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"The country town is the source of real wit. I can find more humor here in one week than I could find in a year in a city office."--Robert Quillen, September 10, 1921

Deemed "the Sage of Fountain Inn" by Alexander Woollcott, newspaper publisher and editor Robert Quillen (1887-1948) used the forum of the Fountain Inn Tribune to bring his anecdotes and opinions from small-town upstate South Carolina to an international audience. The Mark Twain or Garrison Keillor of his day, Quillen developed a reputation as an authentic voice of small-town life, and his words were reprinted in Collier's, the Saturday Evening Post, Literary Digest, and other publications. At the height of his syndication, Quillen's writings could be found in more than four hundred newspapers in North America and Europe with a combined circulation above twelve million. Edited by historian John Hammond Moore, the essays, editorials, one-liners, fables, and random comments collected in this volume return to print Quillen's wit and insights after a decades-long hiatus.

A native of Kansas, Quillen became a converted southerner over time, and his conservative opinions--especially concerning national politics, Depression-era reforms, and the war effort--reflect those circumstances. Presented in chronological order, the previously published and unpublished pieces collected in this volume include Quillen's rants against noisy neighbors, barking dogs, cats, birds, litter, bootleggers, lynching, sordid county politics, and the encroachment of the federal government. Here, too, are his most famous hometown characters, Willie Willis and Aunt Het, as well as "Letters to Louise," his comic public messages to his teenage daughter that proved wildly popular with everyone but the addressee.

In addition to Quillen's pieces, Moore also provides a brief biography and overview of his subject's career and literary aspirations beyond the venue of newsprint. Twelve photographs and drawings add a visual element to the collection. ... Read more

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A fine anthology
We are indebted to John Hammond Moore for compiling and editing this fine collection of reportage, editorials, and one-liners written by the now obscure Robert Quillen (1887-1948), who, beginning in the 1920s, was for more than twenty years "one of the leading purveyors of village nostalgia" (xi) from his home in Fountain Inn, South Carolina.

Quillen was born in Kansas, and briefly worked in both the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest before creating the Fountain Inn Tribune in 1911. By 1932 his work was being syndicated in more than four hundred newspapers.

Quillen the adoptive southerner was a facile writer.But he was not especially profound or consistent in his political, economic, and racial views.(Moore advises that some of Quillen's words "may shock or dismay the modern reader.")Not surprisingly as well, some of Quillen's humor--especially pieces using colloquialisms of the early twentieth century--seem dated seventy-five years later.

Nevertheless, there are many fine paragraphs in this anthology, well-constructed pieces that can take their place with the best American journalistic writing.I was especially moved by Quillen's obituaries.

Those interested in the history of the early twentieth-century South would also do well to peruse this book.Without even considering the gaping racial divide, Quillen's work emphasizes how different was the Fountain Inn of his era from exurb of today.Quillen constantly alludes to passages in the King James Version.He suggests that landowners provide vegetables to their tenants so that they won't get pellagra.He urges that prisoners not be tortured but taught to read.He warns that driving unlighted wagons or "flivvers" at night is against the law and might be fatal.He prefers tax cuts to paved streets and public education. In all, a book well worth reading by historians, journalists, and local history buffs. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T060002

P.iv misnumbered vi.

London : printed for T. Heath, 1725. viii,112p.,fold.plates ; 8° ... Read more

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Chapters: John Comper, Charles Frend, Henry Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey, John Hammond. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Reverend John Comper (1823-1903) was an Anglican Priest from Sussex, England who served in the Episcopal Church in Scotland. PM He was an Episcopalian cleric who dedicated his life to helping the street children and prostitutes of Victorian Aberdeen is to be made the equivalent of a saint by his Church, exactly a century after his death. Father John Comper is to be declared a 'Hero of the Faith' by the Scottish Episcopal Church - the greatest honour the Church can bestow. John Comper was born in Pulborough in Sussex, on 1 October 1823, where his father farmed a smallholding. John was the youngest of a family of seven. The family name Comper is a French surname possibly from Brittany; the Comper forbears being probably sixteenth century Huguenot refugees though this is disputed by Anthony Symondson who argues the family is more likely of Norman origin. From his earliest years he was very interested in matters spiritual, and fascinated by the liturgy, which he studied throughout his life. At the age of 24 he completed training as a student teacher at a college in Chichester. He was aware that without a university degree he would never be accepted for the priesthood in England, and therefore he turned his attention to Scotland, where the Scottish Episcopal Church was in need of clergy. He began ecclesiastical life as a lay reader at a church school in Kirriemuir. He was already an adherent to the principles of the Oxford Movement. He moved from Kirriemuir to Crieff to take part in the educational work at St Margarets College which had been started by the Revd Alexander Lendrum, embarking on a special course of study in preparation ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12260333 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of John (Henry) Hammond, (Jr.), is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1724 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Chapters: Darryl Hammond, John Kaleo, Brian Mitchell, Fran Papasedero. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: * Offseason and/or practice squad member only Darryl Hammond (born September 24, 1967 in Tappahannock, Virginia) is a retired arena football Wide receiver / Defensive back in the Arena Football League. Hammond is ranked in the top 20 in numerous career record books. His sixteen-year career is currently the longest career in Arena Football League history. His 8,559 receiving yards are sixteenth-most in arena football history and his 802 receptions rank 10th, and 144 touchdown receptions rank 20th in league history. His 728 career tackles rank second, and his 31 career interceptions are tied for 20th in league history as well. One of only two players to have played for the Kats in all six seasons of the teams existence, the other being James Baron. Hammond was an All-State player football player at Essex High School. He then attended Ferrum College for his freshman and sophomore years. He then transferred to the University of Virginia, where he was the team's leading receiver in 1985. He recorded 11 receptions for 115 yards and one touchdown in 1986. He was switched from wide receiver to strong safety for his senior season in 1987, and he recorded 61 tackles and earned honorable All-ACC mention honors. Hammond went unselected in the 1988 NFL Draft and worked at a Ben ... Read more

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The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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Cambridge : printed at the University-Press, for Edmund Jeffery, and James Knapton, London, 1702. [6],312p. ; 8° ... Read more

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Chapters: George Stanley, Alex Colville, James Mark, David Mccurdy Baird, John A. Hammond, David Allison, Angus Cameron, Clayton Hare. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley, CC, CD, FRSC, FRHSC (hon.) (July 6, 1907 - September 13, 2002) was a historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the current Canadian flag. George F.G. Stanley was born in Calgary, Alberta and received a B.A. from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He went to Keble College, Oxford in 1929 as the Rhodes Scholar from Alberta, and earned a B.A., M.A., M.Litt. and D.Phil.; he also played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, which won the Spengler Cup in 1931. At Oxford, he wrote his ground-breaking book, The Birth Of Western Canada: A History Of The Riel Rebellions, and began his lifelong work on Louis Riel. Stanley returned to Canada in 1936 and was appointed a professor of history at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. He joined the Canadian Army upon arriving there. During World War II, he served as an historian in the Historical Section at Canadian Army Headquarters in London; he was also responsible for administering the War Artist Program, whose staff included Bruno Bobak, Molly Lamb Bobak, Alex Colville, Charles Comfort, Lawren P. Harris and Will Ogilvie. Stanley was discharged as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1947. He then taught at the University of British Columbia, holding the first ever chair in Canadian history in Canada. In 1949, Stanley went to teach at the Royal Military College of Canada, where he was dean of arts for seven years, and remained there until 1969. Thanks in part to his efforts as RMC Dean, the Royal Military College of Canada pipes and drums were equipped with most of th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=488503 ... Read more