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    Gordon Parks: The Atmosphere of Crime, 1957

    When Life magazine asked Gordon Parks to illustrate a recurring series of articles on crime in the United States in 1957, he had already been a staff photographer for nearly…

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    Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944

    Gordon Parks

    In January 1944, during the height of World War II, Gordon Parks photographed Herklas Brown-the owner of the general store and Esso gas station in Somerville, Maine. Parks traveled to…

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    Gordon Parks: American Gothic

    I took [Watson] into this woman's office and there was the American flag, and I stood her up with her mop hanging down, with the American flag hanging down, Grant…

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    Gordon Parks: Born Black

    'I came to each story with a strong sense of involvement, finding it difficult to screen out my own memories of a scarred past. But I tried for truth, the…

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    Alley Pond Park

    Zachary T Gordon

    Seth Matthews was sixteen when his older brother Jonah sped away on his motorcycle and never returned. Seth blames himself. He yearns to be a good person but neither success…

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    Gordon Parks

    Paul Roth

    Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a pioneering figure in 20th-century photography. As well as being the first African-American photographer to join the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and to become a staff…

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    Gordon Parks: Muhammad Ali

    Gordon Parks

    With fantastic previously unseen images, this book represents a collaboration between two heroes of Black American culture. In 1966 Life magazine assigned famed photographer Parks to cover Muhammad Ali, the…

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    Hungry Heart: A Memoir

    Gordon Parks, Jr

    A legendary American photographer, composer, filmmaker, and author of both fiction and nonfiction reflects upon his amazing achievements, both personal and professional.

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    Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument

    Russell Lord,Russell Lord,Susan M. Taylor

    In 1948, Gordon Parks began his professional relationship with Life magazine that would last twenty-two years. For his first project, he proposed a series of pictures about the gang wars…

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    Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story

    Gordon Parks,Paul Roth,Amanda Maddox

    This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in Life magazine in June 1961 as Poverty: Freedom’s Fearful Foe…

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    Gordon Parks: Segregation Story

    Gordon Parks

    Documents the everyday activities and rituals of one extended African American family living in the rural South under Jim Crow segregation.

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    Gordon Parks: The New Tide: Early Work 1940-1950

    Gordon Parks

    Focusing on new research and access to forgotten pictures, The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950 documents the importance of these years in shaping Gordon Parks’ passionate vision. The book brings…

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    Learning Tree

    Gordon Parks

    A Black youth in rural Kansas of the 1920’s must make a difficult decision after he witnesses a murder.

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    Choice of Weapons

    Gordon Parks

    Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was only 16 in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St Paul, Minnesota, after his mother’s death. This autobiography tells how Parks managed to escape the…

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    The Learning Tree

    Gordon Parks

    The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept–without malice–the bitter challenge of their special world. A fine novel…

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    Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967

    Gordon Parks

    Honours the legacy and the work of late iconic artist and photojournalist Gordon Parks, who would have turned 100 on November 30, 2012. This title features approximately eighty black and…

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    Sixties British Pop, Outside In

    Gordon Ross Thompson

    Itchycoo Park, 1964-1970--the second volume of Sixties British Pop, Outside In--explores how London songwriters, musicians, and production crews navigated the era's cultural upheavals by reimagining the pop-music envelope. As the…

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    Sixties British Pop, Outside In

    Gordon Ross Thompson

    Itchycoo Park, 1964-1970--the second volume of Sixties British Pop, Outside In--explores how London songwriters, musicians, and production crews navigated the era's cultural upheavals by reimagining the pop-music envelope. As the…

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    Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power

    Gordon Parks’ 1967 Life magazine essay Whip of Black Power is a nuanced profile of the young and controversial civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael. As chairman of the Student Nonviolent…

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    A Study Guide for Gordon Parks’s The Learning Tree

    Cengage Learning Gale

    A Study Guide for Gordon Parks’s The Learning Tree, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…

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    Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

    Michal Raz-Russo,Douglas Druick,Douglas Druick,Michal Raz-Russo

    By the mid-1940s, Gordon Parks was a successful photographer and Ralph Ellison began work on his acclaimed novel Invisible Man (1952). This publication focuses on Parks’ and Ellison’s collaboration on…

