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Ward, Geoffrey Champion was born on November 30, 1940 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick Champion and Duira Rachel (Baldinger) Ward.
( "The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened ...)
"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing."- Shelby Foote, from The Civil War When the illustrated edition of The Civil War was first published, The New York Time hailed it as "a treasure for the eye and mind." Now Geoffrey Ward's magisterial work of history is available in a text-only edition that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood: not just Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert E. Lee, but genteel Southern ladies and escaped slaves, cavalry officers and common foot soldiers who fought in Yankee blue and Rebel gray. The Civil War also includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and C. Vann Woodward, assessing the America that emerged from the war's ashes.
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(Shorn of the 400-plus images that illustrated the TV tie-...)
Shorn of the 400-plus images that illustrated the TV tie-in edition, the text of The West is an outstanding work of scholarly synthesis and a feat of storytelling. It is a book that will enthrall readers of popular history as well as students of the North American West. Essays by seven noted writers and historians, complement Geoffrey Wards compelling narrative.
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(Best-selling author Geoff Ward and award-win ning photogr...)
Best-selling author Geoff Ward and award-win ning photographer Michael Nichols collaborate on an intimate portrait of the wild tiger, to tell the story of its plight at a crucial moment. '
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(Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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(In this classic of American biography, based upon thousan...)
In this classic of American biography, based upon thousands of original documents, many never previously published, the prize-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward tells the dramatic story of Franklin Roosevelt’s unlikely rise from cloistered youth to the brink of the presidency with a richness of detail and vivid sense of time, place, and personality usually found only in fiction. In these pages, FDR comes alive as a fond but absent father and an often unfeeling husband--the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle to build a life independent of him is chronicled in full–as well as a charming but pampered patrician trying to find his way in the sweaty world of everyday politics and all-too willing willing to abandon allies and jettison principle if he thinks it will help him move up the political ladder. But somehow he also finds within himself the courage and resourcefulness to come back from a paralysis that would have crushed a less resilient man and then go on to meet and master the two gravest crises of his time.
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Three years ago, it was part of my job as the editor of American Heritage magazine to help decipher secret recordings made by Frank lin D, Roosevelt in the Oval Office of the White House in the autumn of 1940. As I eavesdropped, fascinated, on the private conversations of the most important President of this century, I was struck above all by the tireless ebullience with which FDR seemed to face the world. Despite the muffled, primitive recording, despite the crackling and static of forty years of disintegration, the vibrancy of his extraordinary personality comes through undirnmed. There he sits imprisoned in his chair, locked in political combat with Wendell Willkie, the most formidable opponent ever sent against him, facing the worst war in history and he couldnt be having a better time. Nothing seems to faxe him. He is amused and amusing, apparently unafraid of anything, and somehow serene in the conviction that whatever happens, every thing will turn out fine, provided hes in charge. That unshakable energy and optimism served him and his country well during the two most serious crises Americans have faced since the Civil War, But, I wondered as I listened, where did that self-assurance come from? This book is an attempt at answering that question. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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(1997 Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. HB. Excellent bio about...)
1997 Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. HB. Excellent bio about young Franklin Roosevelt by Geoffrey Ward, a prequel to A First Class Temperament: the Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt.
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(Abridged on 8 CDs in original shrinkwrap. Brand new. The ...)
Abridged on 8 CDs in original shrinkwrap. Brand new. The audio companion to the HBo audio companion to the HBo TV series. The players in this book are the real citizens who fought in World Wa II. The memories of citizens of our than 40 people who tell the history of WWII that changed the world forever.
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(BEFORE THE TRUMPET Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882 - 1905 b...)
BEFORE THE TRUMPET Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882 - 1905 by Geoffrey C. Ward. 1985 Hardcover 390 pages including Index BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB edition
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( Before Pearl Harbor, before polio and his entry into po...)
Before Pearl Harbor, before polio and his entry into politics, FDR was a handsome, pampered, but strong-willed youth, the center of a rarefied world. In Before the Trumpet, the award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward transports the reader to that world—Hyde Park on the Hudson and Campobello Island, Groton and Harvard and the Continent—to recreate as never before the formative years of the man who would become the 20th century’s greatest president. Here, drawn from thousands of original documents (many never previously published), is a richly-detailed, intimate biography, its central figure surrounded by a colorful cast that includes an opium smuggler and a pious headmaster; Franklin's distant cousin, Theodore and his remarkable mother, Sara; and the still-more remarkable young woman he wooed and won, his cousin Eleanor. This is a tale that would grip the reader even if its central character had not grown up to be FDR.
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(Rare color photographs, paintings, and historic halftones...)
Rare color photographs, paintings, and historic halftones evoke the appeal of India's forests in a work that discusses the endangered tiger and the tiger wallahs, the men who have struggled against overwhelming odds to save the tiger from extinction.
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(The acclaimed nationwide best seller and companion volume...)
The acclaimed nationwide best seller and companion volume to Ken Burns’s grand-slam PBS documentary—updated and expanded to coincide with the broadcast of a new, two-part Tenth Inning that lokos back on the age of steroids, home-run records, the rise of Latino players, and so much more. With a narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward, a preface to the new edition by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, a new chapter by Kevin Baker, and an introduction by Roger Angell Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George F. Will And featuring an interview with Buck O’Neil
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(In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to l...)
In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age. Jack Johnson battled his way out of obscurity and poverty in the Jim Crow South to win the title of heavyweight champion of the world. At a time when whites ran everything in America, he took orders from no one and resolved to live as if color did not exist. While most blacks struggled simply to exist, he reveled in his riches and his fame, sleeping with whomever he pleased, to the consternation and anger of much of white America. Because he did so the federal government set out to destroy him, and he was forced to endure prison and seven years of exile. This definitive biography portrays Jack Johnson as he really was--a battler against the bigotry of his era and the embodiment of American individualism.
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Ward, Geoffrey Champion was born on November 30, 1940 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick Champion and Duira Rachel (Baldinger) Ward.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1962. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Oberlin College, 2004. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wilkes University, 1995.
Senior picture editor, Encyclopedia Britannica, Chicago, 1964-1968; co-founder, editor, Audience magazine, Boston, 1969-1973; managing editor, American Heritage Magazine, New York City, 1976-1978; editor, American Heritage Magazine, 1978-1982.
( The companion volume to the celebrated PBS television s...)
(The acclaimed nationwide best seller and companion volume...)
(Rare color photographs, paintings, and historic halftones...)
(Three years ago, it was part of my job as the editor of A...)
(Best-selling author Geoff Ward and award-win ning photogr...)
(Shorn of the 400-plus images that illustrated the TV tie-...)
(In this classic of American biography, based upon thousan...)
(In this classic of American biography, based upon thousan...)
( Before Pearl Harbor, before polio and his entry into po...)
(Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)
(Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating bac...)
( "The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened ...)
(Text and lavish photographs present the art and treasures...)
(BEFORE THE TRUMPET Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882 - 1905 b...)
(Companion book for the PBS series BASEBALL by Ken Burns.)
(Hardcover: 390 pages Publisher: Konecky & Konecky (1985))
(The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 by Geoffrey C. Wa...)
(Collector's Edition, bound in genuine leather. From Easto...)
(Abridged on 8 CDs in original shrinkwrap. Brand new. The ...)
(In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to l...)
(1997 Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. HB. Excellent bio about...)
Board directors Save the Tiger Fund. Member Society of America Historians, Organization American Historians (Friend of History award), Serengeti Club, Writers Guild American, East Inc., Century Association.
Married Diane Raines. Children— Nathan, Kelly. 1 stepchild, Garrett Keim.