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On Becoming a Bostonian
With an Exclusive Interview with Boston's Post Master of Macabre Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2006
This short story book is divided into two parts: the first and longer part of which is about growing up in the baby-boomer generation and coming of age in the City of Boston; whilst the second part is about the city itself-its history, character, personality and nuances. Other than this division-chronological...
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies
Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
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A brief review of the history of Kentuckians may assist the reader to understand why they, a kind, hospitable people to the stranger, have so long borne the reputation of ready fighters who often kill upon the slightest provocation, and deserve that reputation...
Teach Me to Be Generous
The First Century of Regis High School in New York City
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Teach Me to Be Generous tells the remarkable story of Regis High School, the Jesuit school on New York’s Upper East Side that was founded in 1914 by an anonymous donor as a school for Catholic boys whose families could not otherwise afford a Catholic education. Enabled by the philanthropy of the...
Black Jack
John A. Logan and Southern Illinois in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
John A. Logan, called "Black Jack" by the men he led in Civil War battles from the Henry-Donelson campaign to Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and on to Atlanta, was one of the Union Army’s most colorful generals.
James Pickett Jones places Logan in his southern Illinois surroundings as...
Texas Monthly On . . .
Texas Women
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Since 1973, Texas Monthly has spotlighted hundreds of Texans who, for better or worse, make this state like no place else. TEXAS MONTHLY On . . . Texas Women profiles thirteen women who are not only fascinating in their own right, but also representative of the legions of women who have contributed...
America's First Olympics
The St. Louis Games of 1904
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s young, spirited, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the...
by Mary Duffee
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Mary Gordon Duffee's father, Matthew Duffee was born in Ireland and immigrated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1823. In Tuscaloosa he operated a popular tavern, and he later bought a resort hotel at Blount Springs. Mary Duffee was born in Alabama in 1840 and spent many summers with her family at the resort....
by Maud Wilder Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred and fifty miles from the mountains to the sea through the heart of a fertile country and which offers a natural highway for transportation of merchandise and...
The Longest Flight
Yuma's Quest for the Future: Sixty Years Later
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2009
It started as an innocent challenge and through sheer determination and pure tenacity, it developed into one of the greatest and most successful promotions ever conducted in the state of Arizona.
A Family of Women
The Carolina Petigrus in Peace and War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The often-stereotyped belles and matrons of the nineteenth-century South emerge as diverse personalities in this compelling account of three generations of women from a South Carolina family whose fate rose and fell with the fortunes of the state. Through vivid, interwoven life stories, the book offers...
by Stanford Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Contents for this 5th issue of Stanford Law Review (May 2012) include:
The City and the Private Right of Action
by Paul A. Diller
Securities Class Actions Against Foreign Issuers
by Merritt B. Fox
How Much Should Judges Be Paid? An Empirical Study on the Effect of Judicial Pay on the...
by Gregory L. Fox, Paul P. Kreisa, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region.
The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely...
by Collection
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America; occupying the extreme northwestern part of North America and the adjacent islands. In the dialect of the natives first encountered by the Russian explorers, the peninsula was called Al-áy-es-ka, the name having become changed through Alaksa...
by Ana Mardoll
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
On June 25, 2013, Texas Senator Wendy Davis filibustered for nearly twelve hours in order to block the passage of Senate Bill 5, a bill which would greatly impact access to reproductive healthcare in the state of Texas. Though her filibuster successfully blocked SB5, the bill was repackaged and passed...