George Wallace: American Populist

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Objectively written.......1999-12-02

This is one of the best books written about George Wallace, and by far, the most objective. While most writers tend to either praise or revile the former Alabama Governer, Mr. Lesher remains objective throughout the book. Not only does this book document Wallace's life and political career, it also details the impact that Wallace had on American Politics, an influence which is felt today. Overall, a superb read.

Good.......1999-10-09

It surprises me that this book is already out of print. I read every Wallace book I can find and this is the most complete I've seen.

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George Wallace, American Populist
Stephan Lesher
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Publ. Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J16MOI

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George Wallace: American Populist
Stephan Lesher
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ASIN: B000NY1MW8

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George Wallace: American Populist
Stephen Lesher
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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ASIN: B000OP78W4

George Wallace: Conservative Populist (Great American Orators)

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George Wallace: Conservative Populist (Great American Orators)
Lloyd Rohler
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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The story of George Wallace is the odyssey of a young war veteran who entered politics to support progressive policies, but instead descended into the politics of racism following the loss of his lifetime dream of being elected Governor of Alabama in 1958. His political career demonstrates the ability of a demagogue and agitator to exploit racial fears to achieve political power. This work traces the career of the man who symbolized Southern opposition to integration, but ironically ended up gaining overwhelming support from black voters in his final election campaign. He ultimately returned the favor by appointing a large number of blacks to state boards and commissions.

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George Wallace: American Populist
Stephan Lesher
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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George Wallace: Conservative Populist (Great American Orators)
Lloyd Rohler
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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One Blood traces both the life of the famous black surgeon and blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew and the well-known legend about his death. On April 1, 1950, Drew died after an auto accident in rural North Carolina. Within hours, rumors spread: the man who helped create the first American Red Cross blood bank had bled to death because a whites-only hospital refused to treat him. Drew was in fact treated in the emergency room of the small, segregated Alamance General Hospital. Two white surgeons worked hard to save him, but he died after about an hour. In her compelling chronicle of Drew's life and death, Spencie Love shows that in a generic sense, the Drew legend is true: throughout the segregated era, African Americans were turned away at hospital doors, either because the hospitals were whites-only or because the 'black beds' were full. Love describes the fate of a young black World War II veteran who died after being turned away from Duke Hospital following an auto accident that occurred in the same year and the same county as Drew's. African Americans are shown to have figuratively 'bled to death' at white hands from the time they were first brought to this country as slaves. By preserving their own stories, Love says, they have proven the enduring value of oral history.

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Great insight into Dr. Drew and the "refused treatment" controversy...........2007-05-17

This is an excellent story on both Charles Drew and the power of myth in the African American community. I too grew up on the story of Charles Drew being refused treatment at a segregated hospital. Given the history of African Americans and the medical establishment, this was easy to believe, especially by those living under the oppressiveness of Jim Crow. For example, the sad story of WW II veteran Maltheus Avery being turned away by Duke University Hospital shows us why the Dr. Drew hospitalization refusal story took on a life of its own.

The book also gave me some additional insight into just who Dr. Drew was as a man and as a physician. He truly was an outstanding man who exemplified manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. If I'm not mistaken, there is no comprehensive biography of Dr. Drew that has been written outside of the dozens of children's books about him. That's very surprising to me, given his accomplishments and his legendary status in medical circles and in the African American community.

I applaud Ms. Love for writing a truly fascinating story that needed to be told, both of Dr. Drew and the stories that surrounded his death. This is non-fiction writing at its best.

Performs a needed service.......2004-03-22

Too often, what passes as "Black History" to the public on radio shows, the internet, etc. consists of myths and conspiracy theories as the "Willie Lynch Letter," The first president being Black, African-Americans being descended from Ancient Egyptians, ad nauseum. Spencie Love performs a well-needed service by debunking one of the most common (albeit one of the more plausible) of these myths-the idea that Black blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew bled to death because he was refused admission to a segregated hospital. Fact was, as she carefully demonstrates, this actually happened to another Black person named Maltheus Avery around the same time while Dr. Drew was treated responsibly at the time of this death.

As a Black scholar, I have long decried the use of fabrication in the telling of Black history as something a people starved for true knowledge could ill-afford. Thank you Miss Love for showing people that REAL history does matter.

