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Author: Ethelyn Cox
Publisher: E P M Publications
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780939009183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistoric Alexandria Foundation. This record of a famous port's architectural life includes 375 photographs of more than 500 buildings dating from 1749 to the mid-19th century.
Author: Michael Lee Pope
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-09-23
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 1614232709
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGo inside the long-forgotten 19th century period when Alexandria left Virginia and incorporated itself into the fledging Distric of Columbia. This groundbreaking history uncovers the time in the 19th century when Alexandria left the commonwealth of Virginia and became incorporated into the emerging District of Columbia. It was an experiment that failed after half a century of neglect and a growing animosity between North and South. However, it was a fascinating time when cannon were dragged onto city streets for political rallies, candidates plied their voters with liquor and devastating fires ravaged the city.
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Publisher: Historic Photos
Published: 2008-02-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781683369929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexandria, Virginia, has been witness to events which helped create America. Many of the nation's founding fathers and well-known historical figures, including George Washington and Robert E. Lee, lived in, worked in, and were a part of the city. Though it started out as a modest tobacco trading town and seaport, Alexandria has truly been at the crossroads of American history. Its citizens are proud of Alexandria's place in history and its importance as a city steeped in the narrative of the founding of the United States. Historic Photos of Alexandria depicts this colorful and varied history through still photos selected from the Library of Congress and the Local History Special Collections branch of the Alexandria Library. From the occupation of Alexandria by Union troops during the Civil War to the thriving downtown shopping and dining district of the 1940s and 1950s, Historic Photos of Alexandria follows life and events throughout the city's history.
Author: Michael Lee Pope
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2010-08-27
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 1614235376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe award-winning journalist and author of Hidden History of Alexandria, D.C. combs through the haunted past of this Virginia colonial town. The ghost of a Revolutionary War spy that fosters a centuries-old grudge against the British, two young lovers parted by fire but reunited in death and Union and Confederate soldiers who still battle at the Hotel Monaco are among the haunts of Alexandria, Virginia. Beside the Potomac and the twice-blooming wisteria, local author Michael Lee Pope takes readers on a thrilling journey with his collection of historic ghost lore. Join him as he searches for the identity of the Female Stranger of Gadsby’s Tavern and wanders the lonely halls of Woodlawn Plantation to encounter Alexandria’s restless souls. Includes photos! “A thrilling journey . . . [A] Halloween crowd-pleaser.” —Local Kicks
Author: Mark Opsasnick
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1425713300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE LIZARD KING WAS HERE is an in-depth study of a greatly overlooked period in the mercurial life of Jim Morrison, the late poet and lyricist-vocalist of the rock and roll band "The Doors" who died at the age of 27 in 1971. Examining Morrison's life from January 1959 to August 1961 - the years he resided in Alexandria, Virginia and attended George Washington High School - author Mark Opsasnick reveals a wealth of experiences that served to influence the singer's poetry, lyrics, and work as a performing artist with the Doors. The end result is a fresh look at a formative period in the life of one of rock and roll's greatest superstars. Dedicated fans of Jim Morrison will be enthralled with THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE.
Author: Char McCargo Bah
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-07-09
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 1625840918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSitting just south of the nation's capital, Alexandria has a long and storied history." "Still, little is known of Alexandria's twentieth-century African American community. Experience the harrowing narratives of trials and triumph as Alexandria's African Americans helped to shape not only their hometown but also the world around them. Rutherford Adkins became one of the first black fighter pilots as a Tuskegee Airman. Samuel Tucker, a twenty-six-year-old lawyer, organized and fought for Alexandria to share its wealth of knowledge with the African American community by opening its libraries to all colors and creeds. Discover a vibrant past that, through this record, will be remembered forever as Alexandria's beacon of hope and light.
Author: Pamela J. Cressey
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781892123893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first bicycling and walking guide to Alexandria, Virginia's rich cultural and shipping heritage and important place in American history.
Author: Mary Ellen Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0425278255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of The Union Street Bakery presents a new novel about a woman searching for a fresh start--while unable to forget the past... Adele "Addie" Morgan grew up in a house filled with pain and loss. Determined to live life on her own terms, Addie moves to the country and finds a job at a vineyard where she discovers stability, happiness, and--best of all--love with the kind owner, Scott. But an unexpected call abruptly pulls Addie out of her new and improved life. Her sister has just given birth and Addie's Aunt Grace wants her to return home to help the family--even if it means confronting things she's tried so hard to forget. When Addie arrives, she quickly realizes that she hasn't truly let go of her former life, at least not completely. After making a surprising connection with her sister's baby--and her sister's ex-husband, Zeb--Addie must choose between her picture-perfect future with Scott and the family roots she thought she'd left behind for good...
Author: Briana A. Thomas
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1467139297
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway. From the early 1900s into the 1950s, African Americans plagued by Jim Crow laws in other parts of town were free to own businesses here and built what was often described as a "city within a city." Local author and journalist Briana A. Thomas narrates U Street's rich and unique history, from the early triumph of emancipation to the days of civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell and music giant Duke Ellington, through the recent struggle of gentrifiction" --
Author: Thomas Swiftwater Hahn
Publisher:
Published: 1992-10
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781885907011
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