Remembering Georgetown: A History of the Lost Port City, Hardcover - David Mould

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Black Georgetown Remembered is a journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how th...

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As a Georgetown resident for nearly a century, Britannia Kennon (1815-1911) of Tudor Place was close to the key political events and figures of her...

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This volume tackles the subject of the survival and transformation of the ancient city through memory, drawing upon the methodological and theoreti...

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More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African...

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The true story of the city of Port Royal in Jamaica. In 1692 an earthquake and tidal wave caused the city to sink beneath the sea. Robert F. Marx w...

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Thomas HagerIllustration(s): Black-and-white images throughoutNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139...

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