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How to Grow the Peanut, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback

How to Grow the Peanut, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback Originally published in 1916, this innovative peanut recipe book by prominent Black scientist George Washington Carver is just as delicious today. How many ways can you possibly prepare the peanut? At least 105, according to George Washington Carver. In this book, Carver compiles recipes from agricultural bulletins, cookbooks, magazines, and newspapers, such as the Peerless Cook Book , Good Housekeeping , and Berry’s Fruit Recipes . The recipes featuring peanuts include: Bisque Doughnuts Sausages Omelet Macaroni & Cheese Taffy Candy And 99 more In addition to recipes, Carver shows readers how to grow the peanut–where to plant peanuts, when to harvest them, and everything in between. Carver’s clear instructions are accessible even to farming hobbyists. How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption was the most popular of forty-four practical bulletins distributed by the Tuskegee Institute from 1899 to 1936. Spearheaded by Carver, the university’s Agriculture Department promoted sustainable farming practices–such as growing soil-enriching peanuts–that empowered Black sharecroppers who had been dependent on resource-draining cotton.Whether you’re looking to grow peanuts or simply eat them every which way, this groundbreaking book by George Washington Carver is sure to satisfy.

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General Maxims of Teaching, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback

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General Maxims of Teaching, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback Amos Bronson Alcott, a transcendentalist philosopher and early American educator, first penned his 58 Maxims for Teaching in 1826. These collected words of wisdom and counsel guided his own educational techniques, and later informed his teaching practices at Boston’s Temple School.

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Jefferson Bible, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback

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Jefferson Bible, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback Thomas Jefferson believed that the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day. This led him to recast, by cutting and pasting from the gospels, a new narrative of the life and teachings of Jesus, where, according to Jefferson, « there will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. »

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The Path of the Law, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback

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The Path of the Law, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback The Path of the Law is the single most important essay about law ever written. The perfect gift for anyone who ever entered law school, it defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of law’s greatest practitioners.

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McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback

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McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader continues and extends the reading skills learned in the First Reader, for children as young as six all the way to adults learning to read. Seventy-one lessons use short stories to teach meaning, spelling, pronunciation, and punctuation. Each lesson highlights 8 to 20 new words and charming 19th-century illustrations accompany the text. This is the revised 1879 edition. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

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Constitution of the Confederate States

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Constitution of the Confederate States The Confederate States adopted their Permanent Constitution on March 11, 1861. The original document consisted of five vellum sheets pasted together to form a scroll over twelve feet long. The original document, along with many other documents of the Confederacy, was found at a train station in 1865 by a war-time correspondent, Felix DeFontaine. In 1883, he sold the manuscript to Mrs. George Wymberley Jones DeRenne. In 1939, the DeRenne family sold the document to the University of Georgia, where it now resides.

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Georgia Slave Narratives, USA, Slave Narratives, Paperback

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Georgia Slave Narratives, USA, Slave Narratives, Paperback The view that slavery could best be described by those who had themselves experienced it personally has found expression in several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and interviews with those who « endured. » Although most of these accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the Slave Narrative Collection–a group of autobiographical accounts of former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person accounts of slave life and the respondents’ own reactions to bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the « peculiar institution, » to describe in their own words what it felt like to be a slave in the United States. –Norman R. Yetman, American Memory, Library of Congress This paperback edition of selected Georgia narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally typed.

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American Gardener, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback

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American Gardener, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback British journalist William Cobbett’s 1819 work is considered one of the first classics of American gardening literature, written specifically about his time farming on Long Island, New York. For modern day gardeners, Cobbett’s 19th century ideas on self-reliance, family strength through agriculture, and gardening before chemicals and genetic modification are certainly timely – and organic!

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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, App

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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, App When Frederich Wilhelm von Steuben, a colorful, charismatic, imposing, and gay military leader from Prussia, presented himself to the Continental Congress in 1778, he had one goal in mind: to whip the nascent United States militiamen into shape and turn them into an army fit to face the likes of Great Britain. Baron von Steuben’s military career was almost as famed as his vibrant social life, and as he was lauded for the former, he was scorned for the latter. Von Steuben left his home country as rumors circulated about his sexuality. Abroad, von Steuben met with Benjamin Franklin, who invited von Steuben to volunteer his services for the American cause. Von Steuben set out to the American colonies, where he quickly became part of the inner circle of the Founding Fathers, and of George Washington in particular. Von Steuben brought with him the military skills that he had learned in the military of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and he now used them to train an elite force at Valley Forge. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, also called the Blue Book, was the practical military-training manual that von Steuben wrote with the help of Alexander Hamilton. This manual helped win the American Revolution and provided a guide for the United States military until after the War of 1812. Incredibly, some portions of the original Blue Book are still used by the American Armed Forces today.

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What Mrs. Fisher Knows About So. Cooking, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback

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What Mrs. Fisher Knows About So. Cooking, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback This is a wonderful collection of one-hundred and sixty authentic and tasty recipes of the Old South. Originally published in 1881, it was the first African-American cookbook. Prior to Applewood’s edition, it had been reprinted only once in a limited edition of one hundred copies.

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