Download or read book Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated Guide to the treasures of American written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reader s Digest Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated Guide to the Treasures of America written by Reader's Digest Association and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to our priceless heritage of art and architecture, furniture and the decorative arts, historic places, gardens, monuments, and engineering marvels--the best loved treasures of our nation.
Download or read book Saving America s Treasures written by Dwight Young and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2001 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases some of America's priceless historical artifacts, documents, and sites that, because of neglect, age, or lack of funding, are in danger of being lost forever.
Download or read book Treasures of America and where to Find Them written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to our priceless heritage of art and architecture, furniture and the decorative arts, historic places, gardens, monuments and engineering marvels--the best loved treasures of our Nation.
Download or read book American Lighthouses written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the great American lighthouses, their keepers, their histories, and their ongoing stories For more than two centuries, lighthouses have helped sailors find their way through treacherous waters, guiding them home or taking them safely through passages on their way to adventure. These historic towers and houses form a sparkling chain of lights along our coasts, a reminder of the past echoing with adventure and mystery, a lure for travelers looking for a glimpse into a romantic past. Completely revised and updated, American Lighthouses offers more than just a tour of 450 beautiful and historic navigational beacons dotting the coasts and lakes of the United States. This fully illustrated, one-of-a-kind handbook details their history and architecture and provides full information on visiting or viewing them. Included are many endangered lights, threatened by erosion or lack of funding, as well as “ghost lights,” which are no longer standing.
Download or read book Lost Treasures of American History written by W. C. Jameson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his storyteller's gift, Jameson relates episodes from early explorers through the colonial period, the Civil War, the settling of the West, and the roaring 1920s. As a professional treasure hunter, he has followed the trails of many of the lost mines and buried treasures he describes. Sample treasures include Sir Francis Drake Treasure, Benedict Arnold Treasure, Lafayette's Sunken Riches, Maryland's Lost Silver Mine, The Wandering Confederate Treasury, Lost Treasure of the Gray Ghost, Oklahoma Outlaw Cache, and Lost Spanish Gold in the Sandia Mountains.
Download or read book The Beachcomber s Companion written by Anna Marlis Burgard and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A field guide to shells, sand dollars, sea glass, and more that “inspires a new appreciation for the wonders of the shore” (Providence Journal). The Beachcomber’s Companion is a charming illustrated guide to collecting and identifying shells and other coastal treasures. Each of the entries includes fascinating descriptions, fun tidbits, and detailed artwork that makes it easy to identify your own beach discoveries. A handy resource section offers tips on how to prepare before setting out on a shoreline adventure, from the beachcomber’s commandments to must-have items for every beachcombing toolkit and advice on preserving shells. Awash with information and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is an essential companion for all who love the ocean’s shore, asbreezy, inviting, and delightful as a day at the beach. “Loaded with interesting information, charming anecdotes, and useful hints.” —Dr. David L. Pawson, Emeritus Senior Scientist, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Download or read book Treasures of America and where to Find Them written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to our priceless heritage of art and architecture, furniture and the decorative arts, historic places, gardens, monuments and engineering marvels--the best loved treasures of our Nation.
Download or read book The Secret written by Sean Kelly & Ted Mann & Byron Preiss and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels in 1982 dollars, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full-color paintings and verses of THE SECRET. Are you smart enough? THE SECRET: A TREASURE HUNT was published in 1982. The year before publication, the author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum.