Someone at Amazon Needs to Check The Ingram Review Here!!!.......2003-07-23

I decided to look up the Amazon site for Spencie Love's book "One Blood," because I recently wrote a review of Phillip Roth's "The Human Stain, where I point out the erroneous information provided by a character about the death of Dr. Charles Drew. The character claimed that Drew bled to death because he was refused admission to a Caucasian hospital due to his race. Lo and behold I look up this Amazon site and read the Ingram review of "One Blood," only to discover that it too, has erroneous information. The review claims that Drew was refused admission to one hospital, then treated in the emergency room of a segregated hospital, after which he bled to death. Apparently, the reviewer didn't read Love's book either. That's not what she describes as happening. Drew was IMMEDIATELY admitted to the emergency room of Allamance County Hospital in Allamance County, North Carolina, where doctors couldn't save him because he was entirely too injured to be saved. Love makes this VERY CLEAR in the book. The Ingram review implies that first Drew was taken to one hospital and refused admission, then taken to a "segregated" facility where he was treated, but couldn't be saved. No!!! This is not what Love says happened. In the book she describes how it was JUST ONE HOSPITAL ALL ALONG where Drew was taken and treated. Part of the point of her book is to correct the long held fallacy that Drew bled to death due to the refusal of a hospital to admit him. Please someone at Amazon, GET THE BOOK. Then read what she wrote. Then post my review of Roth's novel, where I express my dismay that Roth got away with furthering a myth that is still well entrenched among those who should research such matters before commenting about them (or having characters comment about them).

Readable history.......1999-02-10

This wonderful book not only includes accurate, scholarly historical research, it tells a gripping story of two fine black families and their experience with health care for African-Americans in our society. Very readable.

A magical synthesis of African American history and myth........1998-12-27

Spencie Love has written one of the few genuinely biracial explorations of the history of black-white relations in the United States. She uses the story of Charles Drew to illustrate the ways in which white Americans have misunderstood and distorted the contributions of black Americans to their shared culture--whether science, politics, education, medicine, or daily life. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW called this a "superb book" and their review was spot on.

Blood Red Horse: Book One of the de Granville Trilogy

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Realities of War
I couldn't sleep last night until I finished this.
More political propaganda
An Absolutely Terrific Young Adult Historic Novel!!!
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Blood Red Horse: Book One of the de Granville Trilogy
K. M. Grant
Manufacturer: Walker Books for Young Readers
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ASIN: 0802789609

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You need three things to become a brave and noble knight:
A warhorse.
A fair maiden.
A just cause.

Will has a horse—a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but she’s supposed to marry Will’s older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight.

Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant—Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .

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Realities of War.......2007-10-08

This is the first book in a trilogy about the de Granville family of England during the middle ages. Recommended for fans of history, religion, romance and even horses - this is a well written, exciting tale of courage, friendship, honor and love. As the back cover explains, "You need three things to become a brave and noble knight: a warhorse, a fair maiden, and a just cause."
Throughout the book, the universal theme is that people are human beings regardless of their birthright, gender, religious beliefs or profession. What resonated with me is how Grant depicted the "enemy." Likable; and yet despicable. The knights of England are off to fight the crusades. The Pope has given his blessing: if a knight dies in battle, he is sure to find a place in the kingdom of heaven (no matter how unscrupulous his life has been). As Grant develops the characters on each side of the battle, the cause becomes less just, and the glory of battle, less glorious. It is the "magic" of the blood red horse, Hosanna, which unites the two sides in a joint effort, and the only real just cause; to save a life.

I couldn't sleep last night until I finished this........2007-09-03

When I decided to write a review for this book, I planned something very brief. It would, essentially, have said: I really enjoyed this book. I work in the Children's and Young Adults' sections of a bookstore and get a lot of my reading material there. I like audio books, it keeps me from spending all day every day reading. Audio books are incredibly dependant on the reader and Maggie Mash does a great job. The Middle Ages have never been my cup of tea, and what I had read of the Crusades didn't make me partial to historical fiction set against that back drop. I was surprised that the book didn't show the Crusades as glorious. At one point we suddenly switched from the English characters, Will and Ellie, to whom I had become attached to an unattractive young Saracen. I was displeased, but slowly, as the story continued, he became a real person, good and bad together. Gavin, the older brother on the English side is similarly a difficult mixture. When an author can get me to care about characters with so many faults I have to applaud. This is the where the review would have ended, but having read the other 17 reviews I feel the need to add my opinion on some other points.

I thought that the history was well mixed in. Ms Grant doesn't come out ant say that girls in this time period were generally chattel, but from Ellie's thoughts you realize that she really doesn't think about whether she loves Will or his older brother Gavin. She knows that what's important is her inheritance and that her money means she will marry Gavin. Many people have only one name and if they have a second there's a good chance it's related to their business in life such as John Keeper who is in charge of the de Granville stud. It's clear that God and the King are simply a part of everyone's daily life. She hasn't prettied up the table manners of the time, nor does she emphasize them. History is about people and I believe that the author does a great job of rounding them out. So many good people make bad mistakes. Bad people can become better and good people can become worse, just like real life. They can even go from good to bad to good depending on circumstances. The Middle Ages my not be my favorite time frame, but I come from a family with an interest in history, so I studied history, and I paid attention. From a non-scholars point of view I think she got more right than wrong.

I expected this book to gloss over the injustice of the Crusades, it didn't. Jerusalem has historic significance for three different religions. I don't believe that one has a higher religious claim than the others. I won't go into the fact that Christians going on Crusade had to cross oceans and the people they were fighting were indigenous. More than one reviewer suggests that the author paints Islam too gently, but if you read the Koran, you'll find that it has gentle and brutal sides, just the way the Bible does. I wanted to know what Ms Grant's qualifications were so I did some research on her. She come from a family which views history as people centric, particularly since her family has an aural history still told today of the good and bad sides of their ancestors behavior. This prompted Ms Grant to study history when she went to college. She researched the period before she wrote, and if you disagree with her fictional characters, well, if two people research an event which happened last year, they may well come up with different answers, so why not agree to disagree on interpretations of events of more than 800 years ago.

More political propaganda.......2007-06-04

Want to make sure your kids think Islam in the middle ages (and therefore Islam today) was a religion of peace? Care little about historical accuracy but a lot about making sure your kids think politically correct thoughts? Then this book is for you.

The 12th century Kurdish leader Saladin, who was born in the area now called Iraq, invaded Palestine and had about the same rights to it as the other subjects of this book, the British crusaders under Richard the Lionhearted. The "heart and mind of" Saladin, according to a contemporary biographer and member of his entourage, "were so taken over by a burning zeal for jihad that he could speak of nothing else." After conquering Palestine, Saladin planned to "set sail on this sea for [the Crusaders'] far-off lands and pursue the Franks there, so as to free the earth of anyone who does not believe in Allah, or die in the attempt." In 1179 and then in 1187, Saladin personally ordered the slaughter of perhaps a thousand Christian prisoners who refused to convert to Islam. Later, under the third Crusade in 1191, which is the subject of this book, Richard the Lionhearted ordered the execution of Muslim prisoners at Acre. This book assumes that Saladin had the better claim to Palestine, leaves the impression that all he was doing was legitimately repulsing invaders, and contrasts Saladin's supposed constant attempts at peacemaking with the warlike and ungentlemanly behavior of the Crusaders. It describes Saladin's anguish over the question of whether he could "make a deal with a man [Richard] who had ordered the merciless slaughter of over three thousand Saracen [Muslim] prisoners at Acre." (P. 160). It has Saladin the wise ruler explaining to a hotheaded retainer that "We all have certain rules of combat, the Christians as well as us. They broke them by massacring our unarmed captives. We cannot descend to that level." (P. 161). It has Saladin further explaining to this retainer that "Killing all the Christians is impossible" and that "anyway, it is not the way of Allah." (P. 162). And it has Saladin of course taking out his "much-thumbed copy of the Koran" and showing this retainer how it is "full of passages relating to righteous conduct, truth, and beauty." (P. 176).

This is all fantasy. I think we need to stand up to authors (and the publishers who encourage them) who manipulate historical fact in order to drill into children's heads a political point about today's current events. If your child is reading this book, let them check what's in this book against the history books, and let them go through it with you and underline every line where the author is trying to manipulate them.

An Absolutely Terrific Young Adult Historic Novel!!!.......2007-05-08

Blood Red Horse hooked me from the first page. K.M. Grant does an excellent job in describing the Crusades, while adding a horse called Hosanna to make the story flow. As a horse lover and rider, I was intigued on how the author adds a horse into the story about knights and the crusades (more to the story but can't list it all)! The one thing that I didn't really like, is that Hosanna is such a "great horse" and does so many good deeds, though in real life this most likely wouldn't happen. Grant does an excellent job in describing the places and adventures that happen during the book. Blood Red Horse is very well written with rich details that move the story along perfectly. Grant does a great job in giving happiness and sadness in the story making the book seem so realistic! In the other reviews, people said they were dissapointed on how the story wasn't realistic in the terms of using Old English. I think that writing the story using Old English would be really confusing, so I disagree with that point.
Will, Gavin, and Ellie's adventures were adressed well, though I'd like to see more about Ellie in the story. Another dissapointment about Blood Red Horse, is that in some parts of the story I had to force myself to continue on. I still think it was worth continuing, for the story is really interesting!!!! Anyway, those parts were not that long (only one or two short chapters) and they didn't take away from the rest of the story. Otherwise that, I think it was a terrific novel, and I can't wait to read Green Jasper, the sequel to Blood Red Horse, in the de Granville Trilogy.

A majestic treat!.......2007-03-07

Exciting, deep, thought-provoking, amusing, inspiring--few other novels can claim this today, in the world of 'Gossip Girl' and the like. 'BLOOD RED HORSE' draws you in, teaches you, and won't let you go.

