Author:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
This Week in the Nation's Capital
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
Washington Schlepped Here
Author: Christopher Buckley
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The father of our country slept with Martha, but schlepped in the District. Now in the great man's footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the city's founding. Well, not really. We're just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that there's never been a more enjoyable, funny, and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious, and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious. In Washington Schlepped Here, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his "other" Washington. They include "Dante¿s Paradiso" (Union Station); the "Zero Milestone of American democracy" (the U.S. Capitol); the "Almost Pink House" (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichés that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical, Washington Schlepped Here shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The father of our country slept with Martha, but schlepped in the District. Now in the great man's footsteps comes humorist and twenty-year Washington resident Christopher Buckley with the real story of the city's founding. Well, not really. We're just trying to get you to buy the book. But we can say with justification that there's never been a more enjoyable, funny, and informative tour guide to the city than Buckley. His delight as he points out things of interest is con-tagious, and his frequent digressions about his own adventures as a White House staffer are often hilarious. In Washington Schlepped Here, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his "other" Washington. They include "Dante¿s Paradiso" (Union Station); the "Zero Milestone of American democracy" (the U.S. Capitol); the "Almost Pink House" (the White House); and many other historical (and often hysterical) journeys. Buckley is the sort of wonderful guide who pries loose the abalone-like clichés that cling to a place as mythic as D.C. Wonderfully insightful and eminently practical, Washington Schlepped Here shows us that even a city whose chief industry is government bureaucracy is a lot funnier and more surprising than its media-ready image might let on.
Marlon Bundo's Day in the Nation's Capital
Author: Charlotte Pence
Publisher: Regnery Kids
ISBN: 1621579298
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The next adventure of Marlon Bundo!
Publisher: Regnery Kids
ISBN: 1621579298
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The next adventure of Marlon Bundo!
Legislating for the Nation's Capital
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Rapid Rail Transit for the Nation's Capital
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee No. 5
Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Considers H.R. 4822, to authorize the development of the rapid transit system in D.C.
Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Considers H.R. 4822, to authorize the development of the rapid transit system in D.C.
Emergency preparedness in the nation's capital
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Everybody's Magazine
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The human rights years, 1949-1952
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
Volume 1 chronicles Eleanor Roosevelt's development as diplomat, politician, and journalist in the years 1945-1948. It is filled with original writings and speeches that have been annotated and made easily accessible through a comprehensive index. This is part of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project as the first of a five-volume set covering the years 1945-1962.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
Volume 1 chronicles Eleanor Roosevelt's development as diplomat, politician, and journalist in the years 1945-1948. It is filled with original writings and speeches that have been annotated and made easily accessible through a comprehensive index. This is part of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project as the first of a five-volume set covering the years 1945-1962.
Dance of Days
Author: Mark Andersen
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781933354996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Updated 2009 edition of this evergreen punk-rock classic!
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 9781933354996
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Updated 2009 edition of this evergreen punk-rock classic!
Prohibition in Washington, D.C.
Author: Garrett Peck
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Even in the city where the Eighteenth Amendment was passed, the party went on—a history of bootleggers and speakeasies in the nation’s capital. Despite the passage of the Volstead Act, it was estimated that in 1929, bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits into Washington, DC’s speakeasies—every week. The bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. This rollicking history brims with stories of vice—topped off with vintage cocktail recipes and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Discover an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with a new sound called jazz. Includes photos!
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230897
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Even in the city where the Eighteenth Amendment was passed, the party went on—a history of bootleggers and speakeasies in the nation’s capital. Despite the passage of the Volstead Act, it was estimated that in 1929, bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits into Washington, DC’s speakeasies—every week. The bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. This rollicking history brims with stories of vice—topped off with vintage cocktail recipes and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Discover an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with a new sound called jazz. Includes photos!