Author: Robert M. Rennick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813127798
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
" Of course you'll find Paradise in Kentucky, but it's only one of the many unusual place names in the Commonwealth. Meeting these names for the first time, visitors and residents alike assume that some clever or funny stories lie behind them. So they ask, how did Elkhorn Creek get its name? Were the roads to Red River really Hell each way? Did bugs really tussle in Monroe County? Why was everyone whooping for Larry? To be hospitable and helpful, Kentuckians have come up with convincing -- if not always truthful -- answers to these and other questions about how places got their names. Some of these stories were clearly not intended to be believed, though a few of them have been anyway. From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow presents some of the classic accounts of Kentucky's oddest place names. Complete with map, index, and humorous drawings by Linda Boileau, this handy guide is a delight.
Nonesuch Place
Author: T. Tyler Potterfield
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Intentionally built on the fall line where the Piedmont uplands meet the Tidewater region, Richmond has always been a city defined by the land. From the time settlers built a city on rugged terrain overlooking the James River, the people have changed the land and been changed by it. Few know this better than T. Tyler Potterfield, a planner with the City of Richmond Department of Community Development. Whether considering the many roles of the "romantic, wild and beautiful" James River through the centuries, describing the rationale for the location of the Virginia State Capitol on Shockoe Hill or relating the struggle to reclaim green space as industrialization and urban growth threatened to remove nature from the city, Potterfield weaves a tale as ordered as the gridded streets of Richmond and just as rich in history.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614232830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Intentionally built on the fall line where the Piedmont uplands meet the Tidewater region, Richmond has always been a city defined by the land. From the time settlers built a city on rugged terrain overlooking the James River, the people have changed the land and been changed by it. Few know this better than T. Tyler Potterfield, a planner with the City of Richmond Department of Community Development. Whether considering the many roles of the "romantic, wild and beautiful" James River through the centuries, describing the rationale for the location of the Virginia State Capitol on Shockoe Hill or relating the struggle to reclaim green space as industrialization and urban growth threatened to remove nature from the city, Potterfield weaves a tale as ordered as the gridded streets of Richmond and just as rich in history.
The Nonesuch
Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402227035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Readers continue to be charmed by bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, and her flashes of wit, wonderful dialogue, and delightful intrigue. An impetuous flight... Tiffany Wield's bad behavior is a serious trial to her chaperone. "On the shelf" at twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent strives to be a calming influence on her tempestuous charge, but then Tiffany runs off to London alone and Ancilla is faced with a devastating scandal. A gallant rescue... Sir Waldo Hawkridge, confirmed bachelor and one of the wealthiest men in London, comes instantly to the aid of the intrepid Ancilla to stop Tiffany's flight, and in the process discovers that it's never too late for the first bloom of love. Praise for Georgette Heyer: "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds."—Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Triumphantly good...Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."—India Knight, Sunday Telegraph
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402227035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Readers continue to be charmed by bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, and her flashes of wit, wonderful dialogue, and delightful intrigue. An impetuous flight... Tiffany Wield's bad behavior is a serious trial to her chaperone. "On the shelf" at twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent strives to be a calming influence on her tempestuous charge, but then Tiffany runs off to London alone and Ancilla is faced with a devastating scandal. A gallant rescue... Sir Waldo Hawkridge, confirmed bachelor and one of the wealthiest men in London, comes instantly to the aid of the intrepid Ancilla to stop Tiffany's flight, and in the process discovers that it's never too late for the first bloom of love. Praise for Georgette Heyer: "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds."—Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Triumphantly good...Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."—India Knight, Sunday Telegraph
From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow
Author: Robert M. Rennick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146135
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
" Of course you'll find Paradise in Kentucky, but it's only one of the many unusual place names in the Commonwealth. Meeting these names for the first time, visitors and residents alike assume that some clever or funny stories lie behind them. So they ask, how did Elkhorn Creek get its name? Were the roads to Red River really Hell each way? Did bugs really tussle in Monroe County? Why was everyone whooping for Larry? To be hospitable and helpful, Kentuckians have come up with convincing—if not always truthful—answers to these and other questions about how places got their names. Some of these stories were clearly not intended to be believed, though a few of them have been anyway. From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow presents some of the classic accounts of Kentucky's oddest place names. Complete with map, index, and humorous drawings by Linda Boileau, this handy guide is a delight.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146135
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
" Of course you'll find Paradise in Kentucky, but it's only one of the many unusual place names in the Commonwealth. Meeting these names for the first time, visitors and residents alike assume that some clever or funny stories lie behind them. So they ask, how did Elkhorn Creek get its name? Were the roads to Red River really Hell each way? Did bugs really tussle in Monroe County? Why was everyone whooping for Larry? To be hospitable and helpful, Kentuckians have come up with convincing—if not always truthful—answers to these and other questions about how places got their names. Some of these stories were clearly not intended to be believed, though a few of them have been anyway. From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow presents some of the classic accounts of Kentucky's oddest place names. Complete with map, index, and humorous drawings by Linda Boileau, this handy guide is a delight.
