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Language: English
Published by Fortress Press (edition First Edition), 1987
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This book is autographed and inscribed by the author on the page facing the title page. This book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have had little use. The dust jacket is in very good condition with bumps and scuffs. The inscription reads: "To Bob & Marilyn Best wishes. Jesse Jackson Junior.". Signed by Author(s).…

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Published by Welcome Rain Publishers, New York, 2001
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 525pp "Advancing New American Rights".

The Wide World April 1950 / Edward C Allcard "Alone Across the Atlantic" / H Antcliffe "Unknown Surinam" / Kelvin Ross "When The Engine Raced" / G E G Plant "Through the Great Congo Forest" / Peter Span "The Outlaw Of Megantic" / Wally Watkins "The Mail Must Go Through" / Col. A Donovan Young "The 'Devil-Man'" / Herbert Lane "Partners" / Wilmon Menard "Live Bait" / N Brydon "The Boiler" / Frank Illingworth "Europe's Forset Wolves"
Edward C Allcard "Alone Across the Atlantic" / H Antcliffe "Unknown Surinam" / Kelvin Ross "When The Engine Raced" / G E G Plant "Through the Great Congo Forest" / Peter Span "The Outlaw Of Megantic" / Wally Watkins "The Mail Must Go Through" / Col. A Donovan Young "The 'Devil-Man'" / Herbert Lane "Partners" / Wilmon Menard "Live Bait" / N Brydon "The Boiler" / Frank Illingworth "Europe's Forset Wolves"
Published by George Newnes Limited., 1950
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. Illustrated. Edward C Allcard "Alone Across the Atlantic" / H Antcliffe "Unknown Surinam" / Kelvin Ross "When The Engine Raced" / G E G Plant "Through the Great Congo Forest" / Peter Span "The Outlaw Of Megantic" / Wally Watkins "The Mail Must Go Through" / Col. A Donovan Young "The 'Devil-Man'" / Herbert Lane "Partners" / Wilmon Menard "Live Bait" / N Brydon "The Boiler" / Frank Illingworth "Europe's Forset Wolves" (SL#253). …

ARGOSY Weekly: March, Mar. 5, 1938 ("Ship of the Line")
Argosy (Johnston McCulley; Frank R. Pierce; C. S. Forester; Richard Howells Watkins; Robert E. Pinkerton; Richard Sale; Borden Chase; Allan Vaughan Elston; Eric Sharpe)
Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1938
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 280, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover art by V. E. Pyles for "Red Coat - White Feather" (novelet) by Frank R. Pierce. Includes "Tainted Caballero" (pt. 1 of 2) by Johnston McCulley; "Ship of the Line" (pt. 2 of 6) by C. S. Forester; "No tool for a Diver" by Richard Howells Watkins; "Liege Lord" (novelet) by Robert E. Pinkerton; "The Enchanted Mug" by Richard Sale; "Trouble Wagon" (pt. 3 of 5) by Borden Chase; "Beachcomber" by Allan Vaughan Elston. Features: "Are We Mice - or Mice?" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Several small corner chips to early pages at lower foredge; minor creasing; minor stain at upper rear foredge cover corner. Magazine.…

More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Third printing as stated of the first edition, published the same year as the first. A clean tight unmarked copy in gray-blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title, top corners very slightly bumped in unclipped illustrated dust jacket with some short closed tears, and edgewear.…

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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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Published by University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1961
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 184pp. Blue wrappers. Yapped edges bumped and nicked, spine lightly cocked and sunned, very good. Contributions by Joseph Frank, George Woodcock, Daniel G. Hoffman, Bonamy Dobree, Thomas Parkinson, Charles T. Harrison, Richard Tillinghast, Vernon Watkins, James Dickey, Robert Pack, Thomas E. Adams, Arthur Mizener, P.H. Hardacre, David Galler, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., and Russell Kirk. …

