Bøker av Thomas Fox

In June 1866, an 800-man contingent of the Irish Fenian Brotherhood invaded Canada to free Ireland from British rule. The force was led by Irish-born John Charles O'Neill. The invasion was a military success but a political failure. This biography covers the rise, fall and resurgence of a remarkable figure in American and Irish history.

On December 7, 1864, a drummer boy from Newark, New Jersey, William McGee, was credited with leading a Federal force to a sharp and decisive victory over the Confederates. This is the story of a lost war hero, a man-child with the world at his feet, whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder.

This volume explores how a political and social theory of writing can inform pedagogy, including an analysis of how students' educational histories limit teacher and student roles, and how we might work to enlarge both.