Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Newport Historical Magazine
Author: The Newport Historical Magazine
Author: The Rhode Island Historical Magazine
Author: Henry Edward TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Genealogical and Biographical Research
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The Historical Magazine
Author: John Ward DeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Historical Magazine
Author: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society
Author: Newport Firsts: A Hundred Claims to Fame
Author: Brian M. StinsonPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467119466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
"Newport, Rhode Island has been a city of innovation since its beginning nearly four centuries ago. Some of the claims on a national level are true, while some have been greatly distorted over the years. The freethinking citizens include the first to defeat a British squadron and the author of the first written constitution guaranteeing the right to religious freedom in world history. The first law banning the importation of Negroes in the colonies was enacted in the city, and the first Methodist church in the world with a steeple and bell is located here. But was the first female lighthouse keeper in America from here? Was Newport the first place where a medical lecture was given? Author and research historian Brian M. Stinson offers a chronological collection of vignettes detailing the city's many firsts." --
I Got a Song
Author: Rick MassimoPublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819577049
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The first-ever book exclusively devoted to the history of the Newport Folk Festival, I Got a Song documents the trajectory of an American musical institution that began more than a half-century ago and continues to influence our understanding of folk music today. Rick Massimo's research is complemented by extensive interviews with the people who were there and who made it all happen: the festival's producers, some of its biggest stars, and people who huddled in the fields to witness moments—like Bob Dylan's famous electric performance in 1965—that live on in musical history. As folk has evolved over the decades, absorbing influences from rock, traditional music and the singer-songwriters of the '60s and '70s, the Newport Folk Festival has once again become a gathering point for young performers and fans. I Got a Song tells the stories, small and large, of several generations of American folk music enthusiasts. Hardcover is un-jacketed.
Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society
Author: Newport Historical Society, Newport, R.IPublisher:
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Category : Newport (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description