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Growing up on the spectrum : a guide to life, love, and learning for teens and young adults with Autism and Asperger's / by Koegel, Lynn Kern.(CARDINAL)388317; LaZebnik, Andrew.; LaZebnik, Claire Scovell.(CARDINAL)458966;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-379) and index.Getting started -- Making and maintaining good friendships -- Making and maintaining successful romantic relationships -- Making school successful -- Beyond the college years -- Improving daily life.A guide to helping teens with autism. It addresses issues from physical maturation to success in college, this volume is for parents, therapists, and educators.
Subjects: Special needs collection.; Asperger's syndrome in adolescence; Autism in adolescence; Webster's Bridge.;
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Long-term response of a forest watershed ecosystem : clearcutting in the southern Appalachians / by Swank, Wayne T.(CARDINAL)739716; Webster, Jackson R.(CARDINAL)405285;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Our North American forests are no longer the wild areas of past centuries; they are an economic and ecological resource undergoing changes from both natural and management disturbances. A wathershed-scale and long-term perspective of forest ecosystem responses is requisite to understanding and predicting cause and effect relationships. This book synthesizes interdisciplinary studies conducted over thirty years, to evaluate responses of a clear-cut, cable-logged watershed at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in the Nantahala Mountain Range of western North Carolina.
Subjects: Clearcutting; Forest ecology;
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Absolute zero [videorecording] / by Amlee, Jessica,1994-; Dow, Bill.; Ducharme, Annette.; Eleniak, Erika,1969-; Ewanuik, Fred.; Fahey, Jeff.(CARDINAL)278045; Irvin, Britt,1984-; Jacobs, Michael D.; Jacobs, Michael(Michael D.); Kahn, Harvey.; Lee, Robert,III.; Ryan, Michael.(CARDINAL)520081; Walker, Matthew,1942-; Watson, Sarah.; Webster, John.(CARDINAL)532959; Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (Firm); Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.(CARDINAL)563859; Echo Bridge Home Entertainment(CARDINAL)563859; Front Street Pictures (Firm); Marvista Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)344016; MarVista Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)344016;
Casting by Lindsay Chag and Lynne Carrow ; music by Annette Ducharme and John Webster ; editor, Gordon Rempel ; production designer, Tony Devenyi ; director of photography, Adam Sliwinksi.Jeff Fahey, Erika Eleniak, Bill Dow, Jessica Amlee, Michael Ryan, Britt Irvin, Fred Ewanuik, Matthew Walker.As the temperature in Miami plunges at record-breaking speed and the city is blasted with snow and ice, a climatologist discovers that an Ice Age is on its way and there's no time, and nowhere, to escape.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital
Subjects: Made-for-TV movies.; Science fiction films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Science fiction films.; Science fiction films.; Television movies.; Made-for-TV movies.; Winter storms; Winter storms;
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The abolitionist's journal : memories of an American antislavery family / by Richardson, James,1953-author.(CARDINAL)865336;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Journal -- Awakenings -- Daisy -- Dreams -- James Crow -- Chauncey Hobart -- Across That Bridge -- Freedom Ride -- Dagger Strokes -- The Slaughter Pen -- The Fort Pillow Boys -- Fort Pickering -- Snakes -- Rebs and Refugees -- Licked -- War Criminal Park -- Owen -- Texas Burning -- Jeremiah Webster -- Glory Bound -- The Gillette Mansion -- Alleyton -- Caroline -- Austin City Limits -- Lily -- Wild Geese -- Emma -- Seas and Stars -- Charlottesville -- Remembering
Subjects: Biographies.; Richardson, George Warren, 1824-1911.; Richardson, James, 1953-; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements;
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Founders and frontiersmen; historic places commemorating early nationhood and the westward movement, 1783-1828. by United States.National Park Service.(CARDINAL)139282;
