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During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. These divisions came to a head in the years that followed the war. In Loyalty on the Line, David K. Graham argues that Maryland did not adopt a unified postbellum identity and that the state remained divided, with some identifying with the state's Unionist efforts and others maintaining a connection to the Confederac...

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Life in a wolf pack is vividly explored in this colorful adventure picture book showcasing animals in their natural environment, cubs, family life, competition in forest and mountain and the daily survival of wolves."--

During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. These divisions came to a head in the years that followed the war. In Loyalty on the Line, David K. Graham argues that Maryland did not adopt a unified postbellum identity and that the state remained divided, with some identifying with the state's Unionist efforts and others maintaining a connection to the Confederac...

The people in these eight interlaced stories are "bound together by the worst sort of grief”, the kind that can devour you after someone close takes his or her own life. But if suicide has stolen these characters capacity to laugh, it has honed their sense of absurdity.

This collection of poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.S. South as it voices singular lives carved out of immediate and historical trauma. While these poems dwell in the body, often meditating on its frailty and desire, they also question the weight that literary, historical, and religious icons are expected to bear. Within the vast scope of this volume, the poems arc from a pig farmer's funeral to Georges de la Tour's paintings and ...

Offer a critical assessment of Margaret Walker's literary career. The contributors to this collection reveal the complex interplay of concerns and themes in Walker's writing: folklore and prophecy, place and space, history and politics, gender and race. In addition, they remark on how Walker's emphases on spirituality and on dignity in her daily life make themselves felt in her writings.

The people in these eight interlaced stories are "bound together by the worst sort of grief”, the kind that can devour you after someone close takes his or her own life. But if suicide has stolen these characters capacity to laugh, it has honed their sense of absurdity.

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From the author/illustrator of "Where Wild Horses Run" comes this picture book that follows a little bear cub and his mother as they leave their warm, comfortable den to search for food. Little Cub learns there are dangers in the outside world after he's separated from his mother during a wildfire. Full color.

Not "every" flower girl enjoys "her" wedding day quite the way Gloria does! Nothing has made Gloria happier than being chosen as flower girl for sister Fran's wedding. Thrilled with her beautiful satin gown, long white gloves, shiny white shoes, lace socks, and sparkling tiara, Gloria dreams of donning her wedding finery and transforming herself. Hanging on a hook on her bedroom door, the dress glows "like a radiant angel." When Gloria gives ...

This gorgeously illustrated picture book is dedicated to the wild horses of the Nemaiah Valley. The book tells a moving story of how one band of horses group together as family to protect a vulnerable colt from cougars. Full color.