Author: John JayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay ...: 1781-1782
Author: John JayThe Annandale Family Book of the Johnstones, Earls and Marquises of Annandale
Author: William FraserPublisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783337457730
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Annandale Family Book of the Johnstones, Earls and Marquises of Annandale - With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles and genealogical tables. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
The View from Jersey Ridge: A family's correspondence in antebellum Kentucky
Author: W. Douglas GordonPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329664183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book is based around a collection of letters related to a group of families that resided in northern Kentucky from the 1790s to the time of the Civil War and beyond. Their correspondence illustrates many of the conditions of everyday life in that time and place, with occasional references to local and national historic events.
The Correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston of Grange
Author: James BoswellPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators 1789-1982
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Adams Family Correspondence
Author: Lyman Henry ButterfieldPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Dear Lupin
Author: Roger MortimerPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250038502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
"Among the funniest [letters] ever dispatched in the vain hope of steering a black sheep onto something like the straight and narrow." —The Wall Street Journal Nostalgic, witty, and original, Dear Lupin by Roger Mortimer and Charlie Mortimer tracks the entire correspondence between a father and his only son. When the book begins, Charlie, the son, is studying at Eton, although the studying itself is not a priority, much to his father's chagrin. After Charlie graduates and moves from South America to Africa and eventually back to London, Roger continues to write regularly, offering advice (which is rarely heeded) as well as humorous updates from home ("Your mother has had the flu. Her little plan to give up spirits for Lent lasted three and a half days"). Roger's letters range from reproachful ("You may think it mildly amusing to be caught poaching in the park; I would consider it more hilarious if you were not living on the knife edge") to resigned ("I am very fond of you, but you do drive me round the bend"), but his correspondence is always filled with warmth, humor, and wisdom that offers unique insight into the relationship between father and son.
Under the Flag of the Nation
Author: Owen Johnston HopkinsPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
From these diaries and letters of a soldier in the Union Army emerges a revealing portrait of their author, a man caught up in a life-and-death struggle of national import. Compiled from the diaries kept by Owen Johnston Hopkins while he was on duty with the 42nd and 182nd regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and from letters to his family and friends, this book gives a clear picture of the motives, attitudes, and sentiments of a Yankee soldier during the Civil War. Owen Hopkins was a young man brought to maturity by the agony of war, but in spite of the horror of battle and the tedium of life in camp, he maintained a lively sense of humor and a constant devotion to the ideals for which he fought. The Civil War in these pages is a savage, vindictive conflict fought with canister, "minnie balls," grapeshot, the Enfield rifle, and the bayonet. Only seventeen when he enlisted in 1861, Hopkins was a foot soldier and a witness to the action that took place on the field of battle. A vital part of Hopkins's life in the army was his correspondence with Julia Allison, who lived in his hometown of Bellefontaine. They began writing each other in 1863, and their friendship deepened into love. Each was a fervent patriot, and their shared devotion to their country was a significant fact of their relationship. They were married in 1865. An epilogue tells what happened to Hopkins after June of 1865: his career, his family, and his death in 1902. Originally published in1961, this work is now available for the first time in paperback.
Taking the Town
Author: Kolan Thomas MorelockPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813138833
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The relationship between a town and its local institutions of higher education is often fraught with turmoil. The complicated tensions between the identity of a city and the character of a university can challenge both communities. Lexington, Kentucky, displays these characteristic conflicts, with two historic educational institutions within its city limits: Transylvania University, the first college west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the University of Kentucky, formerly "State College." An investigative cultural history of the town that called itself "The Athens of the West," Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in Lexington, Kentucky, 1880--1917 depicts the origins and development of this relationship at the turn of the twentieth century. Lexington's location in the upper South makes it a rich region for examination. Despite a history of turmoil and violence, Lexington's universities serve as catalysts for change. Until the publication of this book, Lexington was still characterized by academic interpretations that largely consider Southern intellectual life an oxymoron. Kolan Thomas Morelock illuminates how intellectual life flourished in Lexington from the period following Reconstruction to the nation's entry into the First World War. Drawing from local newspapers and other primary sources from around the region, Morelock offers a comprehensive look at early town-gown dynamics in a city of contradictions. He illuminates Lexington's identity by investigating the lives of some influential personalities from the era, including Margaret Preston and Joseph Tanner. Focusing on literary societies and dramatic clubs, the author inspects the impact of social and educational university organizations on the town's popular culture from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era. Morelock's work is an enlightening analysis of the intersection between student and citizen intellectual life in the Bluegrass city during an era of profound change and progress. Taking the Town explores an overlooked aspect of Lexington's history during a time in which the city was establishing its cultural and intellectual identity.
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