Download or read book A History of Colbert County Alabama and Some of Its Pioneer Citizens Before 1875 written by R. James and published by Southern Historical Press. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: R.L. James, Pub. 1945, reprinted 2021, 160 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-878-1 Colbert county is located in the northwestern corner of the state. It was created in 1867 from Franklin County, This book was consolidated out of several out of 4 separate issues of the Alabama Historical Quarterly. The bulk of this book are biographical sketches and obituaries of these early citizens of the county. The index that was created for this book mentions over 2100 individuals.
Download or read book Colbertians written by Robert Leslie James and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Lincoln Learned to Read written by Daniel Wolff and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nation's developing notion of what it means to get a "good education." From the stubborn early feminism of Abigail Adams to the miracle of Helen Keller, from the savage childhood of Andrew Jackson to the academic ambitions of W.E.B. Du Bois, a single, fascinating narrative emerges. It connects the illiterate Sojourner Truth to the privileged Jack Kennedy, takes us from Paiute Indians scavenging on western deserts to the birth of Henry Ford's assembly line. And as the book traces the education we value - both in and outside the classroom - it becomes a history of key American ideas. In the end, How Lincoln Learned to Read delivers us to today's headlines. Standardized testing, achievement gaps, the very purpose of public education - all have their roots in this narrative. Whether you're a parent trying to make sure your child is prepared, a teacher trying to do the best possible job, or a student navigating the educational system, How Lincoln Learned to Read offers a challenge to consider what we need to know and how we learn it. Wide-ranging and meticulously researched, built mostly on primary sources, this is an American story that begins and ends with hope.
Download or read book Rebecca Harding Davis written by Rebecca Harding Davis and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the annotated edition of novelist/journalist Rebecca Harding Davisís 1904 autobiography, Bits of Gossip, and a previously unpublished family history written for her children. The memoirs are not traditional autobiography; rather, they are Davis's perspective on the extraordinary cultural changes that occurred during her lifetime and of the remarkable--and sometimes scandalous--people who shaped the events. She provides intimate portraits of the famous people she knew, including Emerson, Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Ann Stephens, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Horace Greeley. Equally important are Davis's commentaries on the political activists of the Civil War era, from Abraham Lincoln to Booker T. Washington, from the "daughters of the Southland" to Lucretia Mott, from Henry Ward Beecher to William Still.
Download or read book The Genealogical Helper written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to North American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Genealogy written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keller to America 1735 written by Carl Marcus Ratliff and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hans Conrad Keller, baptized 1706 and his wife, Barbara Blaar, baptized 1703, emigrated from Wallissellen, Zurich, Switzerland in 1734. Their son, John Casper Keller was born in 1736 and baptized in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Conrad later died in Frederick County, Maryland. Descendants lived in Maryland, Alabama, and elsewhere.
Download or read book Genealogical Local History Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous editions titled: Genealogical books in print
Download or read book History of Alabama and Her People written by Albert Burton Moore and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pioneer Families of Sumter County Alabama written by Nellie Morris Jenkins and published by Southern Historical Press. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: Nelle Morris Jenkins, Pub. 1961, Reprinted 2018, 276 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-944-3. Sumter County was created in 1832 from lands ceded from the Choctaw Nation. Its early settlers were French exploers who came up from Mobile. This book begins with a historical background of the county and then moves into the genealogical records found in old Church records. One chapter is devoted to death notices in early newspapers, another chapter is devoted to Tract Book records, showing who entered the land and information about the family. But the main part is devoted to tombstone inscriptions. Almost every inscription is followed with details about the person's family. In most cases the author was able to trace the families back to the Carolinas or Virginia.
Download or read book History of Clarke County written by John Simpson Graham and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A written history devoted almost exclusively to Clarke County Alabama and its people. Quoting from books published before this (1923) and recording his own personal accounts, the author, a resident of Clarke County since 1875, gives his personal observation of Clarke County places and events.In the introduction, the author states, " This book will doubtless be read with much interest by the present generation living in Clarke, as well as by the generations to follow. If it should be preserved and handed down through the coming years, it may, in the far distant future, fall under the eye of some descendent of some Clarke countian and enable him or her to look back through the avenue of time and get a mental picture of Clarke County in the nineteenth and twentieh centuries."
Download or read book People and Things from the Blount County Alabama News Dispatch 1890 1903 written by Robin Sterling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blount County News was established by Lawrence H. Mathews in Blount Springs as the Blount Springs News in March of 1877. In 1887, Mathews' newspaper merged with the Blount County Dispatch to become the Blount County News-Dispatch. Mathews moved his paper for the last time in 1889 when Oneonta became the new county seat. Mathews died in 1896 but his paper continued until 1903 when it succumbed to the dominance of a new paper called the Southern Democrat. Microfilmed copies of the News-Dispatch were studied page by page and within this volume are found every mention of births, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and news important to the genealogy and history of Blount County. This volume also contains a rare and complete collection of Mary Gordon Duffee's Sketches of Blount County. Hidden nuggets of information of interest to the descendants of Blount County pioneers are found within this volume.
Download or read book History of Escambia County Alabama written by Annie Crook Waters and published by . This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Butler County Alabama 1815 to 1885 written by John Buckner Little and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Escambia County Alabama written by Annie C. Waters and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Legislative Leaders 1850 1910 written by Charles F. Ritter and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1989-09-26 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a time of civil war and economic shift from an agrarian to an industrial society for the 1,390 speakers of state houses of representatives profiled in this unique biographical dictionary. The political climate and characteristics of the politicians as a group are surveyed in introductory material. This is followed by biographical entries which include a list of sources. The cumulated bibliography, arranged by state, is valuable. . . . There is no other such directory. Library Journal On the whole it is a useful compilation, providing a starting point for research into the lives of a cross-section of legislators in this period. . . . A necessary purchase for research libraries; recommended to all academic libraries with strong collections in state history. Choice During the years 1850-1910, the United States evolved from an agrarian to an industrial political economy. By the end of the century, industrialization has shifted the entire political system toward national government power, beginning a trend that continues today. An understanding of the importance of state government and, in particular, of the lower houses of the legislatures at this time is crucial to an understanding of how American politics was transformed in the second half of the nineteenth century. This study compares the speakers of these influential nineteenth-century American political bodies and focuses on the legislative issues of the period. The largest collection of biographical data of its kind to date, the book profiles the 1,390 speakers in the period from 1850 to 1910. The collective career analysis of the individuals covered provides an unprecedented exploration of the socioeconomic issues, the governmental processes, and the political behavior of the times to allow a more thorough understanding of the transition from an agrarian to an industrial state. This comprehensive study of state political power will provide fresh insight into the American legislative system of the latter half of the nineteenth century and will be of special value to scholars of American political history and political science.
