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- catalog abstract "Literary criticism and interpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's work: The House of the Seven Gables. "The four Pyncheons live inside the blighted house: Hepzibah, an elderly recluse, Clifford, her feeble-minded brother, Phoebe, their young country cousin ... and Jaffrey, a devil incarnate whose greedy quest for secret wealth is marked by murder and terrible vengeance from a restless grave."".
- catalog abstract "The personal recollections of the piano virtuoso provide a record of his life and creative development from his childhood days in Poland to the years of the First World War.".
- catalog abstract "A little girl living in a New York City ghetto imagines all the wonderful things she'll be able to do with the bicycle her mother promised to buy.".
- catalog abstract "An introduction to the basic theory and concepts of algebra along with a detailed explanation of more complicated equations and a brief discussion of the many uses of algebra in our lives.".
- catalog abstract "For the executive, manager, supervisor, industrial relations director, government official, university administrator and the general public.".
- catalog abstract "The studies in this book cover a wide range of major issues in development economics. In the first part general problems of concept, method, analysis, historical experience, and policy are examined. The topics include a systematic analysis of the notions of the vicious circle of poverty and the widening gap; fundamental examination of comprehensive planning and foreign aid as instruments for the development of poor countries; a discussion of Marxist-Leninist prescriptions on development policy; a critique of the ideas of UNCTAD; and an assessment of the role of economics inthe study of underdeveloped countries and in the provision of technical assistance. The second part consists of case studies in which development experience and official government policies in various parts of the underdeveloped world are surveyed in detail; and the third part of reviews and assessments of major writers on development economics and policy.".
- catalog abstract "This volume forms a sequel to two earlier collections of essays and contains a number of articles written by Niels Bohr during the last five years of his life.".
- catalog abstract "The well-known folk singer explores the appeal, traditions, significance and performers of folk music from America, Asia, Europe and Africa, and discusses aspects of the modern folk revival.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the appearance and life processes of insectivorous plants. Includes instructions for maintaining a terrarium, a sample from a plant watching journal, and a list of places where these plants may be bought.".
- catalog abstract "One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks presents a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light. Newton describes his experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow.".
- catalog abstract "A compilation of 33 papers presented at the 10th anniversary meeting of the Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel, Jan. 26-27, 1956, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Cf. Pref. to 1st ed.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the development of the barometer as a scientific instrument from the experiments and controversies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the precision instruments of today.".
- catalog abstract "History and reprints from Photoplay magazine, one of the first fan magazines to follow the careers and personal lives of motion picture actors and actresses from the early 1900's to the 1940's.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the Dutch beauty and imitation Javanese dancer who was shot by the French as a German spy on October 15, 1917.".
- catalog abstract "A guide the the analytical method for the purification and separation of organic and inorganic substances.".
- catalog abstract "Vanity Fair is a story of two heroines---one humble, the other a scheming social climber---who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly different lives. Amid the swirl of London's posh ballrooms and affairs of love and war, their fortunes rise and fall. Through it all, Thackeray lampoons the shallow values of his society, reserving the most pointed barbs for the upper crust. What results is a prescient look at the dogged pursuit of wealth and status---and the need for humility.".
- catalog abstract "The first volume traces the evolution of India before contact with modern Europe was established in the sixteenth century, highlighting the many manifestations of Indian culture as seen in religion, art and literature, in ideas and institutions. In volume two, emphasis is placed on the unity of texture in the development of Indian society.".
- catalog abstract ""This book is the result of a research venture on the narrow subject of the Chinese Communist rural and urban revolutions in late 1927 with particular reference to their relations with Moscow. As the broad lines of Comintern policy have emerged from an examination of the complicated events of the few months under study, it has turned out that those lines of policy represent a revolutionary pattern not only for China but for the whole underdeveloped world as well. In a real sense, the questions at issue in the present study are questions of world history, not just questions of the history of the Chinese Communist movement. These questions are still disturbing the world today" -- from preface.".
- catalog abstract ""Based on papers presented by the Division of Chemical Literature and the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society at national meetings from 1947 to 1956."".
- catalog abstract "First published in 1932, this book points out the basic differences between the morality of collectives and of individuals.".
