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Author : John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Pynchon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101594640
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Mason & Dixon written by Thomas Pynchon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A novel that is as moving as it is cerebral, as poignant as it is daring." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Mason & Dixon - like Huckleberry Finn, like Ulysses - is one of the great novels about male friendship in anybody's literature." - John Leonard, The Nation Charles Mason (1728–1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as reimagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, major caffeine abuse. Unreflectively entangled in crimes of demarcation, Mason & Dixon take us along on a grand tour of the Enlightenment’s dark hemisphere, from their first journey together to the Cape of Good Hope, to pre-Revolutionary America and back to England, into the shadowy yet redemptive turns of their later lives, through incongruities in conscience, parallaxes of personality, tales of questionable altitude told and intimated by voices clamoring not to be lost. Along the way they encounter a plentiful cast of characters, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Samuel Johnson, as well as a Chinese feng shui master, a Swedish irredentist, a talking dog, and a robot duck. The quarrelsome, daring, mismatched pair—Mason as melancholy and Gothic as Dixon is cheerful and pre-Romantic—pursues a linear narrative of irregular lives, observing, and managing to participate in the many occasions of madness presented them by the Age of Reason.
Author : John Layton
Publisher : American History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780984225644
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (256 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Mason Dixon Line written by John Layton and published by American History Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Charles I of England granted the Calvert Family a charter for the Colony of Maryland in 1632. Forty-nine years later, in 1681, Charles II awarded the Penn Family a similar charter for Pennsylvania. However, the ambiguity of the language and lack of precision in both grants sowed the seeds of dispute over a sixty-nine mile parcel of land between the 39th and 40th degrees of North Latitude. Had the Calverts prevailed, part of the City of Philadelphia would now be in Maryland, and had the Penns succeeded Baltimore would today be in the state of Pennsylvania! Arguments between the opposing parties dragged on for more than half a century before the English Courts finally issued a decree: Neither the Calverts nor the Penns would prevail; the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania would be a line of latitude located fifteen miles due south of the most southern point in the city of Philadelphia. As a result, in 1763 two British mathematicians and surveyors-Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon-were commissioned to accurately survey and mark the 244- mile boundary between the two colonies.We all have referred to the resulting Mason Dixon Line in casual conversation as the line that divides Pennsylvania and Maryland, or perhaps as the line between the free and slave states during the Civil War. But what do we actually know about Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, and why is an imaginary line named after them? Author Jack Layton decided to find out. Over the course of several years he literally walked the line, recording his observations and taking revealing photographs along the entire route. The results-informative, entertaining, ironic and amusing-form the heart of this book. Luckily for us, Charles Mason was a meticulous man who kept a detailed journal of his remarkable experiences in the New World. Mr. Layton used his daily record, kept during the three years that he and his partner spent traipsing through the mountains and valleys of America, as the backbone for this book, with liberal use of direct quotations. Amazingly, some of what the men saw and described has not changed much in the intervening two-and-a-half centuries, while other sights would not be recognizable at all today. Enjoy a trip back to colonial America. Join Jack Layton as he takes a walk in the footsteps of history, following the path blazed by two men whose names and the boundary they surveyed are today a household word-the Mason Dixon Line!
Author : William Ecenbarger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Walkin' the Line written by William Ecenbarger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the Mason-Dixon Line could talk, here are the stories. It would tell. Pulitzerprize winning reporter and travel writer Bill Ecenbarger has walked the Mason-Dixon line - from its beginning on Fenwick Island, Delaware, to its end at Brown's Hill, Pennsylvania - diverting left and right to Interview the people who live along its border. The line was surveyed between 1763 and 1768 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to settle a dispute between Robert Penn and Lord Calvert, whose family owned what is now the state of Maryland. In 1780, Pennsylvania passed a law to abolish slavery, making the Mason-Dixon Line the divider between free and slave states. From that moment, it also became a lightning rod for racial conflict that continues to this day. This unique history/travelogue examines the influence of this great divider, which remains the most powerful symbol separating Yankee from Rebel, oatmeal from grits, North from South.
Author : John Davenport
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791078302
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mason-Dixon Line written by John Davenport and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the boundary which served as the barrier between the North and the South and represented the tensions over slavery.
Author : John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298938138
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Milt Diggins
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0996594442
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (965 download)
Download or read book Stealing Freedom Along the Mason-Dixon Line written by Milt Diggins and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery, freedom, and kidnapping in the mid-Atlantic. This is the story of Thomas McCreary, a slave catcher from Cecil County, Maryland. Reviled by some, proclaimed a hero by others, he first drew public attention in the late 1840s for a career that peaked a few years after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Living and working as he did at the midpoint between Philadelphia, an important center for assisting fugitive slaves, and Baltimore, a major port in the slave trade, his story illustrates in raw detail the tensions that arose along the border between slavery and freedom just prior to the Civil War. McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation’s political and visceral divide.
Author : Morgan Poitiaux Robinson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of the Mason and Dixon Line written by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mason and Dixon line was originally intended to show the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (part of Virginia until 1863) It was first surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. As time passed it was also seen as a line between those who allowed and who did not allow slavery.
Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763656127
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Boundaries written by Sally M. Walker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Secrets of a Civil War Submarine traces the history of the Mason-Dixon Line as reflected by family feuds, exploration, scientific advancement and the cultural conflicts between America's northern and southern states.
Author : John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (344 download)
Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Bon Latrobe
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ISBN 13 : 9781362968979
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (689 download)
Download or read book HIST OF MASON & DIXONS LINE written by John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Bon Latrobe and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781293445938
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (459 download)
Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Edwin Danson
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471385026
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Drawing the Line written by Edwin Danson and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2001 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the social and historical context of pre-Revolutionary America, this book is a spellbinding account of one of the great and historic achievements of its time."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : John H B Latrobe
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016590624
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line; written by John H B Latrobe and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John H. B. Latrobe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267667482
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (674 download)
Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John H. B. Latrobe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Mason and Dixon's Line: Contained in an Address I AM here, to-night, a citizen of Maryland, honored by your invitation to address you on the occasion of your anniversary; and the topic I have chosen is the boundary between our respective States. 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.
Author : John H. B. Lathrobe
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John H. B. Lathrobe and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
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ISBN 13 : 9780371244463
Total Pages : 104 pages
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Download or read book The History of Mason and Dixon's Line written by John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
