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Reveille in Washington

Author : Margaret Leech
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590174674
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reveille in Washington written by Margaret Leech and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Featuring a foreword by Battle Cry of Freedom author James McPherson A vibrant portrait of Civil War-era Washington, D.C. that is “packed and running over with the anecdotes, scandals, personalities, and tragi-comedies of the day”—from the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for History (The New Yorker) 1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. Reveille in Washington focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincoln’s evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the city and its familiar figures—among them Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Seward, and Mary Surratt—in intimate and fascinating detail. Leech’s book remains widely recognized as both an impressive feat of scholarship and an uncommonly engrossing work of history. “The best single popular account of Washington during the great convulsion of the Civil War.” —The Washington Post

Washington Brotherhood

Author : Rachel A. Shelden
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610868
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Washington Brotherhood written by Rachel A. Shelden and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived.

Invented Lives

Author : Mary Helen Washington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788152481
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Invented Lives written by Mary Helen Washington and published by . This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the works, & the worlds, of black American women writers between 1860 & 1960. Bringing together selected short stories & novel extracts from ten writers, she introduces a remarkable range of voices & draws out the hidden & overt challenges of a body of work rich in cultural, political & literary meaning. Also includes an introduction & six chapters in which the author examines black women writers' search for a narrative structure appropriate to their experiences in American society. The result is a stunning collection of prose & an eloquent affirmation of a neglected literary tradition.

Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington

Author : George Washington Parke Custis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington written by George Washington Parke Custis and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spring in Washington

Author : Louis Joseph Halle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801836886
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Spring in Washington written by Louis Joseph Halle and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the form of a journal by a State Department official during World War II, this book takes readers along on excursions through Washington, D.C., and its environs--the Tidal Basin, Rock Creek Park, and beyond--to experience the rebirth of the season.

The Evolution of Washington, DC

Author : James M. Goode
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588344983
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Washington, DC written by James M. Goode and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of Washington, DC is a striking volume featuring select pieces of the extraordinary collection of Washingtoniana donated by Albert H. Small to the George Washington University in 2011. It showcases treasures such as an 1860 lithograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in front of the White House and a contemporary print of old Potomac River steamboats. Other unique pieces include early designs for the White House, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument as well as presidential portraits and Civil War memorabilia. Each object--from architectural plans and topographical maps to letters and advertisements--tells a fascinating story, and together they illustrate the history of our nation's capital and indeed our nation itself.

Ten Years in Washington

Author : Mary Clemmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Years in Washington written by Mary Clemmer and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prohibition in Washington, D.C.

Author : Garrett Peck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614230897
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Prohibition in Washington, D.C. written by Garrett Peck and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the city where the Eighteenth Amendment was passed, the party went on—a history of bootleggers and speakeasies in the nation’s capital. Despite the passage of the Volstead Act, it was estimated that in 1929, bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits into Washington, DC’s speakeasies—every week. The bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. This rollicking history brims with stories of vice—topped off with vintage cocktail recipes and garnished with a walking tour of former speakeasies. Discover an underground city ruled not by organized crime but by amateur bootleggers, where publicly teetotaling congressmen could get a stiff drink behind House office doors and the African American community of U Street was humming with a new sound called jazz. Includes photos!

Freedom Rising

Author : Ernest B. Furgurson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307425959
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Rising written by Ernest B. Furgurson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this luminous portrait of wartime Washington, Ernest B. Furgurson–author of the widely acclaimed Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes of Glory, and Not War but Murder--brings to vivid life the personalities and events that animated the Capital during its most tumultuous time. Here among the sharpsters and prostitutes, slaves and statesmen are detective Allan Pinkerton, tracking down Southern sympathizers; poet Walt Whitman, nursing the wounded; and accused Confederate spy Antonia Ford, romancing her captor, Union Major Joseph Willard. Here are generals George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant, railroad crew boss Andrew Carnegie, and architect Thomas Walter, striving to finish the Capitol dome. And here is Abraham Lincoln, wrangling with officers, pardoning deserters, and inspiring the nation. Freedom Rising is a gripping account of the era that transformed Washington into the world’s most influential city.