- catalog abstract "A revision of the author's thesis, Yale 1965.".
- catalog abstract ""A report on the joint conference of the Association of Labor Mediation Agencies and the National Association of State Labor Relations Agencies, June 21 to June 25, 1971."--T.p.".
- catalog abstract "The Biology Data Book has been compiled to present numerical data of biology and medicine in a convenient and accessible form for reference, and to standardize accepted constants as a basis for correlation, establish common standards for statistical studies, and provide normal values for research. The biology data are organized in the form of tables, diagrams, charts, and graphs, arranged under the following headings: Genetics and Cytology, Reproduction, Development and Growth, Morphology, Nutrition and Digestion, Metabolism, Respiration and Circulation, Blood, Biological Regulators and Toxins, Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics, Environment and Survival, Parasitism, and Materials and Methods. Seven appendices provide information concerning estimated number of species, taxonomic classification for living plants and animals, geologic distribution, atomic weights, as well as logarithms and antilogarithms. (Author).".
- catalog abstract "This handbook contains tables, graphs, and diagrams of data about the physiological effects of environmental factors upon humans, animals, and plants.".
- catalog abstract "To botanists and serious gardeners throughout the world, L. H. Bailey's standard Manual of Cultivated Plants has been an indispensable and definitive horticultural classic since its original publication in 1923. This revised edition, greatly expanded and completely restudied to bring it up to date, provides fresh material and current nomenclature. Its purpose, like that of the original edition, is to provide a ready means for the identification of species of plants usually domestic in the continental United States and Canada. Diagnoses, with full keys, of the species grown for food, ornament, utility, and general interest, both in the open and under glass, compose the main body of the work. Fruit, grains, grasses, vegetables, greenhouse plants, ornamental shrubs and plants, and garden flowers are included. in addition there are explanations of more than 1000 botanical terms, a list of authorities responsible for the Latin binomials, a key to the 194 natural families contained in the book, and 195 meticulously rendered drawings showing plant structures in detail.".
- catalog abstract "E. J. H. Corner's perennial favorite The Life of Plants, copiously stocked with now-classic botanical illustrations, is one of the most fascinating and original introductions to the world of plants ever produced - from the botanist to the amateur, no reader will finish this book without gaining a much richer understanding of plants, their history, and their relationship with the environments around them.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the harmony between materialistic and religious philosophies by showing that both can derive from a biological basis.".
- catalog abstract "America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and in his approach to the question of national character. He brings a fresh historical perspective to bear on the vital work done in this field by anthropologists, social psychologists, and psychoanalysts. -- Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "In the early 1700s Peter the Great established two botanical institutions in St. Petersberg, the city he dared to create a mere seven degrees south of the Arctic Circle. These were the predecessors of the present-day Komarov Botanical Institute, formed in 1931 by the merger of two previous institutions. This book tells the story of the Institute and its predecessors - a glimpse at two-and-a-half centuries of botanical research in Russia. The author describes the physical setting and intellectual climate of the Institute along with its vast resources: a staff of 700, two dozen major laboratories, a large greenhouse and outdoor garden complex, an arboretum-park, several experimental farms, a 450,000-volume library, and combined herbaria of nearly 6 million specimens, dating back to 1709. Among the many achievements of the Komarov, the author stresses the completion of the monumental 30-volume Flora of the USSR. Prepared over a 33-year period, the Flora covers 17,500 species of plants native to the Soviet Union. The author views this work as "the crowning achievement of Russian taxonomy if not of all Russian botany." The book closes with an outline of the Institute's ambitious plans for the future - including a vast effort in tropical research.".
- catalog abstract "A broad survey of modern ornithology, written in non-technical terms for the layman and bird enthusiast.".
- catalog abstract "Describes how flowers have been used, medically, politically, socially, and artistically, throughout history.".
- catalog abstract "Describes many of the ancient and modern uses of and beliefs about various medicinal plants. Includes history, information from old herbals, and quotations from literature. Illustrated with sixteenth century woodcuts.".
- catalog abstract "Manual resulting from a demonstration meeting held on 27th Oct.1964,by the Society for Applied Bacteriology and the Microbial systematics Group of the Society for General Microbiology.".
