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The Preachers (1973 Black Hardcover Printing, 7293927) by James Morris and friends. ASIN: 0729392724. 440 Pages. Limited Collector's Edition. ... Read more

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In April 1850, LDS Church leaders established an Iron Mission in southern Utah, where iron ore, coal and timber were plentiful.Among these first Iron County settlers were experienced iron workers from the British Isles. Between 1851 and 1858, this colony of hard-working Saints tried many smelting techniques, yielding objects such as pots,crank shafts and bells.

Despite sustained, even heroic, efforts, the iron missionaries did notsucceed. Nature itself worked against them. When the iron works closedits books in 1858, some of the colonists moved away. Yet the pioneers'legacy is still visible in Parowan and Cedar City--Iron Missiontownships that have survived for over 150 years.

A Trial Furnace chronicles the lives of people who transcended thepractical, discovering in their wilderness crucible an inner strengthand resilience more durable than the iron they came south to find.

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A Trial Furnace
This is a first rate paperback history of the first anglo settlements in Iron County, Utah, covering the ten-year period following initial settlement from early 1851 through 1861.Impeccably researched and documented, this volume details the initial settlements that became Parowan and Cedar City.The core chapters detail the various attempts to establish an iron industry, including details of the furnaces built and the causes of the project's eventual demise. One chapter is devoted to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which is generally accurate given information available as of date of publication.(Unfortunately, date of publication is not given. (2001?)

The book has good maps and photographs to help the reader follow the story.Eleven appendixes provide valuable supplemental material, although Appendix 2 includes census data of questionable accuracy.e.g. The entire Ebenezer Brown family is listed, although only Ebenezer and his wife Phebe (spelled Phoebe) participated in the mission.

A complete bibliography and index are provided

An Excellent book with otherwise unpublished Utah History
After reading this book several years ago, I have turned to it a number of times to clarify information that seems to have been ignored until this book was published.For example, the incredible Phebe Draper Brown, who was in the middle of all Mormon history from Kirtland to Missouri, Nauvoo, Winter Quarters, the Mormon Battalion in winning the war with Mexico (which added the whole West to the United States), the discovery of Gold at Sutters Fort, Settling the Salt Lake Valley, and donating land to Build Draper Fort and church; she is now shown to have participated in the Iron Mission, an industrial effort refine iron ore in Southern Utah.

This book is well written and shows the kinds of efforts being made by the Mormon Pioneers to build an advanced civilization, which is what really made the newly acquired West a secure and vast addition to the United States. ... Read more

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The life of Keats provides a unique opportunity for the study of literary greatness and of what permits or encourages its development. Its interest is deeply human and moral, in the most capacious sense of the words. In this authoritative biography--the first full-length life of Keats in almost forty years--the man and the poet are portrayed with rare insight and sympathy. In spite of a scarcity of factual data for his early years, the materials for Keats's life are nevertheless unusually full. Since most of his early poetry has survived, his artistic development can be observed more closely than is possible with most writers; and there are times during the period of his greatest creativity when his personal as well as his artistic life can be followed week by week.

The development of Keats's poetic craftsmanship proceeds simultaneously with the steady growth of qualities of mind and character. Mr. Bate has been concerned to show the organic relationship between the poet's art and his larger, more broadly humane development. Keats's great personal appeal--his spontaneity, vigor, playfulness, and affection--are movingly recreated; at the same time, his valiant attempt to solve the problem faced by all modern poets when they attempt to achieve originality and amplitude in the presence of their great artistic heritage is perceptively presented.

In discussing this matter, Mr. Bate says, "The pressure of this anxiety and the variety of reactions to it constitute one of the great unexplored factors in the history of the arts since 1750. And in no major poet, near the beginning of the modern era, is this problem met more directly than it is in Keats. The way in which Keats was somehow able, after the age of twenty-two, to confront this dilemma, and to transcend it, has fascinated every major poet who has used the English language since Keats's death and also every major critic since the Victorian era."

Mr. Bate has availed himself of all new biographical materials, published and unpublished, and has used them selectively and without ostentation, concentrating on the things that were meaningful to Keats. Similarly, his discussions of the poetry are not buried beneath the controversies of previous critics. He approaches the poems freshly and directly, showing their relation to Keats's experience and emotions, to premises and values already explored in the biographical narrative. The result is a book of many dimensions, not a restricted critical or biographical study but a fully integrated whole.

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The great Bate
Jackson Bate does literary biography better than anyone. He's a master and not only offers expert insights into Keats' writing but also presents the man and his life in fine detail. After reading the book you feel thankful that Keats had such a powerful interpreter to even things up a little for him. Too late of course to make a difference to Keats but what a treasure for us.

A Stimulating Biography
I have not read this book yet in its entirety, but I dont want to let the foregoing review be the only word on the subject here--I am sorry that reviewer found it "heavy going," I'll testify that I found the thinking in the two chapters I did read, 13 and 16, to be absolutely gripping and provocative, more than enough to cause me to order my own copy of the book.My sense of this work's importance is that of Mr. Tillotson's.

Pretty heavy going
I read this book because it won a Pulitzer Prize, and because I so greatly enjoyed the biographies of Keats by Aileen Ward and by RobertGittings.But I found much of this book tough going.The study of some of the longerpoems simply did not interest me.But the account of Keats' last year isvery well-done and absorbing. ... Read more

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This is a story based on a rarely seen mammal, the Mole, and is an opportunity for children to learn about the wonderful natural history of our countryside. Why not take your children out one Spring day and see how many of the signs of Spring you can find? ... Read more

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Six new stories and interviews with Brite and Robert Weinberg. ... Read more

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Issue #402002Cover art by Jamie PowersInterior art by Audre, Russell Dickerson, Keith Minnion104 pagesFiction"Provenance" by Andy Duncan "Gran'mama" by Gary Raisor "Solitaire" by Kathryn Ptacek "Ghosts Through Her Eyes" by Jack Fisher & Gene-Michael Higney "Losing It" by Mark Morris "The Trespasser" by Will LudwigsenNon-FictionWords from the Editors by Richard Chizmar & Robert Morrish A Conversation with Poppy Z. Brite by William P. Simmons A Conversation with Robert Weinberg by Darrell Schweitzer Spotlight on Publishing: Wildside Press by Robert Morrish Stephen King News: From the Dead Zone by Bev Vincent Waves of Fear by Paula Guran MediaDrome by Michael Marano Guilty But Insane by Poppy Z. Brite Collecting Modern Horror by John Pelan The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone CD Reviews by Various ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Small Business Management, published by International Council of Small Business on October 1, 1987. The length of the article is 2375 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: Small business computer security.
Author: Kathryn Savage
Publication: Journal of Small Business Management (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1987
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Volume: v25Issue: n4Page: p54(7)

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The second edition of 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms offers practical social studies strategies that align with the NCSS Curriculum Standards. 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms houses general and specific strategies that are categorized by the NCSS Curriculum standards, meet the needs of specific grade level designations, and cover distinct social science disciplines including history, civics, geography, economics, political science, anthropology and literacy. K-8 Social Studies Teachers. ... Read more

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The First Golden GeographyWonders of NatureMy Little Golden Book About the SkyA Little Golden Book About the SeashoreThe Deep Blue SeaBoatsMachinesCarsHousesDinosaursBirds of All KindsBaby Farm AnimalsThe Little Golden Book of DogsThe Color KittensThe Little Golden Book of WordsOur Flag ... Read more