Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849. Perkins' diary is an unusually full and intimate record of crossing the plains and mountains of the Great West.Extensive notes supplement the text, associating it with numerous other published and unpublished accounts, while an appendi...

Recent national elections in Canada and the United States have been exciting, consequential contests. In the 2004 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party narrowly clung to power after a volatile and bitter battle with the new Conservative Party. In 2006, the Conservative Party won a fragile victory, replacing the scandal-ridden Liberal government. In the 2000 American presidential election, Republican George W. Bush became the first candidate in over 100 years to capture the presiden...

The future of business growth is digital. Are you prepared?Digital marketers tap into an unprecedented ability to discover and reach motivated customers at scale. Now more than ever, digital marketing strategies are the key for emerging brands, new and veteran entrepreneurs, and businesses of all sizes to convert customers in digital spaces.In Digital Marketing for Business 2023, the author distills a decade’s worth of marketing experience into a crash course that covers ever...

Unlock Your Remote Work Potential with Expert GuidanceIn the rapidly evolving world of remote work, "Work From Home Strategies: A Comprehensive Guide" emerges as your essential roadmap to success. Authored by Thomas Clark, a seasoned remote work expert with over 18 years of experience, this guide is packed with actionable advice, innovative strategies, and practical tips designed to transform your work-from-home experience.Why This Guide is DifferentNavigating remot...

This lively collection offers literary short stories founded on History, Love, Need, Excess, and Final Acts.In History, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings sit for a revealing interview that should have happened. Anne Frank survives the Holocaust and goes on a rousing book tour in the United States, promoting her celebrated diary. An Austrian customs official defends his troubled son against warnings by a traveler from the future.In Love, an adult female student becomes obse...

Mediaeval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 is the second part of George Thomas Clark's detailed study of medieval fortifications in England. This volume focuses on the development of castles, fortresses, and other military structures during the medieval period, examining their architectural features, purposes, and historical significance. Clark’s work provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of military architecture, from the Norman Conquest through the later medieval p...

Publication date 1918Publisher Chicago : Rand McNallyLanguage English

With All I Have Left Of You Is Blood, Thomas R Clark completes the trilogy of splatterpunk and extreme short stories he started with Immoral Dilemmas... and went to the woods with We Are 13. All I Have Left Of You Is Blood includes stories published by the small press community, including From the Ashes, 13 Days, and Strange Musings Press. In these pages you will find Thomas R Clark's first published short story, NUTS, as well as his most recent, the hea...

"A gleefully messed up tromp through the cosmically weird and totally deranged.Clark's writing pulls you in close and then slings you into the abyss!" - The Spine of Motherhood ReviewsGhosts aren't scary... people are.From two-time Splatterpunk Award nominated author Thomas R Clark Explore the extremes of the human condition through his carnographic lens. Contained within are ten tales, each dripping in viscera and questionable matter. Let this serve as your trigger...

The early history of the American railroad by the man the New York Times calls one of the best-known civil engineers in America.”The American Railway provides an exciting look at the railroad industry in the 1880s and how it developed as the business boomed. Originally published in 1889, it contains a thorough history of how railroads were built, the types of railways, the lives of railway workers, the various ways the railway affected political ...

that which appears gathers together four book-length sequences; The Hundred Thousand Places, Yellow & Blue and Farm by the Shore, all previously published by Carcanet, plus the title book, that which appears, published by Paragon Press (1994).The poems gathered in that which appears emerge from a practice of walking in the varied landscapes of the highlands and islands of Scotland. They attempt to attend and respond to the evide...

Shortlisted for the Scottish Poetry Book of the Year 2021Longlisted for the Laurel Prize 2021A Telegraph Book of the Year 2020This Selected celebrates Scotland's most distinctive contemporary writer, a vivid minimalist, ruralist, and experimentalist.