Author: Foide Junier WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lawrence County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Kent Family from Virginia to Alabama and Beyond
Author: Foide Junier WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lawrence County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
January and February, 1925 volumes bound together as one.
Abandoned Alabama
Author: Leland KentPublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634993562
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Abandoned photography captures the beauty in urban ruins left behind, giving the viewer an exhilarating look at our past. With over 200 years of history, there is no shortage of fascinating abandoned places across Alabama. In Abandoned Alabama: Exploring the Heart of Dixie, photographer and historian Leland Kent showcases eleven of his favorite abandoned locations from across the state. Among the locations are several forgotten historic homes, plus a one-of-a-kind mid-century masterpiece built by a famous architect. Discover the incredible history behind one of Alabama's oldest and most historic abandoned sites, Searcy Hospital, which has been closed since 2012. Each chapter gives a detailed narrative about these breathtaking places accompanied by stunning imagery. You can find more of Leland's work at www.abandonedsoutheast.com.
Kentucky Ancestors
Author: Abandoned Birmingham
Author: Leland KentPublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634990585
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded in 1871 after the Civil War, Birmingham rapidly grew as an industrial enterprise due to the abundance of the three raw materials used in making steel--iron ore, coal, and limestone. Birmingham's rapid growth was due to the booming iron and steel industries giving it the nickname "Magic City" and "Pittsburgh of the South." The city was named after Birmingham, England, as a nod to the major industrial powerhouse. The iron and steel industries began to dry up by the early 1970s, leaving behind dozens of abandoned structures that now dot the city's landscape. In the last several years, Birmingham has begun to experience a rebirth. Money has been invested in reconstructing the historic downtown area into a pedestrian-friendly mixed-use district. In Abandoned Birmingham, photographer Leland Kent gives the reader an in-depth look at the forgotten buildings and factories throughout the city.
Kent State
Author: Deborah WilesPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338356305
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War. May 4, 1970. Kent State University. As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next, shots are fired and four students are killed. To this day, there is still argument of what happened and why. Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points -- protestor, Guardsman, townie, student -- Deborah Wiles's Kent State gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio . . . an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Raglands: The Ragland family of Granville County, North Carolina including its origin and relationship to the other Ragland families of North Carolina and the United States
Author: Charles J. RaglandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Ware Family History
Author: Wanda Ware DeGidioPublisher: Wanda DeGidio
ISBN: 1401099300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Guarding Greensboro
Author: G. Ward HubbsPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820325057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historian G. Ward Hubbs first encountered the Confederate soldiers known as the Greensboro Guards through their Civil War diaries and letters. Later he discovered that the Guards had formed some forty years before the war, soon after the founding of the Alabama town that was their namesake. Guarding Greensboro examines how the yearning for community played itself out across decades of peace and war, prosperity and want. Greensboro sprang up as a wide-open frontier town in Alabama's Black Belt, an exceptionally fertile part of the Deep South where people who dreamed of making it rich as cotton planters flocked. Although prewar Greensboro had its share of overlapping communities--ranging from Masons to school-improvement societies--it was the Guards who brought together the town's highly individualistic citizenry. A typical prewar militia unit, the Guards mustered irregularly and marched in their finest regalia on patriotic holidays. Most significantly, they patrolled for hostile Indians and rebellious slaves. In protecting the entire white population against common foes, Hubbs argues, the Guards did what Greensboro's other voluntary associations could not: move citizens beyond self-interest. As Hubbs follows the Guards through their Civil War campaigns, he keeps an eye on the home front: on how Greensborians shared a sense of purpose and sacrifice while they dealt with fears of a restive slave populace. Finally, Hubbs discusses the postwar readjustments of Greensboro's veterans as he examines the political and social upheaval in their town and throughout the South. Ultimately, Hubbs argues, the Civil War created the South of legend and its distinctive communities.