Author: Hiscoke & Son
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
My Father's War
Author: Peter Richmond
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The other two, Guadalcanal and Peleliu, are legendary.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The other two, Guadalcanal and Peleliu, are legendary.
Hiscoke and son's Richmond notes [afterw] Richmond notes. March 1863 to August 1868
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Hiscoke and Son's Richmond Notes
Author: Hiscoke & Son
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Children of the Streets of Richmond, 1865-1920
Author: Harry M. Ward
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786498536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Richmond in the late 19th century was not the genteel peaceful community historians have made it. Virginia's capital was cosmopolitan, boisterous and crime-ridden. From 1905 to 1915 there was an official red light district. The police had their hands full with drunks and riffraff, and a variety of street urchins and waifs--most of whom were very poor--found themselves on the wrong side of the law. The juvenile delinquents of Richmond--some barely out of infancy--were held accountable in the Police Court. A juvenile court system was not established until 1916. Presiding over the Police Court for 32 years was Justice John Jeter Crutchfield who, though unlearned in the law, functioned like a biblical Solomon but with great showmanship. The Police Court attracted many tourists and some of Virginia's literary figures cut their teeth writing newspaper coverage of the proceedings, vying with each other for the most hilarious slant. What emerges from the public record is an amusing and touching picture of what life was really like in the post-Reconstruction urban South.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786498536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Richmond in the late 19th century was not the genteel peaceful community historians have made it. Virginia's capital was cosmopolitan, boisterous and crime-ridden. From 1905 to 1915 there was an official red light district. The police had their hands full with drunks and riffraff, and a variety of street urchins and waifs--most of whom were very poor--found themselves on the wrong side of the law. The juvenile delinquents of Richmond--some barely out of infancy--were held accountable in the Police Court. A juvenile court system was not established until 1916. Presiding over the Police Court for 32 years was Justice John Jeter Crutchfield who, though unlearned in the law, functioned like a biblical Solomon but with great showmanship. The Police Court attracted many tourists and some of Virginia's literary figures cut their teeth writing newspaper coverage of the proceedings, vying with each other for the most hilarious slant. What emerges from the public record is an amusing and touching picture of what life was really like in the post-Reconstruction urban South.
Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture and Immigration of Virginia
Author: Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 5, The Honour of Richmond, Part II
Author: William Farrer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108058280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Published in thirteen volumes (1914-65), this extensive and highly regarded series contains charters and deeds from pre-thirteenth-century Yorkshire.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108058280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Published in thirteen volumes (1914-65), this extensive and highly regarded series contains charters and deeds from pre-thirteenth-century Yorkshire.
Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 4, The Honour of Richmond, Part I
Author: William Farrer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108058264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Published in thirteen volumes (1914-65), this extensive and highly regarded series contains charters and deeds from pre-thirteenth-century Yorkshire.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108058264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Published in thirteen volumes (1914-65), this extensive and highly regarded series contains charters and deeds from pre-thirteenth-century Yorkshire.
The Parish Registers of Richmond, Surrey
Author: Richmond, Eng. (Surrey) (Parish)
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Virginia County Records
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Son of Virginia
Author: L. Douglas Wilder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301952X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In 1981, the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had been dominated for decades by “the Organization,” a political machine led by former Governor and U.S. Senator Harry Byrd Sr., took its first baby steps to becoming the vibrant state it is today. That year, Charles Robb rejected the machine and began a new Democratic Party in his campaign for governor. Instead of running against African Americans, Robb reached out to Douglas Wilder, the state’s only African American State Senator and other leaders in the African American Community to rally voters of color to support the Democratic ticket. With the help of a heavy African American turnout, Robb won and the Byrd machine was crushed. In 1985, just four years later, Doug Wilder won the party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor against the cries of “Virginia isn’t ready” and, later that year, defied the naysayers by being elected to that office. Within five years, he would be sworn in as the first elected African American governor in American history. SON OF VIRGINIA by L. Douglas Wilder details the events of the author’s life to paint a portrait of the changing face of America. It will be a story of constant struggle and conflict, not only Wilder’s struggle, but also that of courageous people who stood up to decades of discrimination, corruption and greed. The book will stand as a road map for continued American progress in our elections and laws and a stark warning of what may happen if we relax our commitment to this program.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149301952X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In 1981, the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had been dominated for decades by “the Organization,” a political machine led by former Governor and U.S. Senator Harry Byrd Sr., took its first baby steps to becoming the vibrant state it is today. That year, Charles Robb rejected the machine and began a new Democratic Party in his campaign for governor. Instead of running against African Americans, Robb reached out to Douglas Wilder, the state’s only African American State Senator and other leaders in the African American Community to rally voters of color to support the Democratic ticket. With the help of a heavy African American turnout, Robb won and the Byrd machine was crushed. In 1985, just four years later, Doug Wilder won the party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor against the cries of “Virginia isn’t ready” and, later that year, defied the naysayers by being elected to that office. Within five years, he would be sworn in as the first elected African American governor in American history. SON OF VIRGINIA by L. Douglas Wilder details the events of the author’s life to paint a portrait of the changing face of America. It will be a story of constant struggle and conflict, not only Wilder’s struggle, but also that of courageous people who stood up to decades of discrimination, corruption and greed. The book will stand as a road map for continued American progress in our elections and laws and a stark warning of what may happen if we relax our commitment to this program.