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Fort Sheridan

Author : Diana Dretske
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439615209
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Fort Sheridan written by Diana Dretske and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid Chicagos North Shore communities is a national landmarkthe former U.S. Army Base at Fort Sheridan (1887-1993). Fort Sheridan was created out of the civil and labor unrest following the Chicago Fire of 1871, the great Railway Strike of 1877, and the Haymarket Riot of 1886. These events produced an atmosphere of insecurity, prompting Chicagos wealthiest businessmenNorth Shore residents and members of the Commercial Club of Chicagoto levy their influence with the federal government in establishing an army presence in their backyards. Fort Sheridan is a place rich in the traditions of the U.S. cavalry and artillery, of training camps, and the Womens Army Corps. This illustrated history explores the many aspects of Fort Sheridan and takes the reader on a journey through military life.

The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps

Author : Fort Sheridan Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps written by Fort Sheridan Association and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time period of vol. is World War I. Includes photos & annotations of those who died. Also includes the rosters of the 1st & 2nd officer training camps.

Rising Up from Indian Country

Author : Ann Durkin Keating
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226428982
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Rising Up from Indian Country written by Ann Durkin Keating and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sets the record straight about the War of 1812’s Battle of Fort Dearborn and its significance to early Chicago’s evolution . . . informative, ambitious” (Publishers Weekly). In August 1812, Capt. Nathan Heald began the evacuation of ninety-four people from the isolated outpost of Fort Dearborn. After traveling only a mile and a half, they were attacked by five hundred Potawatomi warriors, who killed fifty-two members of Heald’s party and burned Fort Dearborn before returning to their villages. In the first book devoted entirely to this crucial period, noted historian Ann Durkin Keating richly recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the nearly four decades between the 1795 Treaty of Greenville and the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. She tells a story not only of military conquest but of the lives of people on all sides of the conflict, highlighting such figures as Jean Baptiste Point de Sable and John Kinzie and demonstrating that early Chicago was a place of cross-cultural reliance among the French, the Americans, and the Native Americans. This gripping account of the birth of Chicago “opens up a fascinating vista of lost American history” and will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand the city and its complex origins (The Wall Street Journal). “Laid out with great insight and detail . . . Keating . . . doesn’t see the attack 200 years ago as a massacre. And neither do many historians and Native American leaders.” —Chicago Tribune “Adds depth and breadth to an understanding of the geographic, social, and political transitions that occurred on the shores of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s.” —Journal of American History

Lincoln's Rail-splitter

Author : Mark A. Plummer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252026492
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Rail-splitter written by Mark A. Plummer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Lincoln, Oglesby was born in Kentucky and spent most of his youth in central Illinois, apprenticing as a lawyer in Springfield and standing for election to the Illinois legislature Congress, and U.S. Senate. Oglesby participated in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War and made a small fortune in the gold rush of 1849. A superlative speaker, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in a campaign that featured the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, then was elected to the Illinois senate as Lincoln was being elected president.

The Architects and the City

Author : Robert Bruegmann
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226076959
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book The Architects and the City written by Robert Bruegmann and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-08-18 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects architectural history with urban history by looking at the work of a major architectural firm, Holabird & Roche. No firm in any large American city had a greater impact. With projects that ranged from tombstones to skyscrapers, boiler rooms to entire industrial complexes, Holabird & Roche left an indelible stamp on the city of Chicago and, indeed, far beyond. In this volume, the first of two on Holabird & Roche and its successor, Holabird & Root, Robert Bruegmann traces the firm's history from its founding in 1880 to the end of the First World War.

Fort Sheridan

Author : Laura Tucker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738551913
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Fort Sheridan written by Laura Tucker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Sheridan is a national historic treasure nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan. It was established as an army base in 1887 and decommissioned in 1993, giving way to its rebirth as a township and forest preserve. Laura Tucker, a six-year resident, avid photographer, and Fort Sheridan enthusiast, has researched and compiled a collection of photographs and facts that highlight the ever-changing uses of the structures and the chameleon-like personality of the fort.

