Download or read book Lewes Delaware written by Kevin N. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Lewes, Delaware Illustratey with archival photos, Maps and contemporary photos

Download or read book Hidden History of Lewes written by Michael Morgan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proudly laying claim to the title of first town in the first state, Lewes, Delaware, has a history brimming with little-known tales of gentleman pirates, desperate acts of cannibalism and a failed British bombardment in the War of 1812. Another attempted invasion occurred in 1853, when raucous New England fishermen intent on having a good time were repelled by residents armed with clubs and an old cannon. In 1926, the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse toppled onto the beach. With the light extinguished, bootleggers had an easier time plying their trade. On January 5, 1932, a captured rumrunner was accidentally set ablaze when an oil slick caught fire on the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Author Michael Morgan explores stories of impromptu presidential dips, charismatic preachers, German POW camps and other lost tales from the history of Lewes.

Download or read book About Lewes written by Dr. James H. VanSciver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewes, Delaware is a delightful fishing village nestled along the east cost of Sussex County. Nicknamed “The First Town in the First State,” its origins date back to circa 1631. Through the centuries, many people have contributed to its culture and have worked diligently to preserve its beauty, charm, and history. Along the way, they have provided a very family-friendly community with lots of eateries, shops, and places of interest. Written in a poetic narrative, this book explores the riches of the historic town of Lewes. Using both words and pictures, readers are taken on a tour of the community’s elegance and splendor, feeling the excitement of the activities of the canal, the comfort of the beach, and the exquisiteness created by Lewes in Bloom. They will also experience the history of Lewes through the Lewes Historical Society, Fort Miles, the Lightship Overfalls, and the Zwaanendael Museum. They will hear dogs playing at Lewes Unleashed and enjoy the sights and smells of the historic Lewes Farmers Market. Finally, they will take a trip across the Delaware Bay on the Cape May - Lewes Ferry.

Download or read book Birds by the Shore written by Jennifer Ackerman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard. Birds by the Shore is a book about discovering the natural life at the ocean's edge: the habits of shorebirds and seabirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. Against this landscape's rhythms, Ackerman revisits her own history--her mother's death, her father's illness and her hopes to have children of her own. This portrait of life at the ocean's edge will be relished by anyone who has walked a beach at sunset, or watched a hawk hover over a winter marsh, and felt part of the natural world. With a quiet passion and friendly, generous intelligence, it explores the way that landscape shapes our thoughts and perceptions and shows that home ground is often where we feel the deepest response to the planet.

Download or read book The Lost Locket of Lewes written by Ilona Holland and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture book for children 5-9 inspired by historical events, people, and places. This book combines facts with fiction to to help children learn about Lewes, DE and life in the 19th century.

Download or read book Hungry Girl Simply 6 written by Lisa Lillien and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Lillien, eating healthy, delicious & satisfying foods has NEVER been easier! People everywhere are craving super-simple recipes with short ingredient lists, and Hungry Girl has come to their rescue with Hungry Girl Simply 6: All-Natural Recipes with 6 Ingredients or Less! For the first time ever, chapters are organized by main ingredient—like CHICKEN, VEGGIES, EGGS, OATS—making it easy to find EXACTLY what you need. Featuring familiar ingredients and just a few simple steps, these recipes put everyday smart eating BACK on the table! Featuring: 95 GLUTEN-FREE recipes 28 SHEET-PAN recipes 91 VEGETARIAN recipes 27 recipes in 15 MINUTES OR LESS 59 recipes in 30 MINUTES OR LESS 18 NO-COOK recipes

Download or read book Hole by Hole written by Frederick Schranck and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited collection of golf columns and golf book reviews

Download or read book Delaware the First State written by Carol E. Hoffecker and published by B B& A Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of Delaware, from its first inhabitants and the arrival of European settlers to the effect of modern times on its business and government.

