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America's instrument : the banjo in the nineteenth-century / by Gura, Philip F.,1950-(CARDINAL)342248; Bollman, James F.(CARDINAL)653327;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.
Subjects: Banjo;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Fashions and costumes from Godey's lady's book / by Blum, Stella.(CARDINAL)724238;
Subjects: Fashion;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Marburg chronicles : a novel / by Coppel, Alfred.(CARDINAL)509973;
Traces the fortunes of the Marburg family through three generations, a dynasty begun with the marriage of Micah Marburg, a German-Jewish banker, to the strong and vital Spanish beauty, Adrianna Santana.
Subjects: Fiction.; Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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May the road rise up to meet you [Large Print] / by Troy, Peter.(CARDINAL)397087;
Spanning the first major wave of Irish immigration to New York through the end of the Civil War, this book introduces Ethan McOwen, an Irish immigrant who became a war photographer; Marcella Arroyo, who became an abolitionist; and Mary and Micah, who are slaves embarking on a path to freedom.
Subjects: Large print books.; Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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A slant of light : a novel / by Lent, Jeffrey,author.(CARDINAL)344598;
"[A story that] deals with profoundly seminal American moments: the end of the Civil War, the religious freedom that was manifested in the Second Great Awakening, the last gasps of the Jeffersonian ideal of American yeomanry, the shadow on the horizon of the Industrial Revolution. At the heart of the novel are two men: one who has committed a horrific act, but is slowly revealed to be a man of honor and integrity; the other, a seemingly righteous man of great spiritual dedication, whose lust for power within his community will eventually blind him to his own actions"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 23
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A slant of light [large print] / by Lent, Jeffrey.(CARDINAL)344598;
At the close of the Civil War, weary veteran Malcolm Hopeton returns to his home in western New York State to find his wife and hired man missing and his farm in disrepair. A double murder ensues, the repercussions of which ripple through a community with spiritual roots in the Second Great Awakening. Malcolm Hopeton has gone from the horrors of war to those far worse, and arrayed around him are a host of people struggling to make sense of his crime in an American moment where a seemingly golden age has been shattered.--Back cover
Subjects: Large print books.; Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed / by Greenburg, Bradley.(CARDINAL)614461;
"The end of slavery is no guarantee of freedom. When 12 year old Clayton McGhee journeys north with his parents and grandparents in search of a new life, they must build a homestead with their own labour and defend their right to own land from powerful vested interests and deep rooted prejudice. Thirty years later, Clayton is still forced to defend his livelihood and his family's safety from racism and greed. But life is more complex now, as the men of influence in this increasingly mixed community find to their cost. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed charts the massive changes in the United States following the death of Lincoln. It's also a riveting adventure story about fathers and sons and the difficult moral choices which resound down the generations as America moves haltingly towards freedom and equality."-- Cover.
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Village atheists : how America's unbelievers made their way in a Godly nation / by Schmidt, Leigh Eric,author.(CARDINAL)185480;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The making of the village atheist -- The secular pilgrim; or, the here without the hereafter -- The cartoonist; or, the visible incivility of secularism -- The blasphemer; or, the riddle of irreligious freedom -- The obscene atheist; or, the sexual politics of infidelity -- The nonbeliever is entitled to go his own way."Leigh Eric Schmidt rebuilds the history of American secularism from the ground up, giving flesh and blood to these outspoken infidels, including itinerant lecturer Samuel Porter Putnam; rough-edged cartoonist Watson Heston; convicted blasphemer Charles B. Reynolds; and atheist sex reformer Elmina D. Slenker. He describes their everyday confrontations with devout neighbors and evangelical ministers, their strained efforts at civility alongside their urge to ridicule and offend their Christian compatriots. Schmidt examines the multilayered world of social exclusion, legal jeopardy, yet also civic acceptance in which American atheists and secularists lived. He shows how it was only in the middle decades of the twentieth century that nonbelievers attained a measure of legal vindication, yet even then they often found themselves marginalized on the edges of a God-trusting, Bible-believing nation. Village Atheists reveals how the secularist vision for the United States proved to be anything but triumphant and age-defining for a country where faith and citizenship were--and still are--routinely interwoven,"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Atheism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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May the road rise up to meet you : a novel / by Troy, Peter.(CARDINAL)397087;
Kirkus ReviewPublisher's WeeklyKirkus Review, December 2011Publisher's Weekly, November 2011"An engrossing, epic American drama told from four distinct perspectives, spanning the first major wave of Irish immigration to New York through the end of the Civil War. Four unique voices; two parallel love stories; one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth century America. This remarkable debut draws from the great themes of literature--famine, war, love, and family--as it introduces four unforgettable characters. Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five Points at the height of its urban destitution; he is among the first to join the famed Irish Brigade and becomes a celebrated war photographer. Marcella, a society girl from Spain, defies her father to become a passionate abolitionist. Mary and Micah are slaves of varying circumstances, who form an instant connection and embark on a tumultuous path to freedom. All four lives unfold in two beautiful love stories, which eventually collide. Written in gorgeous language that subtly captures the diverse backgrounds of each character and interspersed with letters, journals, and dreams, this unforgettable story, rendered in cinematic detail, is about having faith in life's great meaning amidst its various tangles"--AdultAdult
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Ether day : the strange tale of America's greatest medical discovery and the haunted men who made it / by Fenster, J. M.(Julie M.)(CARDINAL)370605;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.Machine generated contents note: PROLOGUE The Laughing-GasJoke -- 1 Ether Day -- 2 A Blank Whirlwind of Emotion -- 3 The Hilarity Before Ether Day -- 4 The Entertainment Is Scientific -- 5 Unwilling Collaboration -- 6 Silence in the Dome -- 7 The Confidence Man -- 8 Next What? -- 9 Power Struggle -- 10 A World Waiting -- 11 Repelled by a Common Moment -- 12 Charles Jackson's Universe -- 13 Horace Wells in Paris -- 14 Chlory -- 15 All Alone at the Tombs -- 16 In the Lobby of the Willard Hotel -- 17 Emerson's Wife's Brother -- 18 Morton's Civil War -- 19 Poison in the Beams -- 20 In Dr. Jackson's Scrapbook.
Subjects: Anesthesia; Ether;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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