Troy Orphan Asylum: A Pictorial History, Paperback - Don Rittner

Reducere. There are few institutions in America that can claim that they have been servicing the needs of indigent children for over 185 years. Yet, Vanderhe...

Reducere. DescriptionTroy, New York has earned some distinctive titles in its more than 200 years of existence. "The Home of Uncle Sam, " "The Collar City, "...

RAF Coastal Command was founded as a formation within the Royal Air Force in 1936, at a time when the RAF was restricted into Fighter, Bomber and C...

A profusely illustrated history of the command responsible for the RAF's flying and ground training.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Keith ...

This comprehensive pictorial overview of Rover cars covers 1945-2005 models. It describes and illustrates all the great classic Rovers up to and in...

A high-quality, full-colour pictorial history of the Owls, illustrated throughout.

Reducere. In this beautifully illustrated pictorial history, Cath Senker explores the British monarchy and its host of kings, queens and pretenders. Includin...

In 2006, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens celebrates seventy five years of archaeological work in the Athenian Agora, the civic c...

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Reducere. The Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum was for fifty years (1868-1918) the home for some 3, 500 boys and girls, most of them immigrants from Eastern Eu...

Reducere. The Duke University men's basketball program is certainly one such tradition, and Lewis Bowling has assembled more than two hundred brilliant photo...

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. DescriptionCheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through t...

Reducere. DescriptionVietnam Ironclads presents a fascinating look at the specially designed armored gunboats used during the Vietnam War. This volume combin...

Reducere. Our two Alabama counties, Colbert & Lauderdale, are blessed with a rich history, some of which is preserved in historical markers placed throughout...

Reducere. This invaluable reference guide illustrates every standard automobile license plate issued in the United States, from 1903 to 1993. Author James K....

Reducere. The Definitive Reference Guide for U.S. License PlatesThis invaluable reference guide illustrates every standard automobile license plate issued in...

Reducere. "Vintage Tape Recorders" tells the story--through original advertisements, company promotional material, and photographs --of America's early profe...

Reducere. Spanning from the early 1900s through the 1960's, this nostalgic ride through Northern California and Oregon is one of the most highly visual histo...

Thames in Transition -the changing nature of the Docks and the ships that served them in the 1970s-1980sHow and why the Docks adapted to changed ca...

Reducere. Starting in 1911, and for many years, the Alberta Hospital Ponoka, or AHP, was the largest and highest-population psychiatric institution in the We...

Reducere. EDICION CONMEMORATIVA Aprendiendo a decir adios vio la luz hace diez anos y empezo a iluminar a sus lectores. Como enfrentar espiritualmente la mue...

Fair Mile was more than just a psychiatric hospital; Drawing on county records, first-hand accounts and archive photographs, Fair Mile Hospital des...

Reducere. Sheriff Buford Pusser- legendary sheriff who took on criminal on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi. Several assassination attempts were m...

Reducere. Keep her secret Keep her safeOn the 14th November 1940, Hitler's bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young ...

Reducere. How much do we really know about the lives of our parents and the secrets lodged in their past? Judy Bolton-Fasman's fascinating saga, Asylum: A Me...

Description"Like Inglourious Basterds for tweens, this clever YA title features Sarah, a blond, blue-eyed Jewish girl in 1939 Germany."--The New Yo...

William and Ella Durant, heirs to a bygone fortune, are recounting the events that led to the Durant family downfall during the Gilded Age. In 1931...

Reducere. Get an inside look at Colorado's rich history, from the time of early American Indians to the Colorado Gold Rush to today. This engaging social stu...

This comprehensive, readable survey of the Classical past is ambitious in scope: it ranges from the Aegean world of the second millenium BC to Augu...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): David RowlandIllustration(s): 220 illustrationsNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 273 x ...

St. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington, D.C., since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Gove...

Reducere. From the mysterious "Angel of Goliad" to the influential Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the eleven women portrayed in this engaging book were indeed...

'Tom sits on the floor studying the two dead bodies in front of him. It's been a while since he killed. Like riding a bike... only messier.' Tom Gr...

Presents a memoir of a young historian, who was admitted in England's largest psychiatric institution, Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, later known as ...

Reducere. The Roaring Twenties: America is dancing to jazz, gangsters are selling bootleg liquor, and the New York Yankees are building a baseball dynasty. I...

A moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee who, after spending months in a US immigration detention cen...

Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylu...

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. DescriptionIn America and the American Record Business, Don Cusic weaves the history of the music, the business and the technology that has created...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Adrian MagsonNumber of pages: 352Collection: Inspector Lucas RoccoPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 196 x 29Cover...

Reducere. In the early 1900s, adults hoped to find parents for homeless city children by sending them west on trains. Most of these children had no idea whet...

This book addresses perhaps the most famous episode in Classical mythology: the Wooden Horse of Troy. Through analysis of words, images and wrecks,...

Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the prolifer...

Reducere. Ice-pick Lobotomies * Straight Jackets * Seclusion Cells * Ice Water Baths Sound like a scene from a horror movie? Welcome to the 19th century asyl...