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Book The Worcester Account

Download or read book The Worcester Account written by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman and published by Chandler House Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fond look back at a time gone by - a personal account of a writer's coming-of-age in immigrant America.

Book Dean Worcester s Fantasy Islands

Download or read book Dean Worcester s Fantasy Islands written by Mark Rice and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the man whose photographic activities had a profound influence on the way that Americans perceived the Philippines throughout the twentieth century

Book Swedes of Greater Worcester

Download or read book Swedes of Greater Worcester written by Eric J. Salomonsson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late nineteenth century, Swedish immigrants began arriving by the thousands in New England, attracted by the area's heavy industry. In particular, the steel and ceramic shops of Worcester provided a livelihood for many of them. As a result, new areas of Swedish settlements developed throughout the surrounding towns. Swedes of Greater Worcester captures the area's Swedish heritage through a collection of images that displays everything from vintage weddings to ski-jumping events and stories known only by the families of the Swedes who first traveled to Worcester. These images represent a time when the Swedish element was a vital and vibrant part of the identity of the greater Worcester area.

Book The Boy From Worcester

Download or read book The Boy From Worcester written by Robert C. Pitchman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worcester is the second largest city in the state of Massachusetts and was an industrial mill town—which made it the home to numerous mills, factories, three-deckers, and immigrants from different countries. Located in the central part of the state, this city thrives in harmony with its people where some of them are famous athletes, poets, actors, politicians and inventors. In this city, author Robert Pitchman was born and in his book, The Boy From Worcester, he honestly and unflinchingly relates his journey through life and survival. In this book, Pitchman reveals the story of his life with no holds barred. He is Worcester-born who, due to circumstances beyond his control and being an only child, was forced to survive on his own. At the age of six years old, his parents got divorced, which eventually led him to live in an orphanage just outside Worcester. When he was 15 years old, he went back to live with his mother and to survive by his own wits. In this city, he witnessed the various phases of development through the mills, factories, different enterprises, and cultural diversity—including the segregation that was apparent during that time. He had seen the city’s historical evolution, the success and fame of many individuals in various fields, and the invention of many useful things that are relevant to the world. This book is not an ordinary recounting of the author’s life of struggles growing up, it also highlights the people and culture of Worcester’s people, their unique norms and practices, the social interaction, and the numerous occurrences that help Pitchman shape his life. This was the city where he grew up, and became a man. Worcester is the city he loved, and, this is his story.

Book Dean Worcester s Fantasy Islands

Download or read book Dean Worcester s Fantasy Islands written by Mark Rice and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dean Worcester’s Fantasy Islands brings to life one of the most significant (but under examined) figures in the history of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Worcester, a scientist who had traveled twice to the Philippines on zoological expeditions, established himself as one of America’s leading experts on the Philippines. Over a fourteen-year career as a member of the U.S. colonial regime, Worcester devoted much of his time and energy to traveling among and photographing non-Christian minority groups in the Philippines. He amassed an archive of several thousand photographs taken by him or by government photographers. Worcester deployed those photographs in books, magazine articles, and lectures to promote his belief that the United States should maintain control of the Philippines for decades to come. While many historians have examined American colonial photography in the Philippines, this book is the first lengthy treatment of Worcester’s role in shaping American perceptions of the Philippines in the early twentieth century.

Book The Archaeology of Worcester in 20 Digs

Download or read book The Archaeology of Worcester in 20 Digs written by James Dinn and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at the city's history and heritage, written by Worcester's archaeological officer.

Book The Polish Community of Worcester

Download or read book The Polish Community of Worcester written by Barbara Proko and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of Polish immigrants embarked upon the American Dream in Worcester as the city's lowest-paid mill workers. Slowly, they carved out their own "Polonia," with Millbury Street as the center. By the 1920s, Worcester's Polish community had built a parish with the largest parochial school in the county, established several civic associations, and become an influential group in the city's economy and ethnic composition. The Polish Community of Worcester celebrates the resilient and patriotic spirit of Worcester's Polonia from 1870 through 1970, with rare photographs from private collections and family albums.

