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Author: Carol E. Hoffecker
Publisher: B B& A Publishers
Published: 2005-09
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780970580405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the history of Delaware, from its first inhabitants and the arrival of European settlers to the effect of modern times on its business and government.
Author: John Andrew Munroe
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780874139471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Originally undertaken by the author as a Bicentennial project in 1975, and now the standard history of the state, this volume chronicles the history of Delaware from the early 1600s to the present."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: John Andrew Munroe
Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : KTO Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carol Crane
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2010-10-08
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 1585366439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the first state to ratify the United States Constitution, Delaware rightfully earned its nickname of "First State." Though small in size, it is a treasure trove of history (Fort Delaware), inventions (the Victrola), and garden wonders (Winterthur). State symbols such as the Blue Hen Chicken and peach blossom speak to the character and traditions that formed the state. Historian Carol Crane loves looking through the kaleidoscope of the past and has taken many delightful journeys through Delaware. She loves to imagine her Swedish ancestors coming to this country on the Kalmar Nyckel, building log cabins, or starting the first Swedish church in Wilmington. Carol lives with her husband in North Carolina and travels the country speaking at education conferences across the nation."F is for First State" is Carol's 11th book with Sleeping Bear Press. Elizabeth Traynor decided to be an illustrator when she was fifteen years old, while taking art classes at the Delaware Art Museum. She received her BFAin illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. An illustrator as well as an illustration professor, her work can be seen throughout the country, from book covers, newspapers and magazines, to ads and packaging. Elizabeth lives in Massachusetts and California.
Author: Kim Rogers Burdick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2016-11-21
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1439658595
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1776, Delaware declared independence from both England and Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania, the First State was instrumental in the fight to form a new republic. The Marquis de Lafayette, Nathanael Greene and George Washington all made trips to the state. Caesar Rodney's ride and the Battle of Cooch's Bridge are legendary, but the state has many unsung heroes. Citizens from every village, town, crossroads and marsh risked their lives to support their beliefs. Author Kim Burdick offers the carefully documented story of ordinary people coping with extraordinary circumstances.
Author: Patricia A. Martinelli
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2006-06-02
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0811740617
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTales of unexplained phenomena in Delaware. Includes information on local ghost tours.
Author: William W. Boyer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0803224729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical and the contemporary dimensions of the politics and government of the First State. Once a sparsely populated, agrarian, and relatively insignificant polity, Delaware has become a densely and diversely populated financial and legal center often called the corporation capital of the world. Delaware s prime location has been central to its development and transition from a goods-producing economy to a fast-growing, service-based economy. Despite its diminutive size, Delaware is, in many ways, the nation s preferred corporate home. William W. Boyer and Edward C. Ratledge provide an overview of Delaware s history, structure, and present politics and explain why one of the smallest states in the country is also one of the most powerful. Delaware continually promotes pro-business legislation, business and public objectives are entwined, and privatization is a dominant theme in public affairs. The state has an individualistic political order in which public participation is indirect and citizen activism is limited.
Author: Francis Vincent
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. Campbell, 1870-[71]
Published: 1870
Total Pages: 490
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hara Wright-Smith, Ph.D.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2022-01-10
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467107964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilmington's East Side is the oldest residential community in the city. The first Swedish colony settled there in the 1600s, and over time, Jewish, Polish, and African American people followed. By the mid-1950s, the East Side emerged as a predominantly Black, achievement-oriented community--a place where working-class families, Black-owned businesses, and Black doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, and community leaders lived, worshipped, and worked together amid segregation. Among historic landmarks are Howard High School, People's Settlement Association, Walnut Street Y, St. Michael's School and Nursery, Clifford Brown Walk, Louis Redding House, and multidenominational churches. Situated in an urban setting east of downtown, the East Side is walking distance from the central business district, small retail establishments, and employers.
Author: Jay Gould
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2021-10-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1438485417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Jay Gould died in 1892 he left behind an estate worth the equivalent of seventy-eight billion in today's dollars. He also left behind a reputation as one of Wall Street's most shrewd, astute, and (some said) manipulative operators. Long before his adventures in finance, the future "robber baron" was a young man on the make in his native Catskills, working as a surveyor and mapmaker in his natal place of Delaware County, where he had grown up side by side with the future writer and naturalist John Burroughs. Originally published in 1856, when Gould was just twenty, Gould's History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York is based on primary sources and original testimony from second and third generation settlers, many of them Gould's own friends and cousins. The book continues to be an important source on the first settlement of the region and is highly regarded by scholars. This edition features a new introduction by Edward Renehan, the biographer of both Gould and John Burroughs.
