The Times of Round Top
The Times of Round Top

Author: Cynthia A. Thornton

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 855

ISBN-13: 1481771043

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Throughout the times of the land we call Round Top, one thought has constantly prevailed. This is a land of opportunity. The land was formed over the centuries into flat land and hills by rivers beyond and by creeks and springs, while waiting for animals and mankind to arrive. This land is located in the northeastern margin of today's Fayette County, and lies on a high hill that looks down toward the south into the bottom lands of a crossing. The struggle on this small piece of land began with the movement of animals that needed a convenient place for water that was crossable during the seasons. This perfect crossing flows through the south eastern side of the present town of Round Top located between two high hills. This crossing was the home of native American Indians, American settlers and German immigrants.

Yvain
Yvain

Author: Chretien de Troyes

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1987-09-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0300187580

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The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.

The Von Rosenberg Family of Texas
The Von Rosenberg Family of Texas

Author: Ann Barnes

Publisher:

Published: 2014-06-19

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781940311135

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In 1849, Peter Carl von Rosenberg, his wife Amanda, and their children, fled Germany (then Prussia). The decision to sell their home and leave everything they had known was difficult, but the escalating violence and unstable politics in opposition to their own beliefs had made it impossible for them to stay. Life in their new home in Texas isn't easy. Busy with learning English, making a living farming, and becoming citizens in their new home, they are once again caught up in violence and unstable politics as the United States moves inexorably into the Civil War. The two older sons, having already served their mandatory terms of service in the Prussian army were already familiar with the military life, but this conflict would take all five of Peter Carl and Amanda's sons into service...and not all of them would live to see the end of the fighting. Follow the von Rosenberg family through their early years in the United States, and their struggle to gain citizenship not once, but twice, as they seek for the peace and opportunity promised in their new home.

Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church
Charles Pettigrew, First Bishop-elect of the North Carolina Episcopal Church

Author: Bennett H Wall

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781015031500

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