Bibliography: pages 315-318.pt. 1. Founders and frontiersmen : historical background -- pt. 2. Founders and frontiersmen : survey of historic sites and buildings: A. Sites in the National park system: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Ala.; Natchez Trace Parkway, Ala.-Miss.-Tenn.; Fort Smith NAtional Historic Site, Ark.; The White House, D.C.; Fort Pulaski National Monument, Ga.; Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Ky.-Tenn.-Va.; Chalmette National Historical Park, La.; Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Md.; Fort Washington, Md; Adams National Historic SIte, Mass.; Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Mass.; Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Mo.; Castle Clinton National Monument, N.Y.; Federal Hall National Memorial, N.Y.; Hamilton Grange National Monument (authorized), N.Y.; Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument, Ohio; Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pa.; Independence National Historical Park, Pa.; Fort Sumter National Monument, S.C.; Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.; George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va.; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, W. Va.-Md. ; B. National historic sites in non-federal ownership: Chicago Portage National Historic Site, Ill. ; C. Sites eligible for the Registry of National Historic Landmarks: Fort Morgan (Fort Boyer Site), Ala.; Fort Toulouse (Fort Jackson), Ala.; Old State House, Conn.; City Hall (District Court House), D.C.; Decatur House, D.C.; Octagon House, D.C.; St. John's Episcopal Church, D.C.; Tudor Place, D.C.; United States Capitol, D.C.; Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, Fla.; Plaza Ferdinand VII, Fla.; Grouseland, Ind.; Joseph Bailly Homestead, Ind.; Tippecanoe Battlefield, Ind.; Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; Ashland, Ky.; Fort Jessup, La.; Jackson Square, La.; The Cabildo, La.; Casselman Bridge, National Road, Md.; Maryland State House, Md.; U.S.S. Constellation, Md.; Boston Naval Shipyard, Mass.; John Adams Birthplace, Mass.; John Quincy Adams Birthplace, Mass.; Massachusetts State House, Mass.; Springfield Armory, Mass.; U.S.S. Constitution, Mass.; Mackinac Island, Mich.; Fort Snelling, Minn.; Fort Osage, Mo. ; Fort Atkinson, Nebr.; City Hall, N.Y.; Erie Canal (remains), N.Y.; Fort Stanwix, N.Y.; Holland Land Office, N.Y.; Plattsburgh (Cumberland) Bay, N.Y.; United States Military Academy, N.Y.; Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y.; Reed Gold Mine, N.C.; Beginning of the U.S. Public Land Survey, Ohio-Pa.; Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Ohio; S-Bridge, National Road, Ohio; Fort Gibson, Okla.; Forks of the Ohio, Pa.; Friendship Hill, Pa.; Fort Hill, S.C.; Blount Mansion, Tenn.; The Hemitage, Tenn.; Fort Monroe, Va.; Gunston Hall, Va.; John Marshall House, Va.; Monticello, Va.; Montpelier, Va.; Mount Vernon, Va.; Oak Hill, Va.; Prairie du Chien, Wis. ; D. Historic districts eligible for the registry of National Historic Landmarks: Vieux Carré, La.; Colonial Annapolis, Md. ; E. Other sites considered: Fort Confederation (Fort Tombigbee), Ala.; Fort Mims Site, Ala.; McGillivray Plantation Site, Ala.; Boundary Stones, D.C.; Commandant's House, U.S. Marine Barracks, D.C.; Dolley Madison House, D.C.; Dumbarton House, D.C.; Dumbarton Oaks, D.C.; Navy Yard, D.C.; Panton, Leslie and Company Warehouse Site, Fla.; San Marcos de Apalache (Fort St. Marks), Fla.; Fort Hawkins Site, Ga.; William H. Crawford Home Site, Ga.; Fort Harrison Site, Ind.; Fort Knox Site, Ind. ; Fort Wayne, Ind,; William Whitley House (Sportsman's Hill), Ky.; Los Adaes, La.; Fort Cumberland Site (lost site), Md.; Gore Place, Mass.; Fort Shelby Site, Mich.; Ellicott's Hill, Miss.; Fort Nogales Site, Miss.; Nathan Boone's Home, Mo.; Daniel Webster Birthplace, N.H.; Castle Williams, N.Y.; Fort Hamilton, N.Y.; Fort Jay, N.Y.; Fort Ontario, N.Y.; John Jay House, N.Y.; Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; Fort Amanda Site, Ohio; Fort Meigs Site, Ohio; Fort Miami Site, Ohio; Fort Recovery, Ohio; Greenville Treaty Site, Ohio; Marietta, Ohio ; Fort Towson Site, Okla. ; Daniel Boone Homestead, Pa.; Flagship Niagara Replica, Pa.; S-Bridge, National Road, Pa.; Rocky Mount, Tenn.; Aquia Creek Quarries, Va.; Ash Lawn, Va.; Fort Norfolk, Va.; James Monroe Law Office, Va.; Shadwell, Va.; Woodlawn Plantation, Va.; Blennerhassett Island, W. Va.
