Author: John Thomas ScharfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
History of Westchester County
Author: John Thomas ScharfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Westchester
Author: Robert MarchantPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.
Westchester County
Author: Field HornePublisher:
ISBN: 9780915585175
Category : Westchester County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time
Author: Robert BoltonPublisher:
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Category : Westchester County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
George Washington's Westchester Gamble
Author: Richard BorkowPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625842139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
A look at Westchester County’s place in the American Revolution and Washington’s plan to trick Cornwallis and march to Yorktown. During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont, and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed, or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington’s great gamble that saved the United States. Praise for George Washington’s Westchester Gamble “Borkow has done a first-rate job of telling the story of the American Revolution in Westchester County and putting dramatic events there in the context of the larger war--especially the decision to march to Yorktown.” —Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace “Just when it seemed that the subject of the American Revolution had been thoroughly explored, Richard Borkow has given us a fresh look at the war's culminating event—the 1781 march of French and American troops to Virginia.” —Joseph Wheelan, author of Jefferson’s War and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade
The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester
Author: Robert BoltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
History of the Tarrytowns, Westchester County, New York, from Ancient Times to the Present
Author: Jeff CanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Picturing Our Past
Author: Gray WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780915585144
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Westchester
Author: Hudson River MuseumPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 9780823225941
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A companion to an exhibition at The Hudson River Museum, a collection of original essays accompanies an array of photographs, paintings, maps, ephemera, and other images that capture the growth, development, and transformation of the suburban New York community of Westchester over the course of a more than a century. Simultaneous.
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