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Book American Queen

Download or read book American Queen written by John Oller and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Had People magazine been around during the Civil War and after, Kate Chase would have made its “Most Beautiful” and “Most Intriguing” lists every year. Kate Chase, the charismatic daughter of Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary, enjoyed unprecedented political power for a woman. As her widowed father's hostess, she set up a rival “court” against Mary Lincoln in hopes of making her father president and herself his First Lady. To facilitate that goal, she married one of the richest men in the country, the handsome “boy governor” of Rhode Island, in the social event of the Civil War. But when William Sprague turned out to be less of a prince as a husband, she found comfort in the arms of a powerful married senator. The ensuing scandal ended her virtual royalty, leaving her a social outcast who died in poverty. Yet in her final years she would find both greater authenticity and the inner peace that had always eluded her. Set against the seductive allure of the Civil War and Gilded Age, Kate Chase Sprague's dramatic story is one of ambition and tragedy involving some of the most famous personalities in American history. In this beautifully written and meticulously researched biography, drawing on much unpublished material, John Oller captures the tumultuous and passionate life of a woman who was a century ahead of her time.

Book Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America  2 volumes

Download or read book Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America 2 volumes written by Mitchell Newton-Matza and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 1243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the significance of places that built our cultural past, this guide is a lens into historical sites spanning the entire history of the United States, from Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero. Historic Sites and Landmarks That Shaped America: From Acoma Pueblo to Ground Zero encompasses more than 200 sites from the earliest settlements to the present, covering a wide variety of locations. It includes concise yet detailed entries on each landmark that explain its importance to the nation. With entries arranged alphabetically according to the name of the site and the state in which it resides, this work covers both obscure and famous landmarks to demonstrate how a nation can grow and change with the creation or discovery of important places. The volume explores the ways different cultures viewed, revered, or even vilified these sites. It also examines why people remember such places more than others. Accessible to both novice and expert readers, this well-researched guide will appeal to anyone from high school students to general adult readers.

Book James E  Keeler  Pioneer American Astrophysicist

Download or read book James E Keeler Pioneer American Astrophysicist written by Donald E. Osterbrock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of James E. Keeler (1857-1900), the leading astronomical spectroscopist of his generation.

Book Westchester County  a Pictorial History

Download or read book Westchester County a Pictorial History written by Susan Cochran Swanson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Westchester County  New York

Download or read book History of Westchester County New York written by Alvah P. French and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Guide to Genealogical Research for Westchester County  New York

Download or read book The Guide to Genealogical Research for Westchester County New York written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guide is designed to point the researcher toward logical directions by listing the various research facilities and repositiories of records in Westchester County. It covers Westchester County to the present and the Bronx before 1900"--Page 3.

Book Eddie Collins

Download or read book Eddie Collins written by Rick Huhn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what is sure to be the definitive book on Eddie Collins's life and long career, author Rick Huhn covers the Hall of Fame player's experiences from childhood through his days at Columbia University, his tenure with the great Athletics clubs of 1906-1914, the highs and lows of a championship and scandal with the White Sox, and his return to the A's during their final run at greatness. By the time his 25-year playing career had ended, he was a pivotal performer on five all-time great clubs, dominating his position like no one before (or since), and earning a reputation for intelligent, selfless play that followed him to Cooperstown. Also covered in detail is his tenure with the Boston Red Sox, a team he served variously as part owner, vice-president and general manager until 1951, when after 45 years in major league baseball a stroke ended his career and, weeks later, his life.

Book History of Westchester County

Download or read book History of Westchester County written by John Thomas Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record

Download or read book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record written by Richard Henry Greene and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliotheca Americana

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana written by Francis Perego Harper and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York History

Download or read book New York History written by New York State Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Book Publishing Record

Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal

Download or read book Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal written by New York State Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book CHARLES T GRIFFES

Download or read book CHARLES T GRIFFES written by Donna K. Anderson and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1993-03-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Architecture Series  Bibliography

Download or read book Architecture Series Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Westchester Historian

Download or read book The Westchester Historian written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: