Versuch einer Lebensbeschreibung des Magister Ludi Josef Knecht samt Knechts hinterlassenen Schriften Mit einem Anhang zur Aktualität von Hesses Alterswerk

Discover the man behind everyone's favorite call to action, "Full speed ahead!" in this inspiring and engaging biography about the first Admiral of the United States Navy, David Glasgow Farragut.At the age of nine, David Glasgow Farragut was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy by President James Madison. It was the start of a celebrated career. Farragut sailed aboard ships along the Delaware River, in the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean, even rounding the tip of South America, all while rising through the naval ranks from midshipman to admiral. When the Civil War began, Captain Farragut dedicated his life to protecting the United States as it was being torn in two. When President Lincoln asked him to capture New Orleans, the city Farragut once called home, and later to take Mobile Bay, the officer had only one order for his fleet: Full speed ahead! Noted nonfiction writer Louise Borden's in-depth research uncovers a man dedicated to his country -- a man who earned the title of America's first admiral.

Discover the man behind everyone's favorite call to action, "Full speed ahead!" in this inspiring and engaging biography about the first Admiral of the United States Navy, David Glasgow Farragut.At the age of nine, David Glasgow Farragut was appointed a midshipman in the US Navy by President James Madison. It was the start of a celebrated career. Farragut sailed aboard ships along the Delaware River, in the Caribbean, and across the Atlantic Ocean, even rounding the tip of South America, all while rising through the naval ranks from midshipman to admiral. When the Civil War began, Captain Farragut dedicated his life to protecting the United States as it was being torn in two. When President Lincoln asked him to capture New Orleans, the city Farragut once called home, and later to take Mobile Bay, the officer had only one order for his fleet: Full speed ahead! Noted nonfiction writer Louise Borden's in-depth research uncovers a man dedicated to his country -- a man who earned the title of America's first admiral.

Der Beginn des Freiheitskampfes der Niederlande gegen die spanische Herrschaft im 16. Jahrhundert bildet den geschichtlichen Hintergrund von Johann Wolfgang Goethes 'Egmont', ein "Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen". Aufgrund seiner langen Entstehungszeit (Beginn der Arbeit 1774, Uraufführung 1789) enthält das "lang vertrödelte Stück" (Goethe) Elemente aus verschiedenen Schaffensperioden Goethes: vom Sturm und Drang bis zur frühen Klassik. Graf Egmont, einer der drei niederländischen Statthalter, erscheint mit seiner großherzigen, milden und vertrauenserweckenden Art als der geborene Volksführer und bildet den Gegenpol zum spanischen Herzog von Alba, der den Gesetzen der Staatsautorität folgt. Mit einer List führt er den aufgeklärten Adligen Egmont mit seinem unbändigen Freiheitswillen, seinem Idealismus und seinen Visionen ins Verderben. (Amazon)