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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad As Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
; ...Underground Railroad As Told by Levi Coffin and William Still Edited by George...colossal collections, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880) and William Still's The...into a single compact volume. Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was a Quaker who operated...
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House was 'Grand Central' of the Underground Railroad Levi Coffin helped thousands of slaves from his Indiana home, now a top historical site.
; ...top national historic site, Levi Coffin served as a lead conductor...miles from Longtown. While Coffin manned the "free labor" store...years in Fountain City, the Coffins helped more than 2,000 slaves...Today, visitors tour the Coffin house, often called the "Grand...runaways could be ...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
; ...Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still. Edited by George...Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still commemorates...historically useful narratives. Levi Coffin, a Quaker, and William Still, a...
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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still.(Book Notes)(Brief article)(Book review)
; ...Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still. Edited by George...Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still commemorates...historically useful narratives. Levi Coffin, a Quaker, and William Still, a...
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 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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REVOLUTION GROUP TO HONOR PACIFIST; QUAKER WILLIAM COFFIN TREATED THE WOUNDED AND SICK DURING THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE AND OTHER SKIRMISHES.(TRIAD/STATE)
; ...weapons. William Coffin was the first of many Coffins to distinguish...His grandson, Levi Coffin, and his grand-neph...to the next. Levi Coffin served as president...Railroad. Vestal Coffin's son, Addison...in the 1820s, Levi, Vestal, Addison...
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Irish, Coffin
; WELD - The wedding of Shannon Rose Irish and Tristan E. Coffin was held at 2 p.m., Sept. 1, by Webb Lake at the Kawanhee Inn in Weld. Gary Dyke officiated at the ceremony. Mrs. Coffin is the daughter of James and Terri Irish of Carthage. Mr. Coffin is the son of Gary and Elizabeth Coffin of Mexico. ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Classic case of public interest; Virgil: His Life And Times. By Peter Levi (Duckworth, pounds 25). The Emperor Constantine. By Michael Grant (Phoenix, pounds 12.99). The Lydian Baker. By David Wishart (Sceptre, pounds 16.99). Sejanus. By David Wishart (Sceptre, pounds 6.99). Reviewed b y Stephen Harrison.
; ...seen as another nail in the coffin of the Classics - and from an...deserve commendation for Peter Levi's slimmish (248pp) but elegant...selvidently a labour of love from Levi, a classicist of impeccable...Given such a paucity of fact, Levi, a poet in his own right, delves...
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Pauline gets a bit of a lift; ARTIST ON THE UP AFTER SHE'S CARTED OFF IN A COFFIN
; ...bit surreal when you are begging celebrities to carry your coffin. But Pauline Goldsmith, whose one woman play Bright Colours...set at a wake, and at one point, Pauline is carried out in a coffin. The play, which she says she "cobbled together about a fortnight...highlights include a powerful new work based on ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Photos of coffins bring out mixed feelings in Minnesota; For 13 years, news organizations have been prohibited from photographing caskets coming home.(NEWS)
; ...against the depiction of flag-draped coffins from Iraq, one need only hear the conflicted...saw the televised image of rows of coffins Friday and immediately recalled a good...Gordon Angell Jr. of Cloquet, whose son Levi was killed in Iraq earlier this month...debate over whether Americans should see ...
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David Blaine Death-dealer He has already spent a week in a glass coffin, 64 hours in a block of ice and fasted for 44 days in a box in London. For his next trick, he'll live on two burning high wires in Central Park for three days, followed by a mysterious 'Dive of Death'. Is there anything this seemingly fearless magician is afraid of? Yes, actually ...
; ...he points out, of 'Buried Alive' (in 1999, a week in a glass coffin underground); 'Frozen in Time' (2000, almost 64 hours encased...Machiavelli on his lower abdomen (and Jesus on his back, Primo Levi's prisoner number from Auschwitz on one arm, and 10 more images...
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