Subjects: Historic buildings;
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American greats / by Wilson, Robert A.,1941-(CARDINAL)393870; Marcus, Stanley,1905-2002.(CARDINAL)130324;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-303) and index.Common sense : tis time to part -- Automobile self-starter : Kettering's practical solution -- Baseball diamond -- Berlin Airlift : we stay in Berlin. Period -- Birds of America : Audubon's great idea -- Black baseball : the bumpy, begrudging road -- Brooklyn Bridge -- Burroughs-Wellcome and Gertrude Elion : the perfect chemistry -- C-SPAN : where content is the star -- Calder mobiles -- Carnegie libraries -- Chicago defender : aiding and abetting the great migration -- Coca-Cola's recipe : the greatest secret ever kept, told by the man who keeps it -- Coney Island -- Corvette : like a bat out of hell -- Country music : the Bristol sessions -- Duke Ellington Orchestra -- Edison's invention factories : stick-to-itiveness -- Elements of style : parvum opus -- Farm Security Administration photographers -- FDR's Fireside Chats : holding us together -- Freedom of expression -- Freedom Riders : we are prepared to die -- G.I. Bill : helping create the middle class -- Gettysburg Address -- Great day in Harlem -- Huckleberry Finn -- Iditarod : the last great race -- Industrial design : a superior sense of the practical -- Industrial light and magic : to leap without looking -- Keeneland : racing as it was meant to be -- Kimbell Museum : the client is human nature -- Lend lease : the most unsordid act -- Library of America -- Life magazine -- M*A*S*H : the final episode -- Marshall Plan : essentials for European recovery -- Mohawk steel workers : dealing with the fear -- Making journalism history : we take you now to London -- N. C. Wyeth's treasure island illustrations : scaring us stiff -- National Geographic maps : a sense of where we are -- Navajo code talkers : the century's best kept secret -- New York Public Library's room 315 -- New York Times -- New Yorker -- Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 : a handful of white dice thrown out across the prairie -- Pony Express -- Transfer of presidential power -- Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? -- Skyscraper -- Smithsonian Institution : the nation's attic -- Sousa's band : the music men -- Spirit of St. Louis : shooting star -- Sportswriting : the golden age -- Sun records : when all hell broke loose -- Surfing Oahu's north shore : Eddie would go -- Tabasco sauce -- Television situation comedy -- Travis's letter from the Alamo : victory or death -- Tuskegee airmen : all blood runs red -- Underground Railroad : following the North Star -- Volkswagen's campaign in America -- Webster's American dictionary : the final volley of independence -- Woman suffrage movement : failure is impossible -- Wright brothers : concept of genius -- Yellow fever : a common cause for a disease all too common -- Yellowstone, our first national park -- West Point.1220L
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; National characteristics, American;
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A treasurey of American horror stories
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ; Lost face ; Being ; One happy family ; A return to the sabbath ; The autopsy ; The believers ; A teacher's rewards ; Chico Lafleur talks funny ;Legend of Joe Lee : Seventh sister ; Isle of voices ; One man's harp ; Cannibalism in the cars ; Smell of cherries ; Away ; Twilla ; His name was not forgotten ; Desiree's child ; Children of Noah ; Man wo collected Poe ; Pickman's model ; Screwfly solution ; Unpleasantness at Carver House ; Mte Milton ; Dumb supper ; Lonely train a'comin' ; Children of the corn ; Legal rites ; Devil and Daniel Webster ; Master of the hounds ; Devil of the Picuris ; The garrison ; Desrick on Yandro ; Shaggy vengeance ; Horsehair trunk ; Curse of Yig ;Peekaboo ; Bird of prey ; Haunter of the dark ; Song of the slaves ; Eagle-claw rattle ; Our town ; Perverts ; Goddess of Zion ; Alannah ; His coat so gay ; Bigfish ; Lonely road ; Beyond the threshold ; Monster of Lake LaMetrie
