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Author : Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (436 download)
Download or read book The Heart of Our Nation written by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Washington written by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Fallows
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101871857
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Our Towns written by James Fallows and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
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Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1433376326
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (333 download)
Download or read book Our Nation's Capital: Washington, DC 6-Pack written by and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many ways Washington, DC is the heart of our nation. There are many important buildings and monuments. The White House, the Supreme Court, and the Lincoln Memorial are just a few of the sights to see. People like to visit our nation's capital because it is a window to our past. Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan.
Author : Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849663221
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book The Capital City (And its Part in the History of our Nation) written by Rufus Rockwell Wilson and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer who undertakes to tell the story of Washington confronts a task the like of which is presented by none of its sister cities. The federal capital during its first hundred years of existence has been - and is today - the political center of the republic, the birthplace of parties and legislation, the training-ground and forum of one generation after another of public men. Indeed, from its founding until the present time it has been the brain and heart of the nation. This fact has been kept constantly in mind in the writing of the present work, and, while sketching the rise of Washington from a wilderness hamlet to one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, the author has also attempted adequately to portray the political growth and development of the republic. Washington, Jackson, and Lincoln, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun, Seward, Chase, and Sumner are an inseparable and vital part of the history of the capital which they endeared to their countrymen and have in the following pages the place that by right belongs to them. Liberal use, at the same time, has been made of anecdote, in the hopeful belief that our great men can be thus brought closer to a later generation than is possible in any other way. No pains have been spared to assure accuracy of detail; though in a work intended primarily for popular reading it has not been thought necessary to quote authorities which are within the reach of every student. Years of preparation and many months of exacting labor have helped to the making of a book which it is hoped will awaken in its readers a new interest and a new pride in the history of their capital and common country.
Author : George Washington
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 written by George Washington and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George H. Gall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330578933
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (789 download)
Download or read book The New Washington written by George H. Gall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Washington The Southern Commercial Congress issues this booklet for the purpose of putting into the hands of visitors and others a concise description of the Capital City of the United States. Washington was chosen as the permanent home of the Congress because it is the heart of the nation whose people the Congress would interest in the South. Washington is the only city in the United States in which every American is directly interested and in which he may equally claim a share. The Constitution of the United States vests in Congress exclusive jurisdiction over the Federal City. The voter in Atlanta or New Orleans or any other city in the country casts a vote for a man who will share in making laws for the government of the District of Columbia just as he will share in framing legislation that will affect the people of his own Congressional district. The privilege of voting imposes the duty of intelligent interest in the community. The Southern Commercial Congress, therefore, desires to arouse in the American people an interest in their common city to the end that through awakened interest Washington shall presently become the greatest and most beautiful capital of what is already the greatest and wealthiest nation of the earth. Washington even now is fast approaching that proud position. In the following pages it is the purpose to show to what extent the city has developed, to state some of its problems for the consideration of American citizens and voters, and to show some of the important forward steps provided for the city's immediate future. While there is no attempt in the following pages to usurp the functions of a "Guide to Washington," there is included information for the ready guidance of the visitor to the National Capital. 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.
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ISBN 13 : 9781331233435
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital: A Complete Guide for Washington and Its Environs, With Over One Hundred Photo Illustrations Made Expressly for This Work; To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewe The aim of this volume is to present to the reader, in attractive form, the interesting story of our Nation's Capital - how it has grown in the hundred years since its establishment to be the most magnificent city in America. With the history of the development and progress of the city it has been the purpose of the writer to give the latest and most authentic information of the different institutions of the Government. The illustrations have been carefully executed by the best artists, and embrace the Capitol and other Government buildings, and all the prominent features of the City of Washington and its environs. Special attention has been paid to the chapter on Mount Vernon and the Washington Family, - the portion relating to the English ancestry giving the results of the latest researches. A noted writer has said: "The Nation has founded a city that bears and will transmit to posterity the name of Washington and his renown. It is a living, intelligent monument of his glory, and will reflect, as it grows in wealth and splendor, the inestimable consequences resulting to the country from his martial qualities and patriotic virtues," and it has been truly said by one of the great orators in Washington, that it is "a liberal education to go through its streets and public buildings." As the Capital of a great and enterprising people, its history illustrates the Nation's life, as well as the deeds of her greatest representative men, in the most critical periods of her existence. 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 : Fergus Bordewich
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060842385
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Washington written by Fergus Bordewich and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.—a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics of slavery, and a target of unbridled land speculation—our nation's capital? In Washington, acclaimed and award-winning author Fergus M. Bordewich turns his eye to the backroom deal making and shifting alliances between our Founding Fathers and in doing so pulls back the curtain on the lives of slaves who actually built the city. The answers revealed in this eye-opening book are not only surprising and exciting but also illuminate a story of unexpected triumph over a multitude of political and financial obstacles, including fraudulent real estate speculation, overextended financiers, and management more apt for a "banana republic" than an emerging world power. In this page-turning work that reveals the hidden and somewhat unsavory side of the nation's beginnings, Bordewich, once again, brings his novelist's sensibility to a little-known chapter in American history.
Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393635252
Total Pages : 773 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)
Download or read book These Truths: A History of the United States written by Jill Lepore and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.
Author : Thomas J. Carrier
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531603595
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book White House, the Capitol and the Supreme Court written by Thomas J. Carrier and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Washington, D.C., a city steeped in history--from museums and monuments to statues and stations--there are perhaps no structures as prominent as the working symbols of the United States' three-branch government: the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court. Embodying our nation's complex and, at times, tumultuous history, these buildings also house invaluable pieces of our American past. A visit to these national treasures provides a lesson in both the people and events that have shaped this country. Representing the heart, soul, and strength of American independence, the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court tell a fascinating true story--one that includes presidents, vice presidents, senators, justices, and political visionaries. Touring the buildings, visitors see such familiar faces as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony, as well as learn about lesser-known figures such as Chippewa warrior Beeshekee, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, and Vice Presidents Daniel Tompkins and William R. King. The paintings and portraits that adorn the walls, the statues in every corner, and the rooms themselves provide commentary on the political life of a developing nation.
Author : Montaville Flowers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book What Every American Should Know about the War written by Montaville Flowers and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1118 pages
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Download or read book The Hotel World written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marilyn Miller
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1635651883
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Words That Built a Nation written by Marilyn Miller and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When originally published in 1999, Words That Built a Nation was hailed for bringing together the United States’ most important historical essays, speeches, and documents into one accessible collection for kids. Now, this history lovers’ must-have is back, and it’s been revised, revamped, and expanded for the 21st century. From the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, the updated collection preserves the documents of the first edition and introduces the landmark statements that are impacting our nation today. With all new illustrations, a refreshed design, and complementary background information behind each of the documents, Words That Built a Nation is the ultimate tour of United States history, created to engage, inspire, and equip kids with the knowledge they need to change and shape their world. “This book is attractive and the presentation engaging.”—School Library Journal
Author : Tony Horwitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1101980281
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Spying on the South written by Tony Horwitz and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders. More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the saddle--through Appalachia, down the Ohio and Mississippi, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and across Texas to the Rio Grande, discovering and reporting on vestiges of what Olmsted called the Cotton Kingdom"--
Author : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160831188
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Learn about the United States written by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn About the United States" is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one.
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Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
