Author: New Hampshire Historical Society
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Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society
Author: New Hampshire Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire
Author: John Jacob Dearborn
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Category : Salisbury (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 990
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Category : Salisbury (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 990
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Historic Storms of New England
Author: Sidney Perley
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1889833274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1889833274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).
Writings on American History
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Proceedings
Author: New Hampshire Historical Society
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Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Publisher:
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Category : New Hampshire
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire
Author: Duane Hamilton Hurd
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Category : Belknap County (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
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Category : Belknap County (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
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Early American Tornadoes, 1586-1870
Author: David McWilliams Ludlum
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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The WPA Guide to New Hampshire
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The Granite State has a rich history and varied landscape, beautifully presented in the WPA Guide to New Hampshire. The driving tours highlight the White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the coast near Portsmouth. This New Hampshire guide also has traditional photographs of churches, landscapes, and colonial houses which give readers a feel for life in New England in the early 20th century.
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The Granite State has a rich history and varied landscape, beautifully presented in the WPA Guide to New Hampshire. The driving tours highlight the White Mountains, Lake Winnipesaukee, and the coast near Portsmouth. This New Hampshire guide also has traditional photographs of churches, landscapes, and colonial houses which give readers a feel for life in New England in the early 20th century.
Tornado God
Author: Peter J. Thuesen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019068030X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods. Enlightenment thinkers derided such beliefs as superstition and predicted they would pass away as humans became more scientifically and theologically sophisticated. But in America, scientific and theological hubris came face-to-face with the tornado, nature's most violent windstorm. Striking the United States more than any other nation, tornadoes have consistently defied scientists' efforts to unlock their secrets. Meteorologists now acknowledge that even the most powerful computers will likely never be able to predict a tornado's precise path. Similarly, tornadoes have repeatedly brought Americans to the outer limits of theology, drawing them into the vortex of such mysteries as how to reconcile suffering with a loving God and whether there is underlying purpose or randomness in the universe. In this groundbreaking history, Peter Thuesen captures the harrowing drama of tornadoes, as clergy, theologians, meteorologists, and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of these death-dealing tempests. He argues that, in the tornado, Americans experience something that is at once culturally peculiar (the indigenous storm of the national imagination) and religiously primal (the sense of awe before an unpredictable and mysterious power). He also shows that, in an era of climate change, the weather raises the issue of society's complicity in natural disasters. In the whirlwind, Americans confront the question of their own destiny-how much is self-determined and how much is beyond human understanding or control.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019068030X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods. Enlightenment thinkers derided such beliefs as superstition and predicted they would pass away as humans became more scientifically and theologically sophisticated. But in America, scientific and theological hubris came face-to-face with the tornado, nature's most violent windstorm. Striking the United States more than any other nation, tornadoes have consistently defied scientists' efforts to unlock their secrets. Meteorologists now acknowledge that even the most powerful computers will likely never be able to predict a tornado's precise path. Similarly, tornadoes have repeatedly brought Americans to the outer limits of theology, drawing them into the vortex of such mysteries as how to reconcile suffering with a loving God and whether there is underlying purpose or randomness in the universe. In this groundbreaking history, Peter Thuesen captures the harrowing drama of tornadoes, as clergy, theologians, meteorologists, and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of these death-dealing tempests. He argues that, in the tornado, Americans experience something that is at once culturally peculiar (the indigenous storm of the national imagination) and religiously primal (the sense of awe before an unpredictable and mysterious power). He also shows that, in an era of climate change, the weather raises the issue of society's complicity in natural disasters. In the whirlwind, Americans confront the question of their own destiny-how much is self-determined and how much is beyond human understanding or control.