Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington
Author: George Washington Parke Custis
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 118
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Author: George Washington Parke Custis
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 118
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Published: 2016-05-12
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecollections and Private Memoirs of Washington by G. W. Parke Custis. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1859 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Author: George Washington Parke Custis
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 118
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Published: 2018
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Washington Parke Custis
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Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington The late G. W. Parke Custis, the author of the "Recollections and Private Memoirs of General Washington," whose death occurred on the 10th October, 1857, was thus spoken of by the Editors of the National Intelligencer: Death Of Mr. Custis. It becomes our painful duty to announce the decease of the venerable George Washington Parke Custis, the last of the members of the family of Washington. Mr. Custis died at Arlington, near this city, after a brief illness, on the morning of the 10th instant, in the 77th year of his age. For several years he had stood alone in his relations to the Father of his Country, ever anxious, with filial reverence and affection, to illustrate his character, and from the rich stores of his never-failing memory to bring forward an annual tribute to his immortal worth. Known and honored by his fellow countrymen, his departure will awaken universally a profound regret. Born amid the great events of the Revolution, by the. death of his father, (Col. Custis, of the army, and a son of Mrs. Washington by a former marriage, ) which occurred near the close of the war, he found his home during childhood and youth at Mount Vernon, where his manners were formed after the noblest models; and from the great worthies of that period, frequent guests there, he received impressions of wisdom and patriotism that were never effaced. Under the counsels of Washington ho pursued his classical studies at Princeton, and when deprived by death of his great guide and father, (and soon after of his revered grandmother, ) he devoted himself to literary and agricultural pursuits on his ample estate of Arlington, the gift, by will, of that illustrious man. He was early united in marriage to Miss Mary Lee Fitzhugh, of Virginia, a lady of unsurpassed excellences in all the relations of life, and whose irreparable loss, three years ago, he continued with sorrow and affectionate admiration, to his final day, profoundly to deplore. One daughter, (Mrs. Lee, wife of Col. Robert Lee, of the army) and several grandchildren survive him. 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.
Author: James Hogg
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Published: 1824
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished anonymously in 1824, this gothic mystery novel was written by Scottish author James Hogg. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published as if it were the presentation of a century-old document. The unnamed editor offers the reader a long introduction before presenting the document written by the sinner himself.
Author: Rebecca Solnit
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Published: 2020
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0593083334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher; of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself; of how punk rock gave form and voice to her own fury and explosive energy. Solnit recounts how she came to recognize the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled her, the trauma that changed her, and the authority figures who routinely disdained and disbelieved girls and women, including her. Looking back, she sees all these as consequences of the voicelessness that was and still is the ordinary condition of women, and how she contended with that while becoming a writer and a public voice for women's rights. She explores the forces that liberated her as a person and as a writer--books themselves, the gay men around her who offered other visions of what gender, family, and joy could be, and her eventual arrival in the spacious landscapes and overlooked conflicts of the American West. These influences taught her how to write in the way she has ever since, and gave her a voice that has resonated with and empowered many others.
Author: George Washington Parke Custis
Publisher: Andesite Press
Published: 2015-10-18
Total Pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9781344863193
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Author: George Washington Parke Custis
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Published: 1860
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ulysses Simpson Grant
Publisher: New York, C. L. Webster & Company
Published: 1885
Total Pages: 606
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.