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Presents an account of Melba Beals's junior year at Central High in 1957, during which her family suffered threats, personal attacks, and even a murder attempt, and explains how they endured with faith, courage, strength, and love. Reprint.".
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"A TIMELY BOOK THAT TOUCHES UPON GREAT ISSUES. . . . He contributes monumentally to our understanding of war and remembrance "
--The Boston Globe
Throughout his childhood Eric Lomax possessed a passion for trains. In an ironic twist of fate, he was captured by the Japanese during World War II and sent to Thailand to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railroad, the barbaric project that claimed the lives of 250,000 men. There he constructed a radio to bring news of the war and secretly drew a map of the railroad. For this, Lomax suffered brutal and incessant torture and interrogation. Standing by through it all was Nagase Takashi, a young Japanese soldier who translated the captor's questions and Lomax's replies. Fifty years later, Lomax sought out this Japanese tormentor, meeting him on a hillside overlooking the River Kwai Bridge. But Lomax's object in meeting Takashi again was not revenge. It was reconciliation.
Here is a remarkable true story of forgiveness--a tremendous testament to the courage that propels one toward remembrance, and finally, peace with the past. A classic war autobiography, The Railway Man is a powerful tale of survival and of the human capacity to understand even those who have done us unthinkable harm.
"[Lomax] has a straightforward story and he tells it quietly and with dignity. But at the end one feels the old dramatic shock: an amazed, even fearful suspicion that the curtain on eternity was pulled back slightly, for a moment."
--The New York Times Book Review
"An extraordinary book."
--People.
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Controversial Court Cases in Connecticut, Part I explores six of the most talked about court cases in Connecticut history. Beginning with the seventeenth century Connecticut witch trials, which occurred 45 years before the infamous Salem, MA, witch trials, and ending with the ongoing Sheff v. O Neill school desegregation case, Controversial Court Cases in Connecticut, Part I delves into the heart of each case with well-documented, thorough research. Each chapter reveals fascinating information about the cases, which also include the Amistad trial, a turning point for the abolitionist movement in America; the trial of Prudence Crandall, a nineteenth century schoolteacher who created Connecticut s first school for African-American girls; the trial of the New Haven Nine, the Black Panther murder trial which brought national attention to Connecticut and created a firestorm of debate; and the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut case, which became the foundation for Roe v. Wade. History buffs and legal professionals alike will be enthralled by this intriguing volume as it investigates the controversy surrounding these six cases and their outcomes. The book includes appendices of actual court rulings and an extensive bibliography..
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