Author: Chicago (Ill.) Department of Health
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 888

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Author: Barry Fitzgerald
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312697601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Join 'Legend Seekers' Barry Fitzgerald formerly of Ghost Hunters International (GHI) on SyFy and Cormac Strain as they explore the islands ancient and not so ancient history exploring and examining its myths & Legends. Using historical accounts they will venture to areas in Ireland not only above ground but below it in an attempt to discover the truth, a truth, which sometimes does not want to be discovered.

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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 786

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Author: Debbie Sargent Sullivan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146710034X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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At first glance, Weymouth would seem to be a typical South Shore town of average size and seemingly average people. However, after interviewing longtime locals, hearing their stories, and understanding their past, one would discover that Weymouth and its people are anything but average. This community has been home to Abigail Adams, wife of one president and mother of another; Maria Weston Chapman, famous abolistionist; and Harry Arlanson, the "father of Weymouth football." Other notables include actor Hal Holbrook, hockey player Tim Sweeney, and Olympian Kathy Corrigan. The second oldest town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Weymouth has had quite some time to muster up some extraordinary residents: young, old, famous, infamous, heroic, and scandalous, each with their own unique stories that have contributed to the character of the community. Legendary Locals of Weymouth brings these legendary tales together to chronicle the great history of this unique town.

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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 920

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Category : Packaging
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Author: Lynn Rainville
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813935350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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In Hidden History, Lynn Rainville travels through the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of the black families who lived and worked there for over two hundred years. The subjects of Rainville’s research are not statesmen or plantation elites; they are hidden residents, people who are typically underrepresented in historical research but whose stories are essential for a complete understanding of our national past. Rainville studied above-ground funerary remains in over 150 historic African American cemeteries to provide an overview of mortuary and funerary practices from the late eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Combining historical, anthropological, and archaeological perspectives, she analyzes documents—such as wills, obituaries, and letters—as well as gravestones and graveside offerings. Rainville’s findings shed light on family genealogies, the rise and fall of segregation, and attitudes toward religion and death. As many of these cemeteries are either endangered or already destroyed, the book includes a discussion on the challenges of preservation and how the reader may visit, and help preserve, these valuable cultural assets.

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Category : Jewish youth
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Author: Anthony Leon Brundage
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317317106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Two eminent scholars of historiography examine the concept of national identity through the key multi-volume histories of the last two hundred years. Starting with Hume’s History of England (1754–62), they explore the work of British historians whose work had a popular readership and an influence on succeeding generations of British children.

Author: Russell Stone
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775580725
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Drawing on oral histories of the indigenous Maori peoples of the area, archaeological evidence, and early missionaries’ diaries and histories, this model of local history provides a comprehensive contextual history of the city of Auckland from first settlement of the area about 800 years ago up to 1840.