Author: Richard K. SmithPublisher: Air Force History & Museums Program
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Seventy-five Years of Inflight Refueling
Author: Richard K. SmithPublisher: Air Force History & Museums Program
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Seventy-five Years in California
Author: William Heath DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
William Heath Davis (1822-1909) was the son of a Boston ship captain engaged in the Hawaiian trade and a Polynesian mother. He visited California twice on trading voyages before setting up business there in 1838. In 1845 he settled permanently in San Francisco, becoming one of the city's leading merchants. His marriage to María de Jesus Estudillo tied him to the Hispanic community in his adopted region. Seventy-five years in California (1929) is an expansion of Sixty years in California, a book Davis published in 1889. It is a history of California as well as the author's memoirs of his life through the mid 1850s with an emphasis on the transformation of Yerba Buena to San Francisco, the Gold Rush, and the imposition of United States power in California.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
Author: Clarence Monroe BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
Book Description
East Bay Hills
Author: Amelia Sue MarshallPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439663114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay Hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessmen planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days.
East Bay Hills: A Brief History
Author: Amelia Sue MarshallPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467137251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessman planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days."--Back cover of work
Something about the Author
Author: Kevin S. HilePublisher: Something about the Author
ISBN: 9780810322912
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
The Riders Come Out at Night
Author: Ali WinstonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982168609
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
"Over the last 60 years, more has been done in Oakland to reform policing than any other American city-and yet, Oakland has failed to reign in the tendencies of its police to prey upon, rather than protect, its communities. Why is this, and what does it mean both for Oakland, and for America? THE RIDERS COME OUT AT NIGHT will be the first authoritative account of the Oakland Police Department's troubling history of violence, secrecy, and mismanagement, and the city's unfulfilled promise to implement constitutional policing. By examining cases of police violence and corruption in one of America's most iconic cities, the Polk Award-winning investigative duo, Ali Winston & Darwin BondGraham, illustrate why criminal justice reform has proven an elusive goal for the entire nation. Their investigation will introduce readers to "The Riders," a band of corrupt cops running riot through the city, and to Keith Batt, a "fresh out of the academy" rookie assigned to patrol with the Riders. Winston & BondGraham deftly maneuver between the worlds of intransigent police culture to City Hall, where a lack of political will to see through reforms (and local prosecutors who failed to hold officers accountable) conspire to keep these cycles of brutality in place. Through never-before-seen reporting and interviews, the authors paint a portrait of a city-and nation-in crisis, and the steps needed to finally, once and for all, effectively address policing in the Unites States"--
The Dust Bowl
Author: Dayton DuncanPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452107947
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"Based on a film by Ken Burns, produced by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, and Julie Dunfey, written by Dayton Duncan."
Golf Antiques & Other Treasures of the Game
Author: John M. OlmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780942117165
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Author: