Author: Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Present day Calvary's 365 acres are comprised of four divisions named in remembrance of the ancient catacombs in the City of Rome. Old or First Calvary is known as the St. Callistus Division; Second Calvary is known as the St. Agnes Division; Third Calvary and Fourth Calvary are respectively St. Sebastian and St. Domitilla Divisions."--Page xi.
Second Calvary Cemetery
Author: Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Present day Calvary's 365 acres are comprised of four divisions named in remembrance of the ancient catacombs in the City of Rome. Old or First Calvary is known as the St. Callistus Division; Second Calvary is known as the St. Agnes Division; Third Calvary and Fourth Calvary are respectively St. Sebastian and St. Domitilla Divisions."--Page xi.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Present day Calvary's 365 acres are comprised of four divisions named in remembrance of the ancient catacombs in the City of Rome. Old or First Calvary is known as the St. Callistus Division; Second Calvary is known as the St. Agnes Division; Third Calvary and Fourth Calvary are respectively St. Sebastian and St. Domitilla Divisions."--Page xi.
Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
Author: John Mack Faragher
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
"[A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California." —Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside: A History of Murder in America, in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous locales in the Californian frontier. In Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles, "a vivid, disturbing portrait of early Los Angeles" (Publishers Weekly), John Mack Faragher weaves a riveting narrative of murder and mayhem, featuring a cast of colorful characters vying for their piece of the city. These include a newspaper editor advocating for lynch laws to enact a crude manner of racial justice and a mob of Latinos preparing to ransack a county jail and murder a Texan outlaw. In this "groundbreaking" (True West) look at American history, Faragher shows us how the City of Angels went from a lawless outpost to the sprawling metropolis it is today.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
"[A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California." —Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside: A History of Murder in America, in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous locales in the Californian frontier. In Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles, "a vivid, disturbing portrait of early Los Angeles" (Publishers Weekly), John Mack Faragher weaves a riveting narrative of murder and mayhem, featuring a cast of colorful characters vying for their piece of the city. These include a newspaper editor advocating for lynch laws to enact a crude manner of racial justice and a mob of Latinos preparing to ransack a county jail and murder a Texan outlaw. In this "groundbreaking" (True West) look at American history, Faragher shows us how the City of Angels went from a lawless outpost to the sprawling metropolis it is today.
Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon
Author: Teresa Bergen and Heide Davis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714861X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Portland's historic cemeteries are some of the most beautiful and overlooked cultural treasures in the city. Full of fascinating secrets and eerie tales, these greenspaces are also the perfect spots for walking, biking and birding. Explore twenty-five burial grounds with public art in the form of remarkable tombstones that vary as much as the Portlanders they commemorate, including suffragists, spiritualists, Romani kings, politicians and murderers. From a photographer who captured the golden age of Broadway musicals to a celebrity orangutan, Portland's graves are full of surprises. Come along with cemetery sleuths Teresa Bergen and Heide Davis as they share their insights into the Rose City's remarkable past.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714861X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Portland's historic cemeteries are some of the most beautiful and overlooked cultural treasures in the city. Full of fascinating secrets and eerie tales, these greenspaces are also the perfect spots for walking, biking and birding. Explore twenty-five burial grounds with public art in the form of remarkable tombstones that vary as much as the Portlanders they commemorate, including suffragists, spiritualists, Romani kings, politicians and murderers. From a photographer who captured the golden age of Broadway musicals to a celebrity orangutan, Portland's graves are full of surprises. Come along with cemetery sleuths Teresa Bergen and Heide Davis as they share their insights into the Rose City's remarkable past.
The Glory Years
Author: Richard F. Pourade
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Story of Southern California's exciting days from 1865-1900: "the booms and busts in the land of sundown sea".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Story of Southern California's exciting days from 1865-1900: "the booms and busts in the land of sundown sea".
