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Author : Grace Maguire Swanner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780932052667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Saratoga, Queen of Spas written by Grace Maguire Swanner and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grace Swanner
Publisher : North Country Books Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780932052674
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Saratoga Queen of Spas written by Grace Swanner and published by North Country Books Incorporated. This book was released on 1988-09-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lee's Guide to Saratoga, the Queen of Spas ... written by Henry Lee and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Saratoga, Queen of the Spas written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Joki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781883789152
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Saratoga Lost written by Robert Joki and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-famous as the Queen of Spas, Saratoga Springs entered a golden age in the Victorian years and the world flocked to its doorstep every summer. The rich and famous rubbed elbows with a growing post-Civil War middle class popularizing a new concept, the summer vacation. They came ostensibly to take the waters at the bubbling mineral springs, but what they really came for was to see and be seen on the grand piazzas of the magnificent, colossal hotels that lined Saratoga's Broadway, and to share in the limelight of glittering balls and fabulous parties.The grace and opulence of America's Victorian era faded with the dawn of the twentieth century, and almost all of the buildings and views in this book have long since disappeared in clouds of dust from the wrecker's ball or in spectacular cataclysmic infernos, but in Saratoga Lost, Robert Joki takes the reader on a guided tour of that grand era with hundreds of historic photographs from the author's extraordinary private collection, complemented, by period artwork.
Author : Jon Sterngass
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0801876966
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book First Resorts written by Jon Sterngass and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] scrupulously researched and beautifully crafted account of how nineteenth-century Americans went in search of health, rest, and diversion.” —Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker, coauthors of The Beach. The History of Paradise on Earth In First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island, Jon Sterngass follows three of the best-known northeastern American resorts across a century of change. Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island began, he finds, as similar pleasure destinations, each of them featuring “grand” hotels where visitors swarmed public spaces such as verandas, dining rooms, and parlors. As the century progressed, however, Saratoga remained much the same, while Newport turned to private (and lavish) “cottages” and Coney Island shifted its focus to amusements for the masses. Fifty-nine illustrations enliven Sterngass’s unique study of the commodification of pleasure that occurred as capitalist values flourished, travel grew more accessible, and leisure time became democratized. These three resorts, he argues, served as forerunners of twentieth-century pleasure cities such as Aspen, Las Vegas, and Orlando. “An engaging, creative book replete with evocative illustrations and witty quotes . . . a pleasant read.” —Thomas A. Chambers, New York Academy of History “Sterngass’s discussions about privacy, community, commercialization, consumption, leisure, and the desire to be conspicuous are important and new. With its well-chosen illustrations, this is a handsome book as well as an important one.” —Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University “Having mined every conceivable source about his three sites, Sterngass has presented a wealth of interesting material not only about the resort experience but also about the residents, politicians, and entrepreneurs who built them.” —Journal of American History
Author : Nathaniel Altman
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806523187
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (231 download)
Download or read book The Cheapskate's Guide to Spas written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to spas in the United States and Canada that offer world-class healing waters, good food, and comfortable lodging, along with traditional spa services -- all at the best possible price. For readers looking for a quiet retreat, a romantic weekend getaway, or an exciting family adventure, the Cheapskate's Guide to Spas will be the primary resource for hard-to-find bargains. In addition to describing the pleasure of "taking the waters" and other attractions at well-known spas like Saratoga Springs, New York; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Desert Hot Springs and Calistoga, California; this book highlights over a hundred destination spas that provide restful atmosphere, recreational opportunities, scenic beauty, and quality accommodations. Some even offer special deals for Cheapskate's Guides readers. Also included are detailed travel information, and suggestions for interesting nearby things to see and do.
Author : Stefanie Matteson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504037111
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Murder at the Spa written by Stefanie Matteson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned actress Charlotte Graham’s trip to a luxury spa is cut short when she’s forced to track a killer in this charming cozy mystery Charlotte Graham is a legend of the silver screen, a bona fide star straight out of the golden age of Hollywood. She has Oscars on her shelf, money in the bank . . .and a knack for solving murders. It’s been a few years since someone put a real bullet in a prop revolver, tricking Charlotte into killing her Broadway costar, but because she found the culprit herself, her friends drop her a line any time they need a sleuth. And Charlotte doesn’t mind; compared to the stress of life as a Hollywood legend, catching criminals is a breeze. On a cleanse at a friend’s health spa, Charlotte is put on a draconian regimen of health food and clean living. So when a fellow visitor overdoses on barbiturates and drowns, Charlotte suspects foul play. Healthy living is all well and good, but nothing gets a girl’s blood moving like a nice, old-fashioned murder. For fans of Hollywood, Broadway, or old-fashioned glamour, Charlotte Graham is as refreshing as an ice-cold gin martini. This book is a delightful reminder that even the most cunning killer can’t keep a good actress down. Murder at the Spa is the 1st book in the Charlotte Graham Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Author : Ed Hotaling
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815603504
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book They're Off! written by Ed Hotaling and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Nathaniel Altman
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892818365
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Healing Springs written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abundance of medical evidence shows that in addition to relieving stress, mineral waters can help the body heal itself from liver and kidney problems, skin diseases, arthritis, and a host of other ailments. This guide to "taking the waters" presents more than 200 of the best hot springs and mineral springs in the world.