On the verge of the Cruades, Gavin de Granville and his younger brother William (the focus character) march into war. Ellie, Gavin's betrothed, loves William--and is shattered to see him go, along with the rest of the army and a bright chestnut stallion called Hosanna. The boys set off for the war with visions of conquest, but soon come to grim reality. Meanwhile, a Muslim boy named Kamil is plotting revenge, furious with the merciless death of his parents by a demanding Christian holyman. Interestingly, when Gavin is injured severely, William also seeks revenge among the Muslim warriors from which his brother barely escaped. Propelled by blood on either side, the Christians and Muslims clash--and Will and Kamil meet in a pivotal and unpredictable climax.

And on either side, all warriors have one question: who will win? And what will be the cost?

This is a well-written novel overall. It does get rather preachy at times, sometimes ambles off, and is a little slow at the beginning, but those issues don't present enough of a problem to make this an unworthy read. The treatment of both religions (Christian and Muslim) are fairly respectful, also showing the flaws in each religion, even Christianity, which is unusual for a book like this. Many books, like many Christians, hide the fact that some holy men aren't all that holy. The beautiful way in which the Muslim religion was presented and explained both in word and action was a treat to read. It got a little forced at the end, but didn't sour my opinion.

The title and synopsis of the book intrigued me, but I found, as many other reviewers seem to have, that Hosanna was not really a pivotal or multi-sided character at all. He was a brave, honorable horse, but often seemed almost idolized and forced, which knocked off a couple of stars in my review (along with the flaws noted above). A more realistic horse, instead of this 'flawless magic pony' would have been better, but it can't be helped.

Overall, this book was a great treat to read. It is grisly, historical, and has some innuendo, but none of it comes off as tacky or vulgar. The complex characters, rich plot twists, and thought-provoking interludes raise this book above all others. Definitely a must-read. This book, simply for the graceful treatment of two clashing religions, deserves a Newbery Medal.

Hope this review helped. Signed, a teen w\o an Amazon account. :)

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Blood Red Horse (The de Granville Trilogy, Book One)

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Blood Red Horse (The de Granville Trilogy, Book One)
K. M. Grant
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Great Writing From One Of The Founding Elders Of Greenpeace

Red Blood
Robert HUNTER
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Robert Hunter, winner of a Governor General’s Award for co-authoring Occupied Canada, has crossed trails with Natives of all sorts in many circumstances. His adventures as the founder of the Greenpeace movement in Vancouver brought him in frequent contact with sympathetic Natives fighting the same good fight. He worked with the Nimpkish Band Council as a media adviser, and was involved in a number of Native protest actions, including a spectacular journey to the Caribbean with an unlikely (and seasick) band of B.C. Natives who managed to intercept the recreated Columbus fleet and extract an official apology from the Spanish government. In this book, Hunter provides a look at Native life, and especially Native activists, that is far from solemn and is consistently informative and irreverently entertaining.

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Great Writing From One Of The Founding Elders Of Greenpeace.......2000-03-24

I am one of those "older environmental extremists" who well remembers Bob Hunter and the original (and best!) gang of Greenpeacers from Canada. In fact, it was a picture of Bob Hunter and Paul Watson in a Zodiac zooming in front of a Soviet whaling boat's harpoon cannon that awakened me to environmental activism. That was 1975, and Bob has been one of my heroes ever since. He was There, man! I actually got to work for Greenpeace in 1977 and was fortunate enough to meet Bob; in fact we shared a few beers and a few joints in the back of my van at a Save The Whales rally. Great Guy! Since then I have found and read all of his books - man can that guy write! Funny as hell, real enjoyable reading. I would like all current "Greenpeace" staff and members to read this great new book, to learn about their roots and the Elders. Great to have you back in print, Bob!

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Take one blood red rose: Poems
Mary Joan Coleman
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ARC fixes old deviations, but FDA finds new ones.(United States Food and Drug Administration)(American Red Cross Blood Services)(Brief Article): An article from: Inspection Monitor

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ARC fixes old deviations, but FDA finds new ones.(United States Food and Drug Administration)(American Red Cross Blood Services)(Brief Article): An article from: Inspection Monitor

Manufacturer: Washington Information Source
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This digital document is an article from Inspection Monitor, published by Washington Information Source on October 1, 1996. The length of the article is 6687 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ARC fixes old deviations, but FDA finds new ones.(United States Food and Drug Administration)(American Red Cross Blood Services)(Brief Article)
Publication: Inspection Monitor (Newsletter)
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SEVEN (7) SLAYERS: Black; Red 71; Parlor Trick; One Two Three; Murder in Blue; Pigeon Blood; Pineapple

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SEVEN (7) SLAYERS: Black; Red 71; Parlor Trick; One Two Three; Murder in Blue; Pigeon Blood; Pineapple
Paul (pen name used by George Sims) Cain
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