During his distinguished career, John L. Hill Jr. served as secretary of state, attorney general, and chief justice of the state supreme court—the only person to hold all three state offices.

The diary of John Hill Ferguson offers a day-by-day, on-the-ground view of what Sherman's March to Atlanta meant to the common soldier.

The Fourteenth Edition increases its focus on environmental and other relatable issues with revised green chemistry essays throughout and new Chemistry at Home experiments, both in the text and in MasteringChemistry.

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