India mon amour

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.

A 2014 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that 8.7 million youths ages twelve to twenty reported drinking alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the previous month. Those who start drinking before age fifteen are five times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than those who begin at twenty-one. This resource shows young people how to help a friend who is abusing alcohol. It arms them with facts about alcohol, how it affects the teen mind and body, how to look for signs of a problem, and how to bring others on board to help.

Este libro comenta la poesía temprana de Emily Dickinson a través de un estudio de los 22 poemas que constituyen su primer cuadernillo, todos escritos antes de 1859. Se comienza con un breve resumen del complejísimo proceso de publicación de la obra dickinsoniana. Después, se explica qué son los cuadernillos y cómo los trataron varios de los primeros editores. A continuación, se ofrece una lectura crítica del primer cuadernillo que se centra en la transformación de la fe cristiana de la joven poeta, y se finaliza con una edición bilingüe del mismo con notas críticas sobre cada...