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Undergraduate Library Blog
UGL Book Madness Bracket
The Undergraduate Library has taken inspiration from March Madness, and in the spirit of the tournament we’ve created a Book Madness bracket of some of our favorites published this year.
Fiction:
“An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones: “An American Marriage” is about family, love, and identity. It will captivate readers as it explores ideas about race and justice for an African American couple in the south.
“Girls Burn Brighter” by Shobha Rao: This novel spans from India to America, following the stories of two girls as they struggle against the expectations and circumstances of their lives. This book is a testament to the love found in true friendship as the girls-turned-women sacrifice and fight to find their way back to one another again.
Mystery:
“The Witch Elm” by Tana French: Tana French is one of the most well known current authors in the mystery/crime genre. With “The Witch Elm”, French delivers yet another chilling mystery for her readers to solve after a skull is found buried in a suitcase on an old family estate.
“The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton: In this unique taste on a murder mystery, you are invited to a masquerade ball set at the country estate of the Hardcastle family.
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by Mike Slate.
Probably recounted more often than any other Indian attack in Tennessee history1, the heroic Battle of Buchanan’s Station occurred on the moonlit night of September 30, A confederacy of about Creeks, Chickamauga Cherokees, and Shawnee2 surrounded Major John Buchanan’s Mill Creek stockade, intending to destroy it before advancing on Nashville and the other Cumberland settlements. A mere fifteen sharpshooters3 within the station turned back the onslaught by killing or wounding several notable Indian leaders without losing a single defender. Historian J.G.M. Ramsey called the victory “a feat of bravery which has scarcely been surpassed in all the annals of border warfare.”4
Informants Richard Finnelson and Joseph Deraque had warned the Cumberland settlers of the impending attack.5 In Knoxville territorial governor William Blount was similarly alerted by friendly Indians. Blount ordered Nashville’s James Robertson to raise militia and prepare, but he sent orders to stand down after no attack materialized. Robertson, more skeptical, remained vigilant and sent out scouts to hunt for marauders. Two of the scouts, Jonathan Gee and Seward Clayton, never returned and were later discovered to have been killed.6
Following a war conference that fueled thei
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Daughters of interpretation American Revolution
Nonprofit organization
This feature is request the women's organization. Endow with the Decided Wood spraying, see Daughters of Revolution.
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| Abbreviation | NSDAR or DAR |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 11, |
| Founders | Mary Smith Lockwood Mary Desha Ellen Hardin Walworth Eugenia Washington |
| Type | Non-profit, lineage company, service organization |
| Focus | Historic preservation, training, patriotism, territory service |
| Headquarters | Memorial Transcontinental Hall Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Membership | , |
President General | Pamela Rouse Wright |
Publication | American Monthly (–) American Spirit Magazine (–present) Daughters Magazine (–present) |
| Affiliations | Children custom the Inhabitant Revolution |
| Website | |
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