The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860
Author: Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300192002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300192002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves.
A History of English Furniture: The age of oak
Author: Percy Macquoid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Library holdings include volume 1-3.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Library holdings include volume 1-3.
American Herd Book
Author: American Short-horn Breeders' Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
The American Shorthorn Herd Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
Book Description
Richmond
Author: Virginius Dabney
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813934303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This book chronicles the growth of this historic community over nearly four centuries from its founding to its most recent urban and suburban developments.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813934303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This book chronicles the growth of this historic community over nearly four centuries from its founding to its most recent urban and suburban developments.
No Place for a Lady
Author: Louise Allen
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426815298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The liberty of trade... Miss Bree Mallory has no time for the pampered aristocracy! She's too taken up with running the best coaching company on the roads. But an accidental meeting with an earl changes everything.... The luxury of the Ton... Soon, beautiful Bree has established herself in Society. She hopes no one will discover that she once drove the stage from London to Newbury...or that she returned unchaperoned with the rakishly attractive Max Dysart, Earl of Penrith. Is either any place for a lady? Bree's independence is hard-won: she has no interest in marriage. But Max's kisses are powerfully—passionately—persuasive!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1426815298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The liberty of trade... Miss Bree Mallory has no time for the pampered aristocracy! She's too taken up with running the best coaching company on the roads. But an accidental meeting with an earl changes everything.... The luxury of the Ton... Soon, beautiful Bree has established herself in Society. She hopes no one will discover that she once drove the stage from London to Newbury...or that she returned unchaperoned with the rakishly attractive Max Dysart, Earl of Penrith. Is either any place for a lady? Bree's independence is hard-won: she has no interest in marriage. But Max's kisses are powerfully—passionately—persuasive!
The Sounds of Place
Author: Denise Von Glahn
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252052951
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Composers like Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich created works that indelibly commemorated American places. Denise Von Glahn analyzes the soundscapes of fourteen figures whose "place pieces" tell us much about the nation's search for its own voice and about its ever-changing sense of self. She connects each composer's feelings about the United States and their reasons for creating a piece to the music, while analyzing their compositional techniques, tunes, and styles. Approaching the compositions in chronological order, Von Glahn reveals how works that celebrated the wilderness gave way to music engaged with humanity's influence--benign and otherwise--on the landscape, before environmentalism inspired a return to nature themes in the late twentieth century. Wide-ranging and astute, The Sounds of Place explores high art music's role in the making of national myth and memory.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252052951
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Composers like Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich created works that indelibly commemorated American places. Denise Von Glahn analyzes the soundscapes of fourteen figures whose "place pieces" tell us much about the nation's search for its own voice and about its ever-changing sense of self. She connects each composer's feelings about the United States and their reasons for creating a piece to the music, while analyzing their compositional techniques, tunes, and styles. Approaching the compositions in chronological order, Von Glahn reveals how works that celebrated the wilderness gave way to music engaged with humanity's influence--benign and otherwise--on the landscape, before environmentalism inspired a return to nature themes in the late twentieth century. Wide-ranging and astute, The Sounds of Place explores high art music's role in the making of national myth and memory.