Richard Davis
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
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Description
The Northern Ute Indians, under the titular leadership of Ouray, had lived a secluded, bucolic existence in the Rocky Mountains until the discovery of gold and silver after the Civil Wr. Ensuing treaties shrank and fragmented their reservations and disrupted their nomadic lifestyle. The appointment of an idealistic and obdurate Indian agent named Nathan Meeker, steeped in the philosopy of Manifest Destiny, became the fuse for the explosive siege...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In Fielding's reinterpretation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, slightly overweight 30-something London single woman Bridget Jones (Zellweger) is goodhearted, insecure, bumbling, and desperate-to-be-attached. On New Year's Day Bridget resolves to cut down on alcohol, cigarettes, and sweets, lose 20 pounds, and find a man, all while recording her progress and thoughts in a journal. She soon catches the eye of Daniel Cleaver (Grant) and Mark Darcy...