The Grand Old Man
Author: Richard Briscoe Cook
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13:
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The Grand Old Man
Author: Richard B. Cook
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-05-05
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 3387333374
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Johnny Appleseed: The Grand Old Man of the Forest
Author: Margaret Henley
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1627122796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Chapman, introduced apple trees to large part of the US Midwest and some parts of Canada. Known as Johnny Appleseed, he was an eccentric and religious man who was kind, generous, and loved animals. This book is an introduction to the life and generosity of Johnny Appleseed whose unselfishness inspired songs, books, and city parks. This jovial volume contains original artwork, historical context of the story, recounts the folktale from diverse cultures, and defines words unique to the story.
The Grand Old Man of Maine
Author: Jeremiah E. Goulka
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2005-10-12
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0807875856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBest known as the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the commanding officer of the troops who accepted the Confederates' surrender at Appomattox, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) has become one of the most famous and most studied figures of Civil War history. After the war, he went on to serve as governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. The first collection of his postwar letters, this book offers important insights for understanding Chamberlain's later years and his place in chronicling the war. The letters included here reveal Chamberlain's perspective on military events at Gettysburg, Five Forks, and Appomattox, and on the planning of ceremonies to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg. As Jeremiah Goulka points out in his introduction, the letters also shed light on Chamberlain's views on politics, race relations, and education, and they expose some of the personal difficulties he faced late in life. On a broader scale, Chamberlain's correspondence contributes to a better understanding of the influence of Civil War veterans on American life and the impact of the war on veterans themselves. It also says much about state and national politics (including the politics of pensions), family roles and relationships, and ideas of masculinity in Victorian America.
The Old Man and the Sea
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-08-01
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Who's who in Victorian Britain
Author: Roger Ellis
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780811716406
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"When histories, too often, have little room for the individuals who are the life and soul of the past, there is a place for a history which is composed of the lives of those who helped to make it what it was-and is." --Geoffrey Treasure, series editor. Many see the Victorian era as Britain's heyday. Certainly some of the nation's most exceptional citizens lived then, not least, of course, Queen Victoria herself. In all fields, pioneers were at work, among them Isbard Kingdom Brunel, Florence Nightingale, John Ruskin, William Morris, Sir Robert Peel, Sir John Stuart Mill, Michael Faraday, Edward Lear, and Charles Darwin. To come in the series: Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England, Who's Who in Early Medieval England, Who's Who in Late Medieval England, Who's Who in Stuart Britain, Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain,Who's Who in Late Hanoverian Britain
John Henry
Author: Steve Haskin
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781581501506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in paperback, John Henry continues to entertain horse racing and sports fans with its true rags to riches tale. A plain brown, small, bad-tempered animal, John Henry was the horse no one wanted until he was purchased sight unseen for $25,000 by Sam Rubin, a man who knew nothing about horses, except which end bit and which end kicked. Entrusted to California-based trainer Ron McAnally, John Henry blossomed into a star. Named Horse of the Year in 1981 as a six years old - an age when most racehorses are enjoying retirement - John Henry continued to race at the top level of the sport through the age of nine, when he was voted Horse of the Year for the second time. He retired as all-time leading money earner in 1984 with more than $6 million and today lives a life of luxury at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Author: Norman L. Macht
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2015-10-01
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 0803237650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Grand Old Man of Baseball, Norman L. Macht chronicles Connie Mack’s tumultuous final two decades in baseball. After Mack had built one of baseball’s greatest teams, the 1929–31 Philadelphia Athletics, the Depression that followed the stock market crash fundamentally reshaped Mack’s legacy as his team struggled on the field and at the gate. Among the challenges Mack faced: a sharp drop in attendance that forced him to sell his star players; the rise of the farm system, which he was slow to adopt; the opposition of other owners to night games, which he favored; the postwar integration of baseball, which he initially opposed; a split between the team’s heirs (Mack’s sons Roy and Earle on one side, their half brother Connie Jr. on the other) that tore apart the family and forced Mack to choose—unwisely—between them; and, finally, the disastrous 1951–54 seasons in which Roy and Earle ran the club to the brink of bankruptcy. By now aged and mentally infirm, Mack watched in bewilderment as the business he had built fell apart. Broke and in debt, Roy and Earle feuded over the sale of the team. In a never-before-revealed series of maneuvers, Roy double-crossed his father and brother and the team was sold and moved to Kansas City in 1954. In Macht’s third volume of his trilogy on Mack, he describes the physical, mental, and financial decline of Mack’s final years, which unfortunately became a classic American tragedy.
Jim Bridger: The Grand Old Man of the Rockies
Author: E.A. Brininstool
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Published:
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJim Bridger: The Grand Old Man of the Rockies is a captivating biography that chronicles the life and adventures of one of the most legendary mountain men in American history. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, authors E.A. Brininstool and Grace Raymond Hebard paint a vivid picture of Bridger's exploits as a trapper, scout, and guide in the untamed wilderness of the American West. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into the rugged and often perilous world of the 19th-century frontier, as seen through the eyes of a man who played a pivotal role in its exploration and settlement.
