2014, ISBN: 9780809121120

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Hard Back. Very Good. 7" X 9. Worth Brehm. 400 Pages. A large heavy book with black boards and a paste-on front color illustration. At… Mehr…

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Hard Back. Very Good. 7" X 9. Worth Brehm. 400 Pages. A large heavy book with black boards and a paste-on front color illustration. Attractive illustrated endpapers. Front endpaper has one line gift inscription. No other marks or stamps. Pages are tight and clean. A hint of age-tanning to the page borders. Hinges are a bit loose but still firmly attached. A Pulitzer Prize novel that was made into a movie with Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman. A classic family and animal story that is set in rural Florida after the civil war. It is the story of Jody and his father, Penny and their love for animals that will give you an appreciation for the farming pioneers who worked hard to carve out a better life. List of the 12 color Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth: Jody and the Flutter-Mill - He threw himself on the weedy sand close to the water and abandoned himself to the magic of motion, The Fight With Old Slewfoot - Penny ran desperately into the heart of the fracas, Penny Tells the Story of the Bear Fight - Penny Baxter, no bigger than a dirt-dauber, could outhunt the best of them. And he could sit, as he sat now, weaving a spell of mystery and magic, that held these huge hairy men eager and breathless, The Dance of the Whooping Cranes - The cranes were dancing a cotillion as surely as it was danced at Volusia, The Fight at Volusia - The fight was in the sandy road in front of the Boyles' store, The Vigil - It seemed to Jody that he was alone with his father, The Burial of Fodder-Wing - Buck set out toward the south hammock. Ma Forrester followed him. Mill-wheel took hold of her arm. The others dropped in behind them, The Storm - The familiar pines were like trees at the bottom of the sea, washed across not with mere rain, but with tides and currents, Penny Teaches Jody His Sums - Penny would start him on his reading lesson, or his sums, and then before either of them knew it, would be off on a tale, The Forresters Go To Town - Buck and Mill-wheel and Lem were crowded together on the wagon seat, The Death of Old Slewfoot - They capered together and shouted and yipped until their throats were hoarse and the squirrels were chattering all about them, and Jody Lost - The shore had receded alarmingly. Ahead of him, the open water seemed to stretch without an end., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944, 3, First edition softcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.When Gregory P. Wilson began researching his family history, he never expected to uncover an ancestor as unique and fascinating as Jonathan Roberts. A devout Quaker, Roberts wore many hats throughout his life. He was a farmer, surveyor, husband, and father. He also was a firm abolitionist, the Civil War's Quaker scout and sheriff in northern Virginia.Roberts's noncombatant military service began shortly after his secessionist neighbors tried to kill him for his political and antislavery views. Fleeing his Fairfax County home after Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard ordered his arrest, Roberts volunteered his surveying experience to the Union's Army of the Potomac, guiding troops to and from First Manassas (Bull Run). Over the course of the war, he was injured twice, once seriously while chasing John Singleton Mosby, the "Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy.When not delivering military dispatches, guiding troops, or scouting in the midst of cavalry charges, Roberts served as Fairfax County's twice-elected sheriff, responsible for everything from tax collections to murders.Wilson, like all who experience Roberts's story, can only marvel at his formidable ancestor's adventures and wonder if the outspoken Quaker appreciated the many ironies and contradictions of his remarkable life., Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014-12, 5, New York: Paulist Press, 1978 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. (Classics of Western Spirituality series) Translation, introduction and notes by Abraham J.Malherbe and Everett Ferguson. Introduction by John Meyendorff. This great spiritual master of the fourth century was born as the general persecution of Christians was ending. One of the Greek Cappadocian Fathers (the other two were Gregory's brother, St. Basil the Great, and their mutual friend, St. Gregory Nazianzen), Gregory has come to be regarded increasingly as the most brilliant and subtle thinker and most profound mystical teacher of the three.Gregory frames an immensely significant synthesis of the earlier Hellenistic and Jewish traditions in this work. He describes the spiritual ascent as taking place in three stages, symbolized by the Lords revelation of Himself to Moses, first in light, then in the cloud and, finally, in the dark. This translation and introduction, winner of the Christian Research Foundation Award, has been expertly rendered by Professors Abraham Malherbe of Yale University and Everett Ferguson of Abilene Christian University. 208p Crisp unmarked text., Paulist Press, 1978, 4<

1978, ISBN: 9780809121120

Paulist Press, 1978-01-01. Paperback. Used: Good., Paulist Press, 1978-01-01, 2.5