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One More River to Cross (Standing on the Promises, Book 1)
Margaret Blair Young , and Darius Aidan Gray Manufacturer: Deseret Book Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1573456292 |
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Review from "Dunbar on Black Books".......2004-01-15
One More River to Cross by Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray (Bookcraft, ISBN 1-57345-629-2) is the first of a trilogy entitled Standing on the Promises. It is a historical novel about black Mormon pioneers. With it "Dunbar on Black Books" (DOBB) makes an exception to its custom of reviewing only nonfiction books. We do this for two reasons. First, this book, albeit a novel, observes canons of history more dutifully than some works that hold themselves out as pure works of history. In the author's notes, the reader is told: "We have been true to all the facts that we could find but have freely fictionalized the spaces between the facts." Second, this book deals convincingly with an important subject about which very little has been written: black Mormon adherents whose membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City dates back as far as 1832.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes much of the point that this book is not an official publication of the church. Bookcraft, its publisher, states that the book does not represent its position. One must know that Deseret Books publishes doctrinal works by Latter-day Saint leaders, biographies, and "enlightening" church historical books and that Bookcraft is a registered trademark of Deseret Book Company. It is in this context that DOBB reviews One More River to Cross.
When we overhear Delilah Abel whispering to her sleeping son Eli[jah] on the plantation just before they flee, we may think that they are fictional characters. We later learn from citations of the records of baptisms in the Nauvoo Temple Church of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City that they were living people and that Eli[jah] Abel was baptized there. So that while we may have reservations about the dialogue between the persons in the book, or even the accounts of events that took place on the journey to Salt Lake City from Maryland or from Alabama, or from wherever, we know that Elijah Abel made it to Salt Lake. More than that, we are provided with evidence that he was one of the very few blacks to receive the priesthood in the early church and that he was ordained by the Prophet himself.
This book is one of the first, if not the very first, that this reviewer read by starting with the end notes. Quite frankly, to me the notes are a most significant part of this book. The authors make excellent use of records in the Missionary Record Books of the church, of information from conversations of Joseph Smith, as reported in Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, from U.S. Census records in Salt Lake City, and from Brigham Young's Journal, to mention a few of their sources. They have given us a book providing information about African Americans in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that is not widely available.
A word about the authors is in order. Heber G. Wolsey, former managing director, public communications, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says of Darius Gray, the black co-author, "I know of no one who can express a more objective, more compassionate, more honest portrayal of blacks in the Mormon Church than Darius Gray." Gray is a former journalist and presides over the Genesis Group, an official arm of the Mormon Church. The Genesis Group was organized in 1971 to support church members of African descent. Coauthor Margaret Blair Young is a lifelong white member of the church, "with pioneer heritage," Mr. Wolsey points out. "She has felt deeply over the past few years the inspiration of her pioneer forebears, many of whom knew the Saints of color portrayed in this novel," he says.
This is an important book. It ought to be read by everyone as it throws light on some little-known facts about the history of the membership of African Americans in the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this era in which Protestants are looking to their roots after decades of ecumenism, Darius Gray, as a black Mormon should not be on the defensive because of widely held, erroneous perceptions of the history of black membership in his church.
If this book were a nonfiction work, I would make the observation that an index would have been useful. The bibliography is excellent. William G. Hartley, associate professor of history, Smith Institute, Brigham Young University, says it all when he says, "In a way that pure history cannot do, this story attaches us to black Saints who deserve to be known about and appreciated by our generation."
With two more volumes to come, the contributions of African Americans to the Mormon Church should be well documented for the general public. It has been said that the best way to keep information from black men is to put it in a book and classify it as nonfiction. Perhaps Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray have found a formula to set this situation right.
Not Just Promises--But a Real Delivery!!.......2001-03-13
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Stories for the Heart: The Second Collection; Over 100 More Stories to Encourage Your Soul (Stories for the Heart)
Manufacturer: Walker & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0802727840 |
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Stories for the Heart: The Second Collection offers up over one hundred stories that hug readers' hearts and encourage their souls. This treasury of timeless tales written by some of today's best-known communicators offers a wealth of compassion and love certain to reach multiple generations. Readers will find themselves sharing these uplifting stories in conversation and relating the nuggets of wisdom they've discovered. The impact of these true-to-life tales will flavor the reader's views and inspire their hearts. Whether read during peaceful moments cuddled up by the fire, basking in the sunshine of the beach, or as a part of family times, this second collection in the Stories for the Heart series is guaranteed to stir the soul.
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Marvel Romance TPB
Stan Lee , Gary Friedrich , & more , Dick Giordano , Jack Kirby , Gray Morrow , and Sol Brodsky Manufacturer: Marvel Comics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0785120890 |
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My Love. Teen-Age Romance. Love Romance. Picking up a theme? The romance genre spanned nearly half a century, and now Marvel's picked some of its best from the sixities and seventies! "It Happened at Woodstock," "My Heart Broke in Hollywood," "Love on the Rebound!" Featuring Smart Styles and Heavenly Hairdos with Patsy Walker in a pre-Hellcat tale! Collects Love Romance #89 and #101-104; My Love #2, #14, #16 and #18-20; Teen-Age Romance #77 and #84, Our Love Story #5; and Patsy Walker #119.Customer Reviews:
Do you like groovy girls?.......2007-05-20
What a trip.......2006-08-21
I can't believe how much I liked this.......2006-06-18
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More Generals in Gray
Bruce S. Allardice Manufacturer: Louisiana State University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807119679 |
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In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's "other" generalsmen who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis and who had been virtually forgotten as a consequence. Explaining that the process of becoming a general was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and chance, Allardice identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate Generaltwo more than historians have traditionally recognized. He presents a substantial biographical sketch of 137 generals not found in Warner's original and a short bibliography of each. For the vast majority, his is the first treatment ever published.AUTHOR BIO: Bruce S. Allardice is the author of Jeff Davis's Colonels and the coauthor of Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables. He has published articles in Civil War History, Civil War Times Illustrated, and North & South, and he teaches history at South Suburban College near Chicago.
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There's more to the story..................2007-07-05
More Generals in Gray -- Completes A Picture.......2005-07-27
Fascinating Particulars About Nondescript Generals.......2000-05-03
Each of the subjects has some claim to having held the rank of general in the Confederate military but not enough of one to have earned listing in Ezra J. Warner's authoritative "Generals in Gray". However solid or dubious their entitlement to the highest rank, however, they form a cross-section of important and interesting Southern officers and citizens. They came from a variety of backgrounds. Ten were born in the North, nine in Border States, nine abroad (including one veteran of Napoleon's Grande Armee, whose unit's performance in the defense of New Orleans fell short of Napoleonic standards). Not all had embraced independence eagerly. Michael Jefferson Bulger, for instance, voted "no" in the Alabama secession convention but nonetheless enlisted in the 47th Alabama Regiment. At Cedar Mountain, he suffered wounds to his arm and leg, binding the latter with corncobs and suspenders. At Gettysburg, he was captured after being left for dead. Following such mishaps, he ended up living to age 94, enjoying a placid post-war career as a farmer and occasional politician.
In contrast to the indestructible Bulger, Edward Gantt was a fire-eating secessionist who resigned his seat in the first Confederate Congress to raise a regiment in Arkansas. After being captured with the garrison of Island No. 10, he returned home on parole but then experienced an astonishing change of heart. In late 1863, the formerly rabid states-righter slipped across the Yankee lines and spent the rest of the war urging his former countrymen to lay down their arms.
Many more such tales are told here. The author has a keen eye for incisive facts and quotations, and his writing wastes few words. For the serious student of the Civil War, this work is a valuable reference. For everyone else, it offers hours of fascinating browsing.
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More Bear Cookin': Bigger And Better
PJ Gray Manufacturer: Haworth Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560233265 |
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Make your kitchen more bearable to burly men with big appetites!Loosen your belts and make room for seconds! PJ Gray, author of Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods, is back with More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better, serving up another helping of mouth-watering recipes, handy kitchen tips, and tributes to comfort foods. Seasoned with humor and served with a side order of fun, this flavorful collection combines favorites like "Use Your Tool" and "More Bearable Meal Suggestions" from the original book with new food and information features like "Did Ya Know?" and "Kitchen Tips." The book also includes a glossary of cooking technology, recipe measures and equivalencies, and emergency ingredient substitutions.
Home-style cooking holds a special place in the hearts (and bellies) of bears, who can take comfort in the hearty fare found in the personal and family recipes presented in More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better. Find everything you need for three squares a dayand all snacks in betweenin sections like "Lip Smackin' Snackin'," "Woofy Breakfast," "More Hearty Sides," "Come-and-Get-It Entrees," "More Bear Meat," and "Way Beyond the Honey Pot." The book offers practical tips about food preparation, cooking and storage, how to cook a holiday turkey, how to work with sugar, syrup, and honey, and refrigerator care and maintenance. More Bear Cookin' also pays loving tribute to the magical powers of peanut butter, eggs, potatoes, cheese, mayonnaise, meat broth, and chocolate, dishes on "Diner Talk" (waiter/waitress lingo), and "Leftover Life" (general rules for food safety), and gives up "The Skinny on Fat" (cooking with fats and oils).
