Author: Terence Bowman
Publisher: Ballyhay Books
ISBN: 9781900935913
Category : Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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Bangor in the Seventies
Author: Terence Bowman
Publisher: Ballyhay Books
ISBN: 9781900935913
Category : Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Publisher: Ballyhay Books
ISBN: 9781900935913
Category : Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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Brittle with Relics
Author: Richard King
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571295665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.'Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best.'DAVID KYNASTON'Fascinating.' OBSERVER'Powerful.' LITERARY REVIEW'Inspired.' GUARDIANBrittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.'Passionate.' HISTORY TODAY'Compels attention.' IRISH TIMES'Superb.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century.'GRUFF RHYS'This book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together.'GWENNO SAUNDERS'An essential telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of Englishness, too.'EMMA WARREN
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571295665
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.'Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best.'DAVID KYNASTON'Fascinating.' OBSERVER'Powerful.' LITERARY REVIEW'Inspired.' GUARDIANBrittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.'Passionate.' HISTORY TODAY'Compels attention.' IRISH TIMES'Superb.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century.'GRUFF RHYS'This book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together.'GWENNO SAUNDERS'An essential telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of Englishness, too.'EMMA WARREN
Bye-gones
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Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Minstrelsy of Maine
Author: Mary Winslow Smyth
Publisher: Boston : H. Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Publisher: Boston : H. Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Legendary Locals of Bangor
Author: Richard R. Shaw
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143965171X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Since its settlement in 1769, Bangor's greatest resource has been its people. Long before 1834, when the town on the Penobscot became a city, future legends were born who transformed it into a world-class community. Hannibal Hamlin served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. Timber tycoon Sam Hersey financed urban development while less affluent folk such as Molly Molasses also made their mark. When philanthropists Stephen and Tabitha King are not writing best-selling novels, they are spreading their wealth throughout the community. Bangor's melting pot includes the Italian Baldacci family and the Jewish baker Reuben Cohen, who, with his wife Clara, raised their son Bill, a US senator and defense secretary. More infamous but equally legendary is brothel keeper Fanny Jones. Paul Bunyan earned a statue on Main Street. Airport troop greeters Kay Lebowitz and Bill Knight round out the list of notables. They are all jewels in Bangor's crown, and each in their own way is a bona fide legend.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143965171X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Since its settlement in 1769, Bangor's greatest resource has been its people. Long before 1834, when the town on the Penobscot became a city, future legends were born who transformed it into a world-class community. Hannibal Hamlin served as Abraham Lincoln's first vice president. Timber tycoon Sam Hersey financed urban development while less affluent folk such as Molly Molasses also made their mark. When philanthropists Stephen and Tabitha King are not writing best-selling novels, they are spreading their wealth throughout the community. Bangor's melting pot includes the Italian Baldacci family and the Jewish baker Reuben Cohen, who, with his wife Clara, raised their son Bill, a US senator and defense secretary. More infamous but equally legendary is brothel keeper Fanny Jones. Paul Bunyan earned a statue on Main Street. Airport troop greeters Kay Lebowitz and Bill Knight round out the list of notables. They are all jewels in Bangor's crown, and each in their own way is a bona fide legend.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3202
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Languages : en
Pages : 3202
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 2136
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Languages : en
Pages : 2136
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Some Account of Steam Navigation in New England
Author: Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee
Publisher:
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Category : Steam-navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher:
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Category : Steam-navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
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Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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A Nation and Its Books
Author: Eiluned Rees
Publisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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