Famous in the 1920s as a singer of Negro spirituals, Taylor Gordon was born into the only black family living in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. His rough-and-ready upbringing in that mining boom town is warmly remembered in Born to Be. Gordon describes with panache his early years in the Old West, where he was not aware of racial prejudice. As a boy he carried messages from civic leaders to the town madam, served drinks to the âsports,â and scurried up plenty of excitement.Â The book shows him leaving Montana for the East, experiencing the arrows of bigotry, chauffeuring for circus impresario John Ringling, and forging a singing career that won him a place in the Harlem Renaissance and an appointment with British royalty. Gordon finally returned to White Sulphur Springsâafter an extraordinary career riddled with misfortune. But he was still flourishing at the age of thirty-six, when the autobiographical Born to Be ends.

Born to Be (Washington Paperbacks, WP-78)

Politics & Social Sciences

Taylor, Gordon

Social Sciences

University of Washington Press

English Herb Gardens: No 5 (Country S.)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Cooper, Guy

Gardening & Landscape Design

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Superb wide-angle views of London's most famous features and surprising aspects of it's lesser-known attractions.

English Herb Gardens (Country Series)

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

How would you describe the garden of your dreams? Gordon Taylor and Guy Cooper have found more than 150 gardens that could be called visionary, magical, beautiful, mysterious, witty, and bizarre. They are located in countries as diverse as Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, and Australia. Some are based on myths and allegories from the ancient world; others grew out of a passion for a single type of plant. Some reflect high culture; others are folksy or kitsch. Ideas have taken on a new life as extravagant topiaries in Ecuador, a formal Renaissance garden in France, giant wooden hands rising from a small hillside garden in California, and a garden of 1500 roses in Somerset planted in order of their introduction into western Europe. Each of these gardens is an extraordinary example of a person's innermost, all-consuming fantasy come to life. 192 pages, 165 color illus., 9 x 11. NEW IN PAPERBACK

Gardens Of Obsession: Eccentric And Extravagant Visions

Cassell

Medical Statistics Made Easy

Science & Math

HARRIS, Michael

Biological Sciences

CRC-Press

This book is designed to help students with the problems they face in their academic writing. Beginning with the premise that successful writing in the arts and social sciences depends on the mastery of the subject matter and clarity of thought, the book deals with the tasks that confront students before they put pen to paper and also provides a guide to the structuring and use of language. Using concrete examples from a variety of disciplines, the author demonstrates the best approach to different sorts of work.

The Student's Writing Guide for the Arts and Social Sciences

Literature & Fiction

Cambridge University Press

Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work: • interpreting assignment topics • drawing on your own experience and background • reading analytically and taking efficient notes • developing your argument through introductions, middles and conclusions • evaluating and using online resources • understanding the conventions of academic culture • honing your ideas into clear, vigorous English. This book will provide you with all the tools and insights you need to write confident, convincing essays and coursework papers.

A Student's Writing Guide: How to Plan and Write Successful Essays

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

The author recounts his career as an aviator in World War I and a pioneer in transoceanic flight

The Sky Beyond (Air and Space)

History

Americas

Bantam]

Born to be

with an introduction by Muriel Draper

a foreword by Carl Van Vechten

and illustrations by Covarrubias

introduction to the Bison Books edition by Thadious M. Davis

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1995]

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