Author: William C. CrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Miles, 1884-1984
Author: William C. CrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The American Kennel Club, 1884-1984
Author: Charles A. T. O'NeillPublisher: Howell Books
ISBN:
Category : Dog shows
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Junior League Centennial Cookbook
Author: Association of Junior Leagues InternationalPublisher: Broadway
ISBN: 9780385477314
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
League Centennial Cookbook is sure to become an instant classic and an essential addition to the cookbook shelf.
The American Clinical and Climatological Association, 1884-1984
Author: Abner McGehee HarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
World's Fair
Author: Saving the Light at Chartres
Author: Victor A. PollakPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 081176897X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Built around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedral is one of the jewels of Western Civilization. How Chartres Cathedral and its priceless stained glass (today the largest such collection in one location) survived World War II’s widespread destruction of cultural monuments is one of the great stories of recent history. Saving the Light at Chartres begins half a decade before World War II, when a young French architect developed a plan to save the cathedral’s precious stained glass. As war engulfed Europe in the fall of 1939, master glass artisans dismantled the hundreds of windows, and soldiers, tradesmen, and laborers with local volunteers crated thousands of glass panels, stowed them in the crypt, and months later—just before German invaders reached Chartres—hauled them across the country to an underground quarry. This effort to save the stained glass is but a prologue. By August 1944, the U.S. Army had broken out of Normandy and was racing across France toward Paris and the Seine. Chartres became a key battleground. Allied bombing blew out the cathedral’s temporary window coverings, and when the Americans—assisted by French Resistance fighters—entered the city in the face of unexpectedly heavy defiance and snipers in the cathedral, many soldiers believed German artillery spotters were occupying the cathedral’s spires. When Colonel Welborn Griffith Jr.—a senior operations officer of Twentieth Corps in Patton’s Third Army—arrived, some were pressing to countermand the army’s standing order to avoid the cathedral and threatened to destroy it to neutralize the German spotters. Griffith was skeptical. He inspected the cathedral himself, climbed its towers, but found no Germans, so he rang the bell, waved an American flag, and ordered that the cathedral be spared, saving it from destruction. Griffith would be killed later that day. Victor Pollak tells both stories—the rescue of the windows and Colonel Griffith’s fateful role—in a compelling narrative. Saving the Light at Chartres honors the government and local teams who saved the windows, the Resistance that performed a vital role in the liberation of Chartres, Welborn Griffith, and the enduring treasure that is Chartres Cathedral.
Canadiana
Author: The Westchester Historian
Author: The New York Times Magazine
Author: Resorts of Berrien County
Author: Elaine Cotsirilos ThomopoulosPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738534077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
For over 125 years, Berrien County has beckoned visitors with its magnificent beaches, attractions, and events. During the early 20th century, some visitors to southwestern Michigan were upper-class industrialists, while others were working-class families belonging to close-knit ethnic communities. As the area developed into a resort haven, elaborate mansions shared the beach with the cottages of Irish, Czech, Swedish, Jewish, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Italian, and African-American communities. This book chronicles the early history of Berrien County's resort culture -- from the twinkling amusement parks of Silver Beach and the House of David and the marathon dances at Shadowland Pavilion to the mineral baths at the Whitcomb Hotel and the fruit orchards found throughout the "Heart of the Fruit Belt."