...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...arge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania St... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ...imes, the British Is lands or Italy ten times. Conceptions formed from the river basins of Western Europe are rudely shocked when we con sider the... ... difference in rise and fall is also remarkable—not in the upper, but in the lower river. The rise is tolerably uni form down to Natchez (three hundr... ...man with a petri fied heart and biler iron bowels! The massacre of isolated communities is the pastime of my idle moments, the de struction of natio... ... you live. Mr. Bixby said to the mate:— “Upper end of the plantation, or the lower.?” “Upper.” “I can’t do it. The stumps there are out of water at th... ...rom the third, and I hear she is getting ready to marry an old fellow out in Colorado somewhere. She’s got children scattered around here and there, m...

...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and...

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publicat... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ... such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occasion co... ...sas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Territories of Dakota, Nebraska, and part of Colorado, already has above 10,000,000 people, and will have 50,000,000 wit... ...whites. Could the one in any way greatly disturb the seven? There are many communities now having more than one free colored person to seven whites, a... ...rely too confidently upon any direct co-operation of General Banks and the lower flotilla, as it is possible that they may not be able to pass or redu... ...ir sympathizers invaded all depart- ments of the government and nearly all communities of the people. From this material, under cover of “liberty of s...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have th...

...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ... of animation and moving beauty, that the heart of a chance watcher on the lower road tightened to wistful- ness over her quality of suspended freedom... ...r hand to her mouth, her forefinger and thumb quite painfully pinching her lower lip, and frowned, and enjoyed being aloof. A classmate named Stewart ... ...nd they were on their way to Gopher Prairie after a wedding journey in the Colorado mountains. The hordes of the way-train were not altogether new to ... ...oing to like it here ever so much,” and “Yes, we did have the best time in Colorado—moun- tains,” and “Yes, I lived in St. Paul several years. Euclid ... ...ng star to its service flag and without wishing to knock any neigh- boring communities, we would like to know any town of anywheres near our size in t...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

...cation Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...nd bag- 30 Personal Memoirs gage were let down to a point higher than the lower deck of the steamer, and when ship and steamer got into the trough be... ...tre rope, just below the upper block, I put one foot on the hook below the lower block, and stepped off just as I did so some one called out “hold on.... ...i there was only a small settlement at Bastrop, with a few farms along the Colorado River; but after leaving 36 Personal Memoirs that, there were no ... ...n the prairie every night, except at Goliad, and possibly one night on the Colorado, without shelter and with only such food as we 37 U. S. Grant car... ...of the European states during our troubles shows the lack of conscience of communities where the responsibility does not come upon a single individual...

...Henry David Thoreau s or Life in the Woods This publication of Walden, or Life in the Woods is part of Th... ...Henry David Thoreau s or Life in the Woods This publication of Walden, or Life in the Woods is part of The P... ...ng Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, faculty editor. Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, faculty editor. Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...pliances and some such solemnity even as our bodies. No man ever stood the lower in my estima tion for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure t... ...d drove out of the beaten track, he burned several blocks of houses in the lower streets of heaven, and scorched the surface of the earth, and dried u... ...or, and separated from the highway by a broad field; its bound ing on the river, which the owner said protected it by its fogs from frosts in the spr... ... pond itself, impaling the legislature for a bait. Thus, even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of devel opmen... ...to some extent, keeps pace with the seasons cropping the pas tures of the Colorado only till a greener and sweeter grass awaits him by the Yellowston...

Excerpt: Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau.

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ... in Panama City, Florida, which in turn reported to NORAD headquarters, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Interagency Collaboration. The FAA and NORAD ha... ...rs observed the plane in a rapid descent; the radar data termi- nated over Lower Manhattan. At 9:03, United 175 crashed into the South Tower. 130 22 T... ...s at FAA headquarters to improve awareness and organize a common response. Lower-level officials improvised—for example, the FAA’s Boston Center bypas... ...the federal bureaucracy, particularly the law enforcement and intelligence communities. The second, related development was a significant transfer of ... ...e sharing of such information between the intelligence and law enforcement communities, was not a priority before 9/11. Guidelines on this subject iss...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...