The Peace That Almost Was

Author : Mark Tooley
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0718022246
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Peace That Almost Was written by Mark Tooley and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed. In February 1861, most of AmericaÆs great statesmenùincluding a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmenùcame together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War. Seven southern states had already seceded, and the conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war. Participants included former President John Tyler, General William ShermanÆs Catholic step-father, General Winfield Scott, and LincolnÆs future Treasury Secretary, Salmon Chaseùand from a room upstairs at the hotel, Lincoln himself. Revelatory and definitive, The Peace That Almost Was demonstrates that slavery was the main issue of the conferenceùand thus of the war itselfùand that no matter the shared faith, family, and friendships of the participants, ultimately no compromise could be reached.

Lincoln on the Verge

Author : Ted Widmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476739455
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln on the Verge written by Ted Widmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering his own strength to save the Republic. As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration—an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent. Lincoln on the Verge charts these pivotal thirteen days of travel, as Lincoln discovers his power, speaks directly to the public, and sees his country up close. Drawing on new research, this riveting account reveals the president-elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, as he foils an assassination attempt, forges an unbreakable bond with the American people, and overcomes formidable obstacles in order to take his oath of office.

Session Laws of the Territory of Washington

Author : Washington (State). Legislative Assembly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Session Laws of the Territory of Washington written by Washington (State). Legislative Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Documents of Massachusetts

Author : Massachusetts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 970 pages
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Download or read book Public Documents of Massachusetts written by Massachusetts and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reconstruction (Illustrated)

Author : Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781082858505
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Reconstruction (Illustrated) written by Frederick Douglass and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." ― Frederick Douglass - An American Classic! - Includes Images of Frederick Douglass and His Life

Hampton Institute

Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
ISBN 13 : 1623760666
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Hampton Institute written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1940 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by Mentor A. Howe and Roscoe E. Lewis.

Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1940

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1926 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1940 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

County and City Extra

Author : Deirdre A. Gaquin
Publisher : Bernan Press
ISBN 13 : 1598888056
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book County and City Extra written by Deirdre A. Gaquin and published by Bernan Press. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: County and City Extra, Special Historical Edition brings together census population data from the earliest days of our nation and some more recent historical data from other federal statistical agencies. For more than 20 years, the County and City Extra series has provided annual up-to-date statistical information for every state, county, metropolitan area, and congressional district, as well as all cities with populations of 25,000 or more. This historical edition provides key data from all of the censuses from 1790 through 2010. Part A provides an overview with selected national data for all available years from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis Part B includes a similar selection of data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Part C shows the population of each county from the date of its origins through the 2010 census. Detailed information about the origins of all states and counties is included Part D presents the largest cities for each of the 23 censuses between 1790 and 2010, as well as a table showing the historical populations of all cities with populations of 100,000 or more in 2010. In addition to Parts A, B, C, and D, a section titled "The United States through the Decades" is included highlighting important events in the United States in each decade from 1790 to 2010. This edition also includes several figures on topics such as population growth through the decades, foreign-born residents, fastest-growing counties from 1790 to 2010, life expectancy through the years, and per capita income. In 1790, Virginia was the most populous state with over 800,000 residents (including territories that are now West Virginia and Kentucky) Between the first Census and the Civil War, the U.S population grew by more than 30 percent each decade In 1870, only 3 percent of U.S. residents were 65 years old and over. With increased life expectancy and lower birth rates, the proportion had grown to 13 percent by 2010. The 1900 census showed that Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada had 150 men for every 100 women. In 2010, the ratio was 96.7 men for every 100 women at the national level. Mississippi had the lowest per-capita income throughout the 80-year time period between 1930 and 2010. From 1910 to 1920, Los Angeles experienced growth from Hollywood’s dominance in the film industry. Its population increased by 81 percent that decade and its land area more than tripled.