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Book The Conquest of Mexico

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Hickling Prescott
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book The Conquest of Mexico written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Conquest of Peru

Download or read book History of the Conquest of Peru written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Conquest of Mexico

Download or read book History of the Conquest of Mexico written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hidden History of Prescott

Download or read book Hidden History of Prescott written by Parker Anderson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.

Book Cactus and Pine

Download or read book Cactus and Pine written by Sharlot Mabridth Hall and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historic Prescott

Download or read book Historic Prescott written by Agnes Franz and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

Download or read book History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Reign of Philip the Second  King of Spain

Download or read book History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain written by William Hickling Prescott and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Plains

    Book Details:
  • Author : Walter Prescott Webb
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 1959-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803297029
  • Pages : 544 pages

Download or read book The Great Plains written by Walter Prescott Webb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1959-01-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers

Book Pioneer Mother Monuments

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cynthia Culver Prescott
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2019-04-04
  • ISBN : 0806163887
  • Pages : 543 pages

Download or read book Pioneer Mother Monuments written by Cynthia Culver Prescott and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, American communities erected monuments to western pioneers. Although many of these statues receive little attention today, the images they depict—sturdy white men, saintly mothers, and wholesome pioneer families—enshrine prevailing notions of American exceptionalism, race relations, and gender identity. Pioneer Mother Monuments is the first book to delve into the long and complex history of remembering, forgetting, and rediscovering pioneer monuments. In this book, historian Cynthia Culver Prescott combines visual analysis with a close reading of primary-source documents. Examining some two hundred monuments erected in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present, Prescott begins her survey by focusing on the earliest pioneer statues, which celebrated the strong white men who settled—and conquered—the West. By the 1930s, she explains, when gender roles began shifting, new monuments came forth to honor the Pioneer Mother. The angelic woman in a sunbonnet, armed with a rifle or a Bible as she carried civilization forward—an iconic figure—resonated particularly with Mormon audiences. While interest in these traditional monuments began to wane in the postwar period, according to Prescott, a new wave of pioneer monuments emerged in smaller communities during the late twentieth century. Inspired by rural nostalgia, these statues helped promote heritage tourism. In recent years, Americans have engaged in heated debates about Confederate Civil War monuments and their implicit racism. Should these statues be removed or reinterpreted? Far less attention, however, has been paid to pioneer monuments, which, Prescott argues, also enshrine white cultural superiority—as well as gender stereotypes. Only a few western communities have reexamined these values and erected statues with more inclusive imagery. Blending western history, visual culture, and memory studies, Prescott’s pathbreaking analysis is enhanced by a rich selection of color and black-and-white photographs depicting the statues along with detailed maps that chronologically chart the emergence of pioneer monuments.

Book Underground Prescott

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Ireland-Williams
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2013-08-19
  • ISBN : 1491704357
  • Pages : 51 pages

Download or read book Underground Prescott written by Patricia Ireland-Williams and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underground Prescott is a historical look at the old west in Arizona's first territorial capitol, Prescott, Arizona. There are many stories about life underground whether it be passageways, tunnels, catacombs, opium dens, gambling halls, prohibition or brothels. Underground Prescott talks about this history and includes photos of areas below Prescott that are no longer accessible to the public.

Book Oral History of the Yavapai

Download or read book Oral History of the Yavapai written by Mike Harrison and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s, the Fort McDowell Reservation in Arizona came under threat by a dam construction project that, if approved, would potentially flood most of its 24,680 acres of land. As part of the effort to preserve the reservation, Mike Harrison and John Williams, two elders of the Yavapai tribe, sought to have their history recorded as they themselves knew it, as it had been passed down to them from generation to generation, so that the history of their people would not be lost to future generations. In March 1974, Arizona State University anthropologist Sigrid Khera first sat down with Harrison and Williams to begin recording and transcribing their oral history, a project that would continue through the summer of 1976 and beyond. Although Harrison and Williams have since passed away, their voices shine through the pages of this book and the history of their people remains to be passed along and shared. Thanks to the efforts of Scottsdale, Arizona, resident and Orme Dam activist Carolina Butler, this important document is being made available to the public for the first time. Oral History of the Yavapai offers a wide range of information regarding the Yavapai people, from creation beliefs to interpretations of historical events and people. Harrison and Williams not only relate their perspectives on the relationship between the “White people” and the Native American peoples of the Southwest, but they also share stories about prayers, songs, dreams, sacred places, and belief systems of the Yavapai.

