By Thomas Page “Late December Days” Late December days are just blurs Because of the Yuletide havoc Causing panic amongst shoppers. Can I e’er so gentle be lured To reverie on a hammock Without worry about the toppers On Douglas firs or green spruces? A sense of meeting toward truces. “The Name of This … Continue reading Tommy Poems
Hideous Pranks
By Thomas Page A town of eyes stares down at the shackled Accused below it. Hysteria and Delusion coat the tongues of the Elect To spout out falsehoods about their neighbors. A court room full of deviled hearts and cold, Soulless, godless thoughts fraught with hellishly Forked tongues to make a new human derived Justice. … Continue reading Hideous Pranks
John Thesis #9 final and works cited
by John Page A part of his personality that is often overlooked, by historians, was Grant’s love of peace and desire to live a good life. [1] While he had become famous as a warrior, the impression one gets from looking at his actions throughout his life is that he had wished for life to … Continue reading John Thesis #9 final and works cited
John Thesis #7
by John Page The main way that was pursed to make this change was Reconstruction. The best way to look at how Reconstruction impacted people is to look at how it worked within a particular state, such as Arkansas. Looking at the whole South or nation will give an impression of what was going on … Continue reading John Thesis #7
John Thesis #6
by John Page This truce was not really followed in intellectual discussions. Many upper class Southerners accused the North of being an occupying army, and they focused on their own suffering during the war.[1] Another aspect to this narrative is that the South had not truly been defeated on the battlefield.[2] They had been … Continue reading John Thesis #6
John Thesis #5
By John Page Yet Grant also felt that if those who had to fight would be in charge of maintaining the peace then they would do all they could to protect the peace. Grant had seen the horror of war and knew that any conflict would be bloody and felt that civilians would be … Continue reading John Thesis #5
John Thesis #4
By John Page Grant is not often given the credit he deserves as president. He worked very hard to preserve the gains of the Union victory and to keep the peace. Grant dedicated a large amount of time to ensuring that the South would be reconstructed in a certain way that would guarantee peace for … Continue reading John Thesis #4
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