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  | | Toward a Better Life(1st Edition) America's New Immigrants in Their Own Words--from Ellis Island to the Present by Peter Morton Coan, Barry Moreno Hardcover, 379 Pages, Published 2011 by Prometheus Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61614-394-7, ISBN: 1-61614-394-0 "Foreword by Barry Moreno,Chief Historian and Librarian for Ellis Island and the new National Museum of ImmigrationPreface by Stephen A. Briganti,President and Chief Executive Officer, Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.Immigrants comprise nearly a quarter of the US population, a larger proportion than at any time since World War II. Of those, more than 10 percent are here illegally, and many more try to enter the country and ..." |
 | | Ellis Island Interviews in Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan Paperback, 712 Pages, Published 1997 by Facts On File, Incorporated ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-3548-9, ISBN: 0-8160-3548-2 "The stories in this book are the firsthand accounts of the last surviving original immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island’s mythical Golden Door. The immigrants describe in detail the life they left behind - why they emigrated, what they endured in coming here, and what became of them after their arrival in the New World. This book is a testament to their courage and conviction, a final opportunity to capture on record a cr ..." |
 | | Ellis Island Interviews(4th Edition) Immigrants Tell Their Stories In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2004 by Fall River ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-5309-5, ISBN: 0-7607-5309-1 "Like the Statue of Liberty who lifts her lamp nearby, Ellis Island symbolizes the hope, the promise, and the dreams of freedom and opportunity that lure impoverished and persecuted immigrants to seek a better life in America. Between 1892 and 1954, however, it was far more than a symbol; for millions, it was the final hurdle between them and the realization of their dreams. Indeed, if you were born in the United States, it's quite likel ..." |
 | | The Vital Science Biology and the Literary Imagination 1860-1900 by Peter Morton Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1984 by Unwin Hyman ISBN-13: 978-0-04-800025-5, ISBN: 0-04-800025-6 |
 | | The Last Baby Boomer (Paperback) by Peter Morton Coan Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published, N/A ISBN-13: 978-1-70592-518-8, ISBN: 1-70592-518-9 "The Last Baby Boomer is Peter Morton Coan's tribute to his generation; a modern-day Bright Lights, Big City driven by the schizophrenic misadventures and underbellies of New York's publishing and culinary worlds, as the protagonist, in his ..." |
 | | Ellis Island Interviews In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 1997 by Facts On File ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-3414-7, ISBN: 0-8160-3414-1 |
 | | A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind - Second Edition(2nd Edition) Readings with Commentary by Peter A. Morton, Peter Alan Morton, Lecturer Peter Morton Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2010 by Broadview Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55111-852-9, ISBN: 1-55111-852-1 "This book presents historical and contemporary readings, together with detailed commentary, to outline and explain the development of philosophical thinking about the mind. This is an expanded and revised second edition of a text that combines primary readings with detailed commentary. The book has two aims: to present the philosophy of mind from a historical perspective so that the theories in the field are seen to emerge in the proces ..." |
 | | Routledge Revivals The Vital Science : Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900 by Peter Morton 258 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-62926-9, ISBN: 1-317-62926-4 "Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900 Peter Morton. sounded through the literary culture as perplexity, outrage or buoyant inspiration. To some extent the proof of this assertion must be a continuous one; but we will pause here to refer briefly to an invaluable semi-statistical survey by Alvar Ellegard which permits us to bring a little much-needed rigour into this particular area of the history of ideas. On the question o ..." |
 | | Lusting for London Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 by Peter Morton 284 Pages, Published 2011 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-00210-5, ISBN: 1-137-00210-7 "Like Ambrose Pratt alittlelater,he found that cultivatinga horrid imaginationwas theway forward. Oneof his stories, “In Cold Blood,” was gruesome enoughtoattract publicprotests. Writingin the third person, ... was one ofthe most tempting aspects ofLondon journalismand nonfictional freelancework. In England alonewasit possible to benefit from highlyspecialized markets bybuilding anetwork of fruitfulrelationships and enjoying the sen ..." |
