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A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin.
"This book amounts to an intellectual autobiography....These pieces are thus a statement of what I have thought about early Americans during nearly seventy years in their company," writes historian Edmund S. Morgan. Dividing his work into twenty-four essays with sections on "New Englanders," "Southerners," and "Revolutionaries," Morgan examines the history of the American colonies from the arrival of the first settlers in 1607 to the radical changes brought forth by the American Revolution. Filled with illuminating discussions of American leaders, including Winthrop, Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, the book is extraordinary in its range—from the (quite lusty) sex lives of the Puritans to the witch trials in Salem and the corrosive effects of slavery on the soul of Virginia. No living historian has had a more profound role in shaping our perceptions of the American colonies than Morgan, and The Genuine Article reflects the genius of this modest giant like no other previous work.
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A tour de force by one of our greatest historians.......2006-11-10
Professor Morgan's book is a delight- a collection of essays from the NY Review of Books spanning over 40 years. He shares his lucid, powerful insights into the early years of our history with sly implications for the present. Mr. Morgan instructs that the Founding Fathers meant what they said; their words were not a conscious or unconscious cover for economic or psychological motives. He is as brilliant now as he was years ago in Yale's classrooms.
Reviews from a Master Historian.......2004-09-28
Edmund S. Morgan has written many books on American History, including the recent _Benjamin Franklin_. He has also read a lot of books. As an expert in the history of the colonial and Revolutionary periods, he has for decades reviewed books on these eras for the _New York Review of Books_, and in the illuminating _The Genuine Article: A Historian Looks at Early America_ (Norton) are reprinted his essays on recent works of American history. They are "... a statement of what I have thought about early Americans during nearly seventy years in their company." In his introduction, he states that part of his philosophy of reading and writing history is "... taking what people have said at face value unless I find compelling reasons to discount it." The early Americans, for instance, said they were conducting a revolution because of taxation without representation. Other historians, viewing the events from different political stances, might have tried to demonstrate that this was a class struggle, or that the Americans had been eager to impose their own taxes rather than to do away with taxes from abroad. No, the American Revolution turned out, in Morgan's view, to be "... really what the Americans said it was." Readers of these essays will find them clear, free of cant, and remarkably charitable. It is important to note that many of the books covered are not about "new" books, but new editions of historical papers, like Federalist and Antifederalist writings or the correspondence of Jefferson and Madison. Morgan in reviews of these books gives his views directly on the historical matters contained, rather than on the opinion of any particular author.
Morgan's view of taking things as they seem does not prevent him from reporting surprises. In chapters on sexual relations in early America, he finds that carrying laws from the old country forbidding sex outside of marriage simply did not work. In the Carolinas, couples lived, as diarist William Byrd observed, "in comfortable fornication." In New England, sermons were delivered about the orgasmic delights of conversion and sexual comparisons were made between physical love and the love of Christ. Marriage was seen as a sexual state, and women were entitled to "that pang of pleasure" which comes from coitus. In New Haven, the strictest of Puritan colonies, a wife could divorce a husband who could produce no such pangs. Some towns had a bridal pregnancy rate of 40%. Although New England is often Morgan's focus, there are many essays on the South. He maintains that New Englanders left many records of what they thought and did, while Southerners left relatively little of such documentation. Several of the chapters here are particularly about slavery. The title of the book comes from an essay on Washington, who generally lost battles, had no known part in drafting provisions at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 over which he presided, and who is credited with some important state papers from his presidency which were mostly ghost-written. It isn't a great record when put that way, and yet Washington was beloved even by such leaders as Jefferson who strongly disagreed with many of his policies. "If they were so awed by Washington, they must have found something in him that is not immediately apparent in the public record." He had, it seems, a consuming passion to be honored, and behaved, from dancing to speechifying, in ways deliberately to cultivate esteem. He consciously pursued honor and power by means of deserving honor and power. Would that all our politicians afflicted with the same need took the same means to satisfy it.
Morgan's essays are exemplary in their clarity. He is appreciative of the thoughts of those even with whom he disagrees. He has a sly wit; he says of one author who repeatedly insists that it would be difficult to exaggerate this or that component of a society, "Some readers may feel that he has overcome the difficulty." While this is a collection of reviews rather than a comprehensive history, it throws light on many facets of the young America, and will be enjoyed by all with any interest in the period and in the American character.
