Author: George BancroftPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Hon. George Bancroft's Oration
Author: George BancroftThe Life and Letters of George Bancroft
Author: Mark Antony De Wolfe HowePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. - Wikipedia.
Union
Author: Colin WoodardPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525560173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A Christian Science Monitor best book of 2020 "Relentlessly accessible. . . . This is that rare history that tells what influential thinkers failed to think, what famous writers left unwritten." --Jill Leovy, The American Scholar By the bestselling author of American Nations, the story of how the myth of U.S. national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth century--a myth that continues to affect us today Union tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States, one that could hold its rival regional cultures together and forge an American nationhood. On one hand, a small group of individuals--historians, political leaders, and novelists--fashioned and promoted the idea of America as nation that had a God-given mission to lead humanity toward freedom, equality, and self-government. But this emerging narrative was swiftly contested by another set of intellectuals and firebrands who argued that the United States was instead the homeland of the allegedly superior "Anglo-Saxon" race, upon whom divine and Darwinian favor shined. Colin Woodard tells the story of the genesis and epic confrontations between these visions of our nation's path and purpose through the lives of the key figures who created them, a cast of characters whose personal quirks and virtues, gifts and demons shaped the destiny of millions.
Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis ... Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, February 22, 1866
Author: John Angel James CRESWELLPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
An Oration Delivered at Malden, on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, May 23, 1849
Author: James Diman GreenPublisher:
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Category : Malden (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Illustrated Life, Services, Martyrdom, and Funeral of Abraham Lincoln ...
Author: David Brainerd WilliamsonPublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis
Author: John A. J. CreswellPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis is a biography written by John A. J. Creswell. Henry Winter Davis was a United States Spokesperson from the 4th and 3rd congressional constituencies of Maryland, well known as one of the Extremist Republicans throughout the Civil War. He was the driving force behind the eradication of enslavement in Maryland during the late 19th century.
The Mythic Mr. Lincoln
Author: Jeff O’BryantPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476686025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Honest Abe. The rail-splitter. The Great Emancipator. Old Abe. These are familiar monikers of Abraham Lincoln. They describe a man who has influenced the lives of everyday people as well as notables like Leo Tolstoy, Marilyn Monroe, and Winston Churchill. But there is also a multitude of fictional Lincolns almost as familiar as the original: time traveler, android, monster hunter. This book explores Lincoln's evolution from martyred president to cultural icon and the struggle between the Lincoln of history and his fictional progeny. He has been Simpsonized by Matt Groening, charmed by Shirley Temple, and emulated by the Lone Ranger. Devotees have attempted to clone him or to raise him from the dead. Lincoln's image and memory have been invoked to fight communism, mock a sitting president, and sell products. Lincoln has even been portrayed as the greatest example of goodness humanity has to offer. In short, Lincoln is the essential American myth.
Legislative Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania During the Session of ...
Author: PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Miscellaneous Documents, Read in the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. General AssemblyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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