On the Warpath (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

G. L. Morrill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330844017 ISBN 13 : 9781330844014

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Hard-edged travel sketches meet social critique in an early 20th-century American voice.

This nonfiction collection combines candid journeys with pointed observations about culture, politics, and daily life, offering a firsthand glimpse into the world Morrill traveled and observed. From bustling cities to remote outposts, the book mixes travel prose with sharp commentary on the era’s pressing issues. Expect provocative portraits, social questions framed by travel, and a clear, unflinching voice that invites readers to see America through a restless, questioning lens.

• Vivid travel writing that anchors social critique in place and moment
• Iconic topics and scenes drawn from early 1900s America
• Direct takes on censorship, politics, and moral debate
• A historical snapshot of attitudes and life across diverse locales

Ideal for readers who appreciate historical travel writing paired with candid social commentary.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

David wrote the One-H undred and Ninth Psalm in sweet solicitude for his enemies. I pan mine with the same panegyric :F or the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg; let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak ev
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330844017
• ISBN 13: 9781330844014
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
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