More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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More Perfect Union : Advancing New American Rights
Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.; Watkins, Frank E. (CON); Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks (FRW); Barber, William J. (CON)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. 525 pages. Endnotes. Bibliography. Inscribed by the author, it reads: To Derrick, Donna Aujust & Alexander Humphries Best Wishes Jesse Jackson Jr". Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and worked for his father in both the 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance. Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder. In 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases. Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013. On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Jackson was released from prison on March 26, 2015. Frank E. Watkins has been working for Jesse Jackson, Jr. as his Press Secretary and Director of Communications after having worked for 27 years as Press Secretary and Political Director for Rev. Jesse Jackson. Watkins has edited a book of Rev. Jackson's speeches and public writings. A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights or simply A More Perfect Union is non-fiction political analysis written by United States Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. in collaboration with Frank E. Watkins. Watkins is a political theorist, activist and was the press secretary to Jackson at the time. It was released in hardcover format on October 15, 2001 and in paperback format on April 25, 2008. The material for Jackson's book, his third, came from three trips he took in 1997-98 to American Civil War battlefields. Although Watkins is credited, the biographical content of the book is written as a first person narrative as if written solely by Jackson. The National Park Service has twenty-eight national Civil War historic sites. Jackson and White visited approximately twenty battlefields in August 1997, December 1997 and the spring of 1998. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, participated in the third trip. The trips heightened a belief of Jackson's that race as it relates to African Americans has been the focal point of social and political existence in American history. Since Jackson is not the first to present such a realization, he presents a North-South schism lens through which to view the congressional politics of race. The book contains about 75 pages of biographical/autobiographical content which provide context for the subsequent political analysis. Reviews focus on the political analysis of race, economic issues, geographical divide, and states' rights as well as the constitutional amendments proposed in this book. From a Publishers Weekly article: After coauthoring the recent Legal Lynching with his father, Congressman Jackson takes the lead in this book written with his press secretary, laying out his moral and political vision. The first, autobiographical section serves as an introduction to his historical review of how race and states' rights have been intertwined both in theory and practice. Jackson sees "race as the lens through which to see all of American history," but economics and sectional politics are the substance. From colonial times to the present, Jackson stresses both the contradictions within Southern conservative ideology (such as Southern states-righters' insistence on federal fugitive slave laws) and its consistencies across time (small local government, low taxes, economic underdevelopment and opposition to providing broad economic op. Signed. …

