The research into this book is incredible. The stories of the court martials is enjoyable reading, though at times the stories become repetitive (thus the 4 stars and not 5). Lincoln the compassionate president is examined carefully through these court martial cases and in the final chapter. The final chapter, is a great look at Lincoln and his place in history.

Davidson's book is an extremely clear, straight-forward account of modernist painting in the United States before World War II and the rise of the U.S. as world art capitol. It is the most comprehensive survey of the topic to date that is still in print. This comprehensiveness is the result of the book's strictly defined limits; sculpture, architecture, design and so on are excluded. It is commendable for its well-sturctured organization of a mountain of material about which little specialized, scholarly literature had been written before a survey was attempted. Davidson's book is equally commendable for the efficiency of its text; it summarizes a great deal of information in a smooth, orderly, useful way. It brings to the reader's attention many artists and works of art that are virtually unknown to most art admirers, including those interested in both American and modern art. The usefulness of the book is diminished, however, because there are very few color illustrations and the black-and-white illustrations are rather poor (especially a problem in a little-known branch of modernist art where the reader is not likely to be familiar with the material) and the scholarship on the various movements and artists covered has developed considerably since the book was published nearly twenty years ago. The book is now older than most of the scholarship such a survey text would rely on for support. It does suffer from the same problem that survey books often do; it covers so much material with minimal depth that a true, lasting appreciation for the material covered is not forthcoming.

This text provides a wealth of information for programming for students with learning disabilities.The first half of the book focuses on characteristics, identification and service delivery. The strength is in the second half, focusing on methodology. His chapter on designing the classroom environment is excellent! Strategies are practical and primarily metacognitive.

Charles W. Carey, Jr. begins this Journey to Freedom volume on "The Emancipation Proclamation" by confronting the popular misconception that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. Of course, technically the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves held by territory under the authority of the Confederacy, while slaves in areas occupied by the Federal forces remained slaves. However, as Carey also points out, Lincoln's proclamation did change the reason of the war from preserving the Union to freeing the slaves. This volume covers how the fighting of the war and the political climate created an opportunity for Lincoln to move the Civil War to a higher plane. Carey also looks at the immediate and long-range effects of the proclamation, which culminated in the passage of the 13th Amendment. This volume is illustrated with historic photographs, engravings and paintings, most of which show African-Americans during the Civil War, not just as slaves but also as soldiers fighting for the Union army. The Journey to Freedom series is part of The African American Library, whose stated goal is to educate and inform children about the achievements and contributions of noted African Americans throughout United States history.

I teach high school in the Boston Public Schools. Many of my students are low-level readers who cannot make sense of our conventional, obtuse and inconsiderate textbooks. Enjoying Global History has proved to be an excellent resource not only for my low-level readers, but for my students of all reading levels.

I use it in both my World History and U. S. History classes. Each section describes a historical era or event in narrative form. For example, the section on ancient African civilizations features a camel herder and an iron worker having a friendly dialog (excellent for reading aloud in class)about their occupations. The section on the Industrial Revolution includes a mill worker talking to a friend about her ardous job.

In addition to these interesting stories, the text includes brief descriptions of historical events to frame the narratives so that students can understand them within their context. There are some black and white images in the chapters although this is not the book's strong suit. Lastly, the questions and activities at the end of each chapter are actaully thought provoking! This is the first textbook I have used where I have felt comfortable having students do questions and activities directly from the book. (In the past I have always made up my own.)

If you teach history or are interested in a general overview of major events in world history, you should definitely check it out. While this book may not garauntee that the reader will enjoy global history, it will certainly bring the reader closer to enjoyment than the traditional textbook.

This book is a refreshing avenue to expelling the Truth of Bible characters, tribes, nations and geographical locations. I found the material spiritually enlightening, historically revealing and socially exhilarating.
In the beginning of the book, major emphasis on the character and qualities of Enoch became very repetitious. Once that information was saturated into your mind, the author moves on to correlate biblical people, prophecy, places and events. Bonds will be broken and the liberation of God's people will ensue as these insights pass from mind to heart and from people to nations of believers.

From Rail-Splitter to Icon is a unique and fascinating contribution to our understanding of how Lincoln was judged by the press, both here, North and South, and abroad. Through dogged and meticulous research, Bunker has combed the country for magazines largely judged ephemeral at the time but that now loom large in our understanding of popular culture -- those that featured humor and political cartoons. In this handsome book, he assesses their content and pictures nearly 200 of the Lincoln images under discussion, most of which have never been reprinted. Bunker's book easily surpasses all of the other books devoted to Lincoln in caricature [Walsh. Lincoln and the London Punch (1909); Shaw. A Cartoon History of Abraham Lincoln (1930) (which ends inexplicably in 1861); and Rockwell. Lincoln in Caricature (1946) (which is a book of plates with extended captions)] because Bunker's survey of the field is comprehensive, when the others were selective, and his historical analysis is fully informed by several generations of important Lincoln scholarship. This groundbreaking book is surely a candidate for awards. Highly recommended.

