Lookout America!

Lookout America!

Author: Kevin Hamilton

Publisher: Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781512603279

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"The story of the Cold War era Lookout Mountain Laboratory, or the 1352nd Photographic Group of the United States Air Force, which employed hundreds of Hollywood studio veterans. Engages with issues of the Cold War state and visual culture"--


Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain

Author: William F. Hull

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738566443

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Few places in the southland compare to the resplendent beauty of Lookout Mountain. A scene of wonder to early explorers because of its intriguing rock formations, Lookout Mountain was the site of the pivotal Battle above the Clouds in November 1863, when Federal forces climbed the steep slope to claim a Union victory. In the passing years, Lookout Mountain grew into a home for a well-heeled community, and with the opening of the Dixie Highway in its shadow, the development of major tourist attractions was not far behind. Rock City and Ruby Falls became familiar to thousands of travelers, further solidifying the mountain's name on the American road map. The cool air in summer and the splendid views of the valley below, offered by Point Park and the famed Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, have left lasting impressions on generations of sightseers.


Lookout

Lookout

Author: Trina Moyles

Publisher: Random House Canada

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0735279918

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A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. "I could never do it," she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled "a domesticated wolf" by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.


Strengthening America

Strengthening America

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Service, Census, and Agency Organization

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

Author: J. F. Loubat

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-22

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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The following book covers the history behind the development and distribution of U.S. Army Force medals since the year that the U.S. became independent. These include service ribbons and specific badges which recognize military service and personal accomplishments while serving as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.


Souls at Risk

Souls at Risk

Author: Nancy Vernon Kelly

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-12-31

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1532693869

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Rooms of Nancy Vernon Kelly’s childhood home in Hollywood, California, provide scaffolding for Souls at Risk, a memoir about the roots and consequences of her writer-producer father’s sudden turn to right-wing extremism. Radicalization didn’t occur in a vacuum. Its grip had clear public and personal roots and consequences. The narrative pivots around a 1960 concert the author’s father produced in San Diego for blacklisted folksinger Pete Seeger. When Seeger refused to sign a loyalty oath to use a public high school auditorium, the American Legion accused him of being a communist and protested to the San Diego School Board. Although the concert went on (and Kelly sang along!), the fallout continued for many years, entrenched in Cold War American-Soviet hostility. Souls at Risk weaves together the long view of a personal, public, and historical story that embodies both the disruption of extremism and the disruption of grace. While remembering the unwelcome parts of life with hateful extremism, the author also delights in the memory of experiences and people who kept her fledgling soul from completely flattening out in a turbulent time. Indeed, the sweetest touch of mercy arrived in Kelly’s inbox almost fifty years after the concert.