Download or read book The Magnanimous Heart written by Narayan Helen Liebenson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her long-awaited debut, a beloved master teacher shows us how to move from the “constant squeeze” of suffering to a direct experience of enoughness. The magnanimous heart is a heart of balance and buoyancy, of generosity and inclusivity. It allows us to approach each moment exactly as it is, in a fresh and alive way free from agendas and “shoulds,” receiving all that arises. It has the capacity to hold anything and everything, transforming even vulnerability and grief into workable assets. In writing evocative of Pema Chödrön’s, Narayan Helen Liebenson teaches us exactly how it is possible to turn the sting and anguish of loss into a path of liberation—the deep joy, peace, and happiness within our own hearts that exists beyond mere circumstances. The Magnanimous Heart shows us how to skillfully respond to painful human emotions through the art of meditative inquiry, or questioning wisely. Readers will learn how to live from a compassionate love that guides our lives and warms whatever it shines upon. With metta and compassion as companions and allies, we discover how our own magnanimous hearts can gently allow the inner knots to untie themselves.

Download or read book Lady Bird Johnson Hiding in Plain Sight written by Julia Sweig and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.”—The New York Times The inspiration for the documentary film The Lady Bird Diaries, premiering November 13 on Hulu Perhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most powerful. In Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig reveals how indispensable the First Lady was to Lyndon Johnson’s administration—which Lady Bird called “our” presidency. In addition to advising him through critical moments, she took on her own policy initiatives, including the most ambitious national environmental effort since Theodore Roosevelt and a virtually unknown initiative to desegregate access to public recreation and national parks in Washington, D.C. Where no presidential biographer has understood Lady Bird’s full impact, Julia Sweig is the first to draw substantially on her White House diaries and to place her center stage. In doing so, Sweig reveals a woman ahead of her time—and an accomplished strategist and politician in her own right. Winner of the Texas Book Award • Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bogard Weld Award

Download or read book Carville s Cure Leprosy Stigma and the Fight for Justice written by Pam Fessler and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of Americans who were exiled—hidden away with their “shameful” disease. The Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans curls around an old sugar plantation that long housed one of America’s most painful secrets. Locals knew it as Carville, the site of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, where generations of afflicted Americans were isolated—often against their will and until their deaths. Following the trail of an unexpected family connection, acclaimed journalist Pam Fessler has unearthed the lost world of the patients, nurses, doctors, and researchers at Carville who struggled for over a century to eradicate Hansen’s disease, the modern name for leprosy. Amid widespread public anxiety about foreign contamination and contagion, patients were deprived of basic rights—denied the right to vote, restricted from leaving Carville, and often forbidden from contact with their own parents or children. Neighbors fretted over their presence and newspapers warned of their dangerous condition, which was seen as a biblical “curse” rather than a medical diagnosis. Though shunned by their fellow Americans, patients surprisingly made Carville more a refuge than a prison. Many carved out meaningful lives, building a vibrant community and finding solace, brotherhood, and even love behind the barbed-wire fence that surrounded them. Among the memorable figures we meet in Fessler’s masterful narrative are John Early, a pioneering crusader for patients’ rights, and the unlucky Landry siblings—all five of whom eventually called Carville home—as well as a butcher from New York, a 19-year-old debutante from New Orleans, and a pharmacist from Texas who became the voice of Carville around the world. Though Jim Crow reigned in the South and racial animus prevailed elsewhere, Carville took in people of all faiths, colors, and backgrounds. Aided by their heroic caretakers, patients rallied to find a cure for Hansen’s disease and to fight the insidious stigma that surrounded it. Weaving together a wealth of archival material with original interviews as well as firsthand accounts from her own family, Fessler has created an enthralling account of a lost American history. In our new age of infectious disease, Carville’s Cure demonstrates the necessity of combating misinformation and stigma if we hope to control the spread of illness without demonizing victims and needlessly destroying lives.

Download or read book Cornstalks and Cannonballs written by Barbara Mitchell and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Lewis, Delaware, defeats the British Navy during the War of 1812.