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    Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944-1946

    By 1944 Gordon Parks had established himself as a photographer who freely navigated the fields of press and commercial photography, with an unparalleled humanist perspective. That year, Roy Stryker-the former…

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    Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

    Carole Boston Weatherford

    Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work…

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    Gordon Parks Centennial: His Legacy at Wichita State University

    Prof. John S. Wright

    Explores the forms of vision Parks employed across various artistic media

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    Gordon Parks How The Photographer Captured Black and White America

    Carole Weatherford

    His white teacher tells her all-black class, You’ll all wind up porters and waiters. What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in…

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    Gordon Parks: I AM YOU: Selected Works, 1942-1978

    Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.,Feliz Hoffman,Feliz Hoffman

    Injustice, violence, the rise of the American civil rights movement, high fashion and the arts-Gordon Parks captured half a century of the vast changes to the American cultural landscape in…

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    Return to Gill Park

    Amy Gordon

    The Gorillas of Gill Park are back. Willy Wilson has inherited the park from its eccentric, millionaire owner, and is now living permanently in Gloria. However, vandals are attacking the…

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    The Artificial Anatomy of Parks

    Kat Gordon

    This is a story about the journey from love to loss and back again - exploring the complexities of life and of familial relationships.

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    The Gorillas of Gill Park

    Amy Gordon

    Willy Wilson spends an amazing summer with his eccentric Aunt Gloria and her unforgettable neighbors.

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    Ahistory of the Woodgates of Stonewall Park and of Summerhill in Kent, and their connections

    Gordon Woodgate

    Ahistory of the Woodgates of Stonewall Park and of Summerhill in Kent, and their connections This book, Ahistory of the Woodgates of Stonewall Park and of Summerhill in Kent, and…

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    Climber’s Guide to Glacier National Park

    J. Gordon Edwards

    Classic in mountaineering literature filled with technical descriptions and maps for this popluar area of Montana.

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    Botanical Survey of the Allegany State Park

    Robert Benson Gordon

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    Sir Harry Parkes: British Representative in Japan 1865-1883

    Gordon Daniels

    This is a study of Sir Harry Parkes, a British representative in Japan during the Meiji period. It is an account of a controversial and often misunderstood figure in the…

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    Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park’s Architect of Ultra Intelligence

    Joel Greenberg

    The untold story of one of Bletchley Park’s less-celebrated geniuses.

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    The Secret of Bowring Park

    Christine Gordon Manley

    Every child who has ever visited the Peter Pan statue in Bowring Park, St. John’s, swears it is magic. They know that the mice, squirrels, rabbits, and fairies are never…

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    The Baldpate Keys: A Description of the Famous Collection at Baldpate Inn, Estes Park, Colorado

    Gordon Mace

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    (A) History of the Woodgates of Stonewall Park and of Summerhill in Kent, and Their Connections

    Gordon Woodgate

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    The Photographer’s Guide to Glacier National Park: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

    Gordon Sullivan

    Detailed directions to the best photo opportunities in the region, by an experienced, world-class free-lance photographer.

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    Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront

    David L. A. Gordon

    Taking a practice-oriented approach, the book examines the role of planning and development agencies in implementing urban waterfront redevelopment. It focuses upon the experience of the central actor - the…

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    Battery Park City: Politics and Planning on the New York Waterfront

    David L. A. Gordon

    Taking a practice-oriented approach, the book examines the role of planning and development agencies in implementing urban waterfront redevelopment. It focuses upon the experience of the central actor - the…

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    Botanical Survey of the Allegany State Park

    Robert Benson Gordon

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    Goodwood its House Park and Grounds With a Catalogue Raisonne of the Pictures

    Charles Gordon- Lennox Hayley Mason

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    Goodwood its House Park and Grounds With a Catalogue Raisonne of the Pictures

    Charles Gordon- Lennox Hayley Mason

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    National Parks and Protected Areas: Keystones to Conservation and Sustainable Development

    Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Contributions of National Parks and Protected Areas to Heritage, Conservation, Tourism and Sustainable Development, held in Krakow, Poland, August 26-30, 1996

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