History of Worcester and Its People
Author : Charles Nutt
Publisher :
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Worcester (Mass.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Nutt
Publisher :
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Worcester (Mass.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Nutt
Publisher :
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Worcester (Mass.)
ISBN :
Author : Dave Kovaleski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1439673837
As the second-largest city in New England, Worcester is well known for its contributions to manufacturing and transportation. However, many other people and events contributed to the building of this city. Timothy Bigelow led a revolution to take back Worcester from British rule almost two years before the Declaration of Independence. Abby Kelley Foster helped establish the first national women's rights convention in Worcester and was a leading voice against slavery. The city was also home to one of the nation's first professional baseball teams, the Worcester Brown Stockings. Join local author Dave Kovaleski as he reveals the stories behind revolutionaries, reformers and pioneers from the "Heart of the Commonwealth."
Author : David Jaffee
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801436109
"In People of the Wachusett the history of the New England town becomes the cultural history of America's first frontier. Integral to this history are the firsthand narratives of town founders and citizens - English, French, and Native American - whose accounts of trading and warring, relocating and putting down roots proved essential to the building of these communities.
Author : Pamela Apkarian-Russell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0738504653
At the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of immigrants came to the United States in search of a better life and greater opportunities for their families. However, the Armenians who came to Worcester between 1894 and 1930 were escaping a devastating genocide that tore their country apart. What they found and how they became an integral part of Worcester culture and history is the story found in Armenians of Worcester. Worcester was a mecca for many Armenians, who had escaped with little more than their lives. There were mills that provided work, and there was a growing number of Armenians who were struggling to make sense of what had happened in their homeland. The first Armenian Apostolic church and the first Armenian Protestant church in America were both in this city, and both helped to build new foundations for a community that was to enrich the city and slowly resurrect the art, theater, music, and food that celebrates the Armenian culture. The Armenian picnics that were an integrating influence in the early years continue even today as a gathering of clans and all who join in on these days of celebration.
Author : Dave Kovaleski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 1467149004
As the second-largest city in New England, Worcester is well known for its contributions to manufacturing and transportation. However, many other people and events contributed to the building of this city. Timothy Bigelow led a revolution to take back Worcester from British rule almost two years before the Declaration of Independence. Abby Kelley Foster helped establish the first national women's rights convention in Worcester and was a leading voice against slavery. The city was also home to one of the nation's first professional baseball teams, the Worcester Brown Stockings. Join local author Dave Kovaleski as he reveals the stories behind revolutionaries, reformers and pioneers from the "Heart of the Commonwealth."
Author : Valentine Green
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 21,15 MB
Release : 1796
Category : Worcester (England)
ISBN :
Author : Wayne Paul Tupper
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : History
ISBN :
Boomer: In the Theater of Fearful Tragedies is a nonfiction account of the life of Colonel George B. Boomer, a little-known bridge builder and combat veteran who served in the Civil War of the United States. He was the son of a Baptist minister from Sutton, Massachusetts, who struggled with his Christian faith while searching for God's plan for his life. While his formal education was limited by a youthful disability of the eyes, he became a self-taught master bridge builder who learned to speak multiple languages while living in the state of Missouri. However, he is most known for his skills as a military commander who received compliments from Ulysses S. Grant. Colonel Boomer was the commander of the Twenty-Sixth Missouri Regiment, and he served in the western theater of the war. He was actively involved in Pope's campaign against Island Number Ten, and he suffered severe wounds at the Battle of Iuka, Mississippi. His greatest military accomplishment occurred during the pivotal battle of Champion's Hill, and it is likely that the actions of his brigade were largely responsible for the Union victory. Boomer endured tragedies in his civilian life and his life in the military at the hands ambitious political figures who brought him great grief. However, he would ultimately find his life's meaning in a peach orchard just outside Vicksburg, Mississippi. His selfless actions saved the lives of many of the men under his command. His veteran sacrifice for his country needs to be remembered.
Author : Charles Stephenson
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887061738
Life and Labor brings together the most stimulating scholarship in the field of labor history today. Its fifteen essays explore the impact of industrialization and technology on the lives of working people and their responses to the changes in society over the past one-hundred-fifty years. Focusing on the everyday life of working-class Americans, it discusses such topics as production technology, occupational mobility, industrial violence, working women, resistance to exploitation, fraternal organizations, and social and leisure-time activities. The essays are written in a lively manner accessible to an undergraduate audience and also provide insights and a solid background for graduate students and scholars in the field of American labor and social history. The book presents the work of members of the generation of labor and social historians who matured in the 1970s and who are now establishing themselves as leaders in their fields.
Author : Roy Rosenzweig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521313971
Focusing on the city of Worcester, Massachusetts the author takes the reader to the saloons, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where American industrial workers spent their leisure hours, to explore the nature of working-class culture and class relations during this era.