The Jefferson Hotel: The History of a Richmond Landmark, Hardcover - Paul N. Herbert

Reducere. Designed by Richmond visionary Lewis Ginter, The Jefferson Hotel has been an icon in the community since 1895. From the alligators that used to roa...

DescriptionIn this rhyming, hilarious romp about a little-known facet of American history, Thomas Jefferson tries to disprove a French theory that ...

Reducere. In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus' teachings into a concise book that could be ...

With over 150 monuments, Richmond ranks among the nation's best cities in devotion to its past, its leaders and its famous citizens. But the storie...

Reducere. Tampa's Davis Islands has long been among the most desirable places to live on Florida's west coast. Created by David P. Davis during the 1920s Flo...

Reducere. DescriptionIn early twentieth-century New York, few could have imagined a train terminal as grandiose as Pennsylvania Station. Yet, executives at t...

Reducere. DescriptionThomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, "Father of the Constitution, " were two of the most impo...

Richmond s 15th Street was known as Wall Street in antebellum times, and like its New York counterpart, it was a center of commerce. But the busine...

The seven hills at the James River fall line that Captain John Smith first witnessed in 1607 became the site of a pivotal American city. Richmond w...

Reducere. Come walk the timeless halls of the Hotel Galvez. No expense was spared in the creation of this beautiful statement of Galveston's resilience, whic...

Reducere. DescriptionThe hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything -- everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kent...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour, Hardcover

Reducere. Traveling throughout the South during the 1950s was hazardous for African Americans. There were precious few hotels and restaurants that opened the...

Reducere. This book tells the history of the famous Jefferson Islands Club, called the "Playground of Presidents, " which was the private island retreat for ...

Reducere. Leader of the Santee Sioux, Inkpaduta (1815-79) participated in some of the most decisive battles of the northern Great Plains, including Custer's ...

Reducere. The New York Times and USA Today Bestseller She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her be...

Reducere. Come walk the timeless halls of the Hotel Galvez. No expense was spared in the creation of this beautiful statement of Galveston's resilience, whic...

Reducere. DescriptionOne night in 1874, a murderer crept into a New Braunfels home and killed twelve-year-old Emma Voelcker with an axe. The prime suspect wa...

Reducere. During the critical Battle of Oriskany in August 1777, Continental forces led by General Nicholas Herkimer defeated the British army under St. Lege...

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Reducere. DescriptionIs it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our childr...

DescriptionIn 1820, Thomas Jefferson worked for months, often by candlelight, carefully cutting the pages of several Bibles to remove the life stor...

Reducere. The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond (February 28-March 3, 1864) was to free some 13, 000 Union prisoners ...

Being appointed Dundee Makar (or City Laureate) implied that Bill Herbert might settle into middle age. He rented a flat overlooking Broughty Ferry ...

Reducere. DescriptionEarly in the morning of September 29, 1864, two Union corps under the command of General Benjamin Butler crossed the James with the goal...

Reducere. From 1859 to the present, the name Paul Smiths has meant different things to visitors and residents of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New Yor...

Reducere. Founded in Richmond in 1968, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) began with a mission to build a university to serve a city emerging from the er...

Reducere. In 1768 the sixty-year struggle to open the lands of the Kayaderosseras Patent north of Albany for settlement was finally resolved. The long confli...

DescriptionHouse music jacked the world in the 1980s and popular music has never been the same. From the merest two or three nightclubs in Chicago,...

Reducere. DescriptionSince the day it opened in 1892, Denver s Brown Palace Hotel has been the Mile High City s foremost destination for high-powered busines...

Reducere. Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest George Herbert is one the most famous and popular of the metaphysical poets. The Poetry Foundat...

Reducere. The true story of the bastard son who made himself a king and the woman who melted his heart.The stirring history of William the Conqueror, Duke of...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile Black architects produce extraordinary works, they account for only two percent of the profession in the United States. Many of th...

When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly ...

Reducere. Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader's great conquests, is the latest addition...

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DescriptionDrafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America's founding political p...

-The Hilton Wuhan Optics Valley resort and hotel features several innovative designs, which could provide strong reference points for similar futur...

Reducere. Established in 1836, the Bristol Zoo is the world's oldest surviving zoo outside of a capital city and has frequently been at the vanguard of zoo i...

Reducere. By: Mrs. Sherman Williams and Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Pub. 1989, reprinted 2015, 740 pages, Index to both volumes, ISBN #0-89308-599-5.This long...

Reducere. This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For...