Download or read book Glimpses of Down County History written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glimpses of Down-County History is a collection of articles which begin to chronicle the history of Southern Princess Anne County. The topics have been generated by oral history sessions as a part of the local history program of the Senior Resource Center Serving Southern Virginia Beach. Research has further developed those discussions to more fully establish the recorded history of the area, much of which has not been previously explored. A number of contributing authors further expand the record. It is the hope that this book will excite others to share recollections and records for this on-going work so that the past of southern Princess Anne County can be more fully understood and appreciated.
Download or read book These Truths A History of the United States written by Jill Lepore and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.
Download or read book A History of the County of Down written by Alexander Knox and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Download or read book A History of the County of Down written by Alexander Knox (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History a Characterization and a Glimpse Into the Future the C A Smith Interests written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Researching Down Ancestors written by Ian Maxwell and published by Ulster Historical Foundation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the nine counties of Ulster, none can claim a more cosmopolitan and fascinating history than Down. In ancient times it formed part of the ancient kingdom of the Ulaid; the Dal Fiatach, the most important of the groupings of tribes of Ulaid, came to dominate the east of the county with their capital at Downpatrick. Vikings came to raid and then settled along the coast. Later the Normans seized control of the Dal Fiatach kingdom constructing castles, monasteries and abbeys before becoming 'hibernicised'. In the seventeenth century, thousands of Scottish and English settlers poured into Down, establishing themselves in the north and east of the county. Meanwhile the native Irish were able to preserve their way of life in south Down where their close-knit communities were sufficiently well organised under their traditional leaders to co-exist with the newcomers. The distribution of surnames in the couty provides lasting evidence of its complex history. The purpose of this book is to provide a practical guide for the family historian searching for ancestors in County Down. It is true that many records have been lost, including those in the destruction of the Public Record Office in Dublin in 1922. However, much has survived to aid the dedicated family or local historian. Moreover, it has become increasingly accessible in the detailed catalogues and user-friendly searching aids in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Because of the breadth of the material covered, this book will appeal both to the experienced researcher and to the novice. Of particular value are the detailed listings of the records of landed estates, churches and schools, as well as the appendices listing townlands and unofficial place-names for the county.
Download or read book Down Thru the Years written by Dundy County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Facts of the Ancient Cliff Dwellers and a Glimpse of the Ruins and Canon at Manitou written by Manitou Cliff Dwellers' Ruins Co and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of the Past written by W. O. Raymond and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Glimpses of the Past" (History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784) by W. O. Raymond. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book A History of the County of Down written by Alexander Knox and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Antient and Present State of the County of Down written by Charles Smith and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Glimpse of the Past written by Harold Duncan Harness and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Harness (fl.1737-1776) and his family moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (later West Virginia) in 1737, and he furnished supplies for the Revolutionary War. Descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Maryland and elsewhere.
Download or read book The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill written by Larry L. Massey and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado. The African American outlaw was wanted on multiple charges of robbery and murder, and rumor had it that he stole from the rich to give to the poor. He terrorized busy train lines from east of Mobile to the Florida Panhandle, but as soon as the lawmen got close, he disappeared into the bayous and pine forests--until one day his luck ran out, and he was gunned down inside a general store in Atmore, Alabama. Little is known about Railroad Bill before his infamy--not his real name or his origins. His first recorded crime, carrying a repeating rifle without a license, led him into a gunfight with a deputy and made him a wanted man throughout Florida in 1894. His most celebrated escape--a five-day foot chase with scores of men and several bloodhounds--led to tales of Railroad's supernatural ability to transmogrify into an animal or inanimate object at will. As his crimes progressed from robbing boxcars to wounding trainmen to murdering sheriffs, more and more reward money was offered for his capture--dead or alive. Today, Railroad Bill is the subject of many folk songs popularized by singers such as Paul McCartney, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch, and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. But who was he? Where did he come from? What events led to his murderous spree? And why did some view him as a hero? In Railroad Bill, Larry Massey separates fact from myth and teases out elusive truths from tall tales to ultimately reveal the man behind the bandit's mask.
Download or read book A Glimpse of the Past written by Robert Clark and published by Brantford, Ont.] : Brant Historical Society. This book was released on 1966 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Down on Mahans Creek written by Benjamin G. Rader and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11. From Down in the Hollows to Ozark Towns -- 12. Leaving the Homeland -- Afterword: "The Celebrated Cow Case" -- Part IV: When in Places Even the Creek Went Dry -- 13. "Have We a Moses?" -- 14. The Folk up in Open Hollow -- 15. Clashing Cultures -- 16. When the Tribe Came Together -- Epilogue: "The Creek Has Changed a Lot since Then" -- Notes -- Index
Download or read book Jennings Co in Pictorial written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
