Only folk stories remain about C. Blair, an early rancher, who built the fort in ; however, accounts reveal that his ranch had been previously victimized by marauding Comanches and Tonkawas, the presumed reason for the installation's existence. Between and the Indians were unusually active along the frontier; although their main objective was to steal horses, they killed and burned residences on the slightest provocation.
Settlers were forced to come together for mutual protection, and forted ranches were established. A new two-story schoolhouse was built a few years later; it was also used for Baptist, Methodist and Church of Christ services. By Blair had telephone service and two general stores, a grocer, and a population of fifty. The population declined to twenty-five in the s, and the post office closed in Blair's fortunes picked up in the s, and its population had increased to by , when it also had two churches, a school, and eight businesses.
The school consolidated with the Merkel system in , and by the s the population was once again estimated at about fifty. From through Blair had an estimated twenty-five inhabitants. A composition teacher with more than 35 years experience teaching writing, Toby Fulwiler highlights the need for writers to gain confidence in their voices and ideas as well as to practice in a variety of formats and conventions.
A practicing journalist with more than 25 years of experience writing and editing for newpapers, Alan Hayakawa understands the importance of conventional correctness and appreciates the way different writing situations and new technologies demand different approaches. For this reason, The Blair Handbook devotes time to both the whys and the hows of good writing. Students who know how to analyze and address individual rhetorical situations are more likely to succeed both across the curriculum and in the world beyond college.
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Blair Handbook, The, 5th Edition. Hayakawa, The Patriot News, Harrisburg. If You're an Educator Download instructor resources Additional order info. Reviews Joanne E. Preface Preface is available for download in PDF format. What are the goals for this course?
The Blair Handbook gives help where you expect it and in a way that is easy to find. Includes visual images throughout to illustrate the effective use of visual design. Emphasizes grammatical and mechanical processes in everyday language and helps readers identify, analyze, and resolve confusing language problems. Special attention is given to understanding and avoiding plagiarism. New to This Edition. Includes visual images througout, including every Part and Chapter Opener, to illustrate the effective use of visual design.
Because of the ever-increasing ease of copying material from electronic souces, we expanded the discussion of plagiarism in both intentional and unintentional forms.
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