South Carolina Postcards Lexington County and Lake Murray, Postcard History Series Bk 4 /
Author : Howard Woody
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
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Author : Howard Woody
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
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Author : Margie Willis Clary
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738525464
Author : John E. Jacob
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 1998-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738542591
Located in the center of the Delmarva Peninsula on the Wicomico River, Salisbury is a town steeped in history. Formed by an act of provincial legislature in 1732, Salisbury lies on the east bank of the river on the original land of William Winder. Salisbury developed into the commercial center of the peninsula by the time of the Civil War--it was the southernmost point at which all goods were shipped north. This strategic location also made Salisbury the distribution point for goods coming south, an advantage that placed the region at the center of the state's economic boom. In 1867, Wicomico County was formed and Salisbury was chosen as the county seat. In the 20th century, Salisbury prospered into a communication and financial center for all of lower Maryland.
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Page : 2460 pages
File Size : 42,19 MB
Release : 1991
Category : American literature
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Author : Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher : Lucia Marquand
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Painting
ISBN : 9781555953614
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
Author : Joseph Lee Mashburn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Artists
ISBN : 9781885940117
Author : R. Alton Lee
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813158656
By 1926, it seemed that John R. Brinkley's experimental rejuvenation cure—transplanting goat glands into aging men—had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that "Doc" Brinkley's medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. To most in the medical field, he was a quack. But to his many patients and listeners, he was a brilliant surgeon, a savior of their lost manhood and youth. His rogue radio stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and not only were a megaphone for Brinkley's lucrative quackery but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests. The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley tells the story of the infamous "Goat Gland Doctor"—a controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner—and recounts his amazing rags-to-riches-to-rags career. A master manipulator and skilled con artist, Brinkley left behind a patchwork of myths and unreliable personal accounts that many writers have merely perpetuated—until now. Alton Lee brings Brinkley's infamous legacy to the forefront, exploring how he ruthlessly exploited the sexual frustrations of aging men and the general public's antipathy toward medical doctors. Lee leaves no stone unturned in this account of a man who changed the course of American institutions forever.
Author : Dominic J. CapeciJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 15,47 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0813156467
On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights concerns for the first time, provoking a national reaction to violence on the home front at a time when the country was battling for democracy in Europe. Dominic Capeci unravels the tragic story of Wright's life on several stages, showing how these acts of violence were indicative not only of racial tension but the clash of the traditional and the modern brought about by the war. Capeci draws from a wide range of archival sources and personal interviews with the participants and spectators to draw vivid portraits of Wright, his victims, law-enforcement officials, and members of the lynch mob. He places Wright in the larger context of southern racial violence and shows the significance of his death in local, state, and national history during the most important crisis of the twentieth-century.
Author : Robert Perks
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Historiography
ISBN : 0415133521
Arranged in five thematic parts, "The Oral History Reader" covers key debates in the post-war development of oral history.
Author : John M. Curran
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Clothing and dress
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