In this lavishly illustrated volume of historical vignettes, Deák charts the birth and development of this incomparable city. Each of the fourteen essays explores a different facet of New York's history, ranging from the religious pluralism it enjoyed as a scruffy Atlantic trading post, the marketing and merchandising that propelled its growth, to the rise of the arts, literature, ...

Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
Written By: Gloria Deak

This book provides detailed information about descents from the Plantagenet Kings of England for over 185 individuals who emigrated from the British Isles to the North American colonies in the seventeenth century. It combines research in original documents with the use of published literature and features new ancestral lines for virtually all American colonists who possess royal ancestry, with ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: Douglas Richardson; Kimball G. Everingham

Charles Carroll of Carrollton is most often remembered as the sole Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In this monumental study of the Carrolls in Ireland and America, that act vindicates a family's determination to triumph without compromising lineage and faith. Ronald Hoffman peels back layer after layer of Carroll family history, from dispossession in Ireland to ...

Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
Written By: Ronald Hoffman

With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic "Skid Road", Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of southern Puget Sound, where major events of Washington's history took place, and of Tacoma, the area's principal city. Drawing upon the original journals and reports, Morgan tells his story largely in terms of individuals, interweaving ...

Manufacturer: University of Washington Press
Written By: Murray Morgan

King Ramses II distinguished himself as a warrior, builder of magnificent monuments, and model for rulers to follow. Nothing will bring his life and times into sharper focus than this breathtaking volume, filled with oversize color photos--many rare--of the ancient temples, tombs, and statuary he had constructed. Among these awe-inspiring feats of art and engineering: the astonishing hall at ...

Manufacturer: White Star
Written By: T.G.H. James

A classic in the literature of nostalgia. An appreciation for the Piedmont life and culture.

Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press
Written By: Ben Robertson

This massive and broad-ranging reference work alphabetically lists over 7,000 well-known people from film, theater, radio and television as well as all varieties of music, sports, history, government, crime and popular culture. Each entry provides birth and death dates, a concise summary of the subject's life and claim to fame, and the location of the person's final resting place. Entries often ...

Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Written By: Scott Wilson

Excerpts from the private diaries of women, known and unknown, among them Louisa May Alcott, Sophie Tolstoy, George Eliot, Anais Nin.

Manufacturer: Vintage

Genealogist Laura Best follows up her well-received Genealogy for the First Time® with a colorful volume dedicated to techniques for preserving precious ancestral memories through scrapbooking. Use those vintage photos, uncovered documents, and newly-found family stories to create scrapbooked family trees and pedigree charts, eight generation treatments, depictions of holidays and ...

Manufacturer: Sterling/Chapelle
Written By: Laura Best

This book examines the extraordinary personality of Claus Count Stauffenberg, a key figure in the 1944 coup attempt against Hitler. Stauffenberg's personality is thrown into relief by a study of his two brothers and other family members and friends. The three Stauffenberg brothers, Berthold, Alexander, and Claus, were inseparable both emotionally and intellectually. Their view of human existence ...

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Written By: Peter Hoffmann