Author : Myra Beth Young Armstead
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252068010
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Lord, Please Don't Take Me in August written by Myra Beth Young Armstead and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the experiences of African Americans in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Newport, Rhode Island - towns that provided a recurring season of expanded employment opportunities, enhanced social life, cosmopolitan experience, and, in a good year, enough money to last through the winter.
Author : Ian C. Bradley
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195327349
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Water Music written by Ian C. Bradley and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the music making that went on in the spas and watering places in Europe and the United States during their heyday between the early-18th and the mid-20th centuries.
Author : Loring Bullard
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826264182
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Healing Waters written by Loring Bullard and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missouri's mineral springs and resorts played a vital role in the social and economic development of the state. In Healing Waters, Loring Bullard delves into the long history of these springs and spas, concentrating particularly on the use and development of the mineral springs from 1800 to about the 1930s. During this period, there were at least eighty sites in the state that could be described as resorts. Because so many people were drawn to the springs by their faith in the healing virtues of the springwater, towns were frequently founded at the mineral springs. These places fought hard to capture the attention of Missourians who were seeking better health, relaxation, or good times in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Bullard first examines the development of mineral water resorts in Europe from ancient times, early spa traditions in America, and Missouri's frontier spas. He then discusses the establishment of saltworks at the state's saline springs and the importance of the early salt trade; the brisk business that grew around the bottling of mineral waters; the use and development of mineralized groundwater resources; the geologic and biologic factors that create Missouri's mineral waters; and public and professional belief in the curative values of mineral waters.Healing Waters also traces the demise of Missouri's mineral water resorts and towns. Well into the twentieth century, when modern medicine had seemingly taken hold, many physicians and scientists continued to proclaim the medicinal virtues of mineral waters. However, by the second quarter of the twentieth century, medical science and popular opinion had discounted the immediate medical usefulness of mineral waters. As advances were made in microbiology and biochemistry, and with the inherent promise of drug cures, orthodox medicine began to turn a cold shoulder on mineral water treatments. Spa treatments, with their long regimens, also did not fit well with the increasingly fast-paced lifestyles of the public. By visiting the sites, gathering local historical accounts, interviewing local citizens, and photographing remaining artifacts, Bullard has done a masterful job in providing the answers to why these vibrant social centers came to be and why they faded.
Author : Phyllis May Hembry
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780838633915
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (339 download)
Download or read book The English Spa, 1560-1815 written by Phyllis May Hembry and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1990 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, members of the English nobility and gentry made a practice of taking relaxation at the country's inland spas. This account shows the spas to have been not only centers of healing and recreating but also venues of intrigue extending to political, religious, economic, and social issues.
Author : Richard Chait
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467127094
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Rails in and around Saratoga written by Richard Chait and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saratoga Springs is special. Its reputation goes back to 1767 when Native Americans brought Sir William Johnson to the area for the healing powers of the High Rock Spring. From this humble beginning, the popularity of Saratoga Springs and its many mineral water springs grew from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Railroads played a key role in that growth. The first train entered Saratoga Springs in 1832. Regularly scheduled passenger trains made Saratoga Springs more accessible, and as a result, it grew by leaps and bounds. Beautiful train stations welcomed visitors, the Saratoga Race Course opened, large bathhouses were constructed, the Grand Union and other luxurious hotels awaited overnight guests, and many people from all walks of life visited the casino in historic Congress Park. Visits to historic locations such as Mount McGregor and North Creek were made easier by train. Along with the railroads in and around Saratoga Springs, this book also includes historic highlights of those locations.
Author : Bill Bowers
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581577494
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country written by Bill Bowers and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in Native American and Revolutionary War history, New York State’s Leatherstocking Country is a hiker’s paradise, blessed with a scenic rural landscape and abundant flora and fauna. Longtime central New York residents and avid hikers Bill and Eileen Bowers guide you through some of the best hiking opportunities in central New York, from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario and the Syracuse region to the Southern Tier, the northern Catskills, the Erie Canalway Trail, and much more. The hikes in this addition to in Countryman’s acclaimed Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes series range in length and difficulty from half-mile nature trails suitable for families with children to strenuous daylong treks across rough terrain. A “Hikes at a Glance” table makes it easy to choose hikes for every interest and ability level. Each hike description includes mile-by-mile directions, information on hiking time, mileage, and trail conditions, as well as knowledgeable commentary on the natural and human history you’ll encounter along the way.
Author : Eli Clare
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822373521
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Brilliant Imperfection written by Eli Clare and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples with this knot of contradictions, maintaining that neither an anti-cure politics nor a pro-cure worldview can account for the messy, complex relationships we have with our body-minds. The stories he tells range widely, stretching from disability stereotypes to weight loss surgery, gender transition to skin lightening creams. At each turn, Clare weaves race, disability, sexuality, class, and gender together, insisting on the nonnegotiable value of body-mind difference. Into this mix, he adds environmental politics, thinking about ecosystem loss and restoration as a way of delving more deeply into cure. Ultimately Brilliant Imperfection reveals cure to be an ideology grounded in the twin notions of normal and natural, slippery and powerful, necessary and damaging all at the same time.
