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The Philosophy Of History Of Arnold J. Toynbee / By William Gipsy Toland, William Gipsy Toland Jan 1949

The Philosophy Of History Of Arnold J. Toynbee / By William Gipsy Toland, William Gipsy Toland

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Antiochus Epiphanes., Brougher Petty Maddox Oct 1944

Antiochus Epiphanes., Brougher Petty Maddox

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While the writer was an undergraduate he spent two Summers in the Panamint mountains above Death Valley, California. Hiking with one of the few old-timers remaining in that region he noticed that "the old desert rat" would stoop occasionally to pick up certain rocks which he would examine closely. Some went into a pouch he carried. They were later crushed and "panned." If they made a "showing" in the gold-pan, the prospector would retrace his steps and arduously search for the parent vein. In similar fashion the writer has ventured upon interesting features in the life and character of the …


Isaiah Thorriton Montgomery His Life And Work, Sister Mary Of Victory Ssf Jan 1933

Isaiah Thorriton Montgomery His Life And Work, Sister Mary Of Victory Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933, presents a biographical and historical study of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (1847–1924), the founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the most prominent all-Black town in the United States. Drawing on memoirs, newspaper accounts, and the Journal of Negro History, the study traces Montgomery's origins as the son of Benjamin T. Montgomery, an educated slave on the Davis plantation in Mississippi, through his founding of Mound Bayou in 1887 on a 30,000-acre land grant secured from the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway. The …