Author: John Gilmary Shea
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Memorial of the First Centenary of Georgetown College, D.C., Comprising a History of Georgetown University
Author: John Gilmary Shea
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Memorial of the First Centenary of Georgetown College
Author: John Dawson Gilmary Shea
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Ghosts of Georgetown
Author: Tim Krepp
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625845790
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Take the Exorcist Steps to meet “the diverse array of ghosts” in DC’s historic neighborhood—from the author of Capitol Hill Haunts (The Hoya). On the banks of the Potomac River, Georgetown has had three centuries to accumulate ghoulish tales and venerable apparitions to haunt its cobbled streets and mansions. In this historic Washington, DC, neighborhood, the eerie moans of three sisters herald every death on the river, and on R Street, President Lincoln is rumored to have witnessed the paranormal at a seance. Along the towpath of the C&O Canal, a phantom police officer still walks his lonely beat, and on moonlit nights, he is joined by a razor-wielding ghoul. From the spirit of a sea captain who lingers in the Old Stone House to the strange ambiance of the Exorcist Steps, author and guide Tim Krepp takes readers on a chilling journey through the ghostly lore of Georgetown. Includes photos! “A great storyteller who, with a confident grasp of the facts and judiciously inserted asides, can bring to life both the haunters and the haunted. His way of ending his chapters with—gasp!—the literary equivalent of a horror movie organ chord lends a delightfully chilling touch.” —HillRag
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625845790
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Take the Exorcist Steps to meet “the diverse array of ghosts” in DC’s historic neighborhood—from the author of Capitol Hill Haunts (The Hoya). On the banks of the Potomac River, Georgetown has had three centuries to accumulate ghoulish tales and venerable apparitions to haunt its cobbled streets and mansions. In this historic Washington, DC, neighborhood, the eerie moans of three sisters herald every death on the river, and on R Street, President Lincoln is rumored to have witnessed the paranormal at a seance. Along the towpath of the C&O Canal, a phantom police officer still walks his lonely beat, and on moonlit nights, he is joined by a razor-wielding ghoul. From the spirit of a sea captain who lingers in the Old Stone House to the strange ambiance of the Exorcist Steps, author and guide Tim Krepp takes readers on a chilling journey through the ghostly lore of Georgetown. Includes photos! “A great storyteller who, with a confident grasp of the facts and judiciously inserted asides, can bring to life both the haunters and the haunted. His way of ending his chapters with—gasp!—the literary equivalent of a horror movie organ chord lends a delightfully chilling touch.” —HillRag
Georgetown Architecture
Author: United States. Commission of Fine Arts
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Slavery's Capitalism
Author: Sven Beckert
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Slavery's Capitalism explores the role of slavery in the development of the U.S. economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century. It tells the history of slavery as a story of national, even global, economic importance and investigates the role of enslaved Americans in the building of the modern world.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812248414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Slavery's Capitalism explores the role of slavery in the development of the U.S. economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century. It tells the history of slavery as a story of national, even global, economic importance and investigates the role of enslaved Americans in the building of the modern world.
Mrs. Mattingly's Miracle
Author: Nancy Lusignan Schultz
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300171706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In 1824 in Washington, D.C., Ann Mattingly, widowed sister of the city's mayor, was miraculously cured of a ravaging cancer. Just days, or perhaps even hours, from her predicted demise, she arose from her sickbed free from agonizing pain and able to enjoy an additional thirty-one years of life. The Mattingly miracle purportedly came through the intervention of a charismatic German cleric, Prince Alexander Hohenlohe, who was credited already with hundreds of cures across Europe and Great Britain. Though nearly forgotten today, Mattingly's astonishing healing became a polarizing event. It heralded a rising tide of anti-Catholicism in the United States that would culminate in violence over the next two decades. Nancy L. Schultz deftly weaves analysis of this episode in American social and religious history together with the astonishing personal stories of both Ann Mattingly and the healer Prince Hohenlohe, around whom a cult was arising in Europe. Schultz's riveting book brings to light an early episode in the ongoing battle between faith and reason in the United States.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300171706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In 1824 in Washington, D.C., Ann Mattingly, widowed sister of the city's mayor, was miraculously cured of a ravaging cancer. Just days, or perhaps even hours, from her predicted demise, she arose from her sickbed free from agonizing pain and able to enjoy an additional thirty-one years of life. The Mattingly miracle purportedly came through the intervention of a charismatic German cleric, Prince Alexander Hohenlohe, who was credited already with hundreds of cures across Europe and Great Britain. Though nearly forgotten today, Mattingly's astonishing healing became a polarizing event. It heralded a rising tide of anti-Catholicism in the United States that would culminate in violence over the next two decades. Nancy L. Schultz deftly weaves analysis of this episode in American social and religious history together with the astonishing personal stories of both Ann Mattingly and the healer Prince Hohenlohe, around whom a cult was arising in Europe. Schultz's riveting book brings to light an early episode in the ongoing battle between faith and reason in the United States.
Historical Dictionary of Washington, D.C.
Author: Robert Benedetto
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810840942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
"The introduction, in narrative style, summarizes the history of government and economy, cultural life, education, parks, construction of the national capital, the war of 1812 and the growth of the city, the Great Depression, the war years, the civil rights movement, and urban problems. A chronology and substantial bibliography round out this work."--Jacket.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810840942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
"The introduction, in narrative style, summarizes the history of government and economy, cultural life, education, parks, construction of the national capital, the war of 1812 and the growth of the city, the Great Depression, the war years, the civil rights movement, and urban problems. A chronology and substantial bibliography round out this work."--Jacket.
Historical Records and Studies
Author: United States Catholic Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Facing Georgetown's History
Author: Adam Rothman
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1647120969
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A microcosm of the history of American slavery in a collection of the most important primary and secondary readings on slavery at Georgetown University and among the Maryland Jesuits
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1647120969
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A microcosm of the history of American slavery in a collection of the most important primary and secondary readings on slavery at Georgetown University and among the Maryland Jesuits
John Gilmary Shea
Author: Peter Guilday
Publisher:
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Category : Catholic historians
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Publisher:
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Category : Catholic historians
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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