- catalog abstract "This volume tells the beginner all he need to know about collecting butterflies. There are 247 species illustrated in full color.".
- catalog abstract "For the non-specialist. Articles on broader topics presuppose only general scientific background; specialized topics are more technical. The alphabetically arranged articles cover general and specific topics in chemistry, physics, methodology, metabolism, nutrition, diseases, and disorders as related to biochemistry, as well as short biographies and more peripheral topics. Longer articles have appended references. Indexed.".
- catalog abstract "The author explores the implications in the nature of life, and specifically the workings of the human body, in this introduction to the chemistry of life processes.".
- catalog abstract "An original and comprehensive introduction to the methods and techniques basic to Pleistocene research and their application in reconstructing physical environments and man-land relationships in prehistory.".
- catalog abstract "Publisher description: John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that learning was active and schooling unnecessarily long and restrictive. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a community which gave them real, guided experiences which fostered their capacity to contribute to society. For example, Dewey believed that students should be involved in real-life tasks and challenges: maths could be learnt via learning proportions in cooking or figuring out how long it would take to get from one place to another by mule history could be learnt by experiencing how people lived, geography, what the climate was like, and how plants and animals grew, were important subjects Dewey had a gift for suggesting activities that captured the center of what his classes were studying. Dewey's education philosophy helped forward the "progressive education" movement, and spawned the development of "experiential education" programs and experiments.".
- catalog abstract ""An important, controversial account ... of the way in which man's use of poisons to control insect pests and unwanted vegetation is changing the balance of nature." Booklist.".
- catalog abstract "Assorted research papers on the intelligence, personality, racial attitudes, and social behavior among and toward American Negroes. Includes studies of interracial marriage and mental illness.".
- catalog abstract "Traditionally, Americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as the science of victory. Today, however, in our world of nuclear weapons, military power is not so much exercised as threatened. It is, Mr. Schelling says, bargaining power, and the exploitation of this power, for good or evil, to preserve peace or to threaten war, is diplomacy - the diplomacy of violence. The author concentrates in this book on the way in which military capabilites - real or imagined - are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. He sees the steps taken by the US during the Berlin and Cuban crises as not merely preparations for engagement, but as signals to an enemy, with reports from the adversary's own military intelligence as our most important diplomatic communications.".
- catalog abstract "Catholic women - Mercy sisters - Christian Brothers - Australian Catholics.".
- catalog abstract "A full-page illustration of a creature for each letter of the alphabet, including a bumptious baboon, furious fly, ghastly garrulous gargoyle, and quintessential quail.".
- catalog abstract "Papers on limnology, physiology and ecology of aquatic systems, and taxonomy of fresh-water algae, lichens, mosses, fungi, protozoa and land arthropods of Antarctica.".
- catalog abstract "Here is a new book that identifies and interprets the essential basics of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). It links in a unified presentation the Fourier transform, discrete Fourier transform, FFT, and fundamental applications of the FFT. The FFT is becoming a primary analytical tool in such diverse fields as linear systems, optics, probability theory, quantum physics, antennas, and signal analysis, but there has always been a problem of communicating its fundamentals. Thus the aim of this book is to provide a readable and functional treatment of the FFT and its significant applications. In his Preface the author explains the organization of his topics, "... Every major concept is developed by a three-stage sequential process. First, the concept is introduced by an intuitive development which is usually pictorial and nature. Second, a non-sophisticated (but thoroughly sound) mathematical treatment is developed to support the intuitive arguments. The third stage consists of practical examples designed to review and expand the concept being discussed. It is felt that this three-step procedure gives meaning as well as mathematical substance to the basic properties of the FFT. --From book's dust jacket".
- catalog abstract "Carson's writing teems with stunning, memorable images--the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; the centuries of nonstop rain that created the oceans; giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface; and incredibly powerful tides moving 100 billion tons of water daily in the Bay of Fundy. Quite simply, she captures the mystery and allure of the ocean with a compelling blend of imagination and expertise. Reintroducing a classic work to a whole new generation of readers, this Special Edition features a new chapter written by Jeffrey Levinton, a leading expert in marine ecology, that brings the scientific side of The Sea Around Us completely up to date. Levinton incorporates the most recent thinking on continental drift, coral reefs, the spread of the ocean floor, the deterioration of the oceans, mass extinction of sea life, and many other topics. In addition, acclaimed nature writer Ann Zwinger has contributed a brief foreword. Today, with the oceans endangered by the dumping of medical waste and ecological disasters such as the Exxon oil spill in Alaska, this illuminating volume provides a timely reminder of both the fragility and the importance of the ocean and the life that abounds within it. Anyone who loves the sea, or who is concerned about our natural environment, will want to read this classic work.".
- catalog abstract "Chronicles the life and loves of Florenz Ziegfeld and his career in the theater.".
- catalog abstract ""This book provides a chornological listing ... of plays, masks, and similar forms of entertainment, devised in England (or by Englishmen abroad) from the time of the earliest Quem Quaeritis trope in the tenth century until the death of Dryden in 1700. Coverage is broad enough to include plays in Latin or French, lost works, closet dramas, translations and adaptations, and descriptions of royal receptions and civic entertainments ... Additional information is provided regarding playwrights, theatres and companies, as well as the location of all extant dramatic manuscripts"--Cover.".
- catalog abstract "Current source of information on 2664 government and private organizations in the United States. Arranged in 2 sections, i.e., Consumer protection and Environmental protection. Entries include organization, address, telephone number, key personnel, functions, purposes, and activities. Organization, personnel, publication, and subject indexes.".
- catalog abstract "While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the Polish woman who built a multi-million dollar business as one of the first mass-producers of cosmetics.".
- catalog abstract "A brief history of the computer and explanations of the functions of different models--what they do and how they do it.".
- catalog abstract "Third of Dostoyevsky's five major novels. It is a powerful political tract and a profound study of a theism, depicting disarray which follows the appearence of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. The novel is full of buffoonery and grotesque comedy.".
- catalog abstract "This book is the proceedings of two symposia, on Proteins of International Society of Neurochemistry in Budapest, July 1971. If confirmation of the utility for such a book was needed, it was obtained with the independent publication of a review on Proteins of the Nervous System (1) covering essentially the same ground. This review is an excellent collection of the earlier literature. The present volume summarizes the more recent advances in this field, and in addition covers those areas, glycoproteins and peptide hydrolases, which were not dealt with by Shooter and Einstein (1).".
- catalog abstract "The growth of the network of railway lines across Canada is presented here with contemporary material and photographs to assist the text.".
- catalog abstract "Handbooks of tables that cover genetics; cytology; reproduction; development and growth; biological regulators and toxins; environment; parasitism in plants and animals; nutrition; digestion and excretion; and blood and other body fluids. Each volume contains its own index. Many references.".
- catalog abstract "A distinguished scientist becomes the unknowing courier and victim of international politics.".
- catalog abstract "A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.".
- catalog abstract "One of the most valuable literary reference books ever published, this book has ben thoroughly revised and expanded to provide concise, up to date from 1640 to the present day.".
- catalog abstract "Papers discussed at a series of meetings sponsored by Academy of Political Science and National Committee on United States--China Relations, at the Center for Continuing Education, Columbia University, Oct. 26-28, 1972.".
- catalog abstract "Ten folk legends from southern Africa include Hottentot, Zulu, and Bantu tales.".
- catalog abstract "A poor Hungarian violinist arrives in New York seeking his fortune but meets with one disaster after another.".
- catalog abstract "Traces Cohan's multifaceted career in the theater and discusses his family and friends as well as contributions to Broadway.".
- catalog abstract "The theoretical and practical aspects of activities designed for use in the open classroom are explored in this collection of articles selected from American, English, and Canadian sources.".
- catalog abstract "Collection of essays in political science, applied specifically to future problems of democracy.".
- catalog abstract "A novella, short stories, a critical study, a preface, and reviews.".
