Gruesome Looking Objects

by Elijah Gaddis
Gruesome Looking Objects
Author: Elijah Gaddis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-11-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1009084836
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The 1898 lynching of Tom Johnson and Joe Kizer is retold in this groundbreaking book. Unlike other histories of lynching that rely on conventional historical records, this study focuses on the objects associated with the lynching, including newspaper articles, fragments of the victims' clothing, photographs, and souvenirs such as sticks from the hanging tree. This material culture approach uncovers how people tried to integrate the meaning of the lynching into their everyday lives through objects. These seemingly ordinary items are repositories for the comprehension, interpretation, and commemoration of racial violence and white supremacy. Elijah Gaddis showcases an approach to objects as materials of history and memory, insisting that we live in a world suffused with the material traces of racial violence, past and present.

Gruesome Looking Objects

by Elijah Gaddis
Gruesome Looking Objects
Author: Elijah Gaddis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9781009077071
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The 1898 lynching of Tom Johnson and Joe Kizer is retold in this groundbreaking book. Unlike other histories of lynching that rely on conventional historical records, this study focuses on the objects associated with the lynching, including newspaper articles, fragments of the victims' clothing, photographs, and souvenirs such as sticks from the hanging tree. This material culture approach uncovers how people tried to integrate the meaning of the lynching into their everyday lives through objects. These seemingly ordinary items are repositories for the comprehension, interpretation, and commemoration of racial violence and white supremacy. Elijah Gaddis showcases an approach to objects as materials of history and memory, insisting that we live in a world suffused with the material traces of racial violence, past and present.

Strange Objects

by Gary Crew
Strange Objects
Author: Gary Crew
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 073441210X
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The 25th anniversary edition of this landmark novel, in which a chilling modern mystery is entwined with one of Australia's most brutal and intriguing historical atrocities. From one of Australia's most awarded writers, Gary Crew, with a foreword and cover illustration by Shaun Tan. On 4 June 1629, the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the West Australian coast. By the time help arrived, over 120 men, women and children had met their deaths - not in the sea, but murdered by two fellow survivors, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom. Nearly 400 years later, Steven Messenger discovers gruesome relics from that wreck. Four months later he disappears without a trace. Where is Messenger? Is his disappearance linked to the relics? Someone knows ... somewhere ... 'this stunningly original work defies easy categorization as it spins dual story lines into one spellbinding yarn ... Crew tantalizes to the very end, leaving readers to speculate enthusiastically on the riddles he craftily leaves unsolved. His tale will electrify his audience' - Publishers Weekly 'Strange Objects will continue to tease and perplex readers of all ages long after it has been read' - Australian Book Review 'A supernatural mystery of a high order' - Kirkus Reviews 'The past is alive in us all, and will test our humanity to the full' - Marion Halligan

Delphi Complete Works of Harry Collingwood (Illustrated)

by Harry Collingwood
Delphi Complete Works of Harry Collingwood (Illustrated)
Author: Harry Collingwood
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 8784
Release: 2022-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1801700621
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The popular adventure novelist William Lancaster was the son of a Royal Navy captain and wrote under the pseudonym of Harry Collingwood. He studied at Royal Naval College, Greenwich and distinguished himself by carrying off many prizes. He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman at the age of fifteen, but due to severe near-sightedness, he was forced to abandon his chosen career. Instead, he became a civil engineer, specialising in harbour commissions. In his spare time, he turned to writing adventure yarns and historical novels, almost always with a nautical setting. His novels reveal his informed knowledge of the genre and an untiring ability to construct compelling and original adventure stories. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Harry Collingwood’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Collingwood’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * All 41 extant novels, with individual contents tables * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting * Novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special series contents table for the ‘Flying Fish’ novels * Ordering of texts into chronological order Please note: no known copies of the novels ‘Jack Beresford's Yarn’, ‘The Homeward Voyage’ and ‘Blue and Grey’ were available at the time of publication. When new works become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Flying Fish Series The Novels The Secret of the Sands (1878) The Pirate Island (1884) Under the Meteor Flag (1884) The Voyage of the ‘Aurora’ (1885) The Congo Rovers (1885) The Log of the Flying Fish (1886) The Rover’s Secret (1887) The Missing Merchantman (1888) The Doctor of the ‘Juliet’ (1892) The Cruise of the ‘Esmeralda’ (1894) The Pirate Slaver (1895) The Log of a Privateersman (1896) For Treasure Bound (1897) A Pirate of the Caribbees (1898) An Ocean Chase (1898) The Castaways (1899) Across the Spanish Main (1906) Dick Leslie’s Luck (1906) Geoffrey Harrington’s Adventures (1907) With Airship and Submarine (1907) A Middy in Command (1908) Under the Chilian Flag (1908) Harry Escombe (1909) The Cruise of the ‘Thetis’ (1909) A Middy of the Slave Squadron (1910) Overdue (1910) A Middy of the King (1911) The Adventures of Dick Maitland (1911) In the Power of the Enemy (1912) Two Gallant Sons of Devon (1912) A Strange Cruise (1912) Through Veld and Forest (1913) Turned Adrift (1913) The Cruise of the ‘Nonsuch’ Buccaneer (1914) The First Mate (1914) A Chinese Command (1914) In Search of El Dorado (1915) Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun (1916) The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn (1922) The Wreck of the Andromeda (1923) The Cruise of the ‘Flying Fish’ (1923) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Beyond the Rope

by Karlos K. Hill
Beyond the Rope
Author: Karlos K. Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107044138
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This book tells the story of African Americans' evolving attitudes towards lynching from the 1880s to the present. Unlike most histories of lynching, it explains how African Americans were both purveyors and victims of lynch mob violence and how this dynamic has shaped the meaning of lynching in black culture.