Author: Charles Edwards LesterPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385322294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Lester's History of the United States. Illustrated in Its Five Great Periods: Colonization, Consolidation, Development, Achievement, Advancement
Author: Charles Edwards LesterPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385322294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Lester's History of the United States
Author: Charles Edwards LesterPublisher: New York : P.F. Collier
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The College of William and Mary in the Civil War
Author: Sean M. HeuvelPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476603677
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
America's second oldest higher education institution experienced the full violence of the Civil War, with a wartime destiny of destruction compounded by its strategic location in Virginia's Tidewater region between Union and Confederate lines. This book describes the fate of the College and also explores in-depth the war service of the College's students, faculty, and alumni, ranging from little-known individuals to historically prominent figures such as Winfield Scott, John Tyler, and John J. Crittenden. The College's many contributions to the Civil War and its role in shaping pre- and post-war higher education in the South are fully revealed.
The Bowery
Author: Eric FerraraPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The cultural and criminal history of downtown Manhattan comes to life in this far-reaching exploration of a legendary street. Originally a Lenape trail running the length of Manhattan Island, The Bowery has become one of the most notorious streets in America. Developed in stages by the Dutch, the British, and then Americans, this stretch of street has continually risen from its own ashes, experiencing a seemingly endless cycle of popularity, poverty and prosperity. The Bowery has been celebrated as a haven of culture, entertainment, and theatre. But is has just as often been denigrated as New York's "skid row." Home to bums, bohemians, criminals, artists, performers, and the rich and poor alike, The Bowery has attracted the most diverse population of any place in New York City's history. Travel down the Bowery with New York City historian Eric Ferrara, as he explores its rich, fascinating, and at times, troubling past.
Noah Webster and the American Dictionary
Author: David MicklethwaitPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786421572
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Harvard University Bulletin
Author: Harvard University Bulletin
Author: Harvard UniversityBulletin of More Important Accessions with Bibliographical Contributions
Author: Justin WinsorDictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description