Hankins--Harris

Hankins--Harris

Author: Sharon Lucille Harris

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13:

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The first provable and direct Hankins New Jersey ancestor is Thomas Hankins (ca. 1706-1745). He married Mary Clevenger (ca. 1710-ca. 1745). The first Harris ancestor in America was Robert Harris (b. ca. 1660) . He married Dorothy Wylie and later immigrated to America with his family about 1717.


Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement

Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement

Author: Townsend Davis

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999-02-17

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 039324542X

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"Weary Feet, Rested Souls is a valuable and beautiful road map to a landscape we must not forget."—Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund Thirty years after the Civil Rights Movement transformed America, Weary Feet, Rested Souls brings the landscape of this compelling period of history back to life. Logging 30,000 miles of research and more than 100 hours of interviews with Civil Rights veterans, Townsend Davis has written both a history of the struggle and an indispensable traveler's guidebook to Civil Rights in the Deep South. Ranging from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood neighborhood to Philadelphia, Mississippi, where three Civil Rights workers were murdered, to Selma and Birmingham and scores of other sites, Weary Feet, Rested Souls is a uniquely inspiring and deeply commemorative guide to the Movement and its heroes.


Austin's First Cookbook

Austin's First Cookbook

Author: Michael C. Miller, In Partnership with the Austin History Center

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1626198535

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Tacos and barbecue command appetites today, but early Austinites indulged in peppered mangoes, roast partridge and cucumber catsup. Those are just a few of the fascinating historic recipes in this new edition of the first cookbook published in the city. Written by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1891, Our Home Cookbook aimed to "cause frowns to dispel and dimple into ripples of laughter" with myriad "receipts" from the early Austin community. From dandy pudding to home remedies "worth knowing," these are hearty helpings featuring local game and diverse heritage, including German, Czech and Mexican. With informative essays and a cookbook bibliography, city archivist Mike Miller and the Austin History Center present this curious collection that's sure to raise eyebrows, if not cravings.


History of Tennessee

History of Tennessee

Author: Goodspeed Publishing Company Staff

Publisher:

Published: 1887

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains biographical sketches of some 1,200 and genealogical data of some 30,000 other families / individuals for the following counties: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Clairborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, James, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington.