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It is widely accepted that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation did not in of itself actually bring about the end to slavery in the US, so not only did the Haitian revolution put an end to slavery some 59 years in advance of even this comparatively limited event, but it also did so on the basis of human ideals that superseded even those of the French revolution Haiti's revolution had at its heart the notion of universality. Whilst today is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation it is also the anniversary of another historic event, although one that is little known by comparison, that actually saw the end to slavery, Haitian independence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. Novices and experienced ML practitioners will love the expert insights, practical techniques, and important theory for building neural networks. 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One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father’s life, the reasons he might have vanished. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. ![]() Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA TODAY, and TimeĪnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() Wood has taught at Harvard University, the College of William and Mary, the University of Michigan, Brown University, and in 1982–83 was Pitt Professor at Cambridge University. After serving in the United States Air Force in Japan, during which time he earned an AM at Harvard University, he entered the PhD program in history at Harvard, where he studied under Bernard Bailyn, receiving his PhD in 1964. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts University in 1955 and has served as a trustee there. Wood was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and grew up in Worcester and Waltham. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won a 1970 Bancroft Prize. ![]() He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). Gordon Stewart Wood (born November 27, 1933) is an American historian and professor at Brown University. ![]() |