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Download or read book The Strangers' Guide Book to Washington City, and Everybody's Pocket Handy-Book, Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)
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Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. written by Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 784 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U.S. Library of Congress. Catalog. 1869
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Total Pages : 784 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Congress ; Index of Subjects, in Two Volumes written by U.S. Library of Congress. Catalog. 1869 and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. D. Dickey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493013939
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Empire of Mud written by J. D. Dickey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.
Author : Constance McLaughlin Green
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400847699
Total Pages : 1093 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Washington written by Constance McLaughlin Green and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 1093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-volume edition, this history of Washington was originally published in two parts. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878 was awarded the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Julia King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351565753
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City written by Julia King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his lifetime, the work of architect George Hadfield (1763-1826) was highly regarded, both in England and the United States. Since his death, however, Hadfield's contributions to architecture have slowly faded from view, and few of his buildings survive. In order to reassess Hadfield's career and work, this book draws upon a wide selection of written and visual sources to reconstruct his life and legacy. After a general introduction, the book begins with an outline of Hadfield's early years and moves on to look in detail at the extant major buildings in Washington, D.C. that he worked on: the Capitol, Arlington House and Old City Hall. Hadfield's contributions to the Capitol and other Federal buildings are fully researched and assessed for the first time and Arlington House is set in context and shown to have been much more influential than has been appreciated hitherto. New material is presented on City Hall, which is another major and unjustly neglected contribution to the architecture of Washington. The complicated interlocking circles of his family and friends, his fellow architects, and his patrons and clients, including the transatlantic connections, are also explored, revealing much about the course of his career and American architecture in general. Subsequent chapters and the Catalogue explore the other projects that Hadfield was involved with, ranging from office buildings, jails, theatres, factories and banks to a mausoleum and monuments. The book ends with a reassessment of Hadfield's qualities and influence, arguing that these were greater than is often acknowledged. By offering explanations as to why his work was particularly admired by contemporaries, it is concluded that Hadfield's architectural style has been influential from his own times to the present and has been disseminated throughout the United States.
Author : Robert J. Hutchinson
Publisher : Regnery History
ISBN 13 : 1621578860
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)
Download or read book What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination written by Robert J. Hutchinson and published by Regnery History. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think You Know Everything about the Lincoln Assassination? Think Again. After 150 years, many unsolved mysteries and enduring urban legends still surround the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the popular stage actor John Wilkes Booth. In a new look at the case, award-winning history author Robert J. Hutchinson (The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible) explores what we know, and don’t know, about what really happened at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865. In addition, he argues that the deep-seated political hatreds that roiled Washington, D.C., in the final weeks of the Civil War are particularly relevant to our own polarized age. Among the tantalizing questions Hutchinson explores are: * Did the Confederacy have a hand in the assassination plot? * Who were Booth’s secret accomplices, and why did he change the plan from kidnapping to assassination? * Why was it so easy for Booth to walk into the president’s box to shoot him? Where were the guards? * How did Booth evade the largest manhunt in U.S. history for nearly two weeks despite being unable to walk? * Who gave the order to shoot Booth in the Garrett barn—and what happened to his body? Drawing upon both primary sources and the best recent historical research, What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination separates established facts from mere conjectures—and is the one book to own if you want to know “what really happened.”
Author : William Lloyd Garrison
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674526655
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison written by William Lloyd Garrison and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collected letters of newspaper editor, reformer, and key American abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison from 1822, at age 17, to his death in 1879... These volumes are an important source of historical and biographical documentation -- with contextual insight by the editors, offering extensive insight into the mind of this influential reformer. Topics seen within include race relations, abolition of slavery, the rights of women, the role of religion and religious institutions, and the relation of the state and its citizens."--
Author : Thomas James Owen
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Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book "Dear Friends at Home--." written by Thomas James Owen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Engineer Historical Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Washington D.C., libr. of Congress
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Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book Additions (Catalogue of additions) made to the Library of Congress written by Washington D.C., libr. of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book catalogue of additions made to the library of congress, from dec. 1, 1864, to dec. 1, 1865 written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of Additions Made to the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 492 pages
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Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 444 pages
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Download or read book American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles R. Rode
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Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette written by Charles R. Rode and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
