Author: Paul Grondahl
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578134543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
These Exalted Acres: Unlocking the Secrets of Albany Rural Cemetery
These Exalted Acres: Unlocking the Secrets of Albany Rural Cemetery
Author: Paul Grondahl
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578134543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
These Exalted Acres: Unlocking the Secrets of Albany Rural Cemetery
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578134543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
These Exalted Acres: Unlocking the Secrets of Albany Rural Cemetery
The History of Here
Author: Akum Norder
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438467907
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
How the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, New York, changed and grew, as reflected in the history of one house and the lives of its residents. When you buy an old house, you get much more than a house. In all its quirks, its alterations, in fragments of memory and traces left behind, you get a bundle of small mysteries. Who used to live here? Why did they come here, and where did they go? Whose name is that written on the attic wall? When did that odd little bathroom get shoehorned in there, and what did the room look like before? If youre lucky, one or two of your houses mysteries might unfold into stories. Akum Norder was very lucky. The History of Here follows Albany, New Yorks, Pine Hills neighborhood through more than one hundred years of change. At its heart is the story of Norders 1912 house and the people who built and lived in it. As Norder traced their histories, she came to see the development of her house, her street, and her neighborhood as a piece of Albanys story. In the lives of its residents, their struggles and triumphs, she saw a reflection of twentieth-century America. Drawing on interviews, city records, newspapers, out-of-print books, and other sources, Norders narrative makes a case for city neighborhoods: their value, their preservation, and the grassroots involvement that turns a jumble of houses into a community. Funny and thought-provoking, readable and relevant, The History of Here celebrates the sense of place that fuels the new urbanism. Akum Norder has contributed to the literature of American life a paean of neighborliness of which Garrison Keillor would be pleased to read, and perhaps E. B. White and even James Agee would take pleasure in this could they look in from the great beyond. Rooted in the keenly seen particular, this history has implications about the organic growth of American cities in general, and what we mean when we talk about the good old days. Gregory Maguire Akum Norder writes with an authentic voice and a deep sense of place. Her story about her familys house in Albanys Pine Hills neighborhood captures the American urban experience. Her prose is clear-eyed yet passionate, with a measure of Jane Jacobss advocacy. The History of Here is an important addition to the Albany canon. Paul Grondahl, author of Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438467907
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
How the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, New York, changed and grew, as reflected in the history of one house and the lives of its residents. When you buy an old house, you get much more than a house. In all its quirks, its alterations, in fragments of memory and traces left behind, you get a bundle of small mysteries. Who used to live here? Why did they come here, and where did they go? Whose name is that written on the attic wall? When did that odd little bathroom get shoehorned in there, and what did the room look like before? If youre lucky, one or two of your houses mysteries might unfold into stories. Akum Norder was very lucky. The History of Here follows Albany, New Yorks, Pine Hills neighborhood through more than one hundred years of change. At its heart is the story of Norders 1912 house and the people who built and lived in it. As Norder traced their histories, she came to see the development of her house, her street, and her neighborhood as a piece of Albanys story. In the lives of its residents, their struggles and triumphs, she saw a reflection of twentieth-century America. Drawing on interviews, city records, newspapers, out-of-print books, and other sources, Norders narrative makes a case for city neighborhoods: their value, their preservation, and the grassroots involvement that turns a jumble of houses into a community. Funny and thought-provoking, readable and relevant, The History of Here celebrates the sense of place that fuels the new urbanism. Akum Norder has contributed to the literature of American life a paean of neighborliness of which Garrison Keillor would be pleased to read, and perhaps E. B. White and even James Agee would take pleasure in this could they look in from the great beyond. Rooted in the keenly seen particular, this history has implications about the organic growth of American cities in general, and what we mean when we talk about the good old days. Gregory Maguire Akum Norder writes with an authentic voice and a deep sense of place. Her story about her familys house in Albanys Pine Hills neighborhood captures the American urban experience. Her prose is clear-eyed yet passionate, with a measure of Jane Jacobss advocacy. The History of Here is an important addition to the Albany canon. Paul Grondahl, author of Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
Rochester
Author: Jenny Marsh Parker
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Scrantom, Wetmore
ISBN:
Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y. : Scrantom, Wetmore
ISBN:
Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Sketches New and Old
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Men of Progress, Indiana
Author: William Cumback
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The last harvest
Author: John Burroughs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
History of Bureau County, Illinois
Author: Henry C. Bradsby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bureau County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bureau County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Men of Wealth
Author: John T. Flynn
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 161016329X
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 161016329X
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Silent Brotherhood
Author: Kevin Flynn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780451167866
Category : Antisemitism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the terrifying story of the most dangerous radical-right hate group to surface since the Ku Klux Klan first rode a century ago. The Silent Brotherhood attracted seemingly average citizens with their call for pride in race, family, and religion and their mission to save white, Christian America from a communist conspiracy. Here is how they became criminals and assassins in their effort to establish an Aryan homeland. 8-page photo insert.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780451167866
Category : Antisemitism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the terrifying story of the most dangerous radical-right hate group to surface since the Ku Klux Klan first rode a century ago. The Silent Brotherhood attracted seemingly average citizens with their call for pride in race, family, and religion and their mission to save white, Christian America from a communist conspiracy. Here is how they became criminals and assassins in their effort to establish an Aryan homeland. 8-page photo insert.
Railway Adventures and Anecdotes
Author: Richard Pike
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description