A History of the Sapp Family (Classic Reprint)
A History of the Sapp Family (Classic Reprint)

Author: John Gooden Sapp

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780656617883

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Excerpt from A History of the Sapp Family The definite verifiable history of the Sapp family in its differ ent branches begins about 1765 to 1775. From that time down the lines are definitely traceable and errors that appear are due to a fail ure of memory or a date entered wrongly. Previous to this time, however, all the connected history of the family is assumed. Facts on record such as wills, deeds, land grants, marriage licenses, etc., stand out alone and serve only to guide the searcher after truth in breaking new paths from one to another, and who shall say these paths are not correctly laid out? Given certain facts as premises, if we follow them logically who shall say our conclusion is wrong until he has facts that shall contradict it? It is purely tradition as yet, that John Sapp came over from England with Lord Calvert in his second or third ship load of im migrants in 1650, but we have seen fit to assume it as a fact as it fits in well with what we know of the family. We must account for Sapps in different sections of the country as early at 1776 and we must account for two Sa'pps appearing on records as early as 1743. We stand willing to be corrected, but until some one can adduce proof against us or offer a more feasible theory, we are willing to accept this one we have assumed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Different Mirror
A Different Mirror

Author: Ronald Takaki

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 787

ISBN-13: 1456611062

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Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.

Friends of the Family
Friends of the Family

Author: Tommy Dades

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-05-05

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 0061876321

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“One of the most spectacular cases of police corruption in the city.” —New York Times Friends of the Family is a look deep inside the most notorious case to rock the NYPD: The story of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, the two police detectives who moonlighted as mob hit men. As told by Tommy Dades and Michael Vecchione—the cop and District Attorney investigator who solved New York’s coldest case—along with co-writer David Fisher, Friends of the Family is shocking true crime in the tradition of Nicolas Pileggi’s Wiseguys and Underboss by Peter Mass—a chilling, in-depth examination of what the New York Daily News calls “the worst betrayal of the badge in the NYPD’s history.”

There She Was
There She Was

Author: Amy Argetsinger

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-11-08

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1982123400

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A Washington Post style editor’s fascinating and irresistible look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary. The sash. The tears. The glittering crown. And of course, that soaring song. For all its pomp and kitsch, the Miss America pageant is indelibly written into the American story of the past century. From its giddy origins as a summer’s-end tourist draw in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, it blossomed into a televised extravaganza that drew tens of millions of viewers in its heyday and was once considered the highest honor that a young woman could achieve. For two years, Washington Post reporter and editor Amy Argetsinger visited pageants and interviewed former winners and contestants to unveil the hidden world of this iconic institution. There She Was spotlights how the pageant survived decades of social and cultural change, collided with a women’s liberation movement that sought to abolish it, and redefined itself alongside evolving ideas about feminism. For its superstars—Phyllis George, Vanessa Williams, Gretchen Carlson—and for those who never became household names, Miss America was a platform for women to exercise their ambitions and learn brutal lessons about the culture of fame. Spirited and revelatory, There She Was charts the evolution of the American woman, from the Miss America catapulted into advocacy after she was exposed as a survivor of domestic violence to the one who used her crown to launch a congressional campaign; from a 1930s winner who ran away on the night of her crowning to a present-day rock guitarist carving out her place in this world. Argetsinger dissects the scandals and financial turmoil that have repeatedly threatened to kill the pageant—and highlights the unexpected sisterhood of Miss Americas fighting to keep it alive.