Author: Simon Goodell Griffin
Publisher:
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Category : Keene (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 920

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Author: Illinois State Historical Library
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Author: Lawrence C. Wroth
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486282947
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Beautifully illustrated study explores every aspect of the American printer and his craft from 1639 to 1800.

Author: Illinois State Historical Society
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Alan F. Rumrill
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467152641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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The Monadnock Region has been referred to as New Hampshire's "forgotten corner." It is a quiet region known for its historic New England villages and beautiful natural landscape. Overlooked tales from the past prove that this has not always been a quiet place, however. Mark Twain, Amelia Earhart, robber baron Jubilee Jim Fisk, infamous actress May Yohe, and miser Hetty Green, the richest woman in the United States, all spent time in the quiet corner. Noteworthy inventors, outspoken women, military heroes, nationally prominent businessmen, and dastardly criminals all called the region home. Local historian and author Alan F. Rumrill has compiled stories that reveal a region defined by its Yankee character - and filled with Yankee characters.

Author: John Oller
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Had People magazine been around during the Civil War and after, Kate Chase would have made its “Most Beautiful” and “Most Intriguing” lists every year. Kate Chase, the charismatic daughter of Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary, enjoyed unprecedented political power for a woman. As her widowed father's hostess, she set up a rival “court” against Mary Lincoln in hopes of making her father president and herself his First Lady. To facilitate that goal, she married one of the richest men in the country, the handsome “boy governor” of Rhode Island, in the social event of the Civil War. But when William Sprague turned out to be less of a prince as a husband, she found comfort in the arms of a powerful married senator. The ensuing scandal ended her virtual royalty, leaving her a social outcast who died in poverty. Yet in her final years she would find both greater authenticity and the inner peace that had always eluded her. Set against the seductive allure of the Civil War and Gilded Age, Kate Chase Sprague's dramatic story is one of ambition and tragedy involving some of the most famous personalities in American history. In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, drawing on much unpublished material, John Oller captures the tumultuous and passionate life of a woman who was a century ahead of her time.

Author: Simon Goodell Griffin
Publisher:
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Category : Keene (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 792

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Author: Illinois State Historical Library
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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Author: Simon Goodell Griffin
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298843678
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918

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