Books with author Alfred Young Fisher

The remarkable story of the woman who fought in the American Revolution as Robert Shurtliff–and got away with it.Serving for seventeen months during the period between the British surrender at Yorktown and the signing of the final treaty, a time when peace was far from secure, Deborah Sampson accomplished her deception by becoming an outstanding soldier. Alfred Young shows us why she did it and exactly how she carried it off. He meticulously reconstructs her early life as an indentured servant; her young adulthood as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her military career in the light infantry–consisting of dangerous patrols and small-party encounters, duty that demanded constant vigilance–followed by service as an orderly to a general at West Point.Young also examines her postwar life as a wife–Mrs. Benjamin Gannett–and mother on a hardscrabble farm in southeastern Massachusetts, her collaboration with Herman Mann on the book that made her a celebrity and sent her on a pathbreaking yearlong lecture tour through New England and New York in 1802—03, and her relentless and partially successful quest for veterans’ benefits. He looks, too, at how Americans have dealt with Sampson in public memory and have appropriated her for a number of causes over the past two hundred years.Throughout we are aware of the historian as detective, as Young carefully sifts through layers of fact and fiction to reveal a fascinating, complex, and unusual woman who lived in an era that both opened opportunities to and imposed limitations on women.

The remarkable story of the woman who fought in the American Revolution as Robert Shurtliff–and got away with it.Serving for seventeen months during the period between the British surrender at Yorktown and the signing of the final treaty, a time when peace was far from secure, Deborah Sampson accomplished her deception by becoming an outstanding soldier. Alfred Young shows us why she did it and exactly how she carried it off. He meticulously reconstructs her early life as an indentured servant; her young adulthood as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her military career in the light infantry–consisting of dangerous patrols and small-party encounters, duty that demanded constant vigilance–followed by service as an orderly to a general at West Point.Young also examines her postwar life as a wife–Mrs. Benjamin Gannett–and mother on a hardscrabble farm in southeastern Massachusetts, her collaboration with Herman Mann on the book that made her a celebrity and sent her on a pathbreaking yearlong lecture tour through New England and New York in 1802—03, and her relentless and partially successful quest for veterans’ benefits. He looks, too, at how Americans have dealt with Sampson in public memory and have appropriated her for a number of causes over the past two hundred years.Throughout we are aware of the historian as detective, as Young carefully sifts through layers of fact and fiction to reveal a fascinating, complex, and unusual woman who lived in an era that both opened opportunities to and imposed limitations on women.

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In Death at La Fenice Donna Leons first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series readers were introduced to the glamorous and cutthroat world of opera and to one of Italys finest living sopranos Flavia Petrelli then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor Now many years after Brunetti cleared her name Flavia has returned to the illustrious La Fenice to sing the lead in Tosca As an opera superstar Flavia is well acquainted with attention from adoring fans and aspiring singers But when one anonymous admirer inundates her with bouquets of yellow roses on stage in her dressing room and even inside her locked apartment it becomes clear that this fan has become a potentially dangerous stalker Distraught Flavia turns to an old friend for help Familiar with Flavias melodramatic temperament Commissario Brunetti is at first unperturbed by her story but when another young opera singer is attacked he begins to think Flavias fears may be justified In order to keep his friend out of danger Brunetti must enter the psyche of an obsessive fan and find the culprit before anyone comes to harm

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Mr Douglas's studio, Mimps? Quix asked during dinner. My dear child, it's quite impossible you know we've only two more days in England and can't possibly get everything in as it is. Couldn't we go to - morrow morning? I know it's not quite the thing to take him by surprise, especially in the morning, but you saw how eager he was to meet us again, and we could just manage it after the stores. Impossible, Quix, in every way. You know we can't go out early, and after the stores Mr Eve is going to let us choose a brooch for your birthday from the electros his man makes at the museum. I have set my heart on giving you one like my dolphins to wear with the amethysts, and there are other things besides. It's most vexing that I've lost my maid, Henry, she added, turning to Mr Eve, one of the Castles' oldest friends, for whom some evening was always set aside whenever they returned to England. She gave notice at the last moment can't face returning to Borneo and the agency is sending a batch of girls here to - morrow morning for me to choose from. That must indeed be vexing, Mr Eve About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

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