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    After reading "The Author to her Book," it helps to know about the author's background. Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem after she had received her recently published book. The problem was that she did not want her book published. In her eyes, it was unfinished and full of mistakes. In the poem, she treats the book as a child and uses a satirical tone. Her choice of words and tone are very important to the theme of the poem. Some readers, mainly logical, would think that the author is simply talking

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    “I shall never forget the impression which our first landing on the beach of California made upon me,” Richard Henry Dana fondly recalls in his book, ‘Two Years Before The Mast” (60). In 1834 Dana, a nineteen-year-old law student, set sail from Boston to California, by way of Cape Corn. When Dana set sail on the Pilgrim he could have never conceptualized that which he would encounter nor could the Spaniards and Indians foresee the ramifications of his journey to their coast. Six years later

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    Dana Point has over 2,500 ships in it’s harbor along with many restaurants and shops. Dana Point is a historic small surf town in Southern California. It was named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. There are many fun activities to do in Dana Point such as visiting the luxurious beaches and going down to the Dana Point Harbor. First of all, the beaches are beautiful in Dana Point. There are a variety of different beaches that are great places to do different things. When at these beaches there are many

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    began brewing between land hungry President James Polk of the United States and recently independent Mexico. California began its transition from the dominance of Spanish powered Missions to independent Ranchos. In Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana Jr explores the issue of race and ethnicity from an Anglo perspective in newly opened for trade to foreigners California. From the PBS website, one is able to learn about the Mexican American War of 1846 and the effects it had on the history of

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    colonies were never created or had never contributed to history. To begin with, Virginia was the first settled colony in U.S. history, settled in 1607 at Jamestown. Also, Virginia produced founding fathers, such as George Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry Jr., Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, and Edmund Pendleton, who were all significant in their own ways. Virginia also provided a source of fertile land and great wealth to England in the form of the cash crop, tobacco. Virginia also had famous

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    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a successful pet in his lifetime. In his childhood, he was so intelligent that he entered Bowdoin College at the age of fifteen. He worked at Bowdoin College and Harvard College for 19 years due to his eyesight. In addition, his work sold million copies. At his later time, his birthday became a national holiday, and he was the first man who was honored by Britain society. Despite these glories, he suffered from the death of his two wives, Mary Storer Potter and Frances

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    Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Francis Parkman, and even Mark Twain, through his “literary offenses.”(1)  The experiences Cooper had throughout his life shaped his rogue character and literary style.  The evidence of Cooper’s impact to American literature is well documented. James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey to William Cooper and Elizabeth Fenimore. James was the last of twelve children; only seven survived childhood: Richard, Hannah, Isaac,

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    Eighth Edition Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts Thomas P. Edmonds University of Alabama–Birmingham Frances M. McNair Mississippi State University Philip R. Olds Virginia Commonwealth University Edward E. Milam Mississippi State University (Contributing Author) FUNDAMENTAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020. Copyright © 2013, 2011, 2008, 2006

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    VIEW Strategic Human Resource Management Taken from: Strategic Human Resource Management, Second Edition by Charles R. Greer Copyright © 2001, 1995 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 Compilation Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Custom Publishing All rights reserved. This copyright covers material written expressly for this volume by the editor/s as well as the compilation itself. It does not cover the individual selections herein that

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