- catalog abstract "A brief biography of the renowned Japanese-American sculptor.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive look at the history of the American labor movement. Takes the reader from the Molly Maguires through Eugene Debs and the Pullman Strike, Big Bill Haywood and the Wobblies, and the 1937 Flint sitdowns to the 1970 General Motors strike. An account of the bloody and revolutionary battles that marked the rise of the American labor movement. From the first famous martyrs, the "Molly Maguires" in the 1870s Pennsylvania coal fields, to the crucial workers' victory of the 1930s in the sitdown strike against General Motors, it was a history of pitched battle that frequently erupted into open warfare. One union even won a naval engagement (against a shipload of scabs). But this is also the story of the factional wars within the movement itself, and of the great leaders the movement generated: Eugene V. Debs, Samuel Gompers, William Z. Foster, Bill Haywood, John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther, and many more. Their lives, and the life of the movement they built, carry a special relevance today, even though labor chieftains now hold meetings poolside at resorts. For the labor wars were fought violently and often illegally, against the arrayed power of antagonistic courts, sheriffs, police, National Guardsmen and even Presidents.--From publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "Lists the materials and gives instructions for making a puppet stage and puppets representing characters from Indian legends.".
- catalog abstract "Samizdat poetry - poetry passed around in secret - from contemporary Russia.".
- catalog abstract "Over 500 entries to selected journal articles, books, book chapters, and other monographs published, for the most part, during the 1960's and 1970's. Includes 2 bibliographies, one comprehensive and general, the other selected, annotated, and derived from the former because of the more specific applications of behavioral science perspectives to public health issues. Sources were 22 journals from the areas of public health, psychology, sociology, dentistry, and science. Entries include bibliographical information and, in the selected list, lengthy annotations. No index.".
- catalog abstract "A lavishly illustrated introduction to the life, customs, environment and achievements of Neanderthal man.".
- catalog abstract "Two friends almost give up their efforts to learn to roller skate until they have an opportunity to help someone.".
- catalog abstract "An up-to-date survey of the development, anatomy, physiology and ecology of the lichens. Each chapter and appendix has bibliography.".
- catalog abstract "Bibliography: p. 117.".
- catalog abstract "Indians from Alaska to Texas, from New York to California, are now claiming lands that are rightfully and legally theirs. Denying its own legal system, the federal government disputes Indian ownership of approximately one hundred million acres, which include presently held tribal lands and individually owned Indian lands; the Alaskan Settlement; administrative, submarginal, restoration, and surplus federal lands; and those lands belonging to terminated and nonfederal tribes.".
- catalog abstract "Scandal rocks a kibbutz community, but the plight of a pregnant, unmarried girl brings it together again.".
- catalog abstract ""It is hoped that it [this book] will not only be of use to the English student of Arabic but will also materially help the Arab world to understand English."".
- catalog abstract "A young German boy narrates his experiences in the Hitler youth movement during the early years of the Third Reich.".
- catalog abstract "Journals of fur-trading expeditions into the Snake River region of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company.".
- catalog abstract "Photographs demonstrate the spatial concepts expressed in twelve words such as around, across, between, against, and behind.".
- catalog abstract "Aided by the journal of a young woman who lived in nineteenth-century France, Nina solves a murder mystery dormant since the time of Napoleon.".
- catalog abstract ""Being the record of a conference convened by the Conservation Foundation in April, l965, at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia."--T.p.".
- catalog abstract "Physics, rather than mathematics, is the focus in this classic graduate lecture note volume on statistical mechanics and the physics of condensed matter. This book provides a concise introduction to basic concepts and a clear presentation of difficult topics, while challenging the student to reflect upon as yet unanswered questions.".
- catalog abstract "This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image-thinking and picture-reading in Indian art and thought, and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recognizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.".
- catalog abstract "A natural history of giraffes: their way of life, their herd structure, their curious behaviors, their anatomical features and physiological adaptations, and their relation to other animals and man.".
- catalog abstract "Billy Budd ia accused of plotting a mutiny by Claggett, Billy kills Claggett and his hanged for murder.".
- catalog abstract ""This book presents a selection of articles covering the main areas of contemporary sociolinguistics. It pays particular attention to the concepts of multigualism, language standardization, dialectal and stylistic variation, and the acquisition of what Hymes and others have called "communicative competence."--Cover.".
- catalog abstract "For contents, see Author Catalog.".
- catalog abstract "From the Publisher: The Education of Black Folk chronicles the history of African-American education and the beginnings of affirmative action in American colleges and universities. Considered to be a classic by many, on can find no better introduction to this important topic.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses Medicare's emergence as a political issue and the responses it elicited within the federal government and American society.".