Download or read book A Culinary History of Southern Delaware Scrapple Beach Plums and Muskrat written by Denise Clemons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic farms and waterways crisscross Southern Delaware, connecting its residents to a set of rich culinary traditions. The original Nanticoke inhabitants baked hearty johnnycakes and hunted wild game. Hungry for a taste of home, German settlers developed scrapple from local ingredients. Today's home cooks and chefs draw their bounty from the land and sea for a distinct, seasonal cuisine. Summer strawberries and peaches from local farms and orchards become delectable preserves thanks to treasured family recipes. Come springtime, succulent blue crab reigns supreme. With recipes for regional favorites like beach plum jelly and chicken with slippery dumplings, author Denise Clemons explores the history behind the ingredients and savors the story in every dish.

Download or read book The First Human written by Ann Gibbons and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind?Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the “missing link”–the fossil of the earliest human ancestor–Gibbons ventures to Africa, where she encounters a fascinating array of fossil hunters: Tim White, the irreverent Californian who discovered the partial skeleton of a primate that lived 4.4 million years ago in Ethiopia; French paleontologist Michel Brunet, who uncovers a skull in Chad that could date the beginnings of humankind to seven million years ago; and two other groups–one led by zoologist Meave Leakey, the other by British geologist Martin Pickford and his French paleontologist partner, Brigitte Senut–who enter the race with landmark discoveries of their own. Through scrupulous research and vivid first-person reporting, The First Human reveals the perils and the promises of fossil hunting on a grand competitive scale.

Download or read book Designing Camelot written by James Archer Abbott and published by International Thomson Publishing Services. This book was released on 1998 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exquisite book documents the extensive restoration of the White House under the Kennedy administration. It examines the physical transformation of America's premier residence from "home of the President" to house-museum". Kennedy enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, collectors, history buffs, preservationists, and White House watchers alike will covet this book. Full color throughout.

Download or read book A Pair of Wings written by Carole Hopson and published by Jet Black Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pair of Wings is a novel based on the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Arriving in Chicago in 1915 from Waxahachie, Texas, Coleman is among the first wave of African Americans to take part in the Great Migration, the largest movement of Black people fleeing the oppression of the agricultural South for greater freedom and the promise of jobs in the industrialized North. Because no one in the United States will teach an African American woman to fly, Coleman learns to speak French and travels to France where she learns from some of the best flyers and designers of Great War aeroplanes. After her initial training she is awarded the French civilian aeronautic brevet, which entitles her to pilot a plane anywhere in the world. As the 1920s progress, both aviation and the Great Migration continue in parallel, and Coleman becomes the only woman in the world to contribute to both. She returns to Europe a second time for training in aerobatic maneuvers. And just as Coleman translated deftly between French and English, once home she converts the aerial life-saving and death-dealing tactics of the dogfighters of the Great War into daring and graceful barnstorming performances that dazzle and amaze her audiences. Through her tenacity and resilience, this fearless woman overcame cultural, racial, and economic obstacles in order to learn to fly. A full century after her accomplishments, Bessie Coleman continues to inspire. Her story is brought to life by author and pilot Carole Hopson. It is Coleman's bold determination and courage that lifted an entire people, and Hopson as well, upon A Pair of Wings. In order to support others in the pursuit of their dreams of flight, Hopson has created the 100 Pairs of Wings Project, which aims to send one hundred Black women to flight school by 2035. Twenty percent of the proceeds from the sale of each book will support this cause.

Download or read book Find Me Alone written by Lisa Graff and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's October 1964, and young Cee regrets coming home from school. She could have spent the afternoon with her best friend, Mo, who has perfect parents and no siblings. Instead, she walks in on an argument about her father's drinking. It is becoming more of a problem for the family, and Cee dreads his mood swings and anger. As the days go by, Cee and her sisters begin realizing the true extent of their father's alcoholism and its devastating effect on their family. Lisa Gaff's nuanced novel draws from her own experiences to show a family in trouble but not without hope.