Author: Hamilton Wright MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Footprints of Four Centuries
Author: Hamilton Wright MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Footprints of Four Centuries
Author: Hamilton Wright MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Footprints of Four Centuries
Author: Hamilton W. MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
Footprints in New York
Author: James NeviusPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493008404
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
NYC tour guides and authors James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of 20 iconic New Yorkers—from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Hamilton, park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.—and use them to guide the reader through four centuries of the city’s story. Beginning with the oldest standing building in the city, , a 1652 farmhouse in Brooklyn, and journeying all the way to the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, the book follows in the footsteps of these iconic New Yorkers. The authors tell the stories of everyone from slave traders and long-forgotten politicians to the movers and shakers of Gilded Age society and the Greenwich Village folk scene. One part history and one part personal narrative, Footprints in New York creates a different way of looking at the past, exploring new connections and forgotten chapters in the story of America’s greatest metropolis. Visit www.footprintsinny.com for more.
Footprints of Four Centuries
Author: Hamilton W. MabiePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282431686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Excerpt from Footprints of Four Centuries: The Story of the American People; Comprising the Important Events, Episodes, and Incidents, Which Make Up the Marvelous Record From Columbus to the Present Time We talk a great deal about our power but we do not realize it we cannot realize it until we understand what it is which gives us power. We use a great many figures to convey an impression of our acreage and crops; but it is the farmer, the mechanic and the merchant who are the real capital of the country. Their character, energy, intelligence, thrift and practical sagacity constitute our real wealth the wealth which is not subject to the fluctuations of the market or the untimely conditions of the weather. This volume tells the story of material growth as fully and more comprehensively than most books but it tells also the story of America as it is written in the life, character and habits of the American man and woman. To know the American you must know his ancestry and how he came where he now is that record is made here with a broad completeness which brings out the immense variety and volume of race force and character behind the people on this continent. To know the American you must know what religious, social and political influences shaped and moulded the lives of his forefathers; those influences are all marked and traced here. To know the American of to-day you must know what experiences have befallen him on this Side the ocean, how he has fared and what he has accomplished; accordingly his history is fully spread out in these pages, and his explorations, settlements, wars, growth are told, not in detail but so as to cover the ground strongly and effectively. To know the American you must know what he is doing to-day; where his work is and how he does it; how he travels what inventions he uses what mechanical genius he displays what books he reads what church he attends what schools he maintains; what his pleasures are; and how he employs his wealth. This volume answers these questions. It is at once a history, a story, an encyclopaedia of national information, and a text - book of national character. It reports travels, describes settlements, gives account of wars, traces political ideas and growth, follows the lines of trade and of national prosperity, pictures what is going on in the Shop, the office, the church, the school, the mine, the garden, the grain field, the home. It supplies the historic background of American life, and against this background it spreads out that life in broad, clear lines of growth and activity. It is the story of America, but it is still more the story of the American. Well done or ill-done, it aims at nothing less than to Show the American as he lives and works on the continent which he has conquered by Sheer force of energy and intelligence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Topical History of the United States
Author: Hamilton Wright MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
A Topical History of the United States
Author: Hamilton Wright MabiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 851
Book Description
Footprints of Thunder
Author: James F. DavidPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429911204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past. Entire cities are replaced by primeval forests. Prehistoric monsters stalk modern city streets, hunting for human prey. While ordinary men and women struggle to survive in this strange new world, the president and his advisers search for a way to undo the catastrophe. But the solution may be more devastating than the dinosaurs.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Footprints on the Moon
Author: Alexandra SiyPublisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1570914087
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
On July 20, 1969, at 3:16 p.m., Commander Neil Armstrong brought the lunar module, Eagle , to a safe landing on the Moon. Millions of television viewers on Earth watched breathlessly as he then became the first man to set foot on the Moon. This amazing achievement was years, even centuries, in the making. The Moon and the heavens have intrigued mankind since ancient times. FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON chronicles the spirit and determination of visionaries from Galileo to John F. Kennedy, whose dream of reaching the Moon was finally and superbly realized through the efforts of the Apollo missions. With a compelling and thoroughly researched text, the great vision of the scientists, engineers, and astronauts who struggled to make the dream a reality is brought into sharp focus. The book brings to light great triumphs and tragedies. Readers will learn about the years of determination, experimentation, and risk that gave rise to many space explorations, including 17 Apollo missions. Today the Moon is less of a mystery than in ancient times, but it is still a wonder. Breathtaking photographs--many from NASA--portray the indescribable beauty of outer space, the Moon, and the wonder of mankind's inspiring vision.
Rebel Footprints
Author: David RosenbergPublisher: Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN: 9780745334103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A truly radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day trips, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in England’s capital. David Rosenberg transports readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, while telling the story of protest and struggle in London from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From the suffragettes to the socialists, from the chartists to the trade unionists: Rosenberg invites us to step into the footprints of a diverse cast of dedicated fighters for social justice. Individual chapters highlight particular struggles and their participants, from famous faces to lesser-known luminaries. Rosenberg sets London’s radical campaigners against the backdrop of the city’s multi-faceted development. Self-directed walks pair with narratives that seamlessly blend history, politics, and geography, while specially commissioned maps and illustrations immerse the reader in the story of the city. Whether you’re visiting London for the first time, or born and raised there, Rosenberg invites you to see London as you never have before--the radical center of the English-speaking world.