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Book Newport Villas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael C Kathrens
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2009-01-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Newport Villas written by Michael C Kathrens and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, for all who love grand houses. Newport Villas describes the architectural and social development of this summer resort town, the nexus of wealth and fashion at the end of the nineteenth century. All the accoutrements were the best that money could buy, whether it was Parisian frocks, meticulously groomed thoroughbred horses, or meals prepared by imported French chefs. To properly mount their entertainments, Newport's elite built "cottages" that ranged in size from thirty to seventy rooms. The country's most accomplished architects designed these seaside villas, many of them rivaling the great houses of Europe. Pictured here in abundant archival and new photographs, with accompanying floor plans, the houses cover the gamut of revival styles from Colonial Revival to Italian Renaissance Revival, from French Classical Revival to Georgian Revival.

Book The Official Railway Guide

Download or read book The Official Railway Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Captain Christopher Newport

Download or read book Captain Christopher Newport written by Allen Bryant Nichols and published by Sea Venture LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this first full-length biography of Christopher Newport (1561-1617), Nichols portrays, in carefully research detail, the adventurous life on the high seas of the courageous sea captain who founded the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. As a young man, Newport sailed with Sir Francis Drake in the daring attack on the Spanish fleet at Cadiz and participated in England's defeat of the Spanish Armada. During the war with Spain, Newport seized fortunes of Spanish and Portuguese treasure in fierce sea battles in the West Indies as a privateer for Queen Elizabeth I. He led more attacks on Spanish shipping and settlements than any other English privateer. While leading his men aboard an enemy ship off the coast of Cuba, his right arm was 'strooken off', and Newport was referred to thereafter as, 'Christopher Newport of the one hand.' Admiral of Virginia, Newport led the fleet of colonists who established the first permanent English settlement in the New World. He chose the site for Jamestown, led the initial exploration for King James, and negotiated peacefully with Chief Powhatan's Indian tribes. Newport repeatedly rescued colonists from famine with four resupply voyages. When the 'Sea Venture' was shipwrecked on Bermuda during a hurricane, Newport organized 150 colonists to build two new vessels for their deliverance to Jamestown. In his later career, Newport led three long trading voyages to the Far East for the East India Company. He brought the first English ambassadors to Persia and India. His many voyages laid the foundations for the evolution of the British Empire. Captain Christopher Newport was an outstanding navigator, stern but compassionate sea captain, and legendary leader of men." -- Page 4 of cover.

Book Shippers  Guide for Fifty Thousand Express Offices and Railway Stations

Download or read book Shippers Guide for Fifty Thousand Express Offices and Railway Stations written by Adams Express Company and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Utilities Reports

Download or read book Public Utilities Reports written by Henry Clifford Spurr and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Utilities Reports

Download or read book Public Utilities Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book United States Official Postal Guide

Download or read book United States Official Postal Guide written by United States. Post Office Department and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book United States Official Postal Guide

Download or read book United States Official Postal Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Newport  America s First Resort

Download or read book Newport America s First Resort written by Industrial National Bank (Newport, R.I.) and published by . This book was released on 196? with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia written by William Dwight Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scandalous Newport  Rhode Island

Download or read book Scandalous Newport Rhode Island written by Larry Stanford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport, Rhode Island, is renowned for its stunning cliff-side vistas and the luxurious summer homes of the Gilded Age elite. Yet the opulent facades of the City by the Sea concealed the scintillating scandals, eccentric characters and unsolved mysteries of its wealthiest families. Learn how Cornelius Vanderbilt III was cut out of the family's fortune for his unapproved marriage to Grace Wilson and how John F. Kennedy's marriage to a Newport debutante helped to secure his presidency. Travel to the White Horse Tavern, where a vengeful specter still waits for his supposed murderer to return to the scene, and discover the mysterious voyage of the "Sea Bird" and its missing crew. Historian Larry Stanford searches the dark corners of Newport's past to expose these scandalous tales and more.

Book The Century Atlas of the World

Download or read book The Century Atlas of the World written by Benjamin Eli Smith and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Willing s Press Guide

Download or read book Willing s Press Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage of publications outside the UK and in non-English languages expands steadily until, in 1991, it occupies enough of the Guide to require publication in parts.

Book Swine Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : American Hampshire Swine Record Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1916
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1438 pages

Download or read book Swine Record written by American Hampshire Swine Record Association and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Automobile Blue Book

Download or read book Automobile Blue Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: