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First published in 1973, this book explores the genre of melodrama. After discussing the defining characteristics of melodrama, the book examines the dramatic structures of the two major and contrasting emotions presented in melodrama: triumph and defeat. It concludes with a reflection on the ways in which elements of melodrama have appeared in protest theatre.

Apologizes for the delay in returning a paper signed by the mayor of Washington (Benjamin G. Orr). Attributes the delay to the difficulty of finding the mayor, who is involved in several business enterprises, including brickmaking.

The story of Whispers is a journey through the imagination of the reader. Whispers is the daughter of mother nature and father time sent on an adventure to see the world. As time moves and nature changes, the imagination will grow. Whispers meets pretty flower that has a problem and whispers must find a way to solve it.

Old homestead in Virginia, celebrations over the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, and his hope for the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Before the world knew Henry McCarty as Billy the Kid, he was a quick-witted and industrious boy living with his mother in the New Mexico Territory. Under his mother's loving guidance, he seemed destined for a conventional life as a law-abiding and well-respected man, a man who would make any mother proud. Fate intervened, however, and young Henry turned to the wrong side of the law, becoming one of history's most notorious outlaws. By the time of his death at age twenty-one, he was known throughout the world as a murderer and thief - the "devil's meat," as one newspaper described him. Catherine's Son is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of how Henry McCarty became Billy the Kid, a young outlaw portrayed by the press as the "terror and disgrace" of the New Mexico Territory.

Consists mainly of the papers of James R. Smith, principally pertaining to his superintendency of the South Carolina State Military Works in Greenville, S.C., during and after the Civil War, and his involvement in a family estate. Papers pertaining to the S.C. State Military Works include a letter (1863) from South Carolina Gov. Milledge L. Bonham appointing Smith superintendent; a letter (1866) from Gov. James L. Orr; and other correspondence (1865-1868) concerning the dispostion of the property of the State Military Works; aned an inventory of finished and unfinished arms and ammunition in the works (11 Apr. 1865) listing items such as wagon wheels, carbines, muskets, shells, bolts, and ammunition chests. Estate records (1856-1858) pertain to the estate of George S. Oglesby, of Lee County, Ga., and include a copy of his will, correspondence concerning payments to Mrs. Ihly, and trusteeship papers. Other items include a grant (1832) of forty acres in Cherokee County, Ga., to Ephraim Ihly; genealogical information on the Smith and Ihly families and related families; and the reminiscences (ca. 1940s) of James Don Smith, (son of James R. Smith and Elizabeth Ihly) about growing up in Charleston, S.C. during the war and Reconstruction ("the blue coats were trying hard to find father and I don't know why they never arrested him"), his work at the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company, and other experiences. Among James R. Smith's other papers are miscellaneous items including two letters (1847) to his wife, Jane E. Ihly Smith, one from her pastor in Savannah, Ga., commending her to the pastoral care of Dr. Bachman, and another from her father-in-law sending her a Bible on her wedding day and admonishing her on the sacredness and seriousness of marriage. Other miscellaneous papers of Smith include his apprenticeship agreement (1838) with Thomas Dotterer of Charleston, S.C., in the trade of "steam engine builder and finisher"; a partnership agreement (1858) between Smith and James O. Porter for a machinist and engineering business (Smith & Porter) in Charleston; and Smith's membership certificate (1854) in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.