Author:
Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Consists of 3 parts. Pt. 1 introduces General Lee and Arlington House. Pt. 2 presents a brief historical account of the house and its occupants, the Custises and the Lees. Pt. 3 provides concise information on the house and grounds.
Arlington House
Author:
Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Consists of 3 parts. Pt. 1 introduces General Lee and Arlington House. Pt. 2 presents a brief historical account of the house and its occupants, the Custises and the Lees. Pt. 3 provides concise information on the house and grounds.
Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Consists of 3 parts. Pt. 1 introduces General Lee and Arlington House. Pt. 2 presents a brief historical account of the house and its occupants, the Custises and the Lees. Pt. 3 provides concise information on the house and grounds.
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arlington (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arlington (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial: History
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscape architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Mrs. Lee's Rose Garden
Author: Carlo DeVito
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1604335602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Mrs. Lee’s Rose Garden is an intimate retelling of Arlington National Cemetery’s tragic beginnings, and sheds new light on this profound chapter in American history. Mrs. Lee’s Rose Garden is the intensely personal story of Arlington National Cemetery’s earliest history as seen through the lives of three people during the outbreak of the Civil War: Mary Ann Randolph Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee, and Montgomery C. Meigs. With all the majesty and pathos of a Greek tragedy, this story unfolds as the war's inevitable spiral of betrayal, tragedy, loss, and death begins, ultimately transforming the nation’s most famous country estate into its most sacred ground. In the years before the war, the Arlington estate sat like an American Acropolis towering above Washington. Mary Custis Lee was known as the Rose of Arlington, a brash, young, willful, and charming young woman, indulged by her famous father, George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of George Washington. Artistic, well read, and highly intelligent, she was an avid gardener who spent as much time as possible tending the numerous flowerbeds of the Arlington Mansion, along with her mother and her three daughters. Handsome and dashing, Robert E. Lee was easily the most promising soldier of his generation. But long before he was a field commander he was also a great success in the Army Corps of Engineers, having worked on major projects around the U.S. His friend, Montgomery C. Meigs, who had served under Robert, was a scion of Philadelphia society, and rose to become the engineer responsible for helping to complete the capital, and one of the most accomplished builders of his generation. When the time for war arose, Lee refused the opportunity to head the Union Army. He could not draw his sword against his own state, his own people, and instead accepted a commission in the Confederate Army, pitting himself against many of his old comrades. Thus began a series of events that would ultimately pit these three against each other.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1604335602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Mrs. Lee’s Rose Garden is an intimate retelling of Arlington National Cemetery’s tragic beginnings, and sheds new light on this profound chapter in American history. Mrs. Lee’s Rose Garden is the intensely personal story of Arlington National Cemetery’s earliest history as seen through the lives of three people during the outbreak of the Civil War: Mary Ann Randolph Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee, and Montgomery C. Meigs. With all the majesty and pathos of a Greek tragedy, this story unfolds as the war's inevitable spiral of betrayal, tragedy, loss, and death begins, ultimately transforming the nation’s most famous country estate into its most sacred ground. In the years before the war, the Arlington estate sat like an American Acropolis towering above Washington. Mary Custis Lee was known as the Rose of Arlington, a brash, young, willful, and charming young woman, indulged by her famous father, George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of George Washington. Artistic, well read, and highly intelligent, she was an avid gardener who spent as much time as possible tending the numerous flowerbeds of the Arlington Mansion, along with her mother and her three daughters. Handsome and dashing, Robert E. Lee was easily the most promising soldier of his generation. But long before he was a field commander he was also a great success in the Army Corps of Engineers, having worked on major projects around the U.S. His friend, Montgomery C. Meigs, who had served under Robert, was a scion of Philadelphia society, and rose to become the engineer responsible for helping to complete the capital, and one of the most accomplished builders of his generation. When the time for war arose, Lee refused the opportunity to head the Union Army. He could not draw his sword against his own state, his own people, and instead accepted a commission in the Confederate Army, pitting himself against many of his old comrades. Thus began a series of events that would ultimately pit these three against each other.
Ninth House
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250313082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Goodreads Choice Award Winner Locus Finalist Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250313082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Goodreads Choice Award Winner Locus Finalist Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.
ARLINGTON HOUSE, THE ROBERT E. LEE MEMORIAL.
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Hide that Can
Author: Bono
Publisher: Trolley Limited
ISBN: 9780954207984
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Photographer Deirdre O'Callaghan has produced an unsettling but ultimately engaging document of the residents at Arlington House, Europe's largest men's refuge. Built in the early 20th century for itinerant irish workers, many of the residents have been displaced from their home country, Ireland, and suffer from mental and physical disabilities, largely alchoholism. O'Callaghan's work reveals the humour and companionship the men derive from their shared experience, both in the refuge and on their return, sponsored, trips to Ireland. Deirdre O'Callaghan was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1969, and shoots regularly for Q, Mojo, Spin, Arena, The Guardian and Observer magazines. Hide That Can is her first book. She lives and works in London.
Publisher: Trolley Limited
ISBN: 9780954207984
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Photographer Deirdre O'Callaghan has produced an unsettling but ultimately engaging document of the residents at Arlington House, Europe's largest men's refuge. Built in the early 20th century for itinerant irish workers, many of the residents have been displaced from their home country, Ireland, and suffer from mental and physical disabilities, largely alchoholism. O'Callaghan's work reveals the humour and companionship the men derive from their shared experience, both in the refuge and on their return, sponsored, trips to Ireland. Deirdre O'Callaghan was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1969, and shoots regularly for Q, Mojo, Spin, Arena, The Guardian and Observer magazines. Hide That Can is her first book. She lives and works in London.
Arlington House: A Guide to Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia
Author:
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780912627236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780912627236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A Romance of Arlington House
Author: Sarah Ann Reed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Norman Rockwell at Home in Vermont
Author: Stuart Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884592027
Category : Illustrators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the story of Norman Rockwell's dynamic years (1939-1953) in the Vermont village where he painted some of his greatest works, including 'The Four Freedoms' and 'Saying Grace.' Inspired by the 'everyday life of my neighbors, ' the artist created storytelling pictures that have touched the hearts of millions around the world. The book includes recollections by neighbors and models about Rockwell and his family and the community they shared, thirteen Rockwell paintings and sketches, 33 historic photographs, several never before published, a regional map, a listing of area museums, and selected bibliography for further exploration
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884592027
Category : Illustrators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the story of Norman Rockwell's dynamic years (1939-1953) in the Vermont village where he painted some of his greatest works, including 'The Four Freedoms' and 'Saying Grace.' Inspired by the 'everyday life of my neighbors, ' the artist created storytelling pictures that have touched the hearts of millions around the world. The book includes recollections by neighbors and models about Rockwell and his family and the community they shared, thirteen Rockwell paintings and sketches, 33 historic photographs, several never before published, a regional map, a listing of area museums, and selected bibliography for further exploration