Author: Jon Roper
Publisher: Edinburgh University Pre
Keywords: presidents, american
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0748612262
ISBN-13: 9780748612260

This book looks at how John F. Kennedy confronted the challenge of the Cold War, molding the narratives of "consensus history" into the activist rhetoric of the New Frontier. It examines how his image, heroic style of leadership, and legacy -America´s war in Vietnam -had an impact upon his successors. Covering the period from 1960 to the present, the book draws upon a wide variety of sources to illuminate its subjects. After Kennedy, "hero," came Lyndon Johnson, "casualty of war"; Richard Nixon, "heroic failure"; Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, "faith-healers"; Ronald Reagan, "star"; Georg

Author: Jon Roper
Publisher: Polity
Keywords: introduction, politics, american, contours
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2002-08-09
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0745620612
ISBN-13: 9780745620619

The Contours of American Politics takes a fresh look at the political culture of the United States. In its complexity and diversity, America fascinates. Its politics are brash and exciting, and its political impact upon the wider world is profound. This book examines not simply the mechanics of America’s political system but also the ideas and principles that shape its values. Drawing on a diverse range of interdisciplinary material, the book maps the landscape of contemporary American political culture and identity. It surveys the nation’s past as a critical and formati

Author: Gayle Roper
Publisher: Harvest House Publisher
Keywords: trilogy, farm, amish, wish, stranger
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-02-01
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 0736925864
ISBN-13: 9780736925860

Beloved author Gayle Roper begins a contemporary Amish series readers are sure to love.... Englischer Kristie Matthews’ move to an Amish family farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, starts on a bad note as the young schoolteacher is bitten by a dog. A trip to the local ER leads to an encounter with an old man who hands her a key and swears her to silence. But when Kristie’s life is endangered, she suspects there’s a connection to the mysterious key. While solving the mystery (and staying alive), Kristie must decide whether her lawyer boyfriend, Todd Reasoner, is really right for her...

Author: H. R. Trevor-Roper
Publisher: Pan Books (UK)
Keywords: hitler, days, last
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2002-07-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0330490605
ISBN-13: 9780330490603

In September 1945, the fate of Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, missing for four months. The author, a British counter-intelligence officer, was given the task of solving this mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written. His book tells the extraordinary story of those last days in the Berlin Bunker. The New Statesman has called this book "incomparable…by far the best written on any aspect of the second German war-a book sound in scholar

Author: Stephen Roper
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: steam, engines, condensing, non, pressure, catechism
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2008-11-14
List price: $23.75
ISBN-10: 0559629257
ISBN-13: 9780559629259

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Author: Robert Roper
Publisher: Walker & Company
Keywords: war, civil, brothers, walt, drum, whitman
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0802717616
ISBN-13: 9780802717610

The Civil War is seen anew, and a great American family is brought to life, in Robert Roper’s brilliant evocation of the family Whitman. Walt Whitman’s work as a nurse to the wounded soldiers of the Civil War had a profound effect on the way he saw the world. Much less well known is the extraordinary record of his younger brother George Washington Whitman, who led his men in twenty-one major battles almost to die in a Confederate prison camp as the fighting ended. Drawing on the searing letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers wrote to each other during the

Author: Steve Roper
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Keywords: country, timberline, traversing, route, sierra
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-05
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0898865069
ISBN-13: 9780898865066