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national parks come to mind. These places are of course filled with beauty unmatched by any in the United States. However, one place rivals these two like no other; that would be Pall Mall in Northern Fentress County. Pall Mall is situated in the Wolf River Valley on the Kentucky-Tennessee Border. Pall Mall is town of just over a thousand people and embodies Southern small-town living to the best extent of any town in East Tennessee. This small-town atmosphere is what makes Pall Mall the most…

“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That 's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born” (Bennis). Warren Bennis’s quote really opened my eyes as to why I chose George Washington as the overall best president during the antebellum period. Prior to becoming president, Washington gained leadership experience from being Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, from…

steamboats , which could travel without wind or current , this invention played a huge part in one of America’s greatest creation at this time period , the Erie canal. The creation of the Erie canal created a route from the Atlantic ocean of the Hudson river to the great lakes of lake Erie, helping stimulate the economy of America and the state of New york, which Erie canal ran through, because of Erie canal , it shaped America’s network inside and outside its borders during the Industrial…

Everyone has had to grow up at one point or another in their lives. Growing up infers a physical change but more importantly, it is the maturing of one's mentality. In the fictional novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character Huck Finn goes through a series of events that matures him. Huck faces delimas that change his morals and eventually mature his mentaility. With the help of a run away slave named Jim; Huck ponders wether the social norms and predjudice beliefs…

Engineering Feat: Hoover Dam One of the largest dams in the world, the hoover dam provides hydroelectric power thanks to the Colorado River and forms Lake Mead. This dam was completed in 1935 and has the world’s largest reservoir of water. This dam is an engineering feat due to its ability to control the Colorado River’s flooding problem, contain such high quantities of water, and provides water and electricity to Los Angeles and Southern California. This project also resulted in a new kind of…

This quote shows Huck wanting to use the river to escape Pap and Miss Watson, “While we laid off after breakfast to sleep up, both of us being about wore out, I got to thinking that if I could fix up some way to keep Pap and the widow from trying to follow me, it would be a certainer thing than…

On April 30, in 1803 there was a land deal between the United States, and France; in which the United States representatives in Paris agreed to pay 15 million dollars acquiring approximately 827,000 square miles of land West of the Mississippi River. With this purchase the United States doubled in size and eventually purchased and owned 828,000,000 square miles of France. This land deal was known as the Louisiana Purchase. It was the single largest purchase of land ever acquired by the United…

nature or the pastoral. The pastoral setting is often depicted on pasture with sheep, a shepherd, and serenity, but the pastoral setting, in this novel, is instead portrayed as that natural, but the turmoil of the Mississippi River. Yes, the image of the Mississippi River contradicts with the original image of the pastoral, but it is a useful component of the novel in providing Huck and Jim a way of escape from society rules and ideology. The dilemma Huck faces with his friendship with Jim in…

slave named Jim travel the down the Mississippi River in search of the freedom they both desire. Huck is striving for freedom from the “sivilized” (Twain 1) world while Jim is wanting freedom from slavery. Racism and slavery are greatly portrayed in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. Jim was once a slave owned by Miss Watson but as he heard rumors of Huck’s…

The article, “Study Finds that Abuse Causes Children to Flee,” reviews a research project concerning adolescents who have been physically abused and the probability of their running away from violent situations. Dr. Ann W. Burgess, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, analyzes a large group of teenagers to identify reasons for running away. According to the investigation, “...physical and sexual abuse are important contributors...to chronic runaway behavior…” and…