Language: English
Published by Welcome Rain Publishers September 2001, New York, 2001
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 525 pages. There is minor wear around the edges of the dust jacket and cover. Inscribed on the fep "To Elissa Best Wishes Jesse L Jackson Jr". Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and worked for his father in both the 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance. Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder. On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases. Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013. On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Jackson was released from prison on March 26, 2015. Frank E. Watkins has been working for Jesse Jackson, Jr. as his Press Secretary and Director of Communications after having worked for 27 years as Press Secretary and Political Director for Rev. Jesse Jackson. Watkins has edited a book of Rev. Jackson's speeches and public writings. A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights or simply A More Perfect Union is non-fiction political analysis written by United States Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. in collaboration with Frank E. Watkins. Watkins is a political theorist, activist and was the press secretary to Jackson at the time. It was released in hardcover format on October 15, 2001 and in paperback format on April 25, 2008. The material for Jackson's book, his third, came from three trips he took in 199798 to American Civil War battlefields. Although Watkins is credited, the biographical content of the book is written as a first person narrative as if written solely by Jackson. The National Park Service has twenty-eight national Civil War historic sites. Jackson and White visited approximately twenty battlefields in August 1997, December 1997 and the spring of 1998. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, participated in the third trip. The trips heightened a belief of Jackson's that race as it relates to African Americans has been the focal point of social and political existence in American history. Since Jackson is not the first to present such a realization, he presents a North-South schism lens through which to view the congressional politics of race. The book contains about 75 pages of biographical/autobiographical content which provide context for the subsequent political analysis. Reviews focus on the political analysis of race, economic issues, geographical divide, and states' rights as well as the constitutional amendments proposed in this book. From a Publishers Weekly article: After coauthoring the recent Legal Lynching with his father, Congressman Jackson takes the lead in this book written with his press secretary, laying out his moral and political vision. The first, autobiographical section serves as an introduction to his historical review of how race and states' rights have been intertwined both in theory and practice. Jackson sees "race as the lens through which to see all of American history," but economics and sectional politics are the substance. From colonial times to the present, Jackson stresses both the contradictions within Southern conservative ideology (such as Southern states-righters' insistence on federal fugitive slave laws) and its consistencies across time (small local government, low taxes, economic underdevelopment and opposition to providing broad econ.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 525, [3] pages. Tabular data. Appendices, including Chronology of key dates in forming the U.S. Constitution. Endnotes. Bibliography. Inscribed by the author (Cong. Jackson on the page facing the title page). Inscription reads To Jay Best Wishes & Happy Holidays Jesse Jackson Jr. Dec 2001. DJ is price clipped. In this new work, Jackson provides ample documentation and insightful analysis of the inextricable link between race and economics. Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance. A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights or simply A More Perfect Union is non-fiction political analysis written by United States Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. in collaboration with Frank E. Watkins. Watkins is a political theorist, activist and was the press secretary to Jackson at the time. It was released in hardcover format on October 15, 2001 and in paperback format on April 25, 2008. The material for Jackson's book, his third, came from three trips he took in 199798 to American Civil War battlefields. Although Watkins is credited, the biographical content of the book is written as a first person narrative as if written solely by Jackson. The National Park Service has twenty-eight national Civil War historic sites. Jackson and White visited approximately twenty battlefields in August 1997, December 1997 and the spring of 1998. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, participated in the third trip. The trips heightened a belief of Jackson's that race as it relates to African Americans has been the focal point of social and political existence in American history. Since Jackson is not the first to present such a realization, he presents a North-South schism lens through which to view the congressional politics of race. The book contains about 75 pages of biographical/autobiographical content which provide context for the subsequent political analysis. Reviews focus on the political analysis of race, economic issues, geographical divide, and states' rights as well as the constitutional amendments proposed in this book. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 525 p. Endnotes. Bibliography. Signed by Jackson. Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and worked for his father in both the 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance. Jackson was investigated for financial improprieties including misuse of campaign funds. Jackson resigned from Congress on November 21, 2012, citing mental and physical health problems, including bipolar disorder. On February 8, 2013, Jackson admitted to violating federal law by using campaign funds to make personal purchases. Jackson pleaded guilty on February 20, 2013. On August 14, 2013, he was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Jackson was released from prison on March 26, 2015. Frank E. Watkins has been working for Jesse Jackson, Jr. as his Press Secretary and Director of Communications after having worked for 27 years as Press Secretary and Political Director for Rev. Jesse Jackson. Watkins has edited a book of Rev. Jackson's speeches and public writings. A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights or simply A More Perfect Union is non-fiction political analysis written by United States Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. in collaboration with Frank E. Watkins. Watkins is a political theorist, activist and was the press secretary to Jackson at the time. It was released in hardcover format on October 15, 2001 and in paperback format on April 25, 2008. The material for Jackson's book, his third, came from three trips he took in 199798 to American Civil War battlefields. Although Watkins is credited, the biographical content of the book is written as a first person narrative as if written solely by Jackson. The National Park Service has twenty-eight national Civil War historic sites. Jackson and White visited approximately twenty battlefields in August 1997, December 1997 and the spring of 1998. Jackson's wife, Sandi Jackson, participated in the third trip. The trips heightened a belief of Jackson's that race as it relates to African Americans has been the focal point of social and political existence in American history. Since Jackson is not the first to present such a realization, he presents a North-South schism lens through which to view the congressional politics of race. The book contains about 75 pages of biographical/autobiographical content which provide context for the subsequent political analysis. Reviews focus on the political analysis of race, economic issues, geographical divide, and states' rights as well as the constitutional amendments proposed in this book. From a Publishers Weekly article: After coauthoring the recent Legal Lynching with his father, Congressman Jackson takes the lead in this book written with his press secretary, laying out his moral and political vision. The first, autobiographical section serves as an introduction to his historical review of how race and states' rights have been intertwined both in theory and practice. Jackson sees "race as the lens through which to see all of American history," but economics and sectional politics are the substance. From colonial times to the present, Jackson stresses both the contradictions within Southern conservative ideology (such as Southern states-righters' insistence on federal fugitive slave laws) and its consistencies across time (small local government, low taxes, economic underdevelopment and opposition to providing broad economic opportunities for all), which have opposed progress toward a more perfect union, hitting.…