Author: John Alden
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Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Souvenir and Official Programme of the Centennial Celebration of George Washington's Inauguration as First President of the United States
Author: John Alden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Souvenir and offical programme of the centennial celebration of...
Author: John Alden
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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1789
Author: Thomas B. Allen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538183102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"[Historian Allen] recreates in this meticulous and fast-moving posthumous account the events of the pivotal year 1789 in America. It’s a superb distillation of a complex moment in U.S. history.”— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 1789: George Washington and the Founders Create Americadraws on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, setting out to show the world at large that a new—and very American—form of government was calling itself into being. “No future session of Congress will ever have so arduous and weighty a charge on their hands,” the New York Gazette observed in summer 1789. “No examples to imitate, and no striking historical facts on which to ground their decisions—All is bare creation.” The Constitution had been written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. But 1789 was the year the government it described—albeit only in the broadest of terms—had to be brought into being. Veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen brings decades of experience and a gifted storyteller’s eye to the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the Founders set the federal government into motion.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538183102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"[Historian Allen] recreates in this meticulous and fast-moving posthumous account the events of the pivotal year 1789 in America. It’s a superb distillation of a complex moment in U.S. history.”— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 1789: George Washington and the Founders Create Americadraws on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, setting out to show the world at large that a new—and very American—form of government was calling itself into being. “No future session of Congress will ever have so arduous and weighty a charge on their hands,” the New York Gazette observed in summer 1789. “No examples to imitate, and no striking historical facts on which to ground their decisions—All is bare creation.” The Constitution had been written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. But 1789 was the year the government it described—albeit only in the broadest of terms—had to be brought into being. Veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen brings decades of experience and a gifted storyteller’s eye to the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the Founders set the federal government into motion.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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List of Books on Greater New York
Author: Brooklyn Public Library
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Dept
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Monthly Bulletin
Author: San Francisco Public Library
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Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Category : Acquisitions (Libraries)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Monthly Bulletin
Author: San Francisco Free Public Library
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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John Henry and His People
Author: John Garst
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476645809
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The song "John Henry," perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying "with his hammer in his hand" from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not a fictitious one, and that his story took place in West Virginia--though other places have been proposed. John Garst argues convincingly that it took place near Dunnavant, Alabama, in 1887. The author's reconstruction, based on contemporaneous evidence and subsequent research, uncovers a fascinating story that supports the Dunnavant location and provides new insights. Beyond John Henry, readers will discover the lives and work of his people: Black and white singers; his "captain," contractor Frederick Dabney; C. C. Spencer, the most credible eyewitness; John Henry's wife; the blind singer W. T. Blankenship, who printed the first broadside of the ballad; and later scholars who studied John Henry. The book includes analyses of the song's numerous iterations, several previously unpublished illustrations and a foreword by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476645809
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The song "John Henry," perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying "with his hammer in his hand" from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not a fictitious one, and that his story took place in West Virginia--though other places have been proposed. John Garst argues convincingly that it took place near Dunnavant, Alabama, in 1887. The author's reconstruction, based on contemporaneous evidence and subsequent research, uncovers a fascinating story that supports the Dunnavant location and provides new insights. Beyond John Henry, readers will discover the lives and work of his people: Black and white singers; his "captain," contractor Frederick Dabney; C. C. Spencer, the most credible eyewitness; John Henry's wife; the blind singer W. T. Blankenship, who printed the first broadside of the ballad; and later scholars who studied John Henry. The book includes analyses of the song's numerous iterations, several previously unpublished illustrations and a foreword by folklorist Art Rosenbaum.
Programme of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States of America
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
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