Book Wild Women of Prescott  Arizona

Download or read book Wild Women of Prescott Arizona written by Jan MacKell Collins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona remained a raw, rather uncivilized territory before it became one of the last states to enter the Union. Few towns exemplify this more than Prescott. Untamed land lured those who saw an opportunity to prosper, including a number of shady ladies. A staple of any western town, these wanton women were independent, hearty individuals eager to unpack their petticoats and set up shop. Within six years of establishment, at least five prostitutes operated in Prescott. As their clientele grew, so did their influence. Mollie Sheppard, Lida Winchell, Gabriell Dollie and many more women were integral forces on the city that should not be forgotten. From Granite Street to Whiskey Row, Prescott's painted ladies established an ever-expanding red-light district halted only by Arizona's admission to the Union in 1912. Join author Jan MacKell Collins to discover the soiled doves of Prescott's red-light district.

Book Prescott   s Original Whiskey Row

Download or read book Prescott s Original Whiskey Row written by Bradley G. Courtney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the oldest, most notorious saloons in the American West lined the streets of Prescott's Whiskey Row. Dating back to 1864, the remote mountain town thrived on its mining and cattle industries during the day and raised hell at night when dusty outlaws and pioneers like Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday crowded Row saloons to quench their thirsts. Whiskey Row bore witness to legendary gunfights, murders and other curious tales, like that of Baby Bell, aka Chance Cobweb Hall, known today as Arizona's most famous saloon story. From crooked gambling operations and barroom brawls to the devastating fire of 1900, author and historian Bradley G. Courtney explores the colorful stories of Whiskey Row.

Book Haunted Prescott

    Book Details:
  • Author : Parker Anderson
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2018-10-01
  • ISBN : 1439665214
  • Pages : 127 pages

Download or read book Haunted Prescott written by Parker Anderson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Arizona was created as a U.S. territory in 1864, Prescott became its first capital. Accompanying the city's rich history is an equally dramatic heritage of supernatural manifestations. Visitors report a strange chill in the Palace Restaurant and taps on the shoulder at the Smoki Museum. Lingering spirits crowd famed hotels like the Vendome and the Hassayampa Inn, as well as theaters such as the Elks Opera House and Prescott Center for the Arts. Learn the secrets of Prescott's cemeteries and the truth about the hangings on the Courthouse Plaza as Darlene Wilson and Parker Anderson lead an excursion through the haunted sites of Arizona's mile-high city.

Book Gold  Greed and Glory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Ruland-Thorne
  • Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9781413793222
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Gold Greed and Glory written by Kate Ruland-Thorne and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to 1864, the vast lands north of the Gila River in Arizona County, New Mexico Territory, were known only as Tierra Incognita, unknown lands, inhabited by the fierce Tonto Apache and Yavapai people. Gold remained a rumor there until 1863 when two mountain men, each leading separate expeditions, discovered it. One year later, President Abraham Lincoln declared Arizona a territory. Immediately the stampede for gold was underway, creating the inevitable conflict with the Native population. The Indians held the upper hand until the arrival of General George Crook in 1872. Following on the heels of the prospectors, soldiers and government officials were the pioneers, entrepreneurs, outlaws, lawmen and ladies of the night. Each contributed a thread to the vibrant tapestry woven into the territorial history of this fascinating era. "Gold, Greed and Glory" looks deeply into many of their lives, gives them flesh and blood, and carries the reader along on their exploits and glorious adventures.

Book The Great Frontier

Download or read book The Great Frontier written by Walter Prescott Webb and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Frontier presents a new theory of the history of the Western World since 1492 when Columbus opened the frontier lands to a static European society.