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Murder by the book : the crime that shocked Dickens's London
\"From the prize-winning biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria herself to wonder: can a novel kill? In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut. The brutal murder had the whole city talking. The police suspected Russell's valet, Courvoisier, but the evidence was weak. And the missing clue lay in the unlikeliest place: what Courvoisier had been reading. In the years just before the murder, new printing methods had made books cheap and abundant, the novel form was on the rise, and suddenly everyone was reading. The best-selling titles were the most sensational true-crime stories. Even Dickens and Thackeray, both at the beginning of their careers, fell under the spell of these tales--Dickens publicly admiring them, Thackeray rejecting them. One such phenomenon was William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, the story of an unrepentant criminal who escaped the gallows time and again. When Courvoisier finally confessed his guilt, he would cite this novel in his defense. Murder By the Book combines the thrilling true-crime story with a illuminating account of the rise of the novel form and the battle for its early soul between the most famous writers of the time. It is a superbly researched, vividly written, fascinating read from first to last\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The First Forest Reserves
This chapter discusses the forest reserves established during the terms of President Harrison and his successor, Grover Cleveland. Most of Harrison's forest reserves were, as the House Public Lands Committee noted in an 1893 report, the result of petitions submitted by local groups “interested in the preservation of forest conditions” in their surroundings. The chapter also explores further challenges Congress faced with forest reserve legislation, including issues such as reserve management and whether or not and how often the extractive industries are allowed to work these lands. The chapter shows some of the bills introduced to address these problems. Yet despite Congress's difficulty in pushing the legislation over the finish line, it showed no appetite for rolling back the nearly 18 million acres of forest reserves that had already been created.
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Congress Gives the President Broad Authority to Reserve Public Lands
This chapter examines the political dynamics involved in the reservation decisions of the late 1800s. Early in 1890, President Benjamin Harrison asked Congress to enact legislation to prevent the “rapid and needless destruction of our great forest areas.” He forwarded the recommendation by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to establish reservations of public lands in the higher reaches of watersheds in order to preserve favorable hydrologic conditions. By expressly conferring on the president such broad power to reserve public lands from divestment, Congress did somewhat alter the political dynamic. When Congress considers legislation that applies to a specific tract of public land, it typically gives substantial deference to the view of its members who represent that area. The president, representing all the people in the nation, tends to give somewhat less deference to local views. Even though Congress can always reverse the president's action, it is usually considerably easier to stop legislation from being enacted than it is to enact it.
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Civil Religion and the Gilded Age Presidency: The Case of Benjamin Harrison
Most scholars reject the notion that late 19th century politics was an issueless scramble for spoils between two major parties. The political leadership during the post-Civil War years is reevaluated, and the presidency of Benjamin Harrison is examined.
Journal Article
\The Confusion Provoked by Instantaneous Discussion\: The New International Communications Network and the Chilean Crisis of 1891-1892 in the United States
The United States and Chile experienced diplomatic tensions that were heightened by the rapid movement of messages through the recently built international telegraph network. Government officials in Washington and Santiago engaged in heated telegraphic exchanges while newspapers from New York to San Francisco emphasized this crisis and published telegraphed reports on military preparations and the possibility of war. Critics of the press pointed out the exaggerations and falsehoods in these reports and warned of the perils in making crucial decisions in the new era of unprecedented speed in communications. Officials in Washington debated the growing crisis. Congressman James Blount deplored “the confusion provoked by instantaneous discussion.” Taking advantage of the confusion, President Benjamin Harrison exploited the quick movement of cabled messages and abandoned standard diplomatic practice to impose a deadline in the negotiations with the Chilean government. Harrison’s aggressive use of international communications forced the Chilean government to make prompt concessions.
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Rev. Harry J. Sievers, S.J., the Arthur Jordan Foundation and the Biography of President Benjamin Harrison
The writing of Pres Benajmin Harrison's biography is discussed. The Arthur Jordan Foundation supported Harry J. Sievers in writing the biography after historian Albert T. Volwiler failed to complete the task.
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Westminster Confession, revised
In 1900, responding to numerous presbytery requests for changes in our sole creedal statement, The Westminster Confession, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. appointed a committee to study revision. According to a \"memorial minute\" submitted by the committee to the 113th General Assembly meeting in Philadelphia two months later, Harrison would have heartily approved the suggested changes to the confession that included adding statements about God's love for all humanity, missions and the Holy Spirit. Incorporating the last chapter into the Westminster Confession served as a clarion call to the northern Presbyterian Church that its primary purpose, as Harrison had contended, was to enact in life, mission and testimony the salvific love of God in Jesus Christ.
Newsletter
Almanac
In 1947 Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the \"Spruce Goose\" by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California. In 1994 a jury in Pensacola, Fla., convicted Paul Hill of murder for the shotgun slayings of abortion provider Dr. John Britton and Britton's bodyguard; Hill was executed in Sept. 2003.
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