Author: John Davis
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429000252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An English traveler composed this account not for his fellow countrymen but for American readers; he went mostly up and down the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Travels of Four Years and a Half
Author: John Davis
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429000252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An English traveler composed this account not for his fellow countrymen but for American readers; he went mostly up and down the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429000252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An English traveler composed this account not for his fellow countrymen but for American readers; he went mostly up and down the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Norton's Literary Letter, Comprising American Papers of Interest, and a Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Books Relative to America
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Bibliotheca Americana Nova
Author: O. Rich
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Pages : 504
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A History of the People of the United St
Author: John Bach McMaster
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1596050381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
For the first time in the history of the country the office of President was open to competition. Twice had Washington been chosen by the unanimous vote of the electoral college, and twice inaugurated with the warmest approbation of the whole people. But the times had greatly changed. In 1789 and 1792 every man was for him. In 1796, in every town and city of the land were men who denounced him as an aristocrat, as a monocrat, as an Anglomaniac, and who never mentioned his name without rage in their hearts and curses on their lips. -from "The British Treaty of 1794" A bestseller when it was first published in 1883, this second volume of historian John Bach McMaster's magnum opus is a lively history of the United States that is as entertaining as it is informative. Eventually stretching to eight volumes, McMaster's epic was original in its emphasis on social and economic conditions as deciding factors in shaping a nation's culture: in addition to the words and actions of great men and the outcomes of significant skirmishes and battles, McMaster indulges his obsession with fascinating trivia, from the positively European cleanliness of New England inns to the uncouth rudeness of theatergoers in American playhouses. Volume 2, covering the rise of the South in the immediate postwar period to the embarkation of Lewis and Clark on their legendary expedition, is a compulsively readable account of the early years of the new nation, and covers such intriguing and unlikely topics as how the new nation's postal laws impacted the readership of newspapers, the furious arguments of the federal government's relationship with France, the difficulties in introducing U.S. currency, and more. OF INTERESTTO: readers of American history AUTHOR BIO: American historian JOHN BACH MCMASTER (1852-1932) taught at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1883 to 1919. He also wrote Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887) and A School History of the United States (1897), which became a definitive textbook.
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1596050381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
For the first time in the history of the country the office of President was open to competition. Twice had Washington been chosen by the unanimous vote of the electoral college, and twice inaugurated with the warmest approbation of the whole people. But the times had greatly changed. In 1789 and 1792 every man was for him. In 1796, in every town and city of the land were men who denounced him as an aristocrat, as a monocrat, as an Anglomaniac, and who never mentioned his name without rage in their hearts and curses on their lips. -from "The British Treaty of 1794" A bestseller when it was first published in 1883, this second volume of historian John Bach McMaster's magnum opus is a lively history of the United States that is as entertaining as it is informative. Eventually stretching to eight volumes, McMaster's epic was original in its emphasis on social and economic conditions as deciding factors in shaping a nation's culture: in addition to the words and actions of great men and the outcomes of significant skirmishes and battles, McMaster indulges his obsession with fascinating trivia, from the positively European cleanliness of New England inns to the uncouth rudeness of theatergoers in American playhouses. Volume 2, covering the rise of the South in the immediate postwar period to the embarkation of Lewis and Clark on their legendary expedition, is a compulsively readable account of the early years of the new nation, and covers such intriguing and unlikely topics as how the new nation's postal laws impacted the readership of newspapers, the furious arguments of the federal government's relationship with France, the difficulties in introducing U.S. currency, and more. OF INTERESTTO: readers of American history AUTHOR BIO: American historian JOHN BACH MCMASTER (1852-1932) taught at the Wharton School of Finance and Economy at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from 1883 to 1919. He also wrote Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters (1887) and A School History of the United States (1897), which became a definitive textbook.
Travels to China
Author: John Barrow
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Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Oxford essays
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa
Author: Sir John Barrow
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Science
Author: John Michels (Journalist)
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 990
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Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science.
Norton's Literary Letter
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The Travels of Mendes Pinto
Author: Fernão Mendes Pinto
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923231
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The immortal work of travel and adventure by the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer, now available in a sparkling English translation. This work by Fernão Mendes Pinto, presented as his incredible-yet-true autobiography, came second only to Marco Polo’s work in exciting Europe’s imagination of the Orient. Chronicling adventures from Ethiopia to Japan, Travels covers twenty years of Mendes Pinto’s odyssey as a soldier, a merchant, a diplomat, a slave, a pirate, and a missionary. It continues to fascinate readers today with the baffling mysteries surrounding it and the sheer enjoyment of its narrative. “[T]here is plenty here for the modern reader. . . . The vivid descriptions of swashbuckling military campaigns and exotic locations make this a great adventure story. . . . Mendes Pinto may have been a sensitive eyewitness, or a great liar, or a brilliant satirist, but he was certainly more than a simple storyteller.” —Stuart Schwartz, The New York Times
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923231
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The immortal work of travel and adventure by the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer, now available in a sparkling English translation. This work by Fernão Mendes Pinto, presented as his incredible-yet-true autobiography, came second only to Marco Polo’s work in exciting Europe’s imagination of the Orient. Chronicling adventures from Ethiopia to Japan, Travels covers twenty years of Mendes Pinto’s odyssey as a soldier, a merchant, a diplomat, a slave, a pirate, and a missionary. It continues to fascinate readers today with the baffling mysteries surrounding it and the sheer enjoyment of its narrative. “[T]here is plenty here for the modern reader. . . . The vivid descriptions of swashbuckling military campaigns and exotic locations make this a great adventure story. . . . Mendes Pinto may have been a sensitive eyewitness, or a great liar, or a brilliant satirist, but he was certainly more than a simple storyteller.” —Stuart Schwartz, The New York Times