- catalog abstract "Selections from the author's Autobiographical sketches and recollections, during a thirty-five years' residence in New Orleans, with an account of his life by the editor.".
- catalog abstract "Photographs and text introduce a variety of games with or without music.".
- catalog abstract "'The Gestalt Approach' and 'Eye Witness to Therapy' can be read together as one entity and also as two separate works. This book is an exploration of a somewhat new approach to the entire subject of human behavior- both in its actuality and its potentiality. It is written from the belief that man can live a fuller, richer life than most of us now do. It is written from the conviction that man has not yet even begun to discover the potential of energy and enthusiasm that lies in him. The book endeavors to bring together a theory and a practical application of that theory of the problems of daily life and to the techniques of psychotherapy. The theory itself is grounded in experience and observation; it has grown and changed with years of practice and application. -- from Introduction.".
- catalog abstract "We are especially grateful to Dr. Philip Corfman and his colleagues of the Population and Reproduction Grants Branch of NICHD for making this Conference possible. The format of this volume follows in general the order in which the papers were presented during the Conference. The Conference was divided into four sessions, each of which was presided over by a capable and distinguished scientist. Each of these chairmen, Drs. T. H. Hamilton, G. A. Puca, R. L. Vande Wiele and H. G. Williams-Ashman provided valuable discussion and for their services we are most appreciative.".
- catalog abstract "Major developments in U.S. Air Force bomber planes are depicted in photographs and concise text.".
- catalog abstract "How can we explain man's lust for cruelty? In a world in which violence seems to be increasing, social philosopher Erich Fromm has treated this haunting question with depth and scope in the most original and far-reaching work of his brilliant career. Fromm goes beyond the controversy between instinctivists like Lorenz, who argue that man's destructiveness has been inherited from his animal ancestors, and behaviorists like Skinner, who maintain that there are no innate human traits since everything is the result of social conditioning. Conceding that there is a kind of aggression which man shares with animals, Fromm shows that it is defensive in nature, designed to insure survival. On the other hand, malignant aggression, or destructiveness, in which man kills without biological or social purpose, is peculiarly human and not instinctive; it is one of the passions, like ambition or greed. Drawing on findings of neurophysiology, prehistory, anthropology, and animal psychology, Fromm presents a global and historical study of human destructiveness that enables readers to evaluate the data for themselves. Although deeply indebted to Freud, Fromm emphasizes social and cultural factors as well. Destructiveness is seen in terms of the dreams and associations of many patients, and of historical figures such as Stalin--an extreme example of sadism; Himmler--an example of the bureaucratic-sadistic character; and Hitler.--From publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "1657 entries to English-language literature (mostly books and journal articles). Primary source was Population index. Classified arrangement. Entry gives bibliography and concise annotation. Also listing of 430 titles compiled after mid-1970. Geographical index.".
- catalog abstract "This biography details the legacy of the most extraordinary woman labor agitator in American history. The life of Mother Jones "is an epic, and it is the shame of American writers that it has never been told," George West wrote in the Nation in July 1922. "She is a great woman," he added, "unsung because of our tradition of cheap gentility." The truth of West's lament has endured until now. Mother Jones lived a century. Born in 1830, widowed in 1867 in Memphis, and suffering the loss of her husband and four children from yellow fever she moved to Chicago, where her business as a seamstress was destroyed by the great fire of 1871. Thus tempered by adversity, she came to have a lively sympathy for the downtrodden laboring classes, and she devoted the rest of her life to seeking the betterment of the workingman--especially the coal miner. In the course of her career as a labor agitator, Mother Jones took part in some of the most momentous battles in American labor history: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Riot of 1886, and the "Debs Rebellion" of 1894. Her last big effort took place during the 1919 steel strike, as she neared her ninetieth year. For half a century Mother Jones was an impious Joan of Arc, an industrial Carrie Nation, who took up the workingman's cause without question and fought his battles without compromise. Dale Fetherling's big and important biography for the first time gives her full story, with eloquence and sympathetic understanding.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of the author, educator, and publisher who is the editor of the "Men of Achievement" series.".