The Cornell Era, 1901-1902, Vol. 34
The Cornell Era, 1901-1902, Vol. 34

Author: Cornell University

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-11

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780332631363

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Excerpt from The Cornell Era, 1901-1902, Vol. 34: A Journal of the University Our success on the water this year was in one sense a double victory. Besides defeating five other fast crews we at the same time wiped out the lingering discouragement left by the defeats of the past two years and established a record that many a crew will work hard to break. The uninitiated can not appreciate the stupendous amount of training our crews experience before the Old Man con siders them ripe enough for the all-important trial. The men go on the machines early in the winter and their untiring faith fulness during the long tedious hours of indoor work is no small criterion by which the coaches pick their men. Then come the cold spring days before overcoats are discarded when the shivering candidates don their rowing garb and betake themselves to the frosty waters of the inlet only to be 'called down, overhauled and even 'bounced' by the 'old Man. All this severe handling, however, lends more encouragement to the chosen few upon whose shoulders will fall the struggle later on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Theodore Rex
Theodore Rex

Author: Edmund Morris

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 794

ISBN-13: 0307777812

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • “[Theodore Rex] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adams’s volumes on Jefferson and Madison.”—Times Literary Supplement Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.

The Jews of Harlem
The Jews of Harlem

Author: Jeffrey S. Gurock

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1479890421

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The complete story of Jewish Harlem and its significance in American Jewish history New York Times columnist David W. Dunlap wrote a decade ago that “on the map of the Jewish Diaspora, Harlem Is Atlantis. . . . A vibrant hub of industry, artistry and wealth is all but forgotten. It is as if Jewish Harlem sank 70 years ago beneath waves of memory beyond recall.” During World War I, Harlem was the home of the second largest Jewish community in America. But in the 1920s Jewish residents began to scatter to other parts of Manhattan, to the outer boroughs, and to other cities. Now nearly a century later, Jews are returning uptown to a gentrified Harlem. The Jews of Harlem follows Jews into, out of, and back into this renowned metropolitan neighborhood over the course of a century and a half. It analyzes the complex set of forces that brought several generations of central European, East European, and Sephardic Jews to settle there. It explains the dynamics that led Jews to exit this part of Gotham as well as exploring the enduring Jewish presence uptown after it became overwhelmingly black and decidedly poor. And it looks at the beginnings of Jewish return as part of the transformation of New York City in our present era. The Jews of Harlem contributes much to our understanding of Jewish and African American history in the metropolis as it highlights the ever-changing story of America’s largest city. With The Jews of Harlem, the beginning of Dunlap’s hoped-for resurfacing of this neighborhood’s history is underway. Its contemporary story merits telling even as the memories of what Jewish Harlem once was warrants recall.