John Gilley of Baker's Island


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Considered "the most remarkable delineation of pioneer life on the coast of Maine that has ever been published," this little book has been through numerous printings. It was originally published in 1899 in The Century Magazine. It first appeared in book form in 1904. Charles W. Eliot was president of Harvard University for forty years, and he initiated the movement to create Acadia National Park.






















Scribner's Monthly


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A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia


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This history is enriched with personal recollections and reminiscences. Its pages are filled with the names of those individuals who settled, or helped in some way to establish the County, as well as those who are remembered for various other reasons. The fifty-four illustrations include Wise County’s commonwealth attorneys, from the first (1856) to the twenty-first (1935).