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Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423623894
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Washington, Our Home written by and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathryn S. Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Washington at Home written by Kathryn S. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, D.C., conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and charm. In the long-awaited update of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of historians, journalists, folklorists, museum professionals, and others who know the city intimately offer a fresh look at the social history of this intriguing city through the prism of 26 diverse neighborhoods. Lavishly illustrated with engaging historical photographs and maps, Washington at Home introduces readers to the famous residents, colorful characters, distinct flavors, and important events that helped shape the city beyond the federal façade. This second edition adds six new neighborhoods from all parts of the city. Extensive notes make the book invaluable for those doing their own research as well as the more casual reader. Journalists, historians, politicians, residents, real estate agents, and students regularly consult Washington at Home as the standard resource on the social history of Washington, D.C. This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation’s capital.
Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
ISBN 13 : 9780635089649
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (896 download)
Download or read book My First Pocket Guide About Washington written by Carole Marsh and published by Gallopade International. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3 and up - or anyone! This handy, easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections which includes Washington basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. Each section is color coded for easy recognition. This Pocket Guide comes with complete and comprehensive facts ALL about Washington. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight! Washington Basics section explores your state's symbols and their special meaning. Washington Geography section digs up the what's where in Washington. Washington History section is like traveling through time to some of Washington's greatest moments. Washington People section introduces you to famous personalities and your next-door neighbors. Washington Places section shows you where you might enjoy your next family vacation. Washington Nature section tells what Mother Nature gave to Washington. Washington Miscellaneous section describes the real fun stuff ALL about Washington.
Author : Matthew R. Costello
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700633367
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Property of the Nation written by Matthew R. Costello and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country’s survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the “elitist” label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through the story of Washington’s tomb, whose history and popularity reflect the building of a memory of America’s first president—of, by, and for the American people. Washington’s resting place at his beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic image; and in Costello’s telling, the many attempts to move the first president’s bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon, this book’s main focus is the memory-making process that took place among American citizens. As public access to the tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous visits by citizens, Costello’s book clearly demonstrates in compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but surely became The Property of the Nation.
Author : John N. Maclean
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062944614
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Home Waters written by John N. Maclean and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Beautiful. ... A lyrical companion to his father’s classic, A River Runs through It, chronicling their family’s history and bond with Montana’s Blackfoot River.” —Washington Post A "poetic" and "captivating" (Publishers Weekly) memoir about the power of place to shape generations, Home Waters is John N. Maclean's remarkable chronicle of his family's century-long love affair with Montana's majestic Blackfoot River, the setting for his father's classic novella, A River Runs through It. Maclean returns annually to the simple family cabin that his grandfather built by hand, still in search of the trout of a lifetime. When he hooks it at last, decades of longing promise to be fulfilled, inspiring John, reporter and author, to finally write the story he was born to tell. A book that will resonate with everyone who feels deeply rooted to a landscape, Home Waters is a portrait of a family who claimed a river, from one generation to the next, of how this family came of age in the 20th century and later as they scattered across the country, faced tragedy and success, yet were always drawn back to the waters that bound them together. Here are the true stories behind the beloved characters fictionalized in A River Runs through It, including the Reverend Maclean, the patriarch who introduced the family to fishing; Norman, who balanced a life divided between literature and the tug of the rugged West; and tragic yet luminous Paul (played by Brad Pitt in Robert Redford’s film adaptation), whose mysterious death has haunted the family and led John to investigate his uncle’s murder and reveal new details in these pages. A universal story about nature, family, and the art of fly fishing, Maclean’s memoir beautifully captures the inextricable ways our personal histories are linked to the places we come from—our home waters. Featuring twelve wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates and a map of the Blackfoot River region.
Author : Linda Johns
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403444981
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Uniquely Washington written by Linda Johns and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of various aspects of Washington that make it a unique state, including its people, land, government, culture, economy, and attractions.
Author : Alison Bechdel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618871711
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Fun Home written by Alison Bechdel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescense, the denouement is swift, graphic -- and redemptive.