Morgan is the genuine article.......2004-07-10
This elegant collection of essays is a tour de force. The variety and penetration of the 24 pieces from the "New York Review of Books" give the cumulative effect of a whirlwind sweeping across the landscape of early America. Each chapter is a book review, and Morgan sifts such insight from each work that you feel as if you simply must read it for yourself. Alas, you and I will likely not read as good of books simply because we're not the readers that Morgan is.
And it is just as likely that the authors of those books are not the writer he is, either (a happy exception being Morgan's mentor, Perry Miller, for whom Morgan displays an endearing affection throughout the book). Morgan's prose has an almost breezy ease to it, an ease that is oddly in synch with the thick, difficult sagacity within the words. Each sentence is its own kind of marvel, tightly constructed and packed with thought and often a sly humor. Take, for example, the seemingly innocuous following sentence: "Secular morality has given us a freedom we have long taken for granted, because it prevailed for a century and a half before it was enshrined in the First Amendment." Here, we see one of Morgan's subtle ironies, as morality is "secularized," or stripped of religion, and thus "enshrined," or held sacred. It is as if Morgan had spent half a century ruminating on just the right way to put it.
And that perhaps gets us closer to the most rewarding aspect of the book: Morgan's remarkable ruminating capacities. Everything that flows from his pen seems tempered with decades of reflection. As he says in his preface, "Since I can think only with pen in hand, my writing goes through many revisions, draft after draft, before I can be sure of exactly what I think." This approach of hard-won wisdom, molded "draft after draft," makes Morgan well worth the reading. And the illusion of ease--the feeling that he is conversing with you rather than writing at you--makes the reading quite the pleasure.
A Welcome Compendium from Edmund S. Morgan.......2004-06-08
Ordinarily, books that are collections of articles that appeared elsewhere often do not live up to their promise. Have no fear--that most certainly is not the case here. This is so for several reasons. The first is that Morgan is Morgan--probably the dean of American colonial and early American historians, still at it as he nears 90 years old. Second, each of the individual pieces (which originally appeared in the New York Review of Books between 1974 and 2002) reflects the typical Morgan virtues--extraordinary command of the pertinent literature, judicious comments, quick to offer praise where it is due, reluctantly critical when necessary, but always moderate and extraordinarily thoughtful in his judgments. Third, the books that comprise the focus of the individual essays are among some of the most significant published in the field. This makes for lively discussion by Morgan. The book is divided into four sections: "New Englanders," "Southerners", "Revolutionaries" and "Questions of Culture." Some of the better essays are on Franklin, "Plantation Blues,""How the French Lost America," and "The Great Political Fiction." Never one for quantitative history ("counting and computing"), Morgan only becomes cranky when that topic presents itself, although he does unload on the Library of America's collection of "American Sermons." The book is simply a feast for those interested in this period and fine historical writing.
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Two classic Regency romances from the beloved bestselling author-together in one volume.
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Reprint alert.......2003-04-23
This book is a reprint of two novels in one by Patricia Rice.
The first is MAD MARIA'S DAUGHTER. Daphne Templeton refused to marry the only gentleman who asked for her hand. This shocked Society, however, they should have known Daphne would. After all, Daphne WAS the daughter of Mad Maria. Daphne decided to retreat to the country and ended up helping a highwayman.
The second is THE GENUINE ARTICLE. Lady Marian Oglethorp needed to wed a fortune to save her family from ruin. She targeted Darley. But his best friend, Reginald Montague, was out to stop her. Problem was that Reginald was falling for her too.
**** Both of these stories are reprints. Both of these stories are VERY good. (Personally, I believe the second tale to be better than the first.) You won't go wrong by purchasing this book! ****
Loveable characters abound!.......2003-03-18
While I didn't read "The Genuine Article", I would like to write a review of "Mad Maria's Daughter," which I give a solid 4-Star rating. Mad Maria's Daughter is fun, exciting--it's Regency with a twist!
