188 pages, including index. # 332 of 500. The marriages which appear in this book were originally written in both French and Latin. In transcribing from the copies of the original documents, given and surnames were copied exactly as they appeared. The researcher will also note that place names have also even copied exactly as they appeared. As a result, variant spellings will appear in the book, perhaps within one act. View More...
A collection of gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; includes black and white photographs. 230 pages.
Names include: Brinard, Demmy, Graybill, Lefever, Shelley, Wenger View More...
This book is a reprint of an extremely scarce, out-of-print 1931 edition, with added section of rare photographs of frontiersmen with whom Captain Thomas H. Rynning came in conflict. Capt. Rynning was without a doubt one of the most colorful and exciting personalities of the American West. His life-story, as told to Al Cohn and Joe Chisholm, is as fascinating a tale as ever came out of the Frontier era; an era in which run-of-the-mill heroes stood little chance. He was a cowboy, an Indian fighter, an officer in the Roosevelt Rough Riders, penitentiary warden and captain of the Arizona Rangers.... View More...
This book documents for the first time previously hidden Japanese atrocities in World War II, including cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments.The author describes how desperate Japanese soldiers consumed the flesh of their own comrades killed in fighting as well as that of Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians. Another chapter traces the fate of 65 shipwrecked Australian nurses and British soldiers who were shot or stabbed to death by Japanese soldiers.Index. 267 p. &... View More...
332 pages, including index. A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement set Fort Worth on a course that would shape its economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. The Union Stock Yards Company obtained a charter to do business in an area just north of town. The legacy, of that charter was Cowtown. View More...
A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement changed the course of Fort Worth's economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. On July 26, 1887, the Union Stock Yards Company received a charter to do business in an area just north of town. The legacy of that charter: Cowtown.
J'Nell L. Pate has spent ten years researching the Fort Worth market, with full access to company records and local archives. The result is a thorough, thoughtful, and colorful examination of the industry and its effects on this city.
The early years of the stockyards were years of struggle for local ... View More...
John R. Swanton's Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians is a classic reference on the Caddos. In this volume he presents the history and culture of the Caddos according to the principal French, Spanish, and English sources.The first half of the book is devoted to an extensive history of the Caddos, from De Soto's encounters in 1521 to the Caddos' involvement in the Ghost Dance Religion of 1890. The second half discusses Caddo culture, including origin legends and religious beliefs, material culture, social relations, government, warfare, leisure, and trade. For this... View More...
332 pages, This genealogical trail can be a tortuous one that leads the explorer a merry dance through government offices, archives, libraries and newspaper files. View More...
When the author learned his great grandfather had spent time in Sing Sing, he set out to learn more, including what crimes his ancestor had committed. Along the way, he decided to research all the Jews who had spent time in the notorious prison, located "up the river" from Manhattan. Between 1880 and 1950, thousands of Jews were imprisoned. Undeterred, the author researched the famous gangsters as well as those in Sing Sing for lesser crimes. The 350 page book with index is a fascinating read about inmates and the prison's history. View More...
