National Labor Relations Board Annual Report, 2000

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Scroll Saw Relief
Marilyn Carmin
Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing Company
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Liked it alot.......2003-06-24

Highly recommend it.
Plenty of practical and fun patterns.
Well thought out designs with suggestion on cutting direction.

Scroll Saw Wood Reliefs: The Art & Craft of Painted Intarsia Work

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Scroll Saw Wood Reliefs: The Art & Craft of Painted Intarsia Work
David Jones
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Lindh's odyssey.....

American Taliban--Ordinary Teenager

disappointed

Very Informative Page Turner

An Incredible Odyssey

My Heart Became Attached: The Strange Journey of John Walker Lindh
Mark Kukis
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What would cause an otherwise intelligent, well-educated, and, by all accounts, privileged Californian to forgo an easy life in the United States to struggle for survival in a land of strife and mortal danger? With this question in mind, journalist Mark Kukis retraces the personal and spiritual evolution of the most reviled American traitor since Lee Harvey Oswald. "My Heart Became Attached" provides a detailed biographical account of John Walker Lindh's journey, beginning with his childhood in an affluent San Francisco suburb. Kukis then follows Lindh's footsteps to Yemen, where he learned Arabic and radical Islam, and on through the wild hinterlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The journey culminates with the violent prison uprising at Mazar-i-Sharif.

While conducting research, Kukis achieved unparalleled access to major players in Lindh's life. In Pakistan, Kukis found the militants from the jihad group that trained with Lindh in a Pakistani camp. Kukis also conducted several rounds of interviews with Lindh's friend who initially settled him in an Islamic boarding school, with Lindh's instructor there, and with fellow pupils in the hardscrabble Pakistani village where he studied the Koran before journeying into Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Kukis interviewed Taliban soldiers who fought at Mazar-i-Sharif and General Dostum, warlord of the region. Ex-roommates, family members, and friends all contributed to Kukis's research, resulting in the most thorough portrait available of the American Taliban.

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Lindh's odyssey............2006-05-01

The controversial story of John Walker Lindh is well-researched in this book. While the author was unable to speak with Lindh or his parents, he travelled to distant lands such as Yemen and Pakistan to interview people who met, studied, and trained with Lindh. The author remains relatively objective in his treatment of Lindh, neither condemning nor commending him. After reading this book, Lindh comes across as a sincere and thoughtful, albeit naive Muslim, perhaps swept up in the momentum of where his new found religion took him. After 9/11, many people will be outraged by the suggestion that Lindh was anything but a cold-blooded terrorist, especially since he was present when CIA agent Mike Spann was killed. Personally, I think the situation is far more complicated than that. I think that Mr. Spann was a true patriot who died defending the country he loved, but at the same time, I see Lindh as a sincere Muslim who thought he was defending the religion he loved. Who am I to say which one is superior? Also, I have to ask, if Lindh never joined the Taliban, and was not present that fateful day in Afghanistan, would Mike Spann still be alive? I'm afraid the answer is no. With that said, the author points out that only Lindh himself knows his true motives and intentions. I would have liked to learn a little more about Lindh's pre-Muslim days, but overall I found the book compelling and informative.

American Taliban--Ordinary Teenager.......2005-08-09

Mark Kukis, the author of "My Heart Became Attached," tells what ends up being a rather pedestrian story about a young American who briefly gained notoriety as the "American Taliban" after 9/11.

John Walker Lindh is the son of middle class parents who grew up in a comfortable household around Washington, DC and then in the San Francisco suburbs. Lindh, like many teenagers curious about the world and trying to find himself, develops a teenagers interest in Islam and the Arab world.

Lindh converted to Islam in his late teens and, with a convert's zeal, throws himself into studying the language, culture and religion of the Arab/Muslim world. His first visit to the region was a trip to Yemen to study Islam and Arabic.

After a brief trip back to the US, Lindh follows a friend he met at a local mosque to Pakistan. While there Lindh begins studying with more extreme and violent interpreters of his religion. He eventually found himself in a training camp for young Jihadists. The best of the camp's graduates were sent to fight in Indian held Kashmir. However, Lindh was determined to be too weak and poor as a soldier and was thus encouraged to go to Afghanistan.

Lindh arrived in Afghanistan in the late summer of 2001. He trained at an al-Qaeda camp frequented by Osama bin Laden, and sat through what he thought were many boring bin laden lectures. He was then sent to the front lines of the Taliban's battle against the Northern Alliance. After 9/11 and American firepower was inserted into the conflict on behalf of the Alliance, Lindh and his comrades were quickly taken prisoner and sent to a makeshift prison at Mazar-i-Sharif. When a group of prisoners began a rebellion against their captors, Lindh escaped to the relative safety of a nearby cellar. However, he did briefly share the field with CIA officer Mike Spann, shortly before Taliban rebels murdered Spann.

After the riot was finally quelled a week later, Lindh was taken by his American captors into custody, but not before a CNN crew could film the one interview that launched the infamy of the "American Taliban."

The author was unable to interview Lindh for this book. He was, however, able to track down nearly everyone who came into contact with Lindh during his journey from suburbanite to Taliban. The story he tells is of a kid who stumbles from one place to another, somehow finding himself in bin Laden's audience and on the Taliban front line. That this could happen to such an ordinary American kid is the true lesson of this brief, but excellent, book.

disappointed.......2004-04-10

I was hoping to read more about why Walker Lindh committed the acts he did, but without a firsthand account, learning his beliefs was not possible.
Also, the author should have tried to weave in the political dynamic of the world into the story instead of treating Walker Lindh as an isolated person.

Very Informative Page Turner.......2003-11-22

Kukis keeps you turning the pages on this well written biography of the American enigma which is "John Walker Lindh".

Kukis daringly retraced Lindh's steps through the unforgiving hotbed of madrassas and dusty towns in the middle east to deliver an excellent recount of what happenned to this unique young adult. Kukis's interviews of those closest to Lindh in his final months before capture really gives you an insight to a world much different than Lindh's United States.

This is a must-read for anyone who enjoys keeping abreast with current events as well as those who wish to peer into the mind of one of the most notorious 9-11 figures.

An Incredible Odyssey.......2003-10-28

Mark Kukis has done what few authors have the nerve -- or skill -- to do: explored Lindh's path from American student to Taliban fighter by actually following in Lindh's footsteps. Along the way, Kukis vividly describes the places and personalities that shaped Lindh's transformation. Unfortunately, the Lindh family declined an interview with Kukis to tell their side of the story. However, Mr. Kukis does not let this setback interfere with his narrative, instead depicting Lindh as seen by people in Yemen, Pakistan and Afghanistan -- a richer, more accurate and more rewarding depiction than would likely have emerged from an interview with the Lindh family in the comfortable confines of their California living room.

In the end, Kukis leaves deliberately unanswered the central question in the Lindh paradox. Is John Walker Lindh a hapless American kid who made some really bad choices in finding himself -- the kind of bad choices many of us have made in life, only with drastically worse consequences? Or is he a cold and calculating zealot pledged to jihad against those he perceives as non-believers? The answer is ultimately locked away in Lindh's mind as securely as Lindh himself is incarcerated, but Mark Kukis has done an excellent job in literally walking in Lindh's footsteps to try to find that answer.

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A Man Who Really LIved!

Review of Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips

Excellent work

Oil-rich WaitePhillips becomes richer by giving it all away.

A fully interesting book that makes you want to read

Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips (Oklahoma Trackmaker Series)
Michael Wallis
Manufacturer: Oklahoma Heritage Association
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A Man Who Really LIved!.......2007-02-20

This is the story of Waite Phillips, brother of Frank Phillips who started Phillips Petroleum. His life was the most interesting of anyone I have read about so far. This man really lived life to the fullest and seemed to enjoy it more then others. He was a great business man who said he never had a mortgage on any property that he ever owned even though he owned at one time around 700,000 acres of land and had millions invested in commercial properties and 7 homes.

The book goes through his childhood and his traveling adventures as a young man to working for his brothers in the oil business and then venturing out on his own starting his own oil company. Later on in life he moved into Real Estate and seemed to make money at everything he did. He was also a great philanthropist who gave away his prized New Mexico ranch to the Boy Scouts and along with that an office building in Tulsa to provide income for it's upkeep. One of his epigrams was "The only things we really keep are those we give away."

The book has 39 chapters and is only 375 pages long. It has many pictures of family and some of the buildings that he owned. It also contains exerts from Waite's diary and many of his own epigrams which are very insightful and gives you a real perspective of who Waite was.

It is the story that makes this book so great. Anyone I believe can appreciate the way Waite lived his life and will walk away with maybe a renewed perspective on life.

Review of Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips.......2005-07-07

This book is well written and informative. If you like biographys, this is a good choice.

Excellent work.......2003-08-19

This book is about the journey of life of a very special man. A man who had vision at all times, through failure and dedication to live a supreme life.
His struggles to succeed are well told, and by his ultimate success, he would become a wealthy man. A man with the sense of good who would later will his fortune of land to the Boy Scouts of America.

Oil-rich WaitePhillips becomes richer by giving it all away........1999-11-05

This is a fascinating story of Waite Phillips and his dreams of living a cowboy life out west, his bond with twin brother Wiatt, and his life as an oilman, wildcatter and millionare. Most importantly, it is the story of a man with the wisdom to understand that "A man keeps nothing unless he gives it away". His gifts to the Boy Scouts of America, hospitals, universities, and the city of Tulsa stand as a testiment to his wisdom and love of people. I recommend this book more often than any other. It should be required reading for all.

A fully interesting book that makes you want to read.......1999-10-27

And I will admit, my interest in opening the book was being there when Mr.Wallis and "Chope" Phillips did their book signing at Philmont Scout Ranch, BSA's mecca for Scouting. I thought I would be bored by the sections related to Waite and his twin brother Wiatt and their adventures prior to the time Waite became the benefactor of the property we call Philmont. Instead I found myself interested in the details and events of their lives, of Wiatt's death, and the personal insights into the Phillips family. Anyone with any interest in the west, in Scouting, in the history of the development of the oil fields, or in the giving of a man who truly felt "The only things we keep forever are those we give away" would be glad they read this book.

To the thousands who visit Philmont every year, for training, for a wilderness experience, or to serve on staff, this book should give you the information and attitude you need to truly appreciate the experience.

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A Narrow Gauge Bio.......2007-07-28

Right up front Malone admits this is neither an authoritative nor exhaustive biography of Jim Hill and he keeps his promise. But as a pretty quick (280 page) read of Hill it is a solid book if slightly antiseptic and repetitive at times. It is particularly interesting if you want to know more about the history of the Great Northern Railway.

An interesting biography of a business genius.......2000-07-25

«The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician» - James J. Hill.

In her 1962 lecture, «America's Persecuted Minority : Big Business», Ayn Rand distinguished two types of entrepreneurs, whom Burton Folsom Jr. was later to label «economic» and «political»: «self-made men who earned their fortunes by personal ability, by free trade on a free market» and «men with political pull, who made fortunes by means of special privileges granted to them by the government.» And according to her, James Jerome Hill was an arch-representative of the former group, because he built his transcontinental railroad, the Great Northern, «without any federal help whatever.»

Michael P. Malone's admiration for Hill, on the other hand, is much more moderate (and for those who think such moderation unjust, he is kind enough to direct us to Albro Martin's «highly laudatory» two-volume biography of Hill, *James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest*)

For instance, he puts the phrase «self-made man» in quotation marks when applying it to Hill, for, he says, Hill's fortune «sprout... from the rich seedbed of federal subsidy»: by completing his first large scale project in time (the Manitoba railroad), Hill managed to reap the «seventh largest of the original seventy-five railroad grants», located mostly in the fertile Red River valley. Therefore, Malone says, we should forget the «hoariest, and most mischievous, of all the many legends surrounding Hill»- the one perpetrated by Ayn Rand and, after her, Burton Folsom Jr.- which «rhapsodizes about how he built a great transcontinental line without the benefit of a federal land grant.»

