![]() ![]() His biography reveals this period through the eyes of a soldier and civil servant who embodied federal authority in Utah during its turbulent post–Civil War years. Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake recognizes Maxwell as both a bona fide Civil War hero and an unappreciated shaper of Utah history. Lee was tried for the massacre of 120 Arkansas emigrants at Mountain Meadows. ![]() And as marshal, he was the first to properly conduct a federal trial in the Utah Territory, when John D. In the courts, in election outcomes, and in the legislature, Maxwell fought the Mormons’ affirmation that God’s law was superior to federal law. In his subsequent service, Maxwell waged a different war as he battled the Mormon church’s leadership over ownership of land, water, and timber. ![]() With the onset of the Civil War, Maxwell volunteered for the First Michigan Cavalry and fought in most of the war’s major battles in Virginia and at Gettysburg. history from the point of view of this young, non-Mormon who lived through it. John Gary Maxwell’s biography of General Maxwell (no relation) both celebrates an unsung war hero and presents the history of the longest episode of civil disobedience in U.S. marshal-with bringing the Mormons into compliance with federal law. Maxwell was sent to Utah Territory and charged-first as Register of Land, then as U.S. Following distinguished Civil War service that took one of his legs and rendered an arm useless, General George R. ![]()
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6/25/2023 0 Comments Pam grossman what is a witch![]() ![]() But they could not escape the rumors of their revenant-canoodling. ![]() Amid the hubbub, 11-year-old Kate and fourteen-year-old Margaret were collected by their 33-year-old sister, Leah, to come live with her in Rochester. Word spread of the shocking incident, and soon the Fox farm was overrun by people who wanted to meet the girls who talked to the dead. When they found some pieces of bone, an investigation commenced and a local man was arrested for the alleged murder. ![]() Alarmed neighbors came to dig beneath the house. Rosna, and he told them that he had been murdered and buried in their cellar five years prior. Splitfoot,” the devilish name they gave to the spirit that they said was the source of the knocking.Īccording to the girls, this entity later identified himself as the ghost of one Mr. In the ensuing months, they began to communicate with “Mr. In 1848, the adolescent sisters Kate and Margaret Fox of Hydesville, New York, made quite a commotion when they told people of the strange rapping sounds they heard throughout their house. Reprinted by permission of Gallery Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. This piece is an excerpt from WAKING THE WITCH: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power by Pam Grossman. ![]() ![]() If you look, you can read the names of legendary people written in the dust: Johnny Ringo, Russian, Bill, Toppy Johnson, Roy Bean, Butch Cassidy, Madame Varnish, Black jack Ketchum, Mangas Coloradas, Billy the Kid, James Cooney. They molder into oblivion, their shells of buildings like specters against the sky, these towns that witnessed some of America’s most romantic and rapacious history.Īnd if you listen, you can hear the names of fabled mines whispered on the wind: Bridal Chamber, Confidence, Little Hell, Calamity Jane, Hardscrabble, Mystic Lode, North Homestake, Little Fanny, Spanish Bar. Literally hundreds of towns not only died, they vanished.īy some estimates, New Mexico is home to more than 400 ghost towns - most are nothing more than a few foundations and some occasional mining equipment.īut traces of many linger on, haunting ties to days that used to be. A few were farming communities that flourished for a time and mysteriously fell silent. Most were mining towns, where men lusted after the earth’s riches - gold, silver, turquoise, copper, lead and coal. ![]() ![]() ![]() But in the late 1800s, each had a moment of glory that blazed and died like a sudden flame." ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments A shropshire lad list of poems![]() ![]() ![]() After a decade with such his reputation, he ably obtain a position at University College London in 1902. Frustrated, he gained at job as a patent clerk but continued his research in the classical studies and published a variety of well-regarded papers. The eldest of seven children and a gifted student, Housman won a scholarship to Oxford, where he performed well but for various reasons neglected philosophy and ancient history subjects that failed to pique his interest and consequently failed to gain a degree. ![]() To his fellow noted classicists, his critical editing of Manilius earned him enduring fame. A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922) apparently published works of British poet and scholar Alfred Edward Housman, brother of Laurence Housman and Clemence Housman. ![]() 6/25/2023 0 Comments Johnny cash june carter![]() ![]() He is the only child of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and the grandson of Maybelle Carter. the producer and the director were willing to listen they were openminded. John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970) is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. "I wasn't that hands-on during the production, but in working on the script and whatnot I was very involved." He explained, "I complained all the way through it, just about the things I don't think my father would have said or did or maybe I'd question the historical accuracy. "I was quite a bit involved," he told Express. John has done some film production, as well, notably for the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. John has also worked as a producer with other musicians including equally big names like Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, and Emmylou Harris. He was a producer on Johnny's albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002), and June's albums Press On (1999) and Wildwood Flower (2003). He is also a producer and has worked on both of his parents' music. John has released three solo albums as a country music singer-songwriter: Bitter Harvest (2003), The Family Secret (2010), and We Must Believe In Magic (2018). ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Ballard concrete island![]() ![]() I don't know, but I will say that this seems of its time and place: "the 60s" about to happen in England with a concomitant interest in both outer and inner space, and the surreal about to become the language of advertising and the Sunday Supplements (five years later, if you made the narrator more of a hunk, this story could be the storyboard for a TV commercial selling aftershave). ![]() Maybe the ocean represents a fully lived sensual life the schoolteacher, in his holiday sandals (worn with socks, no doubt!) and love of fossils (life literally turned to stone) has denied himself. Is it possible that the narrator is the prisoner, and the lizard seen at the end of the story tells us that he's now been trapped in the prehistoric past? And what is the woman, then? A portal as >23 elenchus: suggests? Surrealism is, also, nearly always about sex in some way. although an adult in a position of authority (indeed, a schoolteacher) this narrator is "packed off" on a seaside holiday as if he were a child. If anything, I was reminded of Robert Aickman, with the surrealism and passive narrator. It's that the tone of the story didn't strike me as Lovecraftian. ![]() Obviously there's the Deep Time theme, but you could just as well make an argument for a link to H. I didn't see a strong connection to HPL in this story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() United States, the government sought to recover all proceeds earned by Snowden because of his failure to submit his publication for pre-publication review in violation of his alleged contractual and fiduciary obligations. Rather, under well-established Supreme Court precedent, Snepp v. The United States’ lawsuit did not seek to stop or restrict the publication or distribution of Permanent Record. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Snowden has given public speeches on intelligence-related matters, also in violation of his non-disclosure agreements. The lawsuit alleged that Snowden published his book without submitting it to the agencies for pre-publication review, in violation of his express obligations under the agreements he signed. ![]() In September 2019, the United States filed a lawsuit against Snowden, who published a book entitled Permanent Record in violation of the non-disclosure agreements he signed with both CIA and NSA. ![]() District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered a final judgment and permanent injunction against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA). ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Johanna louise spyri![]() Many of her books and texts take a realistic look at Switzerland and the living conditions of the people there that do not gloss over things. ![]() She died of cancer on 7 July 1901 at the age of 74.Īlthough Johanna Spyri is virtually exclusively associated with Heidi, she wrote 31 books, 27 volumes of stories and four brochures in the 30 years from 1871 – when her first story, “Ein Blatt auf Vrony’s Grab”, was published – until the time of her death. ![]() After the death of her son, Johanna Spyri dedicated herself completely to writing and charity work. Her first and only son Bernhard was born in 1855 but died of tuberculosis in 1884. ![]() In 1852 she married Johann Bernhard Spyri, a lawyer and later town clerk of Zurich. These locations were to become the settings for her novel, “Heidi”. She spent several summers in Maienfeld, in the canton of Grisons. Books already meant everything to her in her youth she discovered Goethe, amongst others, and moved away from the pious world that her mother had communicated to her. Spyri went on to study Modern Languages and Piano in Zürich. Johanna Louise Heusser’s father was a doctor, her mother a priest’s daughter. ![]() Swiss author Johanna Spyri was born in Hirzel, in the canton of Zurich, on 12 June 1827. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Ghosts book by dolly alderton![]() Their conversations are witty and ironic, they both hate sports, they dance together like fools, they happily dig deep into the nuances of crappy music, and they create an entire universe of private jokes and chemical bliss.īut when Max ghosts her, Nina is forced to deal with everything she's been trying so hard to ignore: her father's Alzheimer's is getting worse, and so is her mother's denial of it her editor hates her new book idea and her best friend from childhood is icing her out. But more surprising than anything else, Nina and Max have chemistry. ![]() Max is handsome and built like a lumberjack he has floppy blond hair and a stable job. And when she downloads a dating app, she does the seemingly impossible: She meets a great guy on her first date. She owns her own apartment, she's about to publish her second book, she has a great relationship with her ex-boyfriend, and enough friends to keep her social calendar full and her hangovers plentiful. ![]() ![]() Nina Dean is not especially bothered that she's single. A smart, sexy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about ex-boyfriends, imperfect parents, friends with kids, and a man who disappears the moment he says I love you. ![]() 6/24/2023 0 Comments Irona 700 by Dave Duncan![]() Nancy Ligon (David presumed son of William (of Scotland and (unproven) Mary Crockett of SC (Wm born 1752 's parent James & Taylor of Strathblane Mary is dau of WILLIAM Crockett b: ABT 1730 and KATHERYN Hawkins b: ABT 1730) "David Duncan was the father of Thomas Duncan, of the Seventh District, Source: A History of Hickman Co.Tennessee by Jerome Spence. For several years prior to 1825, he managed the iron forges on Mill Creek for Hardin Perkins. TN from South Carolina as an iron worker. in Ireland)ĭavid Duncan, born 1774, came to Hickman Co. Clark (1821-1863īirth error ? Arrival 1767 Date Discrepancy (16-20 yrs b 1747 / Wm b 1752) *cannot be a son of William (perhaps a relative or not a passenger on ship b. A presumed arrival for "David" 1767 in Granville North Carolina ship "Pearl" (from Scotland) (if David 16-20 yrs birth would be 1747 vs 1777 - David of Hickman may be son of David in Granville)ĭeath Estimate Unknown No Probate Located to confirm date/place/children.Possible Birth error ? Arrival 1767 Date Discrepancy (16-20 yrs b 1747 / Wm b 1752) *cannot be a son of William (perhaps a relative or not a passenger on ship b. ![]() ![]() Unproven relationship to William (James) Marriage to Crockett ![]() |