Author: Cyrus Cort
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antrim (Pa. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Memorial of Enoch Brown and Eleven Scholars who Were Massacred in Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pa. by the Indians During the Pontiac War, July 26, 1764, Containing Addresses of George W. Ziegler, Cyrus Cort, Peter A. Witmer... at the Dedication of the Enoch Brown Park and Monuments... August 4, 1885...
Author: Cyrus Cort
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antrim (Pa. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antrim (Pa. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Strange and Obscure Stories of the Revolutionary War
Author: Tim Rowland
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634509722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Astonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Don’t Teach in School! We all know about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross’s stitching together the Stars and Stripes, but how about a little-known, valid reason for the war itself and why General George was able to survive a plague that wiped out many of his fellow countrymen? History buff Tim Rowland provides an entertaining look at happenings during and surrounding the Revolutionary War that you won’t find in history books. He digs into the war’s major events and reveals the unknown, bizarre, and often wildly amusing things the participants were doing while breaking away from Great Britain. For example, conventional wisdom says that “no taxation without representation” was an important reason for the revolution, but not in the way we’ve been told. Colonists paid the wages of common-court judges, who were reluctant to rule against the men who paid their salaries. Therefore, duties on molasses (the key ingredient in rum) were generally unenforced until the British cut the tariff in half. Strange but true, the spark that touched off the revolution was in fact a tax cut. During the French and Indian War and then again in the first year of the revolution, the British were accused of biological warfare, infecting blankets with smallpox and then concealing them in Indian camps. So feared was the disease that soldiers began to illegally inoculate themselves before widespread vaccination was finally ordered for the army. Washington himself was immune, thanks to a Caribbean trip taken as a young man when his brother Lawrence sought a cure for tuberculosis. Lawrence wasn’t cured, but George was infected with smallpox in Barbados. As a young man in a warm climate, he survived. As an older man in a northern winter, however, the story of the father of our country might have had a different ending. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634509722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Astonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Don’t Teach in School! We all know about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross’s stitching together the Stars and Stripes, but how about a little-known, valid reason for the war itself and why General George was able to survive a plague that wiped out many of his fellow countrymen? History buff Tim Rowland provides an entertaining look at happenings during and surrounding the Revolutionary War that you won’t find in history books. He digs into the war’s major events and reveals the unknown, bizarre, and often wildly amusing things the participants were doing while breaking away from Great Britain. For example, conventional wisdom says that “no taxation without representation” was an important reason for the revolution, but not in the way we’ve been told. Colonists paid the wages of common-court judges, who were reluctant to rule against the men who paid their salaries. Therefore, duties on molasses (the key ingredient in rum) were generally unenforced until the British cut the tariff in half. Strange but true, the spark that touched off the revolution was in fact a tax cut. During the French and Indian War and then again in the first year of the revolution, the British were accused of biological warfare, infecting blankets with smallpox and then concealing them in Indian camps. So feared was the disease that soldiers began to illegally inoculate themselves before widespread vaccination was finally ordered for the army. Washington himself was immune, thanks to a Caribbean trip taken as a young man when his brother Lawrence sought a cure for tuberculosis. Lawrence wasn’t cured, but George was infected with smallpox in Barbados. As a young man in a warm climate, he survived. As an older man in a northern winter, however, the story of the father of our country might have had a different ending. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764
Author: Cyrus Cort
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Steinman & Hensel
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Steinman & Hensel
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Catalogue of the War Office Library
Author: Great Britain. War Office. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1446
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana, 1887
Author: Clarke, firm, booksellers, Cincinnati (1886. Robert Clarke and co.)
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Americana and American Indians in the Newberry Library
Author: Newberry Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Library of the Late Colonel Daniel French, First and Second Sessions Americana, Third and Fourth Sessions Rare and Curious Books
Author: Chicago Book & Art Auctions, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description