Author: Louise Daniel HutchinsonPublisher:
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Category : Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Anacostia Story, 1608-1930
Author: Louise Daniel HutchinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
River of Redemption
Author: Krista SchlyerPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623496926
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Incorporating seven years of photography and research, Krista Schlyer portrays life along the Anacostia River, a Washington, DC, waterway rich in history and biodiversity that has nonetheless lingered for years in obscurity and neglect in our nation’s capital. River of Redemption offers an experience of the river that reveals its eons of natural history, centuries of destruction, and decades of restoration efforts. The story of the Anacostia echoes the story of rivers across America. Inspired by Aldo Leopold’s classic book, A Sand County Almanac, Krista Schlyer evokes a consciousness of time and place, taking readers through the seasons in the watershed as well as through the river’s complex history and ecology. As with rivers nationwide, the ways we’ve changed the Anacostia affect the people and wildlife that inhabit its shores, from the headwaters in Maryland, past its confluence with the Potomac River, and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. Centuries of abuse at the hands of people who have altered the landscape and mistreated the waterway have transformed it into a polluted, toxic soup unfit for swimming or fishing. The forgotten river is both a reminder of the worst humanity can do to the natural landscape and a wellspring of memory that offers a roadmap back to health and well-being for watershed residents, human and non-human alike. Blending stunning photography with informative and poignant text, River of Redemption offers the opportunity to reinvent our role in urban ecology and to redeem our relationship with this national river and watersheds nationwide.
Anacostia River and Tributaries Integrated Feasibility Report, Prince George's County, Montgomery County [MD,DC]
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Author: Water Quality of the Anacostia River, Washington, DC
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Anacostia River, Construction and Operation of Proposed Stadium
Author: Anacostia River and Tributaries, District of Columbia and Maryland
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)Publisher:
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Category : Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Barry Farm-Hillsdale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community
Author: Alcione M. AmosPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467147699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Barry Farm-Hillsdale was created under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867 in what was then the outskirts of the nation's capital. Residents built churches and schools, and the community became successful. In the 1940s, youth from the community courageously desegregated the Anacostia Pool, and the Barry Farm Dwellings was built to house war workers. In the 1950s, community parents joined the fight to desegregate schools in Washington, D.C., as local leaders fought off plans to redevelop the area. Both the women and the youth of Barry Farm Dwellings, then public housing, were at the forefront of the fight to improve their lives and those of their neighbors in the 1960s, but community identity was being subsumed into the larger Anacostia neighborhood. Curator and historian Alcione M. Amos tells these little-remembered stories--back covers.
The Anacostia Diaries: The Rants of a Madman
Author: Francwa SimsPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365792951
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Barry Farm-Hillsdale in Anacostia
Author: Alcione M. AmosPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439671869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Barry Farm-Hillsdale was created under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867 in what was then the outskirts of the nation's capital. Residents built churches and schools, and the community became successful. In the 1940s, youth from the community courageously desegregated the Anacostia Pool, and Barry Farm Dwellings was built to house war workers. In the 1950s, community parents joined the fight to desegregate schools in Washington, D.C., as local leaders fought off plans to redevelop the area. Both the women and the youth of Barry Farm Dwellings, then public housing, were at the forefront of the fight to improve their lives and those of their neighbors in the 1960s, but community identity was being subsumed into the larger Anacostia neighborhood. Curator and historian Alcione M. Amos tells these little-remembered stories.
Flood-control Project for Northwest Branch, Anacostia River, District of Columbia and Maryland
Author: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description