Download or read book The Silver Dons written by Richard F. Pourade and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silver Dons written by Richard F. Pourade and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the Spanish Dons wrested the Californian lands from the missionaries and lost them to the American pioneers with the start of the gold rush.
Download or read book Louis Rose San Diego s First Jewish Settler and Entrepreneur written by Donald H. Harrison and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Rose, an Old World immigrant, came to San Diego in 1850 and was one of the key figures who helped to shape the region. This comprehensive biography addresses not only the founding of Jewish institutions in San Diego, but how Rose helped to develop secular institutions as well.
Download or read book The Dons of the Old Pueblo microform written by Percival John Cooney and published by Chicago : Rand McNally. This book was released on 1996 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Bankhead Magruder written by Thomas Settles and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the major figures of the Civil War era, Confederate general John Bankhead Magruder is perhaps the least understood. The third-ranking officer in Virginia's forces behind Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, Magruder left no diary, no completed memoirs, no will, not even a family Bible. There are no genealogical records and very few surviving personal papers. Unsurprisingly, then, much existing literature about Magruder contains incorrect information. In John Bankhead Magruder, an exhaustive biography that reflects more than thirty years of painstaking archival research, Thomas M. Settles remedies the many factual inaccuracies surrounding this enigmatic man and his military career. Settles traces Magruder's family back to its seventeenth-century British American origins, describes his educational endeavors at the University of Virginia and West Point, and details his early military career and his leading role as an artillerist in the war with Mexico. Tall, handsome, and flamboyant, Magruder earned the nickname "Prince John" from his army friends and was known for his impeccable manners and social brilliance. When Virginia seceded in April of 1861, Prince John resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and offered his services to the Confederacy. Magruder won the opening battle of the Civil War at Big Bethel. Later, in spite of severe shortages of weapons and supplies and a lack of support from Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin, Samuel Cooper, and Joseph E. Johnston, Prince John, with just 13,600 men, held his position on the Peninsula for a month against George B. McClellan's 105,000-man Federal army. This successful stand, at a time when Richmond was exceedingly vulnerable, provided, according to Settles, John Magruder's greatest contribution to the Confederacy. Following the Seven Days' battles, however, his commanders harshly criticized Magruder for being too slow at Savage Station, then too rash at Malvern Hill and they transferred him to command the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. In Texas, he skillfully recaptured the port of Galveston in early 1863 and held it for the Confederacy until the end of the war. After the war, he joined the Confederate exodus to Mexico but eventually returned to the United States, living in New York City and New Orleans before settling in Houston, where he died on February 18, 1871. John Bankhead Magruder offers fresh insight into many aspects of the general's life and legacy, including his alleged excesses, his family relationships, and the period between Magruder's death and his memorialization into the canon of Lost Cause mythology. With engaging prose and impressive research, Settles brings this vibrant Civil War figure to life.
Download or read book A Daughter of the Dons written by William MacLeod Raine and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Daughter of the Dons" (A Story of New Mexico Today) by William MacLeod Raine. 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 Race And Homicide In Nineteenth Century California written by Clare V. McKanna and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2007-08-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century California was a society in turmoil, with a rapidly growing population, booming mining camps, insufficient or nonexistent law-enforcement personnel, and a large number of ethnic groups with differing attitudes toward law and personal honor. Violence, including murder, was common, and legal responses varied broadly. Available now for the first time in paperback, Race and Homicide in Nineteenth-Century California examines coroners’ inquest reports, court case files, prison registers, and other primary and printed sources to analyze patterns of homicide and the state’s embryonic justice system. Author Clare V. McKanna discovers that the nature of crimes varied with the ethnicity of perpetrators and victims, as did the conduct and results of trials and sentencing patterns. He presents specific case studies and a vivid portrait of an unruly society in flux. Enhanced with testimony from contemporary sources and illustrated with period photographs, this study richly portrays a frontier society where the law was neither omnipotent nor impartial.
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Download or read book A Golden State written by Marlene Smith-Baranzini and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on mining and economic development in California from the Gold Rush through the end of the 19th century. This is the second in a series of four volumes comemmorating the state's sesquicentennial.
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Download or read book Finding Serendipity written by Angelica Banks and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical journey into the land where stories come from “[A] sweet-toned, summer-fun story.” —The New York Times Book Review When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday's mother—the famous author Serendipity Smith—has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. In their quest to find Serendipity, they discover the mysterious and unpredictable place that stories come from. Here, Tuesday befriends the fearless Vivienne Small, learns to sail an enchanted boat, tangles with an evil pirate, and discovers the truth about her remarkable dog. Along the way, she learns what it means to be a writer and how difficult it can sometimes be to get all the way to The End. This title has Common Core connections. Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks, with illustrations by Stevie Lewis, is the first in a series. that continues with book two, A Week Without Tuesday. “This enchanting story . . . celebrates the imagination and the connection writers feel with their stories. Spunky characters; spot-on pacing, providing perfectly timed plot revelations; and fully imagined worlds make this a charming winner.” —Booklist, starred review “With cinematic imagery and keen wit, the authors construct an inventive novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Young writers will find inspiration in the tale—especially those who have a story within them but might be too shy to tell it.” —The New York Times Book Review
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Download or read book The Adventure Continues written by Lance J Breckinridge and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventure Continues picks up from the first book in the series, Waking Up in a Different Time. In part two, the reader finds Bill and Barbara Kelly getting settled in their new home in suburban Richmond, Virginia. The move from Chicago was a result of Bill's promotion to corporate vice-president with Bracken Metals Inc., a large aluminum manufacturer with facilities all over the country. Since moving to Richmond, Bill travels a good part of the time, with his executive assistant, Corrina. Barb finds herself without a job for the first time in her married life, but is keeping busy with her new interest, flying lessons, and managing their new house. So, while Bill travels across the country with his stunning secretary, Barb takes flying lessons, oblivious to the growing relationship between her husband and his assistant. Will Bill resist temptation? Is Corrina using Bill to climb the corporate ladder? Will Barb find out about Bill's extramarital affair? Let's see how it all turns out, shall we?