Was Hill therefore just another political entrepreneur? I don't think so.

First, Malone here seems to be conflating federal subsidies and land grants. A federal subsidy, in my understanding, is a transfer of money or produced goods, which by its very essence involves a forced redistribution and is therefore immoral. A land grant, on the other hand, consists in the granting of a non-improved natural resource to its actual developer, in a good approximation of the Lockean ideal of acquisition through labour. What makes it a form of «federal aid» is only the government's assumption of the power to acquire land by some non-Lockean process (i.e. by fiat, or in this case, purchase from another government that had acquired the land by fiat.)

Second, the lands granted to the railroads actually owed most of their value to the building of the roads. As Clarence Carson explains in *Throttling the Railroads* : «the lands granted [however fertile] were worth little to nothing on the market at the time they were granted.» This was so because cultivating those lands would have been economically hopeless without the cheap transportation to population centers provided by the railroads.

And third, Malone's metaphor makes it sound as though Hill's fortune merely grew out of the «soil» of federal subsidy by some natural, automatic process or, to mix metaphors, a snowball effect. Actually, the building of the Manitoba railroad is only chapter 2 of the biography, and there are 6 more chapters to go in which Malone himself offers ample illustration that the building of Great Northern and the rest of Hill's achievements did not simply «sprout» from the government's bounty.

Whatever the motivations for Malone's very mixed final estimate of Hill, he does grant his subject a certain number of admirable character traits, which confirm Edwin Locke's conclusions in *The Prime Movers*. For instance, Malone singles out the following as Hill's distinctive traits in chapter 4: «his remarkable mastery over every detail of what was now a far-flung operation, his vision of the inevitable triumph of transcontinental through-carriers [together forming Locke's virtue of «independent vision»], his insufferable [Malone again...] iron will and work ethic [Locke's «drive to action»], and his recruitment of an able coterie of men [Locke's «love of ability in others»].» And this is only Malone himself trying to summarize Hill's virtues : the book offers much more concrete material for you to make your own identifications and corroborate Locke's analysis.

The flaw of *Empire Builder of the Northwest*, in my opinion, is that it is merely interesting and informative where, given its subject, it could have been epic. Malone himself is no great enthusiast of economic freedom: at one point, he refers to «the simplistic bromides of laissez-faire». Moreover, the book only offers two maps, which makes following some of the descriptions rather difficult. However, if you do not have the time for Albro Martin's longer work and are frustrated by the mere 22 pages in Folsom's *The Myth of the Robber Barons*, Malone's book remains a good introduction to the life of an immensely productive and hardworking man, who was also a voracious reader, a faithful husband and- as the opening quote reveals- a «true believer in the virtues of unfettered capitalism».

left empty.......2000-01-06

Perhaps the author should have written a history of the Northwest, and northern railroads. I found very little of the persona of James J. Hill in this. It is a very historical narritive, not very biographic.

Great Book !.......1999-09-07

A new favorite of our staff..and recomended to our members who would like to understand the Northwest in a brand new light. Malone is an excellent writer and this book a gem !

A good brief bio of the Empire Builder.......1997-05-12

Malone's book is a good introduction for people interested in the early history of the Northwest, the Great Northern Railway, and the man who greatly influenced both. While not as detailed as Martin's 1976 bio, Martin's is at least twice as long and too tedious for many readers.

Both Martin and Malone had access to the James J. Hill papers, a collection of almost every business paper Hill ever handled that is located in the Hill Reference Library in St. Paul, MN. Except for Pyle, previous Hill biographers and railroad historians did not see those papers, such much of what they say is more rumor than fact. Malone (and Martin) set the stories straight.

