Mobile of the Five Flags
Author: Peter Joseph Hamilton
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13:
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Confederate Mobile
Author: Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 2000-05
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0807164798
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In most standard texts on the Civil War, Mobile appears only in reference to the famous Battle of Mobile Bay. It is thus refreshing to find a work that illuminates the complete war years of this major southern city.... Confederate Mobile is an indispensable and thoroughly researched volume on Mobile's role in the Confederacy.... It will prove an invaluable guide to anyone wishing to understand wartime Mobile and the military maneuvers involved in defending the important southern port." -- Florida Historical Quarterly "Bergeron's depiction of this colorful port city and how it reacted to the throes of war is a landmark in Civil War history." -- History Book Club Review
Florida Under Five Flags
Author: Rembert W. Patrick
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2023-07-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 0813073219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1945, this concise history of Florida commemorated the state's centennial anniversary and was the very first book issued by what was then called the University of Florida Press. Reissued numerous times, its status as a seminal text in our state's history has never been questioned. Even today, copies are difficult to find. As part of the state-wide celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of the discovery of "La Florida," we are pleased to reissue this facsimile edition of one of the most cherished books ever published by the University Press of Florida. In this highly readable account, Rembert Patrick, the first of many giants among Florida historians, summarizes Florida's history under the flags of Spain, France, Great Britain, the Confederacy, and the United States. Distilling five centuries of history, Patrick chronicles Florida's evolving identity: from discovery and settlement to its role under the changing fortunes of European powers, from establishment as a territory to an antebellum state, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to an urban, post-World War II economic juggernaut.
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
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Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 684
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines
Author: George Strother Gaines
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0817308970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn addition, Gaines played a key role in Indian-white relations during the Creek War of 1813-14, served a two-year term in the Alabama Senate (1825-27), led a Choctaw exploring party to the new Choctaw lands in the West following the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830-31), and served as the superintendent for Choctaw removal (1831-32). Gaines dictated his Reminiscences in 1871 at the age of eighty-seven. In this first book-length edition of the Reminiscences, James Pate has provided an extensive biographical introduction, notes, illustrations, maps, and appendixes to aid the general reader and the scholar.
Seeing Historic Alabama
Author: Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1996-06-30
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0817307907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLists and describes battlefields, forts, historic mansions, pioneer settlements, civil rights monuments, and other historic sites
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 1058
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Author: Mark Fagan
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2016-03-01
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1603064192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail tells how a bold, imaginative investment by a public employee pension fund turned into a world-class tourist attraction that helped change the image and boost the economy of an entire state. The pension fund was the Retirement Systems of Alabama, and its alternative investment was in a string of golf courses and affiliated high-end hotels and spas. In business-speak, this was an "economically targeted investment" designed to diversify returns, create jobs, and increase tax revenue. Twenty-five years later, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is known worldwide for the quality and beauty of its courses and the hospitality and elegance of its resorts. It has significantly increased Alabama's infrastructure for tourism and conventions, provided millions upon millions in new tax revenues, spurred construction of thousands of units of adjacent housing, and helped persuade other businesses to locate in the state. Making the Golf Trail a reality involved not only the initial vision of CEO David G. Bronner and his associates at RSA, but also the design genius and reputation of Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the hard work of many dedicated engineers and builders. It also required the cooperation of scores of local and state elected officials and economic developers. This book is the illustrated historical account of the financial, legal, political, and economic impact details of RSA's investment in the RTJ Golf Trail. Such a detailed history could not have been written without the years of economic analysis conducted by author Mark Fagan dating back to the earliest stages of the concept. Fagan's ongoing involvement with Dr. Bronner and those working to develop the Trail made possible the mammoth one-of-a-kind history that is presented in this book.
