| Title | : | Besieged!: Herbert Hoover in China's Boxer Rebellion |
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480292648 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 78 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-15 |
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Twenty-nine years before entering the White House, Herbert and Lou Hoover were newlyweds in Tientsin, China, when the 1900 Boxer Rebellion exploded. “Besieged!” is the untold story of how the Hoovers were trapped in Tientsin’s Foreign Legation by 2,000 Boxers and 25,000 Imperial Chinese Troops. Herbert fought lynch mobs, dodged bullets and guided the American Marine assault on Tientsin. Refusing to leave his side, Lou survived a shell blast, nursed the wounded and toted a Mauser .38 pistol. Although it happened 100 years ago, “Besieged!” echoes modern newscasts of Westerners trapped in foreign uprisings. Herbert and Lou Hoover’s story of love and courage is a timeless testament to the American spirit.
Editorial : About the Author P.J. Edwards has a passion for forgotten human stories that have slipped through the cracks of Time. “Besieged” is the first in a series of bio-novellas exploring untold stories of famous people. Edwards’ writing weaves together elements from her life with research into unlikely topics: military history, Elizabethan torture, hagiography, mass fatalities training, singing for a pope, WW I Australian submarines, making a PBS Hispanic civil rights documentary, and much more. Edwards’ first createspace book was the historical fantasy novel, “Death’s Demonic Gates of Night.” Its modern Texas heroine pursues an evil priest of Seth, God of Chaos, to Ancient Egypt and Queen Victoria’s Empire. Unless he is stopped from passing through the 12 Gates of Night of the Ancient Egyptian Underworld, uncontrolled chaos will be unleashed through Time and Space. A playwright as well as a book author, Edwards’ creative life paraphrases
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The only reason I didn’t give it the full 5 stars was because I personally like when we hear both perspectives of our main characters. This book was a very good biography on Kenney and provided a lot of interesting background, anecdotes and legendary stories about the man and his artistic endeavors. Dr. Highly recommend it!!. Oh yeahCharles and Natalie make a couple of appearances.. By looking at scriptural perspectives on animals in the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament, church traditional perspectives (both catholic and protestant), examining disputed questions such as 'do animals have souls?' and 'what is the purpose of animal suffering?', and finally looking at ethical obligations to animals, this collection is a pioneering work that opens the door to further, more fruitful discussions in modern theology of the place of animals.
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