During September 1902 one of America's foremost engineers and three companions made a 14-day horseback trip that covered 400 miles of mountainous mining regions of southwestern Colorado. Their tour carried them to many of the mines and settlements that are of historic importance today and of interest to, not only the tourist and historian, but also to the professional miner. 130 pages. View More...
On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. For two years, the 3,000 inhabitants of this prosperous frontier community had managed to escape the Civil War which raged in the East. At Quantrill's command, the horrors of that war were brought directly into their homes. The attack began at dawn. When it was over, more than 150 townsmen were dead and most of the settlement burned to the ground.In Bloody Dawn, Thomas Goodrich considers why this remote settlement was signaled out to receive such brutal treatment. He also d... View More...
This slender volume presents documented biographical sketches on over 400 Bolton soldiers and sailors. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname and typically include: given name; military service; date and place of birth, names of parents; date of marriage and name of spouse (with additional information as available); date and place of death; names of children with dates of birth, baptism and death (as available); and reference. Some entries contain a "Note" which provides additional information. A cross-index "covers all names which do not appear in the correct alphabetical order, inclu... View More...
720 pages, including index. This is one of 400 copies. In this compilation we have striven to indicate clearly when a relationship was assumed with no verification by family or other records. In some cases an assumed relationship has been shown so that the relative position of family groups will be maintained according to generations. View More...
What an interesting book to read as Christmas approaches to learn about 400 years of celebrating Christmas in Texas.The author looks at how various ethnic groups celebrated Christmas in the Lone Star state with music, food--includes some recipes-- decorations, religious observances, etc. For example, in the 1800s German immigrant brought artificial trees made of dyed green feathers; the British brought kissing under the mistletoe; and the Norwegians brought the tradition of "Shooting in Christmas." 188 pages. REDUCED SHIPPING MEDIA MAIL View More...
This work is a consolidation of all the articles published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Committee on English and Foreign Research in the pages of its journal, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Treating the immigrant origins of perhaps 1,000 or more families, 200 or so in the most thoroughly documented monographs ever published, these articles are now among the most sought after of the many thousands of Register articles. Almost all living Americans with colonial Yankee forebears descend from several of the 1,000 immigrants and from one or more of the 2... View More...
All three volumes of books are included. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the oldest continuously published genealogical journal in the Anglo-American world. For 136 years, since January 1847, and under twenty-one editors, the 400-pls annual pages of the Register have constituted the major official publication of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, MA. The articles fall moreover, into four categories: (1) compiled genealogies, usually treating the agnate or male-line descendants of a single immigrant, often for five generations, and since Volume 24 ... View More...
Free Shipping media mail. The New York World had a curious history. Philadelphia journalist Alexander Cummings launched the paper on June 14, 1860. A year later, Cummings absorbed the old Courier and Enquirer, one of the city's oldest newspapers. Cummings, a Republican, then sold the World to a group of Democratic financiers that included banker August Belmont and New York City mayor Fernando Wood. During the Civil War, the World was an outspoken critic of the Lincoln administration. In May 1864 General John Dix, provost marshall for New York, acting under orders from the White House, suspend... View More...
This 400-page book includes the names of about 23,000 Union veterans who were members of the Indiana department of the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grand Army of the Republic organization was formed in 1866 in Illinois. Other states followed. At its peak, the national membership reached 409,489 in 1890. Indiana peaked in 1889 with 25,173 members. Indiana published the first death roll in 1883 in its annual report. Information for the death roll was submitted by local chapters, known as posts, about veteran members who had died during the year. Information gathered included veteran's name, r... View More...
400 pages, including index, free shipping media mail. "One Riot, One Ranger." A single Ranger could quell an incipient riot. Rangers and Texans alike reveled in the image of the stalwart, fearless lawman facing down and anger mob. View More...
For more than 400 years, trade has flourished in and brought immigrants to what is now known as Manhattan, New York City’s iconic borough. First under Dutch rule and then British until 1783, it drew people from throughout Europe and imported slaves from Africa. Over time, millions of immigrants from throughout the world would settle in New York City or travel beyond its borders to put down roots across the United States. Dating from the seventieth century, Long Island and Westchester County were primarily rural communities originally settled by the Dutch and later the English along with slaves... View More...
Most history books tell stories about campaigns and start and finish one campaign before going onto another, this makes the story telling coherent and understandable. But in reality, many campaigns were going on at the same time and how they related to each other was important and this book helps fill that gap.
215 pages. Eleven Generations from Moravia to Pennsylvania. Quotes, from the author, "I feel the most interesting parts of this book concerns my ancestors Czechoslovakia and their lives later when they came to Pennsylvania during colonial times" View More...
The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures.
World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long, notable improvements in weaponry and equipment and the first example of tanks being used in battle. This book examines the day-to-day lives of the British Tommy, the German Stormtrooper, the French Poilu and the American Doughboy as they fought and died in the trenches, with details of their recruitment and training and vivid descriptions of combat on the Western Front. It also provides an extensive reassessment of trench warfare,... View More...
Military Prisons of the Civil War, prison policy, authoritatively demolishing encrusted myths, Union and Confederate, that have long heavily influenced the prison story. @ View More...
This book really opened my eyes. Having been born and raised in America, we always used to ridicule Britain's "class consciousness" when, in fact, class is just as important in America and social mobility just as limited. This book should be mandatory reading as it exposes many of our national myths to be just that...myths.