Book Armenians of Worcester

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  • Author : Pamela Apkarian-Russell
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 0738504653
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Armenians of Worcester written by Pamela Apkarian-Russell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of immigrants came to the United States in search of a better life and greater opportunities for their families. However, the Armenians who came to Worcester between 1894 and 1930 were escaping a devastating genocide that tore their country apart. What they found and how they became an integral part of Worcester culture and history is the story found in Armenians of Worcester. Worcester was a mecca for many Armenians, who had escaped with little more than their lives. There were mills that provided work, and there was a growing number of Armenians who were struggling to make sense of what had happened in their homeland. The first Armenian Apostolic church and the first Armenian Protestant church in America were both in this city, and both helped to build new foundations for a community that was to enrich the city and slowly resurrect the art, theater, music, and food that celebrates the Armenian culture. The Armenian picnics that were an integrating influence in the early years continue even today as a gathering of clans and all who join in on these days of celebration.

Book Notes and Queries for Worcestershire

Download or read book Notes and Queries for Worcestershire written by John Noake and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Notes and Queries for Worcestershire by John Noake

Book Index pedum finium for Worcestershire

Download or read book Index pedum finium for Worcestershire written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Index to the pedes finium for Worcestershire  Charles ii to Anne   Impensis  T  Phillipps

Download or read book Index to the pedes finium for Worcestershire Charles ii to Anne Impensis T Phillipps written by sir Thomas Phillipps (bart) and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Heroes and Villains of Worcestershire

Download or read book Heroes and Villains of Worcestershire written by Terry Wardle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great, the good, and the very, very bad from Worcestershire's past live again in this informative, lively and entertaining collection of more than 700 mini-biographies of county men and women from across the centuries. All of human life is here, from composers to conmen, from military men – and a woman – to medical pioneers and nineteenth-century manufacturers, from daring explorers to one of the great entertainers of the music hall era. The county can claim many more who were either born or lived here for a major part of their lives, who made their mark with colourful enterprise or diligent toil. All of them called Worcestershire home and their contribution to its rich and varied history is remembered here in this well-researched and engaging book.

Book A History of Worcester  1674 1848

Download or read book A History of Worcester 1674 1848 written by Kenneth J. Moynihan and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Kenneth J. Moynihan chronicles the fascinating early history of this bustling junction town and offers readers a front-row view of Worcester's dramatic, nearly forgotten past. The Nipmuc Indians destroyed the first settlement at Worcester in 1675. A second attempt was made in the 1680s, but a permanent settlement did not take root until 1713. Worcester's first citizens battled French and Indian enemies and endured a succession of political, ethnic and religious rivalries. How did the Nipmuc deal with the English threat? How did settlers cope with changes in economic and political life after the Revolution? For the first time in 170 years, a historian takes a fresh look at the history of early Worcester.

Book History of Worcestershire Sauce  1837 2012

Download or read book History of Worcestershire Sauce 1837 2012 written by William Shurtleff and published by Soyinfo Center. This book was released on 2012 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Worcester  Massachusetts

Download or read book History of Worcester Massachusetts written by William Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Worcester Lunch Car Company

Download or read book The Worcester Lunch Car Company written by Richard J. S. Gutman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Worcester Lunch Car Company monopolized the New England market with its colorful diners. Although Worcester sent a smattering of diners as far as Florida and Michigan, the cars were most popular in their home territory. From 1906 to 1961, the company built six hundred fifty-one diners, with as few as ten or as many as seventy seats. Known for their small size, solid construction, and old-fashioned styling, the cars featured oak and mahogany woodwork, intricate ceramic tile patterns, and a backbar of stainless steel. Their distinctive porcelain enamel exteriors with names emblazoned on them proudly proclaimed their presence along the roadside. Day and night, these diners fed generations of New England's working class; today, fewer than one hundred lunch cars still operate.