More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better includes such rich, satisfying recipes as:
Bachelor Bear Toast
White Trash Stash
Deep-Fried Twinkies
Stay For Breakfast
Chocolate Gravy, Baby
I-95 Waffles
Spam®-it, Damn-it
Triple Cheese Mac Attack
Tailgater Soup
Potato Salad from Hell
French Fry Pizza Fry
Boo Boo's Biscuit Cake
(I'm) Nuts Over Chicken and Biscuits
Big Fat Greek Spinach Pie
Honey, Lick My Chops
Flamin Jiffy Steak
Classic 7-UP® Cake More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better is a worthy successor to Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods, adding more recipes, more helpful hints, and more special features to your kitchen.
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He's Back and BETTER than EVER!.......2006-04-05
good cookin'.......2006-01-26
Scrumptiously Suprised.......2006-01-25
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More Stories to Make You Blush: Seven Naughty Tales
Marie Gray Manufacturer: Warwick Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 2894550960 Release Date: 2001-01-01 |
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Erotic short stories that draw on everyday life and celebrate love and lust in a most delicious way. The Stories to Make You Blush series is a new kind of erotic fiction: naughty, without being dirty; sexy, but without vulgarity; and daring, but not threatening. Each story is a tribute to sensuality that takes a charming, often humorous look at ourselves and the people around us. Much more than simple depictions of sexuality between men and women, these are actual storiespowerfully erotic, featuring truer-than-life characters and situations with surprise endings. Originally published in French, Marie Gray's collection of erotic stories has turned more than a quarter million francophone readers a becoming shade of pink. It has been translated into 10 languages and is available in 21 countries. It has also been used as an educational text in numerous sex therapy programs.
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More Stories for the Heart: The Second Collection (Stories For the Heart)
Alice Gray Manufacturer: Multnomah ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1576731421 Release Date: 1997-07-01 |
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A sequel to Stories for the Heart, More Stories for the Heart offers up over one hundred stories that hug readers' hearts and encourage their souls. This treasury of timeless tales-written by some of the best Christian communicators today-offers a wealth of compassion and love certain to minister to multiple generations. Readers will find themselves sharing these uplifting tales in conversation and letting the stories' wisdom inspire their thinking. These are stories that will add flavor to readers' views...and will be carried in their hearts. Whether read during peaceful moments spent cuddled up by the fire, during moments basking in the sunshine...or during read-aloud family times with loved ones, More Stories for the Heart is certain to encourage the soul.Customer Reviews:
WONDERFUL! Meaningful, inspirational, & deeply touching.......1998-08-29
WONDERFUL! Warm, inspirational, & deeply touching.......1998-08-24
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Internet Guide to Survival and Self-Reliance: More than 300 Web Sites to Help You Live Better, Live Cheaper, and Survive When Things Get Tough
Rich Gray Manufacturer: Paladin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 158160470X |
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You could search the 'Net for weeks and not find half of the expert survival sites in this unique guide, which comes with its own Web site to put all this information just a click away. Learn to supply your own food, power and shelter; save loads of money; and spark your imagination with creative and resourceful new ways to live a self-reliant life.Customer Reviews:
Expert advice on everything from harvesting wild foods and supplying one's own energy to saving money on autos & treating injury.......2006-01-02
Expert advice on everything from harvesting wild foods and supplying one's own energy to saving money on autos & treating injury.......2006-01-02
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More Stories for the Heart: The Second Collection (Stories For the Heart)
Alice Gray Manufacturer: Multnomah ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1576732274 Release Date: 1997-07-07 |
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Reading these wonderful stories is like discovering timeless treasures. They will tug at your heart, encourage your soul, and give you an inspirational lift. Popular authors like Billy Graham, Paul Harvey, and Max Lucado bring a fresh perspective on life's challenges. You'll be moved to laughter and tears and maybejust maybeyou'll find yourself being deeply thankful for what's really important in life.In his best-selling book Stories for the Heart, more than a half-million readers discovered a priceless treasury of stories that warmed their hearts and stirred their souls. Now you can enjoy even More Stories for the Heart. This all-new collection is a timeless treasure of laughter, tears, encouragement, faith and compassion. Let it delight your heart and touch your life.
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Wonderful.......1998-12-21
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The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen: More Than Eighty Years of Civil War Movies
Roy Kinnard Manufacturer: Carol Publishing Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1559723831 |
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