William Morris
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The Story of the Glittering Plain', also known as the 'Land of Living Men' or 'Acre of the Undying' is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. The book concerns the quest of Hallblithe of the House of the Raven to rescue his fiancée the Hostage, who has been kidnapped by pirates, which...
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In his book, "In Defense of the Nation: Black Iowans at War", William chronicles the contributions and trials of black soldiers from the Civil War to the Persian Gulf War . In his unique storytelling style, Morris shares the personal accounts and heroic actions of Black soldiers, along with an impressive set of photographs and documentation. Morris says every soldier he interviewed said essentially the same thing; "We didn't fight for America as...
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The birth of liberation movements in the C19th saw a rise in fighting for the rights of workers.
William Morris believed decries the belief "not that Commerce was made for man, but that man was made for Commerce", with the profit motive that renders all work miserable when "It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which shall be worth doing, and be of itself pleasant to do; and which should be done under such conditions as would...