Miss Daphne Templeton owes her reputation to her strange mother. Even though she is prone to a few temper tantrums herself, Daphne certainly doesn't deserve to be labeled as eccentric. To flee the stigmas of society, Daphne travels to Devon to live with her aunt. On her way... there is turbulence. She is nabbed by a masked highwayman (who has earned himself the rep of being the local "Robin Hood"). She loses her ring and a few coins--and demands he escort her home!
Later, Miss Templeton meets Lord Griffin, Gordon.. and can't help but think there's something familar about him. Is it the voice? Is it the size of him? Surely this dashing gentleman couldn't be.. the highwayman?! Are they one and the same... or does he have a twin?
Of course, I don't want to spoil it for you. There are many twists and turns in the book, a few laughs, and a whole lot of romance. The characters are loveable, Daphne has a lot of spunk, and the highwayman is very alluring. Rhys, a secondary character, also brought a smile to my face. There is even what I'd call a "surprise ending."
I don't know about the second book, but this Patricia Rice book is a keeper! It would be worth looking into merely for the first 222 pages!
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Authentc reading texts for intermediate students of American English. In the 24 units of the Student's Book, the type of writing varies, with examples of instruction, description, narrative, persuasion, and classification. The practical exercises that follow each text are designed to teach rather than test, and promote an active approach to reading. Summary-skills exercises in each unit help students organize information in the text and build mental summaries. Other exercises include scanning, drawing inferences, guessing vocabulary from context, and recognizing cohesive links within a text.
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The Genuine Article: Race, Mass Culture, and American Literary Manhood (New Americanists)
Paul Gilmore ,
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Paul Gilmore
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In The Genuine Article Paul Gilmore examines the interdependence of literary and mass culture at a crucial moment in U. S. history. Demonstrating from a new perspective the centrality of race to the construction of white manhood across class lines, Gilmore argues that in the years before the Civil War, as literature increasingly became another commodity in the capitalist cultural marketplace, American authors appropriated middle-brow and racially loaded cultural forms to bolster their masculinity.
From characters in Indian melodramas and minstrel shows to exhibits in popular museums and daguerrotype galleries, primitive racialized figures circulated as “the genuine article” of manliness in the antebellum United States. Gilmore argues that these figures were manipulated, translated, and adopted not only by canonical authors such as Hawthorne, Thoreau, Cooper, and Melville but also by African American and Native American writers like William Wells Brown and Okah Tubbee. By examining how these cultural notions of race played out in literary texts and helped to construct authorship as a masculine profession, Gilmore makes a unique contribution to theories of class formation in nineteenth-century America.
The Genuine Article will enrich students and scholars of American studies, gender studies, literature, history, sociology, anthropology, popular culture, and race.
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Riding motorcycles since '69, a Business Mechanic by trade, and an adventurist by nature, G. M. Pifer has collected these recipes as a light hobby for decades. Only recipes of the unique and great tasting "personal best" dishes were collected, as they would inevitably disappear over time. Including the recipes over 1000 years old, most of these are recipes have bee relatively unknown to the general public, and really taste excellent! G. M. Pifer decided that they could be collected and eventually documented in one publication. This is the "first" book of it's kind, and G. M. Pifer will likely create a second in the near future. New tastes seem to benefit us, being in a high stress society. It's a great stress release to cook up a new and exciting recipe most have never tasted.
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Celebrating a Century as the Genuine Article: The Story of Oshkosh B'Gosh
James C. Naleid
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The Genuine Article
James E. Reid
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Take a walk, along with the author, through the 20th century as he pens the story of his life through the people he?s met, the places he?s gone, and most of all, his family. Though he was born in the 30s his Grommy and Mama brought the early 1900s to life as he grew. His is a story rooted in the Great Depression, WWII, Korea, and covers the career moves he made and all the stories he has told, over the years, to several thousand students, during his teaching days.
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The Genuine Article
Mary E. Butler
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Stress: Conceptual and Biological Aspects
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Despite the growing literature on the subject of stress, there are surprisingly few publications which integrate the different areas of stress research. This timely and accessible book describes the relationship between behavioural phenomena and the biological foundations of stress. A range of definitions of this subject are discussed such as external stressors, hormonal states and pathological consequences, highlighting the difficulties and ambiguities in the use of the term `stress. The book illustrates how stress arises when behavioural and coping mechanisms fail to allow organisms to respond effectively to environmental challenges. Other topics include the hypothalamic—pituitary—adrenocortical system and the sympathetic adreno-medullary systems and how they react to stressors, stress induced analgesia, immune system interactions and stereotypies. The use of a model of coping is the focal point, involving either active or passive coping strategies.