The "Future Visions The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow" has opened my eyes anew. I only wish his works had been given their due instead of the distilled pabulum treatment served during my time at the university.

As both a CPA and organizational consultant, I found this book extremely insightful as well as pragmatically useful when assessing the collective energy and drive of both organizations and their leaders.

Dollars may drive commerce but it's dignity that drive people. Maslow's ideas when fully integrated into formal organizational feedback metrics will be sure to inspire man's natural leadership and then begin to focus on a higher path of being. A nice piece of work.

So I was getting ready to reread Don Quijote (1605)(Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616) in the excellent Burton Raffel translation and as I was looking for information about the book and author, saw repeated references to Fielding's Joseph Andrews. I'd read his Tom Jones a couple of years ago and found it kind of tough sledding, but when I stumbled upon this one at a library book sale for a quarter, it seemed a stroke of destiny.

The parallels with Don Quijote are readily apparent. First of all, the book consists of a series of humorous travel adventures; second, the travellers involved seem too innocent to survive in the harsh world that confronts them. When Joseph Andrews, the naive footman of Lady Booby, deflects the amorous advances of both her Ladyship and Slipslop, the Lady's servant, he is sent packing. Upon his dismissal, Joseph, along with his friend and mentor Parson Adams, an idealistic and good-hearted rural clergyman, who essentially takes the physical role of Sancho Panza but the moral role of Quijote, sets out to find his beloved but chaste enamorata, Fanny Goodwill, who had earlier been dismissed from Lady Booby's service as a result of Slipslop's jealousy. In their travels they are set upon repeatedly by robbers, continually run out of funds and Adams gets in numerous arguments, theological and otherwise. Meanwhile, Fanny, whom they meet up with along the way, is nearly raped any number of times and is eventually discovered to be Joseph's sister, or maybe not.. The whole thing concludes with a farcical night of musical beds, mistaken identities and astonishing revelations.

I've seen this referred to as the first modern novel; I'm not sure why, in light of it's obvious debt to Cervantes. But it does combine those quixotic elements with a seemingly accurate portrayal of 18th Century English manners and the central concern with identity and status do place it squarely in the modern tradition.

At any rate, it is very funny and, for whatever reason, seemed a much easier read than Tom Jones. I recommend it unreservedly.

GRADE: B+

In 1866 Abraham Lincoln was far from the icon of American leadership and democracy that he later became, but he was already in the process of becoming. That was in no small measure because of the work of Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881), whose "Life of Abraham Lincoln" was the first full-scale post-assassination biography of Lincoln and a pathmarker that fundamentally shaped the contours of Lincolnia. Published less than a year after Lincoln's death, Holland told the now well-worn stories of young Lincoln earning his first silver dollar as a rail-splitter, about his repayment for a ruined book, about the millhorse's kick to his head, about his wrestling match with Jack Armstrong, and about the fabled Lincoln sense of humor and wit. Always, Holland wrote in an accessible, homey manner about Lincoln the man and the patriot, about Lincoln the husband and father, and about Lincoln the moral leader of a nation at war.

For example, Holland asserted repeatedly in this biography that Lincoln had been an opponent of slavery his entire life and had always planned for emancipation. A debatable contention at best, but one that certainly hearkened back to the moral vision expressed in the Declaration of Independence penned nearly a century earlier. The assertion certainly fixed the image of the man as a champion of the highest ideals of the republic. Also debatable, and certainly it was roundly attacked at the time by several of Lincoln's associates, was Holland's assertion that Lincoln was the very model of a Christian leader. Such longtime associates as William Herndon condemned Holland's declaration of Lincoln's religious ideals as bogus.

Holland based his biography on relatively extensive interviews with those who knew Lincoln and on the written materials then readily available. Accordingly, there is a depth of coverage not present in many of the other early Lincoln biographies. At the same time, Holland was essentially Lincoln's Parson Weems, making a myth of the fallen leader second to only that accorded George Washington. As Allen C. Guelzo notes in an excellent introduction to the volume, Holland engaged in oversentimentality, drawing overt morals from the life and career of Lincoln. Holland's Lincoln, as Guelzo states, "was unapologetically the champion of 'strength and moderation' and the opposition, whether from John Charles Frémont or Clement Vallandigham, was 'irresponsible' or 'treasonable'" (pp. viii-ix). Because of these weaknesses, most modern Lincoln scholars have dismissed Holland's biography without serious consideration.

As a study in the process of myth-making, however, this book is important. Its availability in this reprint addition may provide grist for future studies. As such it is a welcome addition to historical literature.