History of Chicago
Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Greenpoint Doughboy
Author: Peter McHale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692820230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
When Irish immigrant Alex McKay is interviewed by a reporter in 1911, McKay cheerfully relates that America has given his family everything. This historical novel, based on a true story during WW1, shows how the McKay's of Greenpoint, Brooklyn stood tall with America and paid the ultimate price of citizenship. Greenpoint Doughboy, written by McKay descendent Peter McHale, shows you the many sacrifices Alex, his wife, and their four children make during World War I. The Great War rages in Europe, and the McKays are all eager to do their part. Alex's son John McKay, at the age of twenty-one, joins the Fighting Irish Sixty-Ninth Infantry Regiment of New York City. During basic training in Manhattan, John befriends Dick O'Neil, a young man with a bright future, and Daniel Buckley, an Irish soldier with a tragic past. The three will face enormous challenges as they cross the Atlantic and join the fighting in Lorraine. Not everyone will make it out alive. McHale takes you from the bustle and vibrant city life in the Brooklyn Irish community to the muck- and death-filled trenches of France. His story paints a vivid portrait of one family's loyalty and love.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692820230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
When Irish immigrant Alex McKay is interviewed by a reporter in 1911, McKay cheerfully relates that America has given his family everything. This historical novel, based on a true story during WW1, shows how the McKay's of Greenpoint, Brooklyn stood tall with America and paid the ultimate price of citizenship. Greenpoint Doughboy, written by McKay descendent Peter McHale, shows you the many sacrifices Alex, his wife, and their four children make during World War I. The Great War rages in Europe, and the McKays are all eager to do their part. Alex's son John McKay, at the age of twenty-one, joins the Fighting Irish Sixty-Ninth Infantry Regiment of New York City. During basic training in Manhattan, John befriends Dick O'Neil, a young man with a bright future, and Daniel Buckley, an Irish soldier with a tragic past. The three will face enormous challenges as they cross the Atlantic and join the fighting in Lorraine. Not everyone will make it out alive. McHale takes you from the bustle and vibrant city life in the Brooklyn Irish community to the muck- and death-filled trenches of France. His story paints a vivid portrait of one family's loyalty and love.
Mysterious Chicago
Author: Adam Selzer
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 151071345X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries. To create this unique volume, Selzer has collected forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to modern day. He has poured through all newspaper, magazine, and book references to them, and consulted expert historians. Topics covered include who really started the great Chicago fire, who was the first “automobile murderer,” and even if there was actually a vampire slaying at Rose Hill cemetery. The result is both a colorful read to get lost in, a window to a world of curiosity and wonder, as well as a volume that separates fact from fiction—true crime from urban legend. Complementing the gripping stories Selzer presents are original images of the crime and its suspects as developed by its original investigators. Readers will marvel at how each character and crime were presented, and happily journey with Selzer as he presents all facts and theories presented at the time of the “crime” and uses modern hindsight to assemble the pieces.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 151071345X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling heavily researched anthology of the stories behind its most fascinating unsolved mysteries. To create this unique volume, Selzer has collected forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to modern day. He has poured through all newspaper, magazine, and book references to them, and consulted expert historians. Topics covered include who really started the great Chicago fire, who was the first “automobile murderer,” and even if there was actually a vampire slaying at Rose Hill cemetery. The result is both a colorful read to get lost in, a window to a world of curiosity and wonder, as well as a volume that separates fact from fiction—true crime from urban legend. Complementing the gripping stories Selzer presents are original images of the crime and its suspects as developed by its original investigators. Readers will marvel at how each character and crime were presented, and happily journey with Selzer as he presents all facts and theories presented at the time of the “crime” and uses modern hindsight to assemble the pieces.
Transcriptions of Calvary and Old Calvary Cemeteries and the Poor Farm Cemetery, Monroe, Green County, WI
Author: Lillian DeNure Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Black Charlestonians
Author: Bernard E. Powers
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557285837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Legacy of Reconstruction: A Postscript -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557285837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Legacy of Reconstruction: A Postscript -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index