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The yards [videorecording] / by Orent, Kerry.; Webster, Paul,1952 September 19-; Wechsler, Nick.(CARDINAL)847841; Gray, James,1969-drt.(CARDINAL)343364; Reeves, Matt,1966-; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-(CARDINAL)342960; Phoenix, Joaquin.; Theron, Charlize.(CARDINAL)786079; Dunaway, Faye.(CARDINAL)344923; Burstyn, Ellen,1932-(CARDINAL)344803; Caan, James.(CARDINAL)847608;
Director, James Gray.Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn, James Caan.Released from prison after taking the fall for a group of his friends, Leo Handler just wants to get his life back on track. But when he takes a job with his powerfully inflential Uncle Frank and reconnects with his old friend Willie, Leo finds himself unwittingly drawn into a world of sabotage, high-stakes payoffs and even murder. Then, he discovers a secret that makes him the target of the city's most ruthless family--his own.MPAA rating: R.DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby surround, widescreen presentation.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Ex-convicts; Contractors; Criminal behavior;
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Scenes : people, places, and events that shaped the United States Senate / by Koed, Betty K.,author.(CARDINAL)314891; Berry, Sonceria Ann.; United States.Congress.Senate,issuing body.(CARDINAL)139237;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Origins, evolution, and traditions -- Senators famous and forgotten -- Senate of the Civil War era -- Landmark moments in Senate history -- Senate personalities -- The Senate and the Capitol.Origins, Evolution, and Traditions. The Great Compromise of 1787 ; The teacup and saucer story ; Election of senators ; The long journey to quorum ; The Oath of Office ; Jefferson's Manual ; A senatorial salary ; The Senate opens its doors ; The acting Vice President ; The first unanimous consent agreement ; The first holiday recess ; Annual reading of Washington's Farewell Address ; Creating a Committee on Appropriations ; Origins of the filibuster ; Grand masters of the filibuster ; Establishing a cloture rule ; Smoking banned in the Senate Chamber ; Evolution of modern leadership ; A Congressional codel ; Congress on the air ; The Senate gets a new gavel ; The enduring tradition of maiden speeches ; Give us a (summer) break! ; The Senate goes on TV -- Senators Famous and Forgotten. The famous Daniel Webster ; Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri: Old Bullion Benton ; Charles Sumner of Massachusetts: A leader for a new generation ; Henry Wilson of Massachusetts: The Cobbler of Natick ; Stephen Douglas of Illinois: The Little Giant ; Benjamin Wade of Ohio: A neglected radical ; Hiram Revels of Mississippi: The first African American senator ; Blanche Bruce of Mississippi: The man between ; William Allison of Iowa: The cautious boss ; James Blaine of Maine: The Magnetic Man ; Francis Warren of Wyoming: A political baron of the West ; Walter George of Georgia: The Sage of Finance ; George Norris of Nebraska: The almost famous senator ; William Borah of Idaho: The Great Opposer ; Carl Hayden of Arizona: The Senate's work horse ; Gladys Pyle of South Dakota: Pioneering for women in politics ; Dennis Chavez of New Mexico: El Senador ; Edward Costigan of Colorado: A one-term wonder ; Robert Wagner of New York: An intrepid fighter ; Robert Taft of Ohio: Mr. Republican ; Margaret Chase Smith: The lady from Maine ; Earle Clements of Kentucky: The quiet partisan ; Wayne Morse of Oregon: The loneliest man in the Senate ; Robert Kerr of Oklahoma: The uncrowned king of the Senate ; Barry Goldwater of Arizona: The voice of modern conservatism ; George Murphy of California: The man behind the Candy Desk ; Everett Dirksen of Illinois: The Senate's Golden Voice ; Edward Brooke of Massachusetts: The bridge builder --Senate of the Civil War Era. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 ; James Grimes and the consequences of the Kansas-Nebraska Act ; The caning of Charles Sumner ; Civil War begins for the Senate ; Crittenden's Compromise ; Jefferson Davis bids farewell ; The Senate's extraordinary recess ; Senators witness the First Battle of Bull Run ; The death and life of Edward Baker ; Henry Wilson and the Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ; Clara Barton's benefactor ; The Trent Affair ; The Prayer of One Hundred Thousand ; Constructing a national symbol ; William Pitt Fessenden and wartime finance ; Senators and the Reconstruction Amendments -- Landmark Moments in Senate History. The Senate passes the Judiciary Act ; The uproar over Jay's Treaty ; The impeachment trial of Judge John Pickering ; Saving Senate records ; Webster's first Reply to Hayne ; Webster's Second Reply to Hayne ; Henry Clay's last compromise ; Recusants save President Andrew Johnson ; The Kate Brown story ; Charles Sumner crusades for a Civil Rights Act ; Alcorn's great insult ; The impeachment trial of William Belknap ; William Alden Smith investigates the Titanic disaster ; The Senate and the Suffragists ; Election sets stage for treaty defeat ; Rebecca Felton becomes the first woman senator ; Thomas Walsh investigates Teapot Dome ; Senate leaders compete ; Southern women set the stage ; The election of Hattie Caraway ; The First Hundred Days ; Joseph Robinson and the court packing plan ; Winston Churchill addresses Congress ; Alben Barkley resigns leadership post ; The Truman Committee investigates ; Arthur Vandenberg and a bipartisan foreign policy ; Senator Smith's Declaration of Conscience ; The suicide of Senator Lester Hunt ; Senator Watkins leads the charge for censure ; The first televised presidential debate ; African American staff challenge segregation ; Smith vs. Cormier, 1960 ; Bipartisan strategy brings success in 1964 ; Invoking cloture on the 1964 Civil Rights Act ; Senator Hayden votes no ; Dirksen's death prompts leadership race ; Female pages blaze a trail ; The Senate debates the Panama Canal Treaties --Senate Personalities. Humphrey Marshall defies his constituents ; Richard Johnson and the proposal to explore the hollow Earth ; Miss America visits the Senate ; Arthur Gorman and the Washington Senators ; Three brothers compete for one Senate seat ; Sing a song of shotgun ; Mark Twain takes on Congress ; The Sons of the Wild Jackass ; Baby Duvall milks the Senate ; Mark Hanna and the Presidential Election of 1896 ; Will Senate tradition be snubbed? ; Fighting Bob lives to fight another day ; Maud Younger's victory ; Senator socks constituent ; The story of Bishop Sims ; The Man in the Green Hat ; Senator Thomas brings spring to the Senate ; Cactus Jack presides ; The Kingfish puts on a show ; Barkley vs. Harrison ; Leader McNary builds a vigilant opposition ; Homesick Harry's impromptu visit ; Overwork makes the Senate surly ; J. Edgar Hoover moonlights on Senate staff ; Mach Buster Maggie, supersonic Senator from Maine ; Margaret Chase Smith, foreign correspondent ; Lyndon Johnson, master manipulator ; K7UGA BARRY ; The Ev and Charlie Show ; Mr. Marigold ; Battle of the Octogenarians ; The last Senate duel -- The Senate and the Capitol. Washington's tomb ; Behind the Capitol's littlest doors ; Freedom's journey ; Mystery of the Senate bathtubs ; Senator James McMillan and the National Mall ; The Senate Cottage ; Senate hideaways ; The Senate subway ; The Marble Room ; The Famous Five, then Seven, and now Nine ; The Taft Memorial Bell Tower ; The Senate's tradition of naming rooms and spaces."The history of the United States Senate is full of dramatic moments, famous senators, and nation-changing events, but it is also peppered with colorful characters and humorous incidents that have become part of the lore of an institution now more than 230 years old. This volume presents a collection of 150 scenes from Senate history. Varied in length and wide-ranging in topic, each scene represents a part of a much larger story"--
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators;
