| Collation |
xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The human tradition in America ; no. 12 |
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Human tradition in America ; no. 12.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A.J. Muste: portrait of a twentieth-century pacifist -- Zora Neale Hurston: folklorist and storyteller -- Jimmie Rodgers: the singing brakeman -- Ma Rainey: mother of the blues -- William Lewis Paul: Tlingit advocate -- Marshall Keeble: an African-American evangelist faces prejudice -- Elaine Goodale Eastman: author and Indian reformer -- Dennis Chavez: the last of the patrones -- Frances Perkins: always working for labor -- Meridel Le Sueur: a voice for working-class women -- Gerald L.K. Smith: political activist, candidate, and preacher of hate -- Emma Tenayuca: labor and civil rights organizer of 1930s San Antonio -- Henry S. Aurand: student, teacher, and practitoner of U.S. army logistics -- Oveta Culp Hobby: director of the Wartime Women's Army Corps -- Ernie Pyle: from a "worm's-eye view." |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
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| Alt Author |
Whisenhunt, Donald W.
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| ISBN |
0842050116 (alk. paper) |
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0842050124 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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