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Story-telling at its Best

On Coon Mountain: Scenes from Childhood in the Oklahoma Hills
Glen Ross
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Story-telling at its Best.......2002-02-10

I truly enjoyed this book of yarns. Most people would probably
like the book, however, it was a nostalgia trip for me. I was
born and grew up in the same area, just a few years later. Many
of the sites and names were quite familiar. I am purchasing
another one to send my brother.

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Bad language slight mar to GREAT story
This was a good book.
It was okay.

Fire in the Hills (Puffin Novel)
Anna Myers
Manufacturer: Puffin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0141300744

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After sixteen-year-old Hallie's mother dies, she loses herself in caring for her seven brothers and sisters. Then the outbreak of World War I divides her tiny Oklahoma town, bringing a mysterious draft-dodger searching for refuge in the hills. Neighbors mistrust neighbors, fear turns to anger-and love forces Hallie to stand up for what she knows is right. "In a novel of exceptional power and grit, Hallie is the true article: her strength comes from character, guts, and necessity. This novel is very nearly inspirational." -- Kirkus Reviews, pointer review Anna Myers is the author of four novels, including the award-winning Red-Dirt Jessie and its sequel, Spotting the Leopard (both Puffin). She lives in Chandler, Oklahoma.

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Bad language slight mar to GREAT story.......2005-06-08

I will give the basic story line at the end of the review. I wanted to point out since this book is published and marketed as being for young adults, that there are a few elements that might render this book unsuitable reading material for some families. The book contains several incidents of bad language (one by the heroine) and two near rape scenes. Each family will want to decide when and if these are introduced to their children. Folks concerned about these elements will either want to choose something else or to preread this selection.

That said, I also wanted to state that this was an enjoyable read for me. I had also read RED-DIRT JESSIE and found that this book revisits much of the same territory. Both books are set in Oklahoma and involve a family member's death. Each has a father who shuts himself off emotionally from the family for a time. Both families are held together by a strong female who grows up through the pain and goes on to "save the day" in the end in some way. I could really identify with the conflict between personal progress and dreams and family progress and needs.

The storyline is this: Sixteen-year-old Hallie's mother dies at the opening scene of the book leaving Hallie as "mother" for seven brothers and sisters. The brother leaves to fight in WWI after a disagreement with the father over pursuing his dream to play baseball professionally. Hallie has her own dream of becoming a teacher and given these circumstances she believes this will never happen now. The war prompts neighbors to distrust a draft dodger hiding in the hills and a German family who has been some of their dear neighbors in all the years before. All these elements come together to shatter the peace of the town and this family. The cover of the book touts this as a romance. If you are interested in a romance that starts and develops as the book goes along, you will be disappointed. The relationship seems to develop without the book revealing many tender exchanges between the couple. Those elements are left to your imagination. The romance happens quickly and mostly in the last half of the book.

This was a good book........2003-12-11

This was a good book i think. I liked that she was so independent and could be so strong when she had to. i also liked the end of the book when everybody was cheering in the streets, and when Hallie asked what they were doing, they said, Armistice, War's over!!!! I would recommend this book.

It was okay........2003-09-01

This novel was okay except it took a very long time to get to the point. I mean at the almost very end of it, the good parts started picking up, especially the romance between Hallie and Johnny Childers. The parts I did not like the most was the Oklahoma southern slang and way of talking, it was very confusing and hard to say and also keep up with sometime. All in all it was an interesting read once you get to the actual romance.

Hillback to Boggy: A Family Struggles for Survival, During the Great Depression, in a Tent in the Hills of Oklahoma

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You don't want this one to end - sucks you right in!
Great Story
It Deserved More Than 5 Stars!

Hillback to Boggy: A Family Struggles for Survival, During the Great Depression, in a Tent in the Hills of Oklahoma
Bonnie Stahlman Speer , and Jess Willard Speer
Manufacturer: Reliance Press
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You don't want this one to end - sucks you right in!.......2005-01-21

I read this book because Jess Willard Speer, known as Tag to all of the family and close friends was my great-uncle that always enthralled me when we would sit in family gatherings and listen to his stories of life's experiences. I was overwhelmed at not only how much I found out from a genealogical perspective, that I somehow hadn't known before, but also by the grip this book got on me and my husband as well. We did not want to stop reading it outloud to one another! My father-in-law who never had the opportunity to meet any of my family loved the book and also could not put it down like ourselves. I had read The Grapes of Wrath when in high school years ago - it didn't grab me like this one did. A definite "must read" for anyone who likes history or just likes a great read!

Great Story.......2001-07-22

This was one of the best books I've ever read....I heard stories about Oklahoma through my great grandma, and my grandma, but this book just validates those stories...and for a real treat I recommend the sequel to this book "Sons of Thunder".

It Deserved More Than 5 Stars!.......2000-06-12

I thought this book was more than excellent. I don't read much but this book was one that I could not put down until I finished it. I think it would make a great movie script! If you want to relive the Great Depression Era through a small boy's eyes you need to read this one. The author, Bonnie S. Speer, knows how to write. I have read other books she's written.

Voices From the Hill: The Story of Oklahoma Military Academy

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Voices From the Hill: The Story of Oklahoma Military Academy
John Wooley
Manufacturer: Hawk Publishing Group
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1930709552

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Voices from the Hill: The Story of Oklahoma Military Academy, records the history, camaraderie, tradition, heritage, and legacy of the institution that proudly earned the reputation as the West Point of the Southwest. From 1911 to 1971 the academy trained almost 10,000 cadets who went on to become both military and civilian leaders.

1983 PIEDMONT (Oklahoma) Elementary yearbook

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1983 PIEDMONT (Oklahoma) Elementary yearbook
Judy Hill
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ASIN: B000S7OR0E

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Buddies to the End
Emmitt C. Black
Manufacturer: Carlton Press Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N56OCK

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Famous yet infamous, the beautiful and mysterious Cookson Hills of Oklahoma provide an apt background for Buddies to the End. For it was to these hills - their cave roofs still blackened by the camp fires of Jesse James, the Daltons, and the Youngers - that men on the run from the law came to hide ...

The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy, Valiant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Now Called the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial. Including ... to the American and French revolutions

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The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy, Valiant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Now Called the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial. Including ... to the American and French revolutions
Robert Elliott Flickinger
Manufacturer: Heritage Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0788422227

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The Choctaw Freedmen and the Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy, Valiant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Now Called the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial. Including the early history of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory, the Presbytery of Kiamichi, Synod of Canadian, and the Bible in the free schools of the American colonies, but suppressed in France, previous to the American and French revolutions. - Robert Elliott Flickinger. This is the history of "the work and workers connected with the founding and development of Oak Hill Industrial Academy." The academy was "established for the benefit of the Freedmen of the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., in 1886." The history continues through the erection of Elliott Hall in 1910 and its dedication in 1912. At that time, the school's name was changed to The Alice Lee Elliott Memorial.

The historical coverage ranges widely over such topics as the development of the Indian Nation and the schools within it, the situation of the freedmen, and the rise and importance of religion. The history of the academy covers the development of the school itself as well as biographical sketches and reminiscences of the teachers (including Eliza Hartford, the school's first white teacher), the accomplishments of the superintendents, education of and expectations for the students, and tributes to influential people associated with the academy. (The author, himself, served as superintendent of the academy from 1905 to the end of 1912)

In addition to preserving the school's history, the author also aimed to "place as much as possible of the character building work of the institution, in an attractive form for profitable perusal by the youth, in the homes of the pupils and patrons of the Academy." This is expressed in such chapters as the one covering maxims and suggestions ("nuggets from short talks to the students on Friday evenings") and the one laying out school rules, mottoes, and course of study. This expansive volume provides an interesting look at the social mores and expectations of whites for their non-white students in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (1914) reprint, 453 pp., illus., new index, paper, $37.00 #F2222

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