10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNKERS»
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hunkers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hunkers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian ...
They recognized that the Hunkers and Barnburners were deeply split over
provisions of the new constitution and over control of the state Democratic
machine. They had previously cooperated with the Barnburners to call the
constitutional ...
2
Ideals and Politics: New York Intellectuals and Liberal ...
Between 1844 and 1846 the Barnburners had been able to gain the upper hand
in their intraparty conflict with the Hunkers, but their victory was short lived. In
1846 Governor Wright was defeated for re-election by a Whig, a disaster that
Bryant ...
3
The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
1843 in DAE: Let the "Hunkers" and "Barn-burners" contend. 1849 Bartlett in
Amer. (ed. 2) 208: He is now the leader of the hunkers of Missouri. 1853 P.H.
Myers Emigrant Squire 10: There are the Hunkers and the Barnburners. 1863
R.G. ...
4
From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
1886 Lyttle Ballycuddy 19 Sit doon on yer hunkers if yer tired, or else awa hame.
1923 Lutton Montiaghisms 26 'Sitting on your hunkers' is to sit in a squatting
position. 1990 Todd Words Apart 96 When we were in school we had to sit on our
...
5
The Bowery Boys: Street Corner Radicals and the Politics of ...
They put Zachary Taylor in the White House and defeated the entire Tammany
slate for Congress. Hunkers were dismayed that the Barnburners would sacrifice
victory at the polls for free soil. "We find some men whose democracy is worn with
...
6
The Affair of the Veiled Murderess: An Antebellum Scandal ...
At the Democrats' national convention in June 1852 and again at their New York
State convention in September, numbers of Hunkers—importantly former New
York Governor (1833–1837) William Marcy and future New York Governor
Horatio ...
Jeanne Winston Adler, 2011
7
Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America
Both major parties were divided into two major mutually antagonistic factions: the
Seward and Fillmore factions among the Whigs and the Barnburners or Radicals
and the Hunkers or Conservatives among the Democrats. The Barnburners ...
8
A Political History of the State of New York volume 2
In 1847 the Barnburners had seceded from the Hunkers; in 1853 the Hunkers
seceded from the Barnburners. For six years the Barnburners had played bold
politics. After defeating the Democratic ticket in 1847 and the state and national ...
DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
9
The Laird of Logan; Or, Wit of the West: Being a Collection ...
BAILIE HUNKERS AND THE BEAR. (From the same.} ONE day, while the Bailie
in his official costume, was picking his steps through one of the dirtiest parts of
the town, known by the name of the Stinking Vcnnal, his progress, when near the
...
John Donald Carrick, 1835
These widened fairways allowed golfers to play around intimidating hunkers
rather than over them, although the safer routes were longer. Nevertheless, until
the 1920s the predominant placement of hunkers in North America was penal,
with ...
Robert Muir Graves, Geoffrey S. Cornish, 1998
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNKERS»
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hunkers is used in the context of the following news items.
Local artist Cynthia Knox finds success with pencils - Your Clifton Park
Like other artists, she has a studio where the she hunkers down to complete her paintings, a sacred space that evokes passion and innovation ... «Your Clifton Park, Jul 15»
Live Stream || Obama Press Conference on Iran – July 15, 2015 …
This is the weird thing about Obama's “negotiating” tactics”: When he's negotiating with the Republicans in Congress he hunkers down and ... «White House Dossier, Jul 15»
House of the week: Artist makes her home in a Raglan barn
The corrugated iron barn sits atop a steel frame that hunkers three metres down into concrete foundations (the beachside site, on the west ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle - The New Yorker
Geology, as even geologists will tell you, is not normally the sexiest of disciplines; it hunkers down with earthly stuff while the glory accrues to ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
Bear Grylls runs wild with two famous Kates
The crew leaves at night, and Grylls hunkers down with the celebrity. "That's the special bit," he says. "We do a little nighttime diary cam and go ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Banking on cuts
Traditionally, big business hunkers down in an election year because they're waiting for the new government to settle in. And the Nawaz ... «The News on Sunday, Jul 15»
Christie country
On an isolated promontory above the River Dart, a Georgian mansion hunkers down amid woods and gardens. Tucked well away from any ... «MyStatesman.com, Jul 15»
'Blood Brothers', by Ernst Haffner
All night he hunkers over an axle, wrapped up against the bitter cold, wearing hood and gloves to protect him from flying stones and the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
It's Pink Flamingo weekend in De Pere
The 32nd annual event hunkers down in Legion Park in De Pere from Friday through Sunday for three days of ball (all the slots for teams are ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak #1
In the ruins of his mansion, Colin King hunkers down as the last living member of Unity after the Third Armor Hunt – or so he thinks. A visit from ... «Comic Book Resources, Jul 15»
