Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island, Paperback - Mac Griswold

Reducere. In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon Sylvester Manor, a stately mansion guarded by...

The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of African descent are usually the slaves, and w...

Reducere. James Island remains one of the few places in the United States where descendants of slaves can easily trace their roots to one of the seventeen sl...

Reducere. DescriptionJames Island remains one of the few places in the United States where descendants of slaves can easily trace their roots to one of the s...

Reducere. This children's book will help inspire a sense of wonder and a love of nature through enchanting images and fun-to-read rhyming prose. The book fol...

DescriptionFrom the arrival of the Quakers in the seventeenth century to the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, Long Island played an im...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the foreword..Brad Kolodny provides an important history, inventory, and photo archive of the synagogues of Long Island. He has ide...

Reducere. Ishi in Three Centuries brings together a range of insightful and unsettling perspectives and the latest research to enrich and personalize our und...

Reducere. In the mid-nineteenth century, James Wickham was a wealthy farmer with a large estate in Cutchogue, Long Island. His extensive property included a ...

Snowbound at the Manor by Ellie Darkins An unexpected Christmas... With a handsome stranger!

Reducere. The Indians of coastal Long Island were closely attuned to their maritime environment. They hunted sea mammals, fished in coastal waters, and harve...

Reducere. Louis Hughes was born a slave in Virginia and at age 12 was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. After a few interim owners, he was ...

Reducere. From the old Gold Coast of Long Island's North Shore, made famous by F. Scott Fitzgerald, to the sparkling waters of Jones Beach, the Hamptons and ...

Risk, Choice, and Uncertainty offers a new narrative of the three-century history of the study of decision making, tracing how crucial ideas have e...

The first comprehensive history of architecture education in North America, offering a chronological overview and a topical lexicon.Rooted in the B...

A social history of the British presence in India between Elizabeth I's era and into the time of Elizabeth II, drawing on the recorded experiences ...

This volume highlights the diversity and complexity of cultural dialogue between Russia and Western Europe since the end of the eighteenth century....

Reducere. Christianity and the Christian Church of the First Three Centuries is the first volume in Baur's five-volume history of the Christian Church. It an...

Reducere. A cozy Christmas mystery that will keep you guessing, from the author of Kindle Unlimited All-Star winner Sweet Hollow Women_______________________...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Emma RothschildIllustration(s): 1 table.Number of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x...

Reducere. A poltergeist guilty of murder? Ginger Gold receives a letter from her sister-in-law, Felicia, requesting Ginger come straightaway to her late husb...

Reducere. The elderly owner of Mogdon Manor, Victor Hamblyn, dies in a mysterious fire. But was it really an accident? Jack and Sarah are sceptical. The vict...

Reducere. The elderly owner of Mogdon Manor, Victor Hamblyn, dies in a mysterious fire. But was it really an accident? Jack and Sarah are sceptical. The vict...

Description Literal and metaphorical excavations at Sweet Briar College reveal how African American labor enabled the transformation of Sweet Briar...

Reducere. DescriptionAs progress marches on, it inevitably leaves behind some spectacular ruins--places that are no longer needed or wanted, yet still stand,...

Reducere. Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions and fascinating characters. From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fl...

Reducere. Bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and on the north by Long Island Sound, the Peconic Bay region, including the North and South Forks, has...

Reducere. Not Irish Enough is an engaging, richly annotated account of three hundred turbulent years of Irish history, highlighting the experiences of an Ang...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. An innovative history of deep social and economic changes in France, told through the story of a single extended family across five generations Mar...

Reducere. Downton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote...set in a Yorkshire village Evelyn Christie has resigned herself to another long, boring weekend at H...

Reducere. 1920's LondonIf one more person gives Rosemary Lillywhite unwanted advice on when to stop mourning the loss of her beloved husband, she fears she w...

Reducere. A killer is among them...Mystery fiction fanatic Amelia Adams is stunned when she inherits a dilapidated mansion, complete with secret passages, hi...

When the Revolutionary War broke out and New York City had fallen in 1776, the forces of the king of Great Britain developed a network of forts alo...

From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka, " a gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the k...

Reducere. Standing on the banks of the Black River, Mansfield Plantation is a living testament to antebellum rice plantations. In 1718, it started as a five-...

Reducere. Plimoth Plantation and the National Geographic Society come together to tell the true story behind the legendary voyage of the Mayflower. A meticul...

Reducere. Colleges, schools, libraries and military bases in the US and abroad have been searching for ways to celebrate notable persons of color and to prov...

Reducere. After being elected president, George Washington set out to tour the new nation, which was desperate for a unifying symbol. He spent five days on L...

Reducere. A middle-aged couple with three young children are longtime residents and homeowners in the community of Massapequa, New York. When Superstorm Sand...

Reducere. Best Easy Day Hikes Long Island includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes i...

Reducere. By 6: 00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that w...

Reducere. Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Award In this revised and expanded edition of Anna Kingsley's remarkable life story, Daniel Schafer draw...

What this book reveals is that even in one house, this wealth fuelled an extraordinary range of political and cultural activity. Maristow House, as...

Reducere. Although the Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century, very little has been writte...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka, " a gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the k...

Publisher: Haymarket BooksAuthor(s): David CorreiaNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 234 x 25Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

Reducere. "My own observation of the real condition of the people of our Slave States, gave me ... an impression that the cotton monopoly in some way did the...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert R. MaxNewly enlisted in the Army during World War II, 21-year-old Bob Max soon found himself recruited into the Fort...