Author : Marcia Tucker
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2018-01-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781983914270
Marcia Tucker's charming study of Day Island, the humpbacked sandspit just off-shore from Tacoma in the Puget Sound Narrows, shows how good such local histories can be. Rigorously researched, written with affection but clear eyes, a respect for fact and a sense of humor, it show why residents regard their community as "almost paradise." - Murray Morgan
Author : W. O. Raymond
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 2022-07-31
Category : History
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Glimpses of the Past" (History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784) by W. O. Raymond. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Arne Handeland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0738595152
A community located just south and east of Tacoma, University Place has always been noted for its excellent school system--but where is the "university". From the days of sheep herding, logging, gravel and sand mining, tomato farming, apple and peach orchard planting, and rhododendron farming, University Place has become a proud city with a population exceeding 31,000 residents.
Author : Lawrence G. Kautz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 2016-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0786482699
Born in Germany in 1828, future Union general August Valentine Kautz came to America as an infant. He was privileged to obtain schooling and, after service in the war with Mexico, attended West Point. Relying heavily on detailed journals kept by Kautz for 43 years, this biography covers his early experiences and his time in the turbulent Pacific Northwest, where he was involved in Indian affairs and the Rogue River War. As with so many American military men of the time, however, the defining event in his career was the Civil War. Originally assigned to the Western Theater, where he played a role in the capture of Morgan's Raiders, Kautz's service included participation in the First Battle of Deep Bottom, the Wilson-Kautz Raid, and the Petersburg assault aimed at capturing Richmond. Kautz has often been misrepresented in historical mentions and this biography seeks to set the record straight. Period photographs and a number of maps are included.
Author : Margarita Engle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,88 MB
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481461125
This is the story of a young man who became a champion of civil rights for those who could not speak for themselves.
Author : Marcia Willoughby Tucker
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Day Island (Wash.)
ISBN : 9780965903301
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Books
ISBN :
Author : Patrick D Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1561645826
A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author : Bill Adler
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 2003-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312304317
A collection of letters from the Allied soldiers who fought and won World War II reveals the horror, humor, and boredom of this great conflict.
Author : Thomas Keneally
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473625343
On the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic ocean, Napoleon spends his last years in exile. It is a hotbed of gossip and secret liaisons, where a blind eye is turned to relations between colonials and slaves. The disgraced emperor is subjected to vicious and petty treatment by his captors, but he forges an unexpected ally: a rebellious British girl, Betsy, who lives on the island with her family and becomes his unlikely friend. Based on fact, Napoleon's Last Island is the surprising story of one of history's most enigmatic figures and a British family who dared to associate with him. It is a tale of vengeance, duplicity and loyalty, and of a man whose charisma made him dangerous to the end.
