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(0)David Crane
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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. The extraordinary and forgotten story of the building of the World War One cemeteries, due to the efforts of one remarkable man, Fabian Ware. Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home to be buried in local cemeteries. The great cemeteries of WWI came about as a result of the efforts...
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'There is a mad chap come here - whose name is Trelawny... He comes on the friend of Shelley, great, glowing, and rich in romance... But tell me who is this odd fish? They talk of him here as a camelion who went mad on reading Lord Byron's 'Corsair'.' JOSEPH SEVERN.
David Crane's brilliant first book investigates the life and phenomenon of Edward John Trelawny - writer, adventurer, romantic and friend to Shelley and Byron. Very reminiscent of YoungHusband...
3) Making the Movement: How Activists Fought for Civil Rights with Buttons, Flyers, Pins, and Posters
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A history of the Civil Rights Movement from Emancipation through the 1980s, told through 200 objects (buttons, badges, posters, leaflets, and more) created by activists as tools to advance the fight for justice and freedom.
From Reconstruction through Jim Crow, through the protest era of the 1960s and '70s to current-day resistance and activism, the material culture of the Civil Rights Movement has been integral to its goals and tactics. During...