Author: Margaret Y. SchadPublisher:
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Category : Winchester (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Outstanding Americans in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia ...
Author: Margaret Y. SchadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Winchester (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Some Prominent Virginia Families
Author: Louise Pecquet du BelletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Who was who in America
Author: Some Prominent Virginia Families
Author: Louise Pecquet du BelletPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806307226
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 1756
Book Description
Digging Up the Dead
Author: Michael KammenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226423328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
With Digging Up the Dead, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Michael Kammen reveals a treasure trove of fascinating, surprising, and occasionally gruesome stories of exhumation and reburial throughout American history. Taking us to the contested grave sites of such figures as Sitting Bull, John Paul Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Boone, Jefferson Davis, and even Abraham Lincoln, Kammen explores how complicated interactions of regional pride, shifting reputations, and evolving burial practices led to public and often emotional battles over the final resting places of famous figures. Grave-robbing, skull-fondling, cases of mistaken identity, and the financial lures of cemetery tourism all come into play as Kammen delves deeply into this little-known—yet surprisingly persistent—aspect of American history. Simultaneously insightful and interesting, masterly and macabre, Digging Up the Dead reminds us that the stories of American history don’t always end when the key players pass on. Rather, the battle—over reputations, interpretations, and, last but far from least, possession of the remains themselves—is often just beginning.
Where They're Buried
Author: Thomas E. SpencerPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806348232
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
This volume invites readers to get up close and personal with one of the most respected and beloved writers of the last four decades. Carolyn J. Sharp has transcribed numerous table conversations between Walter Brueggemann and his colleagues and former students, in addition to several of his addresses and sermons from both academic and congregational settings. The result is the essential Brueggemann: readers will learn about his views on scholarship, faith, and the church; get insights into his "contagious charisma," grace, and charity; and appreciate the candid reflections on the fears, uncertainties, and difficulties he faced over the course of his career. Anyone interested in Brueggemann's work and thoughts will be gifted with thought-provoking, inspirational reading from within these pages.
Medals of the United States Mint
Author: Kenneth M. FailorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medals
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1961
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1884
Book Description
Biographical Directory of the American Congress. 1774-1927
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1762
Book Description
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2072
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