 | | The Busiest Man in England Grant Allen and the Writing Trade, 1875-1900 by Peter Morton 251 Pages, Published 2005 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-8099-1, ISBN: 1-4039-8099-3 "[Stead, W.T.] “In Praise of Two Crimes,” Review ofReviews, 10 (October 1894), 356. Stetz, Margaret Diane. “Sex, Lies, and Printed Cloth: Bookselling at the Bodley Head in the Eighteen-Nineties,” Victorian Studies, 35:1 (Autumn 1991), 76–86. Stetz, Margaret D. and Mark Samuels Lasner. England in the 1890s: Literary Publishing at the Bodley Head. Georgetown University Press, 1990. Stevenson, Lionel. The Ordeal ofGeorge Meredith. Pete ..." |
 | | The Rare or Unread Stories of Grant Allen 1848-1899 by Peter Morton, Grant Allen Paperback, 330 Pages, Published 2019 by Vulpine Press ISBN-13: 978-1-912701-00-1, ISBN: 1-912701-00-6 "Here lies a collection of some of Grant Allen’s lesser-known stories, many of which have not been reprinted since the original 19th century publications. They have remained largely unread since then. They cover a wide range of genres from detective fiction and romance, to science fiction, each story depicting Victorian British society with a humour and wit which has stood the test of time.Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a prolific a ..." |
 | | Fire Across the Desert Woomera and the Anglo-Australian Joint Project 1946-1980 by Peter Morton Hardcover, 575 Pages, Published 1989 by Australian Govt Pub Service ISBN-13: 978-0-644-06068-4, ISBN: 0-644-06068-9 "Woomera and the Anglo-Austrailian joint project 1946-1980. dw. lge fmt, 1989, illus" |
 | | Taxi(Reprint) The Harry Chapin Story by Peter Morton Coan Paperback, 542 Pages, Published 1990 by Lyle Stuart ISBN-13: 978-0-8184-0513-6, ISBN: 0-8184-0513-9 |
 | | The Vital Science(1st Edition) (Routledge Revivals): Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900 by Peter Morton Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-79927-1, ISBN: 1-138-79927-0 "In this title, first published in 1984, Peter Morton argues that in late Victorian Britain a group of novelists and essayists quite consciously sought and found ideas in post-Darwinian biology that were susceptible to imaginative transformation. The period between 1860 and 1900 was a time of great confusion in biology; the natural selection hypothesis was in retreat before its acute critics, and no extension of evolutionary theory to hu ..." |
 | | Ellis Island Interviews Immigrants Tell Their Stories in Their Own Words [Hardcover] Peter Morton Coan by Peter Morton Coan Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2015 by Fall River Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4351-5876-4, ISBN: 1-4351-5876-8 |
 | | Three Hands Full by Peter Morton Paperback, 46 Pages, Published 2021 by Lulu.Com 2021-04 ISBN-13: 978-1-66714-321-7, ISBN: 1-66714-321-2 "Steeped in the images of New England, this first poetry volume from poet Peter Morton brings to the table a trove of previously unshared work scratched on napkins and the back of envelopes." |
 | | On the Edge of November by Peter Morton Paperback, 50 Pages, Published 2017 by Lulu.Com ISBN-13: 978-1-300-70516-1, ISBN: 1-300-70516-7 "Tuck this slim volume of poetry in your back pack as you're heading out leaf peeping this year." |
 | | Routledge Revivals 19th Century Literature Bundle(1st Edition) The Vital Science (Routledge Revivals): Biology and the Literary Imagination,1860-1900 (Volume 26) by Peter Morton Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-79924-0, ISBN: 1-138-79924-6 "In this title, first published in 1984, Peter Morton argues that in late Victorian Britain a group of novelists and essayists quite consciously sought and found ideas in post-Darwinian biology that were susceptible to imaginative transformation. The period between 1860 and 1900 was a time of great confusion in biology; the natural selection hypothesis was in retreat before its acute critics, and no extension of evolutionary theory to hu ..." |
 | | Lusting for London Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 by Peter Morton Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-44035-6, ISBN: 1-283-44035-0 |
 | | Lusting for London(1st Edition) Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of Empire, 1870-1950 by Peter Morton Hardcover, 294 Pages, Published 2011 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-33888-3, ISBN: 0-230-33888-7 "Long before the post-WWII migration, over one hundred Australian writers left their homeland to seek fame and fortune in London. Some made little mark despite their arduous efforts; some made a tolerable living; a few, like Martin Boyd, H.H. Richardson and Christina Stead, actually achieved permanent fame. Lusting for London analyses how these writers reacted to their new surroundings—in both their autobiographical writings and their cr ..." |
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