Author: Johnston Publishing Co. (Columbus, Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbus (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Story of Columbus: Past, Present and Future of the Metropolis of Central Ohio
Author: Johnston Publishing Co. (Columbus, Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Columbus (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Baseball in Columbus
Author: James R. TootlePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523026
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In the spring of 1865, the first spring after the end of the Civil War, three baseball clubs were founded in downtown Columbus. This local enthusiasm for the game reflected the national trend during the post-war era, when baseball, or "base ball" as it was called, was spreading rapidly throughout the United States. Baseball in Columbus begins with these earliest baseball pioneers and tells the story of the national pastime in the capital city right up to the present-day Columbus Clippers of the International League. Columbus first made the "big leagues" in 1883 with the Columbus Buckeyes of the American Association, and local fans have embraced the city's teams and players ever since. Several of baseball's greats once wore a Columbus uniform during their minor league careers, including Enos Slaughter, Joe Garagiola, Harvey Haddix, Willie Stargell, Derek Jeter, and Bernie Williams.
Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed
Author: John F. RossPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250033780
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The sensational true story of Eddie Rickenbacker, America's greatest flying ace At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the car and airplane—took the nation's imagination by storm as they burst, like comets, into American life. The brave souls that leaped into these dangerous contraptions and pushed them to unexplored extremes became new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No individual did more to create and intensify these raw new roles than the tall, gangly Eddie Rickenbacker, who defied death over and over with such courage and pluck that a generation of Americans came to know his face better than the president's. The son of poor, German-speaking Swiss immigrants in Columbus, Ohio, Rickenbacker overcame the specter of his father's violent death, a debilitating handicap, and, later, accusations of being a German spy, to become the American military ace of aces in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. He and his high-spirited, all-too-short-lived pilot comrades, created a new kind of aviation warfare, as they pushed their machines to the edge of destruction—and often over it—without parachutes, radios, or radar. Enduring Courage is the electrifying story of the beginning of America's love affair with speed—and how one man above all the rest showed a nation the way forward. No simple daredevil, he was an innovator on the racetrack, a skilled aerial dualist and squadron commander, and founder of Eastern Air Lines. Decades after his heroics against the Red Baron's Flying Circus, he again showed a war-weary nation what it took to survive against nearly insurmountable odds when he and seven others endured a harrowing three-week ordeal adrift without food or water in the Pacific during World War II. For the first time, Enduring Courage peels back the layers of hero to reveal the man himself. With impeccable research and a gripping narrative, John F. Ross tells the unforgettable story of a man who pushed the limits of speed, endurance and courage and emerged as an American legend.
General Catalogue of the Books Except Fiction, French, and German, in the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Museum Echoes
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich. Supplement
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Contents: 1. 1889-1893.--2. 1894-1898.--3. 1899-1903.
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich. First-third Supplement. 1889-1903: 1899-1903
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
The Second Blessing
Author: Charles F. WooleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780978816902
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Second Blessing is unique regional history describing the origins of medicine, health, health care, medical education, and public health in metropolitan Columbus, Franklin County, and Central Ohio.