Author : Carol Lancaster
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626163839
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)
Download or read book A Song to My City written by Carol Lancaster and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This deeply felt memoir is a love letter to Washington, DC. Lancaster, a third-generation Washingtonian, takes readers on a tour of the capital from its swamp-infested beginnings to the present day, with an insider's view of the gritty politics, environment, society, culture, and larger-than-life heroes that characterize her beloved hometown.
Author : Tea Benduhn
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502600072
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Washington written by Tea Benduhn and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the geography, climate, history, people, government, and economy of Washington. All books in the It's My State! ® series are the definitive research tool for readers looking to know the ins and outs of a specific state, including comprehensive coverage of its history, people, culture, geography, economy and government.
Author : Brad Meltzer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525428488
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)
Download or read book I am George Washington written by Brad Meltzer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will want to read about our first president while discussing the presidential elections. This is the ninth book in the New York Times bestselling biography series that inspires while it informs and entertains. (Cover may vary) George Washington was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand new nation, the United States of America. With his faith in the American people and tremendous bravery, he helped win the Revolutionary War and became the country’s first president. This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each book are: • A timeline of key events in the hero’s history • Photos that bring the story more fully to life • Comic-book-style illustrations that are irresistibly adorable • Childhood moments that influenced the hero • Facts that make great conversation-starters • A virtue this person embodies: George Washington's courage to set off a new course is highlighted here. You’ll want to collect each book in this dynamic, informative series!
Author : Cindy Barden
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
ISBN 13 : 1573100188
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (731 download)
Download or read book Great States! written by Cindy Barden and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treat your students to an exciting hot air balloon ride across the USA. There's lots to see and do as each state is visited (the District of Columbia, too), its history and geography explored, and fascinating facts explained. There are map activities, places and physical features to identify, and topics for further investigation. There are parks, lakes, mountains and swamps to discover as well as the thousands of plants and animals that share our land and water. This product has been selected by a national panel of classroom teachers as a winner of Learning Magazine's Teachers' Choice Award.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Interstate Migration written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 2226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Hells Canyon National Recreation Area written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mississippi. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court, High Court of Errors and Appeals, and the Superior Court of Chancery of Mississippi written by Mississippi. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1602 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Leases Upon Naval Oil Reserves written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charlotte Canning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134859635
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Feminist Theatres in the USA written by Charlotte Canning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist Theaters in the USA is a fresh, informative portrait of a key era in feminist and theater history It is vital reading for feminist students, theater historians and theater practitioners. Their continued movement forward will be challenged and enriched by this timely look back at the trials and accomplishments of their predecessors. Canning interviews over thirty women who took part in the dynamic feminist theater of the 1970s and 1980s. They provide first-hand accounts of the excitement, struggles and innovations which formed their experience. From this foundation Cannning constructs a compelling combination of historical survey, critique and celebration which explores: * The history of the groups and their formation * The politics which shaped their work * Their methods and creative processes * The productions they brought to the stage * The reception from critics and audiences
Author : John Washington
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788734750
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)
Download or read book The Dispossessed written by John Washington and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration’s assault on asylum protections Arnovis couldn’t stay in El Salvador. If he didn’t leave, a local gangster promised that his family would dress in mourning—that he would wake up with flies in his mouth. “It was like a bomb exploded in my life,” Arnovis said. The Dispossessed tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old Salvadoran man, Arnovis, whose family’s search for safety shows how the United States—in concert with other Western nations—has gutted asylum protections for the world’s most vulnerable. Crisscrossing the border and Central America, John Washington traces one man’s quest for asylum. Arnovis is separated from his daughter by US Border Patrol agents and struggles to find security after being repeatedly deported to a gang-ruled community in El Salvador, traumatic experiences relayed by Washington with vivid intensity. Adding historical, literary, and current political context to the discussion of migration today, Washington tells the history of asylum law and practice through ages to the present day. Packed with information and reflection, The Dispossessed is more than a human portrait of those who cross borders—it is an urgent and persuasive case for sharing the country we call home.
