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Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: Justin Glenn
Publisher: Savas Publishing
ISBN: 1940669278
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
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This is the second volume of a comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of the Washingtons. Volume one began with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. It continued the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two is a collection of notable descendants of the next eight generations of John and Anne Washington’s descendants, including such luminaries as General George S. Patton, the author Shelby Foote, and the actor Lee Marvin. Future volumes will trace generations eight through fifteen, making a total of over 63,000 descendants. Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no bare bones genealogy but a true family history with over 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These in turn strive to convey the greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great and humble, who struggled to build that country. The Washingtons includes the time-honored John Wright line which in recent years has been challenged largely on the basis of DNA evidence. Volumes one and two form a set, with a cumulative bibliography appearing at the end of volume two.
Author: Frank Bevc
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365057461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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"Like leaves in the wind, the lives of seven generations of the Elwell family were driven by early American history to both progress and peril"--Back cover.
Author: Old Residents' Historical Association of Lowell
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Category : Lowell (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Author: Ontario Historical Society
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Includes reports of affiliated societies.
Author: Old Residents' Historical Association of Lowell (Mass.)
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Category : Lowell (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Author: Southern History Association
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Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Includes reports of the annual meetings.
Author: Ontario Historical Society
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Author: Rupert Furneaux
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000339327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Grand Strategy, the imaginative plan to divide the rebellious American colonies, ended in disaster. On October 17, 1777, General Sir John Burgoyne, alone, unaided and stranded in the American wilderness, capitulated with his army at Saratoga in upper New York State. It was the ‘turning point’ of the Revolution, which culminated four years later in the British surrender at Yorktown. Creasy wrote of Saratoga: ‘Nor can any military event be said to have exercised more important influence upon the future fortunes of mankind...’ Who blundered? For nearly two centuries, Lord George Germain, the ‘maladroit’ minister, has been blamed, together with the Commander-in-Chief, Sir William Howe; but Burgoyne, ‘Gentleman Johnny’ as his affectionate troops called him, has largely escaped criticism. Only in the late 1960s had a full assessment become possible, by the publication of all the correspondence that passed between these men. Originally published in 1971, from his study of these letters, and by his visit to the campaign area, author Rupert Furneaux questions this long accepted view. The British disaster resulted, he says, not because anyone particularly blundered, or from any ‘pigeon-holed’ despatch, but rather because no one bargained that thousands of ordinary American citizens would rally to bar Burgoyne’s path. Experienced frontier-fighters and skilled marksmen, they mowed down the closely-ranked Redcoats and the German mercenaries, who had all been trained for European battles. Saratoga heralded a new age of warfare, which Europeans took another hundred years to learn. It was also far more than a British defeat; it was an American victory, the decisive battle whereby they won the right to run their own lives without interference from Europe – and with incalculable consequences.
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Category : Washington (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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