Download or read book American Pickers Guide to Picking written by Libby Callaway and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true adventure story and the go-to guide for "picking" American treasures from anyone's backyard, straight from the stars of History's American Pickers In these pages, professional treasure hunters Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz chronicle their road trips across the American countryside in search of "rusty gold" to buy and sell among the picking world's one-of-a-kind characters. Whether you are a fan of the show or just like finding hidden riches, you will love seeing what Wolfe and Fritz dig up and enjoy meeting the devoted collectors, extreme stockpilers, and elite dealers who they encounter along the way. Wolfe and Fritz do not deal in fine antiques. Their secondhand treasures are of the down-and-dirty and sometimes even bizarre variety, from old bicycles and vintage tools, to sun-bleached cars and handmade furniture, retired carnival games and unusual taxidermy. Assisted by Danielle Colby, who helps out at Antique Archaeology, Wolfe and Fritz buy on the cheap and then sell to dealers, art directors, interior designers, or anyone looking for a little bit of authentic Americana. The three now share their secrets to finding hidden gems, offering helpful hints that will show what average Americans can do to find the treasures that await them. From American Pickers Guide to Picking: Junk is Beautiful When we knock on a door, 90 percent of the time the things we find are junk. But we don't care about the odds; a picker never turns down an opportunity, no matter where it is. We've picked pickup trucks. We've picked flat beds. We've picked dumpsters. We even picked a Mercury Sable. We're looking for the unusual, the impossible, the funky, the different, the bizarre-things we have never seen before. And we'll go anywhere we have to go to find it. No location is off-limits to a hard-core picker. And there's plenty of things to be found at antique stores, thrift and consignment shops, flea markets, estate sales, and swap meets, and a lot of the tips in this book apply to finding treasures at these joints. But that's not really the kind of picking we do anymore. We look outside the box to find our junk-a word we use almost like a term of endearment: to us: junk is beautiful.
Download or read book Secret Seattle Seattle Walk Report written by Susanna Ryan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the same charm and whimsy she brought to Seattle Walk Report, Instagram darling Susanna Ryan takes things a step further, revealing the forgotten history behind the people, places, and things that shaped Seattle. Cartoonist and creator of Seattle Walk Report, Susanna Ryan strolls on with a quirky new illustrated guide celebrating Seattle's historical treasures and outdoor wonders. In Secret Seattle, Ryan explores the weird and wonderful hidden history behind some of the city's most overlooked places, architecture, and infrastructure, from coal chutes in Capitol Hill, to the last remainder of Seattle's original Chinatown in Pioneer Square, to the best places in town to find century-old sidewalks. Discover pocket parks, beautiful boulevards, and great public gardens while learning offbeat facts that will make you see the Emerald City in a whole new way. Perfect for both the local history buff who never leaves a favorite armchair to a walking enthusiast looking for offbeat and off-the-beaten-path scavenger hunts.
Download or read book Real American Treasure written by Christopher Bryan and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a robust invitation for you to join the largest treasure hunt ever attempted. Inside you will find all the tools necessary to participate in rediscovering lost or forgotten treasure. We will outline exactly what Real American treasure is, give you directions on where and how to go about finding it, and most importantly we will explain what to do with the treasure when you find it. We have made the whole process fun and easy, with an emphasis on old coins - and what to do and what not to do with them. For you experienced treasure aficionados we have thrown in a whole bunch of information on special treasures within treasures to help reignite your passion, maybe start you on a new path that could even increase the value of the treasures you already own. We will introduce you to and walk you through the whole treasure processing world of third party authentication, encapsulation, preservation, and selling through auction specialists - while instilling confidence in these companies through stories and experiments that prove beyond a shadow of doubt, that your treasures will realize their maximum value! For this treasure hunt to work - we need a grass roots campaign - we need you all to talk to your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and anyone who will listen. We want you to give this book out as a holiday gift, or welcome to the neighborhood gift. Think of it as a fun way to invite someone else to join the hunt. No matter what - always remember - the Real American Treasure is You!
Download or read book Hammond s Illustrated Nature Guide written by Emil Leopold Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost and Found Coin Hoards Abd Treasures written by Q. David Bowers and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this richly illustrated book of true stories, Q. David Bowers takes you on an exploration of treasures from sunken ships, bank vaults and reserves, hidden compartments, buried chests and boxes, old safes, hideaways of pirates and privateers, cornerstones, barrels and casks, Mint and Treasury storage, wrecked buildings, caves and crevices, old estates, time capsules, forgotten collections, attics and basements, and other lost and hidden places. These valuable treasures and hoards of American coins had vanished from memory, but now many of them have been found. Some are still missing, and awaiting discovery This book is your ticket for an exclusive look behind the curtains of time, by a master storyteller and America's best-known numismatist.
Download or read book Snoopy Treasures written by Nat Gertler and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snoopy is the heart of the long-running, much beloved Peanuts comic strip. 'The Snoopy Treasures' celebrates the World Famous Beagle in lively, illustrated chapters. Peanuts expert Nat Gertler covers Snoopys inspiration, first appearances, and evolution into the dog that we all know and love.
