief
Industrial advancement has not changed the basic fragility of human life, and the commercialization and consumer orientation of the mass media has actually helped legends travel faster and farther. Legends are communicated not only orally, face to face, but also in the press, on radio and television, on countless Web sites, and by e-mail, perpetuating new waves of the "culture of fear.""--BOOK JACKET.
Chasing the Ghost Bear
Part natural history, part travelogue, and part meditation on extinction and loss, Chasing the Ghost Bear is a journey into the giant short-faced bear’s enigmatic story—life, disappearance, and rediscovery—and those trying to piece it together today.
Common Elements
A man of Seminole Indian descent returns to his South Florida roots with his wife in search of tranquility. Instead their lives become chaotic when strange events begin to occur followed by a devastating murder.
Deltaville
In the early 20th century, the communities previously recognized as Sandy Bottom, Enoch, Stingray Point, Ruark, Amburg, Stove Point, Horse Shoe Bend, Pace's Neck, and Grinels became part of what is known today as Deltaville. Strategically located between two major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay, Deltaville has been center stage to many events that have shaped the nation. During the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, friend and foe visited its shores. Six decades later, both Union and Confederate blood was spilled on its ground. Throughout the early 20th century, Deltaville's shores played a large part in local industry. Common occupations included wooden boatbuilding, freighting, oystering, crabbing, and fishing. By the end of the century, the community had grown into a waterfront resort and served as a playground for recreational boaters and visitors.
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The Evil Necessity
A fundamental component of Britain’s early success, naval impressment not only kept the Royal Navy afloat—it helped to make an empire. In total numbers, impressed seamen were second only to enslaved Africans as the largest group of forced laborers in the eighteenth century. In The Evil Necessity, Denver Brunsman describes in vivid detail the experience of impressment for Atlantic seafarers and their families. Brunsman reveals how forced service robbed approximately 250,000 mariners of their livelihoods, and, not infrequently, their lives, while also devastating Atlantic seaport communities and the loved ones who were left behind. Press gangs, consisting of a navy officer backed by sailor...