Written by an author who has extensive experience in the field of behavioural science, the book will have a wide audience including advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates in psychology, physiology, medicine, ethology and veterinary sciences, as well as research scientists in these areas. "A remarkably perspicuous analysis of the nature and controls of stress. The author has integrated in beautiful fashion a bewildering and diverse scientific literature into an organized and compelling presentation. This book should be read by any psychologists, neuroscientists, physiologists or other individual interested in the topic of stress." Dr Kent Berridge, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan "It is a goldmine of information." Per Jensen, Professor of Ethology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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One of America's foremost researchers in biophysics outlines a new approach to preventing and managing high blood pressure without depending on drugs or suffering their side effects. Dr. Richard Moore explains the basic nutrient ratio regulating blood pressure at the cellular level, that is the key to keeping high blood pressure under control-and even reversing the condition.
By using the easy-to-follow program detailed in this book, millions of people will be able to eliminate or reduce traditional treatments.
For those already taking medication, the book also includes information on how to work with a physician to safely reduce dependence on hypertension drugs.
First quality paperback edition of the hardcover published by MacMillan, completely updated and revised.
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This is amazing information and it does work!.......2006-09-12
I had a b/p of 130/90 -145/94 I am 55. I was suppose to go on lisinopril but every time I started to get the prescrip. I couldn't do it--it just felt wrong.So, I started researching high b/p and signed up for google alerts(on H/P) and one thing lead to another and to this book. I decided to get the book and follow it. I was never a salt-lover, just the opposite but when I started reading the labels of how much salt is in everything you buy--I was shocked.I would have been considered a "health nut"so, realizing that even by those standards, too much "salt" exsist even in Health Foods! I raised my potassium foods per day and added 300mg of Magnesium/potassium supplement by Country life. The drop in my b/p was amazing. It dropped to 115/72 to 117/75. BUT if I stray-- it goes right back up to the 130/90+ b/p. I am genetically thin-I only weight 100lbs. so being told I have high blood pressure was a shock. AND no one addressess H/P in thin people. Dr. Moore talks about "balance" and he is right-- for many people it does take maintaining a balance in your diet. If I eat out at restaurants all weekend--the b/p goes back up. That has been a real eye-opener to how sensitive someone's body can be to what you eat. I wish he had a website. There is so much about high B/P in the news lately and since he wrote this book in 1993 it would be good to have his current prof. opinion. He wrote this book before 120/80 was considered High! So, Dr. Moore if you ever read your reviews--please set up a website!
It works!.......2004-04-13
This author maintains that blood pressure can be lowered naturally by maintaining a potassium to sodium ratio of 4/1 in your diet without using potassium supplements. I didn't believe it... until I tried it. Within a week, I went from 150/100 to 110/68. I can't wait to show to my doctor how well nutrition therapy works!!!
It Works.......2000-11-25
I was given this book by my wife after struggling (unsuccessfully) with a sudden and dangerous rise in my bp. I went from a lifetime of normal readings to stage 4 hypertension (190/160) at age 39. Over the course of the next nine months, I was on a variety of anti-hypertensives -- three different bp meds simultaneously -- at high doses with only limited success and terrible side effects. I read this book and a month or so later, decided to give Dr. Moore's theory a try. I followed the K factor diet for three months and also quit drinking caffeine. My bp's plunged within weeks and after a few months, I was off all but one med and that was reduced to a very low dose. My doctors -- including a nephrologist -- were stunned by the results. I can't recommend it enough.
A great book for people suffering hypertension.......2000-07-26
I was rushed to a hospital with a blood pressure of 175/110 at the age of 37 yrs. I was given a calcium channel blocker pill which reduced my BP to 140/90. Unfortunately it produces a side effect which I cannot stand. I was then given ace inhibitor (Hyzaar) which brought my BP to 120/70 but unfortunately produces a dizziness which was so intolerable I could hardly drive my car. Lastly the medication was changed to cozaar another ace inhibitor which produces a side effects of dizziness which was more tolerable.Anyway I tried to find a natural solution for my hypertension and found out that this book gives all the answer which was needed to reverse it. After four weeks of high K factor diet ( serum poassium at 4.9 ) I was able to half my BP pills at a BP of 110/75 and sometimes to 105/65. My aim now is to stopped my BP pills intake when it is safe to do so.
