In his youth Daniel Trabue (1760--1840) served as a Virginia soldier in the Revolutionary War. After three years of service on the Kentucky frontier, he returned home to participate as a sutler in the Yorktown campaign. Following the war he settled in the Piedmont, but by 1785 his yearning to return westward led him to take his family to Kentucky, where they settled for a few years in the upper Green River country. He recorded his narrative in 1827, in the town of Columbia, of which he was a fou...
Small Fires (Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature)
by Julie Marie Wade
Wade was the 2009 choice for the Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature Author has an extensive publication record, and we can expect Small Fires to find reviews in her target audience -- journals and literary magazines Wade's essays confront her growing understanding of her sexuality and lesbian identity and should find a receptive audience among LGBT bookstores and reading groups Author is energetic and young, and can be expected to be open to online touring, book club phone calls, a...
The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn, Vol. 3 of 6
by Aphra Behn
Memoires Pour Servir A L'histoire Des Hommes Illustres Dans La Republique Des Lettres, Volume 18...
by Jean-Pierre Niceron
In 1936, responding to a letter from young fan Willis Conover, horror writer H. P. Lovecraft engaged in a correspondence that continued through the last year of his life. Conover collected and edited the letters, producing a rare book that showed the writer in a new light.
The Filipino Amateur Poet and Memoirs of His Life's Journey
by Manuel Moraleda
Tennyson, Ruskin and Mill and Other Literary Estimates
by Frederic Harrison
This portrait of the French seventeenth century playwright, novelist and short story writer Moliere was written by a Russian satarist of the twentieth century Bulgakov, both seen as fearless and uncompromising in speaking of what they saw and whose work was banned by their respective governments. Bulgakov is a well-known Russian novelist. He has also written "The Master and Margarita" and "The White Guard"among others. In 1987 the BBC televised his play about Moliere, "The Cabal of the Hypocrite...
'The guillotine - and capital punishment and other diverse methods of dispensing death more generally - have been the abiding obsessions of my life. It began very early. I must have been no more than ten years old...' Born to a Jewish family in Paris, 1925, Lanzmann's first encounter with radicalism was as part of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation. He and his father were soldiers of the underground until the end of the war, smuggling arms and making raids on the German army. After the li...
An easy-to-use source for librarians, students and other researchers, each volume in this series provides illustrated biographical profiles of approximately 75 children's authors and artists. This critically acclaimed series covers more than 12,000 individuals, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, works in progress, adaptations, additional sources. A cumulative author ind...
Primary Sources, Historical Collections (Primary Sources, Historical Collections)
by Jules Verne
Primary source material This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian contine...