Houses with Names

Author : Adria Bernardi
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252015816
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Houses with Names written by Adria Bernardi and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining her other research with interviews of nearly fifty Italian immigrants of her grandparents' generation, Adria Bernardi has crafted a memorable oral history of a community of working-class immigrants. Bernardi tells their story clearly and with care, interspersing transcriptions and translations with her own recollections and interpretations of life among the Italian immigrants of Highwood.

Historic Preservation Law

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Preservation Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creating Chicago's North Shore

Author : Michael H. Ebner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226182056
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Creating Chicago's North Shore written by Michael H. Ebner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are the suburban jewels that crown one of the world's premier cities. Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff: together, they comprise the North Shore of Chicago, a social registry of eight communities that serve as a genteel enclave of affluence, culture, and high society. Historian Michael H. Ebner explains the origins and evolution of the North Shore as a distinctive region. At the same time, he tells the paradoxical story of how these suburbs, with their common heritage, mutual values, and shared aspirations, still preserve their distinctly separate identities. Embedded in this history are important lessons about the uneasy development of the American metropolis.

Histories of Army Posts

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Histories of Army Posts written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Sixth Field Artillery, 1798-1932

Author : United States. Army. Field Artillery, 6th
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book History of the Sixth Field Artillery, 1798-1932 written by United States. Army. Field Artillery, 6th and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Lake County, Illinois

Author : John J. Halsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book A History of Lake County, Illinois written by John J. Halsey and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Stray Dog to World War I Hero

Author : Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1612347940
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book From Stray Dog to World War I Hero written by Grant Hayter-Menzies and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918, an American doughboy, Sgt. Jimmy Donovan, befriended a stray dog that he named Rags. No longer an unwanted street mutt, Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had crossed the Atlantic to fight. Rags was more than a scruffy face and a wagging tail, however. The little terrier mix was with the division at the crucial battle of Soissons, at the Saint-Mihiel offensive, and finally in the blood-and-mud bath of the Meuse-Argonne, during which he and his guardian were wounded. Despite being surrounded by distraction and danger, Rags learned to carry messages through gunfire, locate broken communications wire for the Signal Corps to repair, and alert soldiers to incoming shells, saving the lives of hundreds of American soldiers. Through it all, he brought inspiration to men with little to hope for, especially in the bitter last days of the war. From Stray Dog to World War I Hero covers Rags’s entire life story, from the bomb-filled years of war through his secret journey to the United States that began his second life, one just as filled with drama and heartache. In years of peace, Rags served as a reminder to human survivors of what held men together when pushed past their limits by the horrors of battle. Watch a book trailer.

History of the Carlock Family and Adventures of Pioneer Americans

Author : Marion Pomeroy Carlock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book History of the Carlock Family and Adventures of Pioneer Americans written by Marion Pomeroy Carlock and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Histories of Army Posts

Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office. War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Histories of Army Posts written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of the Tenth Cavalry, 1866-1921

Author : Edward L. N. Glass
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Tenth Cavalry, 1866-1921 written by Edward L. N. Glass and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Over There

Author : Matthew J. Davenport
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466860278
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book First Over There written by Matthew J. Davenport and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of America's first modern military battle, its first military victory during World War One, and its first steps onto the world stage At first light on Tuesday, May 28th, 1918, waves of American riflemen from the U.S. Army's 1st Division climbed from their trenches, charged across the shell-scarred French dirt of no-man's-land, and captured the hilltop village of Cantigny from the grip of the German Army. Those who survived the enemy machine-gun fire and hand-to-hand fighting held on for the next two days and nights in shallow foxholes under the sting of mustard gas and crushing steel of artillery fire. Thirteen months after the United States entered World War I, these 3,500 soldiers became the first "doughboys" to enter the fight. The operation, the first American attack ever supported by tanks, airplanes, and modern artillery, was ordered by the leader of America's forces in Europe, General John "Black Jack" Pershing, and planned by a young staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, who would fill the lead role in World War II twenty-six years later. Drawing on the letters, diaries, and reports by the men themselves, Matthew J. Davenport's First Over There tells the inspiring, untold story of these soldiers and their journey to victory on the Western Front in the Battle of Cantigny. The first American battle of the "war to end all wars" would mark not only its first victory abroad, but the birth of its modern Army.