Search Results - "Heroin"

Heroines of the Blue and Gray, A Civil War centennial program manual by Harkness, David James, 1913-2004

Southern heroines of the American revolution; a bicentennial publication by Harkness, David James, 1913-2004

Northeastern heroines of the American revolution; a bicentennial publication by Harkness, David James, 1913-2004

New England heroines of Colonial Days: A bicentennial publication by Harkness, David James, 1913-2004

American heroine: the life and legend of Jane Addams by Davis, Allen Freeman, 1931-

Shooting stars : heroes and heroines of Western film

Historic tales of Colorado's Grand Valley : heroes, heroines, hucksters and hooligans by Ruland-Thorne, Kate, 1937-

Harriet Tubman : a life in American history by Walters, Kerry S.

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Exist otherwise : the life and works of Claude Cahun by Shaw, Jennifer Laurie

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A literature of their own : British women novelists from Brontë to Lessing by Showalter, Elaine

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Heat wave : the life and career of Ethel Waters 1st ed. by Bogle, Donald

Contents: “…Depression era blues, depression era heroine --…”

In search of Mary Seacole : the making of a Black cultural icon and humanitarian First Pegasus Books cloth edition. by Rappaport, Helen

Contents: “…Prologue : 'a real Crimean heroine' --…”

Strength and honor : the life of Dolley Madison 1st ed. by Côté, Richard N.

Contents: “…Madison's debut -- Within a squirrel's jump of heaven -- The Washington quadrille -- Our hearts understand each other -- The presidentress -- From hostess to heroine -- Adam and Eve in paradise -- Days of grace and honor.…”

Dickens; a collection of critical essays by Price, Martin, 1920-2010

Contents: “…The heroes and heroines of Dickens, by A. Wilson.--The Dickens world: a view from Todger's, by D. …”

Making love modern : the intimate public worlds of New York's literary women by Miller, Nina, 1958-

Contents: “…: Dorothy Parker and her intimate public -- "The new (and newer) Negro(es)": generational conflict in the Harlem Renaissance -- "Exalting Negro womanhood": performance and cultural responsibility for the middle-class heroine -- "Our younger Negro (women) artists": Gwendolyn Bennett and Helene Johnson.…”
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Calamity Jane : the woman and the legend by McLaird, James D.

Contents: “…Princeton, Missouri, 1856-1864 -- To Montana and Wyoming, 1864-1874 -- The Black Hills expedition of 1875 -- With crook in 1876 -- With Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, 1876 -- Dime novel heroine, 1877 -- Life in Dakota, 1878-1881 -- Following the Northern Pacific, 1882-1884 -- Life in Wyoming, 1884-1894 -- A Deadwood celebrity, 1895-1896 -- Life in Montana, 1896-1901 -- The Pan-American Exposition, 1901-1902 -- Death in the Black Hills, 1903 -- Building a legend, 1903-1953 -- Of daughters, letters, and a diary -- Challenging the myth, 1953-2003.…”
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Nelson : love & fame by Vincent, Edgar

Contents: “…Foundations for life -- Captain Suckling's legacy -- Five frustrating years -- Trying to get noticed -- Black marks and on the beach -- Melpomene, Minerve, La Fortune -- 'Totally neglected' -- 'My disposition can't bear tame and slow measures' -- 'It is active young men that are wanted, not drones' -- Into the limelight -- Hubris -- The Admiralty dips for Nelson -- The hero ascends -- The Nile -- Hero meets heroine -- Disappointments dilemmas and disharmony -- Neapolitan affairs -- Soulmates -- Public fame and private pain -- Bitter-sweet emotions -- Copenhagen -- Phoney war -- Fame without fortune -- Commander-in-chief -- Waiting -- French diversions -- Dame Fortune's last favour.…”

Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence 1st ed. by Berkin, Carol

Contents: “…Clio's daughters, lost and found -- "The easy task of obeying": Englishwomen's place in Colonial society -- "They say it is tea that caused it": women join the protest against English policy -- "You can form no idea of the horrors": the challenges of a home-front war -- "Such a sordid set of creatures in human figure": women who followed the Army -- "How unhappy is war to domestic happiness": generals' wives and the war -- "A journey a crosse ye wilderness": Loyalist women in exile -- "The women must hear our words": the Revolution in the lives of Indian women -- "The day of jubilee is come": African American women and the American Revolution -- "It was I who did it": spies, saboteurs, couriers, and other heroines -- "There is no sex in soul": the legacy of Revolution.…”
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Calamity : the many lives of Calamity Jane by Jones, Karen R., 1972-

Contents: “…: From Deadwood to Dime Novel (1876-95) -- "Heroine of a Thousand Thrilling Adventures": Calamity Jane and the Culture of Frontier Celebrity (1895-1903) -- "Bury Me Next to Wild Bill": Committing 138 Calamity to Popular Memory (1903-35) -- "How the West Was Sung": Femininity and Fakery on the Hollywood Frontier (1935-60) -- "A Feminist in Buckskin": Performance, Profanity, and Sexual Politics on the New Western Frontier (1960-2000) -- From Doris to Deadwood and Back: The Continuing Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane.…”

Isabel Orleans-Bragança : the Brazilian princess who freed the slaves by Longo, James McMurtry