Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister written for him by a Virginia woman on the amputation of his left leg; describes his encouraging prognosis and attentions of the surgeons and nurses.
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from J.T. Alford to Bridges describing his own wound and the mortal casualty of their friend Dick; mentions Grant's relentless determination to take Richmond and his (Alford's) belief in the Confederacy's success.
Harrison, Pat, 1881-1941; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century; United States. Congress. Senate.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945; Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pat Harrison, and Marriner Eccles in gym clothes playing keep-away with a ball labeled "Economy."
I don't like handicapping, in any sport, and never have. It's an egalitarian practice-as I see it-without any significant merit. I'm firmly committed to the view that a society in which awards are commensurate with performance, productivity, is...
Songs--United States--19th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: caricature of an African American couple embracing, as an African American male stands by staring at them; photo insets of the African American composer/singers in blackface; description reads ""the swell coon laughing success""
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...