Avoid the pills- do it naturally.......2000-07-22
This book details ways for a person with hypertension to lower their blood pressure using natural methods. Dr. Moore is an M.D. and PhD who has done years of research in this area. He concludes that a low level of potassium (K) is a major casue of hypertension. He gives dietary instructions on how to raise your potassium, and lower your sodium. The book is well documented and is very readable. It is an encouraging book for those who have hypertension, but want to try a treatment more natural than using prescription medications. I recommend it to my patients. Russell Tweet M.D.
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Natural Cures for High Blood Pressure.......2007-10-02
Loads of information, I found it very helpful in my search for a non beta blocker treatment.
disappointed.......2007-04-12
I lost interest when I read that his medical license had reportedly been taken away.
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Bottom Line's Healing Remedies (Over 1,000 Astounding Ways to Heal Arthritis, Asthma, High Blood Pressure, Varicose Veins, Warts and More!)
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REMEDIE FOR WHAT AILS YOU! A-Z
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- A smorgasbord of stew
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Simply Stews: More Than 100 Savory One-Pot Meals
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Cooking from a Country Farmhouse
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118 wonderful contemporary recipes for an old-fashioned favorite: timesaving, hearty, economical stews.
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A smorgasbord of stew.......2004-08-13
Organized my major ingredient, Wyler's "Simply Stews" offers 100 one-pot meals with international flair.
There are variations on traditional fare - Beef Stew with Coffee and Buttermilk Dumplings, Corned Beef and Cabbage with recipes for herbed mustard sauce and creamy horseradish sauce, Spicy Chicken Creole.
And there are more exotic dishes - quick cooking Indonesian Chicken in Coconut Milk with Lemongrass and Vegetables, Korean Braised Short Ribs, Ragout of Mussels, Grilled Corn and Tomatillo Stew, Vegetable Stew with Spicy Peanut Sauce.
Each recipe includes, storing, reheating and freezing tips.
Simply Stews.......2001-06-01
This is the ultimate stew book to have. So far, every recipe I tried was wonderful. I particularly like the Coq au Vin and the Venison with Prunes. I also like how each dish has freezing guidelines. Interestingly, some of these dishes are even better after having been frozen.
New Food Combos for Stews.......2000-12-10
I find myself pulling this book off the shelf again and again. My family really enjoys the Old-Fashioned Beef Stew with Coffee which is easy to make. The Curried Vegetables with Chick-Peas & Raisins is also good. This week I'm trying Shrimp Curry with Mango and Pineapple. If you're looking for some new ways to make one-pot or crockpot meals, this is the book. Can't say I'll ever make Venison Stew with Armagnac & Prunes, but you might have a call to do so.
Simply Stews by Susan Wyler.......2000-03-27
I checked this book out of the library (because I have bookshelves of cookbooks, several on stews) intending to look at a few recipes for adaptation for a Community Education Class and was so captivated by it that I used it for 4 months before deciding that it was unfair not to buy it. The Tangy Cabernet Beef with Bacon and Onions is magic--beefy without the need for homemade stock--and the barbecued country ribs stew with sweet potatoes and black-eyed peas lifted deep winter depression. It is uneven, though; the first recipe I tried was a chicken and apple cider stew, which ended up tasting like hot apple cider with bits of chicken floating in it. The other recipes that I tested were at worst unremarkable, and at best, definitely worth the price of the book--lots of interesting combinations that I hadn't found elsewhere, or thought of on my own: beef stew with lots of coffee and buttermilk dumplings or barbecued beef stew with cheddared corn pudding baked on top. So far, they also make good leftovers, and can be done with little or no attention on low heat over the course of an afternoon--useful for Cub Scout meetings or other distractions. No ingredients are particularly challenging to find in rural America, also a plus for those of us away from metropolitan areas.
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