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Clotel, or, The president's daughter : a narrative of slave life in the United States / by Brown, William Wells,1814?-1884.(CARDINAL)151227; Levine, Robert S.(Robert Steven),1953-(CARDINAL)636939;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-527).3: Resistance And Reform -- Confessions of Nat Turner -- To the public / William Lloyd Garrison -- Appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans / Lydia Maria Child -- Appeal to the Christian women of the South / Angelina E Grimke -- Rights of Women / Frederick Douglass -- I am a woman's rights / Sojourner Truth -- Address, delivered at the African Masonic Hall / Maria W Stewart -- Responsibility of colored people in the free states / Samuel E Cornish -- Colored people in America / Frances E W Harper -- Address to the slaves of the United States of America / Henry Highland Garnet -- Report of the Committee on Abolition (1847) / National Convention of Colored People -- Resolutions adopted (1853) / Colored National Convention -- Political destiny of the colored race on the American continent / Martin R Delany -- Declaration of Wrongs and Rights (1864) / National Convention of Colored Men -- St Domingo: its revolutions and its patriots / William Wells Brown -- Plea for Captain John Brown / Henry David Thoreau -- Battle of Milliken's Bend / William Wells Brown -- My Southern Home / William Wells Brown -- Selected bibliography.About the series -- About this volume -- List of illustrations -- Part One: Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter: The Complete Text -- Introduction: Cultural and historical background -- Chronology of Brown's life and times -- Note on the text and annotations -- Clotel; or, The President's Daughter [1853 edition] -- Part Two: Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter: Cultural Contexts -- 1: Sources and revisions -- Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled / Thomas Jefferson -- Domestic manners of the Americans / Frances Trollope -- Sale of a daughter of Tho's Jefferson / William Goodell -- Jefferson's daughter / Anonymous -- Letter to Frederick Douglass' paper / James McCune Smith -- What to the slave is the Fourth of July? / Frederick Douglass -- Sermons addressed to masters and servants / Thomas Bacon -- Two proclamations / Andrew Jackson -- American slavery as it is / Theodore Dwight Weld -- New Liberty Party / William Wells Brown -- Singular escape / William Wells Brown -- Quadroons / Lydia Maria Child -- Quadroon's story / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Leap from the Long Bridge; an incident at Washington / Grace Greenwood -- Narrative of William W Brown / William Wells Brown -- Biography of an American bondman / Josephine Brown -- Original panoramic views / William Wells Brown -- Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States / William Wells Brown -- Clotelle; or, The Colored Heroine / William Wells Brown -- 2: Race, Slavery, Prejudice -- Notes on the State of Virginia / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter exchange (1791) / Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson -- Walker's appeal / David Walker -- African colonization / Henry Clay -- Review of the debate in the Virginia legislature / Thomas R Dew -- On the reception of abolition petitions / John C Calhoun -- Inquiry into the scriptural views of slavery / Albert Barnes -- Southern customs-Madame Chevalier / Martin R Delany -- Colorphobia in New York! / Frederick Douglass -- Types of mankind / Josiah C Nott and George R Gliddon -- Diseases and peculiarities of the Negro race / Samuel A Cartwright -- Constitution and the union / Daniel Webster -- Sociology for the South / George Fitzhugh -- South-side view of slavery / Nehemiah Adams -- Planter's northern bride / Caroline Lee Hentz -- What slaves are taught to think of the North / Harriet Jacobs -- Prohibition of colored persons / Walt Whitman.From the Publisher: William Wells Brown's Clotel (1853), the first novel written by an African American, was published in London while Brown was still legally regarded as "property" within the borders of the United States. The documents in this edition include excerpts from Brown's sources for the novel-fiction, political essays, sermons, and presidential proclamations; selections that illuminate the range of contemporary attitudes concerning race, slavery, and prejudice; and pieces that advocate various methods of resistance and reform.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.; Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884.; Children of presidents; African American families; Multiracial people; African American women; Enslaved women;
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