Author: John Paul Rhinehart Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1365790584 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 204
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This is Part I of a two-part work concerning the family of Benjamin D. Asberry (1822-1902), an descendant of Henry (1630-1682) and Martha Durrant Asbury (1650-1709) of Maryland and Virginia. Part II concerns the Cobb, Pope and Ball families of Harlan County, Kentucky.
Author: John Rhinehart Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1794886346 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 518
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The book traces the progenitors of the Harlan County, Kentucky, Cobb, Pope, and Ball families from their known North American origins in colonial Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina to their eventual settlement in eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, and southeastern Kentucky. Substantial national, state, and local history is included in the narrative for the purpose of setting the people discussed in the context of their times. Issues such as the Methodist Church and the slavery issue, and Kentucky and the secession crisis are considered, as is Harlan County and the Civil War. Much attention is given to Harlan County's political history, from its Democratic-Whig beginnings to the Radical Republicanism of the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877. The narrative ends about 1900. Roughly 100 of the 500 pages of the book are exhibits.
Author: Adrian Cook Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813162556 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 336
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In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval.
Author: Charles J. Rzepka Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119675774 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 648
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A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography
Author: Larry Eskridge Publisher: OUP USA ISBN: 0195326458 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 401
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The Jesus People were an unlikely combination of evangelical Christianity and the hippie counterculture. God's Forever Family is the first major examination of this phenomenon in over thirty years.
Author: Theo Paijmans Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press ISBN: 9781931882330 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 476
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Takes readers on a journey through the free-energy research underground and the secret traditions of Occult Technology, focusing on the inventions of John Worrell Keely, the world's free-energy pioneer.
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