Paul Elie tells these writers' stories as a pilgrimage from the God-obsessed literary past into the thrilling chaos of postwar American life.

" Footnotes give additional information concerning many of the people listed. This volume was published in 1949 to help scholarly research in the history of colonial of Georgia.

... William H.Walker to Senior Army Member, Joint Planning Committee, memo, June 28, 1940, “Review and Revision of the ... Wilkins, “Three Power Talk on Orient Defense Is Set for Manila,” New York Times, Apr. 5, 1941; “Weekly Summary ...

. There is much in this book to interest and excite those who discuss, research or deliver education."—Ann Fullick, New Scientist "A compelling vision for today's uncertain educational system."—Library Journal "Almost anyone involved at ...

"This book is the result of a study in which the authors identified all of the American women who earned PhD's in mathematics before 1940, and collected extensive biographical and bibliographical information about each of them.

... WILLIAM : author ; b . in England in the sixteenth lished in 1798 his first ... WILKINS : journalist and explorer ; b . at Augsburg ; neither of these works ... Walker in Nicaragua , and was killed in a skirmish on Apr. many and ...

In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed self-defense organization--the Deacons for Defense and Justice--to protect ...