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Cloudsplitter is a 1998 historical novel by Russell Banks relating the story of abolitionist John Brown. [ 1 ] The novel is narrated as a retrospective by John Brown's son, Owen Brown , from his hermitage in the San Gabriel Mountains of California.
Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". [1]
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Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 — May 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphletist, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
Together with Stone, he compiled and published [28] The Woman's Rights Almanac for 1858, [29] which provided data such as income disparity between the sexes as well as a summary of gains made by the national movement during its first seven years. He also compiled and published, in 1858, "Consistent Democracy. The Elective Franchise for Women.
The book finishes with the case of sexism suffered by Abbie Conant, when she was the trombone soloist of the Munich Philharmonic, and its director, Sergiu Celibidache, relegated her to minor positions, made her receive a lower wage than her male colleagues and looked down on her from 1980 to 1993, when she finally left the orchestra. Gladwell ...
Alexander succeeded on his first try writing fantasy for children, which he later called "the most creative and liberating experience of my life." The book was Time Cat (1963), [5] a fantasy inspired by one of his pet cats, Solomon. Solomon would visit the office while Alexander was working, but the author would never see him come or go.
The book was published on 15 June 1999 in the United Kingdom [1] and the American publication followed on 28 June of the same year. [ 2 ] The reason for the opening of the book taking place in Key West was a vacation Child spent there in 1996.