Hidden Histories
Hidden Histories

Author: D. Medina Lasansky

Publisher: didapress

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 8833380114

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Tuscany is a landscape whose cultural construction is complicated and multi-layered. It is this very complexity that this book seeks to untangle. By revealing hidden histories, we learn how food, landscape and architecture are intertwined, as well as the extent to which Italian design and contemporary consumption patterns form a legacy that draws upon the Romantic longings of a century before. In the process, this book reveals the extent to which Tuscany has been constructed by Anglos — and what has been distorted, idealized and even overlooked in the process.

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits

Author: Rosemary Guiley

Publisher: Checkmark Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780816040865

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Covers the realm of ghost folklore and mythology with over five hundred entries on historical sightings, paranormal research, and supernatural hauntings.

The Rambo Family Tree
The Rambo Family Tree

Author: Beverly J. Rambo

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 984

ISBN-13:

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Peter Gunnarson Rambo (b. ca. 1611/12) was probably born in Stockholm, Sweden. He came to America in 1640 and settled in Christiana, New Sweden (now Delaware). He moved to Passyunk, Pennsylvania before 1669. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and later scattered throughout the United States.

John Brown, 1800-1859
John Brown, 1800-1859

Author: Oswald Garrison Villard

Publisher:

Published: 1910

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13:

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The present volume is inspired by a belief that fifty years after the Harper's Ferry tragedy, the time is ripe for a study of John Brown, free from bias, from the errors in taste and fact of the mere panegyrist, and from the blind prejudice of those who can see in John Brown nothing but a criminal. The pages that follow were written to detract from or champion no man or set of men, but to put forth the essential truths of history as far as ascertainable, and to judge Brown, his followers and associates in the light thereof. -- Adapted from the preface.

Twelve Virginia Counties
Twelve Virginia Counties

Author: John H. Gwathmey

Publisher:

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9781596410367

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"Twelve Virginia Counties: Where the Western Migration Began," is an exceptional work of historical significance relative to the beginnings and settlement of the Virginia counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, King William, King and Queen, Louisa, New Kent, and Orange, and of their inhabitants. The author addresses each of the individual counties, their formation, history, early settlers, lists of civic leaders and military officers and soldiers, and goes on to provide descriptions of homes, civic organizations, courts, and courthouses. Moreover, Mr. Gwathmey also documents histories of churches, and other organizations and institutions, as well as providing numerous biographical sketches. Softcover, (1937), repr. 2007, 2011, Illus., Index, 538 pp.

The Annenbergs
The Annenbergs

Author: John E. Cooney

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.