Author: Paul C. Metcalf
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Waters of Potowmack is a documentary history of the Potomac River and its wide, fertile basin--the setting for much of early United States history. A collage of primary accounts, it extends from the first explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War through our recent past. Waters of Potowmack records the firsthand impressions of the settlers and surveyors of this river basin, an area that includes parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In addition to offering an introduction to the geography, geology, and climate of the region, Metcalf's fascinating pastiche includes early descriptions of flora and fauna, and accounts of some of the earliest encounters between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Here, too, are the voices of Washington and Jefferson, of Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln, as well as the lesser-known stories of revolutionaries, mercenaries, and canal and road builders. And from diary and journal entries we follow the correspondence between Washington, Jefferson, and L'Enfant as they lay out the new Federal City. Selections from Civil War diaries focus on key battle sites, and primary accounts offer a new understanding of the motives of John Brown and John Wilkes Booth. The last section of Metcalf's engrossing book looks at the ruinous pollution of the river basin after the Second World War, at the rioting and looting of the 1960s, and at the despoliation of a land that at the book's beginning was described as an Eden, a paradise on earth. An evocative and moving book, this is a history of exploring, settling, rebelling, governing, rioting, building, and cultivating, all on the "waters of Potowmack."
Waters of Potowmack
Author: Paul C. Metcalf
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Waters of Potowmack is a documentary history of the Potomac River and its wide, fertile basin--the setting for much of early United States history. A collage of primary accounts, it extends from the first explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War through our recent past. Waters of Potowmack records the firsthand impressions of the settlers and surveyors of this river basin, an area that includes parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In addition to offering an introduction to the geography, geology, and climate of the region, Metcalf's fascinating pastiche includes early descriptions of flora and fauna, and accounts of some of the earliest encounters between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Here, too, are the voices of Washington and Jefferson, of Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln, as well as the lesser-known stories of revolutionaries, mercenaries, and canal and road builders. And from diary and journal entries we follow the correspondence between Washington, Jefferson, and L'Enfant as they lay out the new Federal City. Selections from Civil War diaries focus on key battle sites, and primary accounts offer a new understanding of the motives of John Brown and John Wilkes Booth. The last section of Metcalf's engrossing book looks at the ruinous pollution of the river basin after the Second World War, at the rioting and looting of the 1960s, and at the despoliation of a land that at the book's beginning was described as an Eden, a paradise on earth. An evocative and moving book, this is a history of exploring, settling, rebelling, governing, rioting, building, and cultivating, all on the "waters of Potowmack."
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813920429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Waters of Potowmack is a documentary history of the Potomac River and its wide, fertile basin--the setting for much of early United States history. A collage of primary accounts, it extends from the first explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War through our recent past. Waters of Potowmack records the firsthand impressions of the settlers and surveyors of this river basin, an area that includes parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In addition to offering an introduction to the geography, geology, and climate of the region, Metcalf's fascinating pastiche includes early descriptions of flora and fauna, and accounts of some of the earliest encounters between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Here, too, are the voices of Washington and Jefferson, of Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln, as well as the lesser-known stories of revolutionaries, mercenaries, and canal and road builders. And from diary and journal entries we follow the correspondence between Washington, Jefferson, and L'Enfant as they lay out the new Federal City. Selections from Civil War diaries focus on key battle sites, and primary accounts offer a new understanding of the motives of John Brown and John Wilkes Booth. The last section of Metcalf's engrossing book looks at the ruinous pollution of the river basin after the Second World War, at the rioting and looting of the 1960s, and at the despoliation of a land that at the book's beginning was described as an Eden, a paradise on earth. An evocative and moving book, this is a history of exploring, settling, rebelling, governing, rioting, building, and cultivating, all on the "waters of Potowmack."
Rational Stories for Children
Author: Virginia Water
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780686368250
Category : Rational emotive behavior therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780686368250
Category : Rational emotive behavior therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Virginia Coastal Resources Management Plan
Final Environmental Impact Statement and the Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program, July 1985 [i.e. 1986]
Author: United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program, August 1985
Author: United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Virginia Fishing Guide
Author: Bob Gooch
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813931851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In this second edition of Bob Gooch’s Virginia Fishing Guide, M. W. Smith offers an updated version of a classic work of Virginia outdoor literature. Providing a new preface and appendices, Smith also recasts the volume’s introduction and site listings to reflect such changes as new "catch and release only" designations and stocking schedules (for trout streams). This edition features a fresh design with new maps and photographs.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813931851
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In this second edition of Bob Gooch’s Virginia Fishing Guide, M. W. Smith offers an updated version of a classic work of Virginia outdoor literature. Providing a new preface and appendices, Smith also recasts the volume’s introduction and site listings to reflect such changes as new "catch and release only" designations and stocking schedules (for trout streams). This edition features a fresh design with new maps and photographs.
Agnes in Virginia, June 1972
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The Oyster Industry of Virginia
Author: Dexter S. Haven
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oyster culture
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oyster culture
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
All Around Virginia
Author: Karla Smith
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781403405807
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Provides an overview of the state of Virginia, including discussion of the various regions, how each is different, and what each contributes to the state and its people.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781403405807
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Provides an overview of the state of Virginia, including discussion of the various regions, how each is different, and what each contributes to the state and its people.