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Typescript letter signed. Is sending an extract from Roosevelt: A Study of Fortune and Power by Emil Ludwig that discusses Baruch. Requests an autographed copy of a book reissued by Baruch. (2 pages)
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"This monograph analyzes T.E. Lawrence as a military theorist and campaign planner. It investigates whether Lawrence's development of his own theory of war assisted him in planning the Arab campaign during World War I. The monograph focuses in four areas. The first section discusses the historical background of Lawrence and the Arab revolt. This section establishes the basis for Lawrence's understanding of war and of the theater of operations. In addition, it identifies the aims of the Arab revolt and why Arab actions were important to the Allied cause. The second section focuses on Lawrence's theory of war. This section explains his theory and how he developed it. The third section deals with how Lawrence's theory addressed the Arab's ends (desired end state for the war), means (use of the resources available), and ways (the method for employing the means to attain the ends). In a fourth and concluding section. the monograph proposes that T. E. Lawrence's development of a theory of war did assist him in planning the Arab campaign during World War I. Lawrence's theory of war accomplished two functions. First. it clarified the past, what had happened in the Arab revolt to that point. Secondly, it helped Lawrence anticipate the future. A future that came to fruition because of Lawrence's ability to transcend his role as a theorist. Using his theory as a basis, Lawrence carried his rational approach to war into the development of an operational concept, the "war of detachment," and a fighting doctrine to fulfill it. With these means in hand, Lawrence devised a way to employ them. Logically, the way Lawrence devised was a campaign plan designed in accordance with his theory."--Author's abstract.
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One of the most evocative photographic memoirs every published. It was known that Brassai had taken a series of 'secret photographs' which could not be published because of their daring nature--the forbidden Paris, a sordid bas-monde where high society mingled with the underworld.
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"...evidently written in considerable haste while on board ship to New York, in 1874, as Hayler was fleeing England and its life-threatening dangers, as evidenced by the last journal entries ... The Hayler journal surfaced at a car-boot sale in a town called Maidenhead ... As I scanned the pages...my excitement began to build. References to photography and sex leapt off the pages. I began reading from the first page, engrossed in 'H. Hayler' and his account of his professional career as a reluctant pornographer ... Later that evening I was rereading the journal, jotting down a list of possible leads to follow and facts to verify, when it occurred to me that the back cover of one volume felt slightly thicker than the front ... It was then that I discovered the pocket in which were nine 4 x 6 inch unmounted albumen prints. All are reproduced in this volume ... Back in the USA I quickly found several items about Hayler in 19th century photographic periodicals, all of which concerned the raid by the police and the Society for the Suppression of Vice on his studio in April 1874, all of which repeated essentially the same facts. One of these news items will be found in Appendix 1 ... The journal remains the only source of information on Hayler and his erotica, except for the news accounts which first reported the raid on his abandoned studio"--From introduction.
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The letter, which was written by Dennis Searles in San Francisco and addressed to his sister Carrie, discusses the Searles' mines and a mill that they are building. Dennis mentions that John "left for the mines about three weeks ago," and was doing well. Dennis also talks about their frustration in business and their recent purchases of new mining equipment. Dennis signed the letter "John and Dennis Searles."
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Jackson mentions that Colonel Christmas is delivering his letter and a variety of garden seeds; he reports on stable fires and that he was able to save his horse from the fire. He also reports that he has caught a cold which is now in his chest and discusses plans for cotton planting and apple trees; expresses concerns over her relationship with the servants.
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