Books written by Joseph Cummins
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The World's Bloodiest History
MOUNTAIN. MEADOWS. MASSACRE,. UTAH,. 1857. MORMONS JEALOUSLY GUARDING THEIR WESTERN KINGDOM SLAUGHTERED INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN A MASSACRE THAT RESONATES THROUGH THE UNITED STATES TO THIS DAY THE FOUNDER OF THE MORMON RELIGION, ...
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Richard Flanagan: Critical Essays
Ringwood, Vic: McPhee Gribble, 1994. ——. Gould's Book of Fish. New York: Grove Press, 2001. Gelder, Ken. “Australian Gothic”. In The Routledge Companion to Gothic, edited by Catherine Spooner and Emma McEvoy. London: Routledge, 2007 ...
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Reckoning with the Past: Family Historiographies in Postcolonial Australian Literature
Kay Schaffer explains that these narratives were primarily published in the 1980s–2000s, have mostly women authors, and focus on the impact of child removal policies on intergenerational families (Schaffer 2002, p. 5).
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The 'Imagined Sound' of Australian Literature and Music
It is the first book to formulate the unique methodology of ‘imagined sound’, a new way to read and listen to literature and music that moves beyond the dominance of the visual, the colonial mode of knowing, controlling and imagining ...
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The 'Imagined Sound' of Australian Literature and Music
Listening to imagined sound in novels means reading and imagining intricate combinations of sounds and the ... field of inquiry that encompasses literary studies, musicology, Australian history, cultural studies and sound studies.
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History's Great Untold Stories: Larger Than Life Characters & Dramatic Events that Changed the World
Looks at thirty key events that had a profound influence on the course of human history, from the assassination of William the Silent whose death may have triggered the 1588 launch of the Spanish Armada, to twelve anti-slavery activists who ...
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Why Some Wars Never End: The Stories of the Longest Conflicts in History
... Thy Some Wars Never End : The Stories of the Longest Conflicts in History focuses on an underexamined phenomenon : the frequency of " never - ending ” wars that diplomatic impasse and has a relatively predictable duration .
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Cast Away: Shipwrecked, Marooned Or Cast Adrift on the High Seas
"Cast Away recounts, often in their own words, the epic tales of the survivors of shipwreck, mutiny and marooning through the ages and around the globe, focusing on the age of sail and steam.
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The Almost Complete History of the World: 75 Incredible Events from Ancient Times to Today
"Recorded history is rich with events that have changed the course of human experience-events that have rippled through the centuries, and still others that rumble on today.
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Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Anything for a Vote is a candid look at 200+ years of dirty tricks and bad behaviour in presidential elections, from John Adams to the present day.These bizarre-but-true anecdotes from American history are whimsically illustrated, showing ...
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Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns Joseph Cummins ... Samuel Tilden contest of 1876, which Tilden almost certainly won but had the election stolen from him by ... You Low-Down Dirty Rat!
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Turn Around and Run Like Hell
Joseph Cummins reveals stories of amazing deceptions, unprecedented tactics, and cunning generals succeeding against all odds.
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History's Greatest Wars: The Epic Conflicts That Shaped the Modern World
This book acts as a perfect primer for novices while offering seasoned history readers new perspectives on many famous and some not-so-well-known conflicts.
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Journeys of Discovery: Momentous Expeditions That Expanded the World
Journeys of Discovery highlights some of history's greatest journeys of discovery, in ten brief, riveting and informative stories from across the globe.
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The War Chronicles: From Chariots to Flintlocks
But Wolfe was not at all sure he , or his army , vive the coming winter either . would surA Path to Victory A way out of ... There , he told Wolfe of a narrow footpath that led up the cliff to Quebec from a place called L'Anse au Foulon ...
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Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns
Discover the “dirty tricks of the covert and the sleazy” in this giftable volume for American history buffs (New York Times Magazine).
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History's Greatest Hits
The world famous events that we should all know more about. Joseph Cummins recounts thirty-seven of the best-known episodes from the past.
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Ten Tea Parties: Patriotic Protests That History Forgot
But did you know about the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the ones in York, Maine (September 1774) or Wilmington, North Carolina (March 1775)? This is the first book to chronicle all these uniquely American protests.
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Great Rivals in History: When Politics Gets Personal
When two supremely powerful political rivals lock horns in a clash of personality and ideology, they can change the course of human history.
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When the World Changed: People and events that turned the tide of history
The ultimate popular history book, When the World Changed brings together in one elegantly designed volume some of the most famous events from the past.