Listen To The Children

by Robert John Irvine

2013 · Page Publishing Inc

Listen to the Children is a gripping story of ministry and outreach tangling with global politics and greed. From the sleepy town of Cumberland, Maryland, to the savannah of Africa, a righteous group has formed around the task of feeding the hungry in a war-torn country against decided odds. John Pearson Jr. is charismatic leader of the outreach ministries that bring together a group that includes Ruth, the soft-spoken advocate for righteousness, Cal, her intrepid pilot husband who maintains a steady source of supplies to the starving people, Marilyn, a reporter whose ministry is getting the word out to Ava, her editor back in Maryland. Through it all, the two very different strangers make themselves known--one with warm, strong, and rough hands and a surprisingly gentle grip and one who evokes an entirely different response do battle over the hearts and mind of this band of twelve. As Ruth tells The Team, “…the last time twelve people set out to change the world, they did a pretty fair job!”

The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton

by Douglas Ambrose, Robert W. T. Martin

2006 · NYU Press

This anthology presents a variety of scholarly perspectives on the nation's most enigmatic Founding Father. Revolutionary War officer, co-author of the Federalist Papers, our first Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson's nemesis, and victim of a fatal duel with Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton's legacy is complex, multifaceted, and difficult to pin down. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. On the other hand, he has received far less popular and scholarly attention than his brethren. Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? A victim of partisan politics or one of its most active promoters? A lackey for British interests or a foreign policy mastermind? The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton addresses these and other perennial questions. Leading Hamilton scholars, both historians and political scientists alike, present fresh evidence and new, sometimes competing, interpretations of the man, his thought, and the legacy he has had on America and the world.