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Book Synopsis Portsmouth Book of Days by : John Sadden
Download or read book Portsmouth Book of Days written by John Sadden and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Portsmouth Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of England as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Portsmouth’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Portsmouth, New Hampshire written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along New Hampshire's tiny, 18-mile coastline, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, is a unique seaport city, replete with stunning coastal beauty, authentic New England charm, and well-steeped in American history.Located just 50 miles north of Boston, Portsmouth is a lively hub whose coastal beauty, outstanding restaurants, art galleries, theatre, and endless cultural treasures can be found all along its pedestrian-friendlydowntown. One of the country's most popular tourist destinations, it's fitting that The National Trust for Historic Preservation included Portsmouth on its list of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations.Yet, with all its downtown vibrance, Portsmouth is also immersed in unique natural wonder and charming small-town flavor. It is a place where still creeks and quiet inlets reflect crystal blue skies and gently swaying grasses, inspiring artists and poets alike. A place where the sound of crashing waves and the distant hum of commercial fishing boats evoke the character of locals who share a strong sense of community. A place where the past is preserved in well-worn brick, and the future is paved with an industrious and energetic populous.From hard-working tugboats, to the freshest seafood, to weathered fish shacks, and more, photographerPhilip Case Cohen captures the essence of this alluring place in vivid detail. Season after season, at work and at play, Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a New England gem like no other.
Download or read book Black Portsmouth written by Mark Sammons and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In the pioneering book Black Portsmouth, Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories. Here, we meet such Africans as the "likely negro boys and girls from Gambia," who debarked at Portsmouth from a slave ship in 1758, and Prince Whipple, who fought in the American Revolution. We learn about their descendants, including the performer Richard Potter and John Tate of the People’s Baptist Church, who overcame the tragedies and challenges of their ancestors’ enslavement and subsequent marginalization to build communities and families, found institutions, and contribute to their city, region, state, and nation in many capacities. Individual entries speak to broader issues—the anti-slavery movement, American religion, and foodways, for example. We also learn about the extant historical sites important to Black Portsmouth—including the surprise revelation of an African burial ground in October 2003—as well as the extraordinary efforts being made to preserve remnants of the city’s early Black heritage.
Book Synopsis The Treaty of Portsmouth by : Eugene P. Trani
Download or read book The Treaty of Portsmouth written by Eugene P. Trani and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore Roosevelt's interest in foreign affairs was no less intense than his zeal for domestic reform, as Eugene P. Trani demonstrates in this new study of the Portsmouth Conference which in 1906 brought an end to the Russo-Japanese war. Conscious of America's growing stature as a world power and concerned lest continued hostilities disrupt further the political and economic composition of East Asia, Roosevelt proclaimed himself peacemaker. With characteristic energy -- and with considerable tact -- he initiated the conference and successfully brought about a treaty. It was no easy task. Trani, who has made extensive use of Russian, Japanese, and American archival material, shows that the Tsarist government, mortified by Russian defeats, wished to renew the conflict. This last of the personally managed peace conferences greatly enhanced the prestige of both the United States and its ebullient chief executive.
Book Synopsis Portsmouth's World War One Heroes by : James Daly
Download or read book Portsmouth's World War One Heroes written by James Daly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 6,000 men from Portsmouth are believed to have been killed during the First World War – the greatest loss of life that the city has ever known. Not only were thousands of Portsmouth soldiers killed on the Western Front, but Portsmouth-based ships were sunk throughout the war, causing massive loss of life. Thanks to a wealth of sources available and painstaking use of database software, it is possible to tell their stories in more detail than ever before. James Daly builds an extremely detailed picture of Portsmouth's First World War dead, down to where they were born and where they lived. Not only will their powerfully poignant stories tell us about how the war was fought and won, and their sacrifices, but they will also provide a vividly clear picture of how Portsmouth and its people suffered during the war to end all wars.
Book Synopsis Point of Graves by : J. Dennis Robinson
Download or read book Point of Graves written by J. Dennis Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museum caretaker Levi Woodbury's solitary lifestyle is shattered when reporter Claire Caswell enlists her ex-lover to unravel a mysterious death in a historic New England seaport. Could the dead man and his missing "manifesto" connect to growing fears that an ancient cemetery lies beneath the site of the city's next high-rise parking garage? Set in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Book Synopsis Portsmouth Naval Prison by : Katy Kramer
Download or read book Portsmouth Naval Prison written by Katy Kramer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portsmouth Naval Prison, now vacant, sits on Seavey Island on the Maine and New Hampshire border. Discover its intriguing history and fearsome reputation. For over a century, "the Castle" or "the Rock," with its deceptively appealing exterior, has kept both visitors and New Hampshire residents in its thrall. Since its opening in 1908 to its decommissioning in 1974 and into the present day, myth and lore have surrounded this iconic building. For the 66 years it functioned, any prisoner who escaped was brought back dead or alive - or so it has been said. Although the prison's fearsome reputation is cemented in Darryl Ponicsan's The Last Detail, Portsmouth was a forerunner in many ways. Routine inside often reflected the latest advancements in the field. Yet, designed or deserved, the prison's legacy remains an intriguing mix of dread and redemption.
Book Synopsis Portsmouth Cemeteries by : Glenn A. Knoblock
Download or read book Portsmouth Cemeteries written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portsmouth Cemeteries, a photographic study of this city's cemeteries, uncovers a compelling history of the area from the Colonial era to the 1900s. These cemeteries provide a direct link to the past, where many stories are told in stone. The gravestones and monuments feature unusual works of art, and the inscriptions act as documents that preserve family histories, valiant military service, and memories of those lost at sea. Through the author's collection of photographs, readers can see how gravestones evolved over time and learn about some of Portsmouth's own practitioners in the art of stone carving.
Download or read book Portsmouth written by John Sadden and published by History Press. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little volume contains hundreds of interesting facts, figures and fascinating information about the historic city of Portsmouth.
Download or read book Portsmouth written by Ellen Fulcher Cloud and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PORTSMOUTH ISLAND, THE GHOST VILLAGE OF THE OUTER BANKS, attracts curiosity seekers and history lovers, both. A small, now uninhabited island southwest of Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth was once a thriving seaport serving the North Carolina coast.Ellen Fulcher Cloud's Portsmouth: The Way It Was shares the island's early history, based on information never before documented: records of storms, wars, and Federal occupation during the Civil War (and claims to the government for losses), along with numerous personal letters and photographs. War activities from the Spanish Invasion through the Civil War are documented, as is the story of America's first marine hospital, established on Portsmouth in 1820, and of Dr. Samuel Dudley, the wealthy second physician in charge. We meet John Wallace, the businessman "Governor of Shell Castle," and the brave members of the Life-Saving Service. We learn of the integral role of the island's one black family, listen in on a daylong interview with Mrs. Mattie Gilgo (1885-1976) about Portsmouth life a century ago, and get an inside look at the village school and postal service. And we learn of Portsmouth's eventual transition to an oddity -- a village of empty homes, church and post office, maintained today by the National Park Service.The book depicts a way of life on the Outer Banks that is all but forgotten.Long almost impossible to find, Portsmouth: The Way It Was is back in an enhanced second edition, with more pages and photographs, computer-enhanced photo resolution and, for the first time, a keepsake, hardcover binding.It is a book that should find its way onto the shelf of every Outer Banks lover.
Book Synopsis The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries by : Charles George Harper
Download or read book The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries written by Charles George Harper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-Day and in Days of Old Still, our ancestors saw nothing of the romance of their times. That has been left for us to discover, and that glamour in which we see their age is one afforded only by the lapse of time. No coaching days had their romance, more obvious perhaps to ourselves than to those who lived in the times of road-travel but most certainly they had their own peculiar discomforts which we who are hurled at express speed in luxurious Pullman cars, or in the more exclusive and less sociable first, to our destination would never endure were railways abolished and the coaching era come again. I Should imagine that three-fourths of us would remain at home. 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.
Book Synopsis The Book of Days by : Robert Chambers
Download or read book The Book of Days written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis At the End of Ceres Street by : James Haller
Download or read book At the End of Ceres Street written by James Haller and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From internationally acclaimed chef and author James Haller: Some fifty years ago, James Haller found his way to a small New England port city. Over the decades, the charm of this place and its inhabitants deepened into an enchantment of sorts, as he explored the nooks and niches of his new home and devoted respectful attention to the people who walked alongside him on the town's once cobbled streets and byways. From such long and caring association grew an affection pure and deep, tender and wise, which Haller celebrates in this love letter to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the many remarkable and remembered individuals he had the honor and good fortune to come to know.
Book Synopsis The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries by : Charles G Harper
Download or read book The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries written by Charles G Harper and published by . This book was released on 2024-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-Day and in Days of Old, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Book Synopsis D-Day in Photographs by : Andrew Whitmarsh
Download or read book D-Day in Photographs written by Andrew Whitmarsh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allied landings in France on 6 June 1944 were a turning point in world history. This book is a compilation of 200 images relating to all aspects of D-Day and the Normandy landings, beginning with the years of planning and preparations, all conducted in great secrecy. Next the focus is on the naval and air force operations, the airborne landings, and the British, American and Canadian forces who came ashore on 6 June. The book also covers the months of hard fighting during the Battle of Normandy, and through to the end of the war. Using the extensive archives of the Portsmouth D-Day Museum, this is a moving and unique record of a momentous time. Andrew Whitmarsh is military history officer for Portsmouth Museums & Records Service, a role which includes the curatorship of the D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery. The D-Day Museum opened in 1984 and is the United Kingdom's only museum with the sole purpose of telling the story of D-Day. He has been its curator since 2001. He has written a variety of popular and academic articles on military history, as well as D-Day in Photographs and Portsmouth at War for The History Press.
Download or read book Portsmouth written by John Sadden and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On both sides of the harbour, Pompey''s fortifications, military garrison, dockyard, naval and air defence establishments--and much more--are fully featured in this enthralling new history ... PortsmouthHarbourhas offered a secure anchorage for fighting fleets since Roman times. The growth of ''Pompey'' from an adjunct to the ancient military centre at Portchester to the world''s premier naval base in Britain''s imperial heyday is fully explained and described in this new book, which, for the first time, brings together the history of the harbour''s fortifications, military garrison, dockyard, naval and air defence establishments. Portsmouthwas an important naval base by the early Middle Ages, but it was not until the 18th century and the beginning of the long series of wars with Franceand Spainthat it began its rapid rise to pre-eminence. Many establishments sprang up to support this growth, on both sides of the harbour. Naval, military and Marine barracks, the Gunwharf, the great Dockyard, HaslarHospital, Priddy''s Hard, Clarence Victualling Yard and the GunnerySchool, HMS Excellent. All are fully featured in this comprehensive, yet compelling, condensation of tons of archives into a very readable book. Not confined to the evolution of facilities and fortifications, the author''s narrative highlights the many defensive and offensive innovations that were developed locally, and the parts played by such individuals as Jonas Hanway, Agnes Weston, Sarah Robinson, Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher, Dr. James Lind and William and Robert Froude. Well illustrated by carefully selected engravings and rare photographs, many never previously published, this book will undoubtedly become the standard work; essential to interested residents and visitors and of great value to naval and military historians everywhere. John Sadden is Portsmouthborn and bred. Educated at Southern Grammar School and Portsmouth Polytechnic, where he gained a first class honours degree and qualified as a teacher, he went on to study at the University of North London adding a qualification as librarian. Following work at the CountyPlanningand Surveyors'' Library, in Winchester, and public libraries in the Farehamarea, he is currently both Lending Librarian in Petersfield and a Reference Librarian at the Universityof Portsmouth. His consuming, combined interest in local, naval and military history was successfully expressed in his first book, Keep the Home Fires Burning (1990), a history of Portsmouthand Gosportin the First World War. He has also compiled best-selling volumes of local archive photographs and contributes to Hampshire, the county magazine. John currently maintains a large collection of photographs recording changes in the built environment of the Portsmoutharea, as a record for future historians. Another on-going project covers the county''s growing number of periodicals. The first fruit was The Hampshire Index, a 27,000 entry compilation published in 1998 and in use throughout the county''s public libraries, which enables local historians to access these valuable secondary sources. John lives in Gosportwith his wife, Irene, and daughter, Karen.
Book Synopsis Music Hall: How a City Built a Theater and a Theater Shaped a City by : J. Dennis Robinson
Download or read book Music Hall: How a City Built a Theater and a Theater Shaped a City written by J. Dennis Robinson and published by Great Life Press. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portsmouth's historic Music Hall has welcomed the best from Victorian superstars Buffalo Bill, Tom Thumb, and Mark Twain to today's top musicians, comics, authors, and performers. Built in 1878, expanded by Frank Jones in 1901, the theater's spacious stage and phenomenal acoustics have made it one of the finest venues in New England. Within these brick walls generations have seen America evolve from minstrel shows and silent films to jaw-dropping musicals and Hollywood blockbusters, from animal acts to symphony orchestras, and from vaudeville slapstick to provocative Ted talks. Behind the scenes, the Music Hall story is a wild ride from thriving to barely surviving and back. Fully researched, artfully written, and richly illustrated, this volume is a must-read for anyone who cherishes the performing arts.Shuttered and decaying during World War II, New Hampshire's vintage venue went on the auction block in 1945. Recast as the Civic, it served as a movie house for the next four decades. Following two failed revivals in the 1980s, the century-old structure came close to being turned into condominiums. Saved from demolition by a grassroots team of volunteers, the nonprofit Friends of the Music Hall launched an unprecedented $13.5 million capital campaign. Signature programs like the "Telluride by the Sea" film festival and "Writers on a New England Stage" have put New Hampshire's historic theater on the national map. Today the restored Music Hall delivers hundreds of diverse cultural events annually, both in the historic 900-seat hall and in its modern new Loft stage nearby. Digging even deeper, this book traces the development of the performing arts in Portsmouth from the arrival of its first settlers. We glimpse the city's colonial gentry partying at the Assembly House, hear the shrill sounds of early church singers, and wander the "lewd amusements" of a post-Revolutionary seaport. We watch as an acre of forest land is transformed from an almshouse and prison to a church, a temperance hall, a public lyceum and a theater. And we discover how that beloved theater--called "the beating heart of cultural Portsmouth"-has shaped the city that built and preserved it.
