Background
Day, John Robert was born on September 8, 1919 in Brighton, Iowa, United States. Son of Wilbur Brinton and Isabelle (Kilgore) Day.
( This book draws together the Civil War correspondence o...)
This book draws together the Civil War correspondence of Robert Gould Shaw, the young colonel who led the North's vanguard black regiment, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry. Killed in 1863 while leading his men in an assault on a fort protecting Charleston Harbor, Shaw was memorialized in numerous poems, in a magnificent sculpture on Boston Common, and in the Oscar-winning film Glory. Yet, as this book reveals, he accepted command of the Fifty-fourth with great reluctance, and he remained a much more divided and complex—if no less heroic—figure than his legend would have it.
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( This book draws together the Civil War correspondence o...)
This book draws together the Civil War correspondence of Robert Gould Shaw, the young colonel who led the North's vanguard black regiment, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry. Killed in 1863 while leading his men in an assault on a fort protecting Charleston Harbor, Shaw was memorialized in numerous poems, in a magnificent sculpture on Boston Common, and in the Oscar-winning film Glory. Yet, as this book reveals, he accepted command of the Fifty-fourth with great reluctance, and he remained a much more divided and complex—if no less heroic—figure than his legend would have it.
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(Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli c...)
Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli campaign, Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Malone was commanding officer of the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli. He is probably the best-known individual from that ill-fated campaign, a result both of his humanity and his superb leadership, which culminated in the successful assault on Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915. Malone was killed later that day. 'No Better Death' reproduces Malone's impressive and often moving correspondence and writings, as well as many striking photographs generously provided by Malone's descendants. Malone was a gifted writer and a keen observer, and his letters reveal a shrewd military intelligence and genuine care for his men. Above all, this is a story of valour and fortitude under the enormous pressure of being responsible for the lives of many others. It is also the story of a man who had an unbounded love for his family, and constantly drew on the reciprocity of that love to pull through and overcome the frustrations, fear and life-threatening situations he was forced to endure. Malone's descendants have subsequently served their country with honour, and their stories are also recorded in the book.
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( In 1942 John W. Larson was a student at Hamline Univers...)
In 1942 John W. Larson was a student at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, when he befriended a visiting lecturer from Germany, Prince Hubertus Löwenstein, a prominent scholar whose anti-Nazi views forced him into exile after Hitler came to power. Larson and Löwenstein began a correspondence that lasted throughout World War II and into the postwar era. In his letters, Löwenstein shares his thoughts on Nazism, German democracy, the Weimar Republic, life in exile, and his impressions of major events during the war. In 1946 Löwenstein returned to Germany, and his letters to Larson document the widespread starvation, unemployment, and destruction that he found there. In The German Friend, Larson compiles more than four hundred of Löwenstein's letters. Unlike his careful academic papers, the scholar's personal opinions shine through in his correspondence, and he shares views that, as a scholar, he would rarely express in his public writing. Accompanied by Larson's editorial introductions and explanations of Löwenstein's developing thoughts, A German Friend is a unique and invaluable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of World War II, as well as a revealing glimpse into the mind of one of Germany's more influential twentieth-century thinkers.
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(The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation ...)
The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation family, now available in a compact, illustrated volume for new readers and for all those who so greatly admired the original monumental edition. The letters vividly recreate a period of American history unparalleled for its drama and poignancy. From reviews of the first edition: "No story in America's history has been so often told, or has so well stood the retelling, as that of the Old South and its destruction. But Robert Manson Myers's splendid [book] tells it as it has not been told before, in the fullness of its poignancy and tragedy." -Madison Jones, New York Times Book Review "A great and indispensable book." -Jonathan Yardley, New Republic "A Gone with the Wind saga.... This book is superb." -Clarence E. Olson, St. Louis Post Dispatch "The Children of Pride is family reconstruction on a grand scale. It demonstrates how the editing of sources can become, in the hands of an imaginative scholar, the work of creative history." -Citation for the 1973 National Book Award in History. The original version of The Children of Pride was the winner of the 1973 National Book Award in History. It was also named among the best books of 1972 by the American Library Association and by the New York Times Book Review, Saturday Review, Time, Washington Post, and Newsweek.
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(The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation ...)
The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation family, now available in a compact, illustrated volume for new readers and for all those who so greatly admired the original monumental edition. The letters vividly recreate a period of American history unparalleled for its drama and poignancy. From reviews of the first edition: "No story in America's history has been so often told, or has so well stood the retelling, as that of the Old South and its destruction. But Robert Manson Myers's splendid [book] tells it as it has not been told before, in the fullness of its poignancy and tragedy." -Madison Jones, New York Times Book Review "A great and indispensable book." -Jonathan Yardley, New Republic "A Gone with the Wind saga.... This book is superb." -Clarence E. Olson, St. Louis Post Dispatch "The Children of Pride is family reconstruction on a grand scale. It demonstrates how the editing of sources can become, in the hands of an imaginative scholar, the work of creative history." -Citation for the 1973 National Book Award in History. The original version of The Children of Pride was the winner of the 1973 National Book Award in History. It was also named among the best books of 1972 by the American Library Association and by the New York Times Book Review, Saturday Review, Time, Washington Post, and Newsweek.
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Day, John Robert was born on September 8, 1919 in Brighton, Iowa, United States. Son of Wilbur Brinton and Isabelle (Kilgore) Day.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1940. Juris Doctor, University Iowa, 1942.
Member legal staff OPA-United States of America, Washington, 1942-1943. Partner Livingston & Day, since 1946.
(The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation ...)
(The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation ...)
( This book draws together the Civil War correspondence o...)
( This book draws together the Civil War correspondence o...)
(Perhaps the greatest leader of men during the Gallipoli c...)
( In 1942 John W. Larson was a student at Hamline Univers...)
Secretary board directors Lake Darling Youth Center, Brighton, Iowa, since 1951. Chairman board Halcyon House Retirement Home, Washington, Iowa, 1955-1970. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Married Cornelia Prentiss Shrauger, July 28, 1940. Children: Dennis Dean, Edward Gordon.