Author : Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
His wide-ranging interests included campaigning to establish free public libraries across the state, working to enact a new city charter for Indianapolis, revitalizing a moribund Indiana Historical Society during the 1880s, painstakingly preserving the language of the Miami Indians, and, at age sixty-six, prospecting for mineral deposits in the jungles of Haiti.
Author : Jacob Piatt Dunn
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 23,21 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811728133
Possibly the best single work on the Indian Wars of the American West, this account is part of the Frontier Classics Series, which resurrects long out-of-print gems of frontier history. 160 illustrations.
Author : Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0871954281
Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison, the thirteenth volume in the Indiana Historical Society Press’s youth biography series, examines Harrison’s rise to political prominence after his service as a Union army general during the Civil War. Although he served only one term, defeated for re-election by Cleveland in 1892, Harrison had some impressive achievements during his four years in the White House. His administration worked to have Congress pass the Sherman Antitrust Act to limit business monopolies, fought to protect voting rights for African American citizens in the South, preserved millions of acres for forest reserves and national parks, modernized the American navy, and negotiated several successful trade agreements with other countries in the Western Hemisphere. After losing the White House, Harrison returned to Indianapolis, once again becoming one of the city’s leading citizens. He died from pneumonia on March 13, 1901, in his home on North Delaware Street, today open to the public as the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site.
Author : Indiana State Teachers Association. History Section
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Indiana
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 2162 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 1903
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : David J. Bodenhamer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1624 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 1994-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253112491
"A work of this magnitude and high quality will obviously be indispensable to anyone studying the history of Indianapolis and its region." -- The Journal of American History "... absorbing and accurate... Although it is a monument to Indianapolis, do not be fooled into thinking this tome is impersonal or boring. It's not. It's about people: interesting people. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis is as engaging as a biography." -- Arts Indiana "... comprehensive and detailed... might well become the model for other such efforts." -- Library Journal With more than 1,600 separate entries and 300 illustrations, The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis is a model of what a modern city encyclopedia should be. From the city's inception through its remarkable transformation into a leading urban center, the history and people of Indianapolis are detailed in factual and intepretive articles on major topics including business, education, religion, social services, politics, ethnicity, sports, and culture.
Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1317520246
In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage. The book explores the tension between the professed idea of America as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and the reality of the early American republic, reminding us of the profound and disturbing ways that slavery affected the U.S. Constitution and early American politics. It also offers the most important and detailed short critique of Thomas Jefferson's relationship to slavery available, while at the same time contrasting his relationship to slavery with that of other founders. This third edition of Slavery and the Founders incorporates a new chapter on the regulation and eventual (1808) banning of the African slave trade.
Author : Jacob Piatt Dunn
Publisher :
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Indianapolis (Ind.)
ISBN :
Author : Linda C. Gugin
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0871953935
Part of the Indiana Historical Society's commemoration of the nineteenth state's bicentennial, Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State recognizes the people who made enduring contributions to Indiana in its 200-year history. Written by historians, scholars, biographers, and independent researchers, the biographical essays in this book will enhance the public's knowledge and appreciation of those who made a difference in the lives of Hoosiers, the country, and even the world. Subjects profiled in the book include individuals from all fields of endeavor: law, politics, art, music, entertainment, literature, sports, education, business/industry, religion, science/invention/technology, as well as "the notorious."
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Indiana
ISBN :
