Life On The Potomac River
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Life On The Potomac River
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Author : Edwin Warfield Beitzell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Life On The Potomac River written by Edwin Warfield Beitzell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Potomac River categories.
Life On The Potomac River
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Author : Edwin W. Beitzell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Life On The Potomac River written by Edwin W. Beitzell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with History categories.
This is the first complete history of the Tidewater Potomac (Washington DC to the Chesapeake Bay). It covers the full period from the settlement of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600s to the late 1960s. The author, editor of the Chronicles of St. Mary's (the monthly magazine of the St. Mary's County Historical Society), tells of the generations of men who worked, fought and sailed the waters of the lower Potomac for over three centuries. For more than 50 years he observed the happenings on the river and deplored the pollution and waste of resources of this beautiful arm of the Chesapeake. During this period, he accumulated a considerable store of river lore. Included in the story is data concerning the effect of several wars and the losses and suffering of the river front people in these wars. The establishment of the Federal City, the "Oyster Wars," steam-boating, great freezes and hurricanes are part of the river story. Boat building on the river is traced from the original Indian dugout canoe through the pinnace, shallop and sloop, and in later years, the pungy, schooner, bugeye and the Potomac River "dory." A chapter on boyhood reminiscences is a nostalgic recall of youth, and the author closes with an appeal to help make the Potomac safe and beautiful for the generations to come. Edwin Beitzell's "Life on the Potomac River" remains the primary reference on the Potomac. His meticulous documentation of the region's watermen and their boats is particularly valuable to anyone who is interested in the history of the Potomac River. We welcome the reappearance of this long out-of-print classic. - Richard Dodds, Curator, Maritime History, Calvert Marine Museum. A wealth of charming illustrations and vintage photographs, as well as a full name plus subject index augment this work.
Potomac Journey
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Author : STANTON RICHARD L
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1993-05-17
Potomac Journey written by STANTON RICHARD L and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-05-17 with History categories.
Stanton celebrates the Potomac in words and in previously unpublished historical photos. Through the recollections of a 19th-century boatman, old photo albums, and interviews with area residents, Stanton recreates life on the Potomac River in the 18th and 19th centuries. 54 photos.
Ferry Hill Plantation Journal
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Author : John Blackford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Ferry Hill Plantation Journal written by John Blackford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Ferry Hill Plantation (Md.) categories.
Along The Potomac
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Author : Philip Woodworth Ogilvie
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2003-09-01
Along The Potomac written by Philip Woodworth Ogilvie and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-01 with History categories.
The Potomac River Basin, stretching from Pennsylvania through West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, is home to a variety of wildlife and culture. The Potomac flows through the landscape, offering its shores to bathers and fishermen, its rapids to adventurous kayakers, and its natural beauty to all who live nearby. But, over the centuries and specifically since the coming of European settlers to the area 400 years ago, the region and the river have been transformed. Many of the changes that have affected the Potomac were the result of human actions--the introduction of maize about 1,900 years ago, the accidental importation of the Chestnut blight in 1904, and the increased industrialization of the region. In this pictorial history, readers will have the opportunity to learn about the long-lasting effects of deforestation, mining, and pollution, the plant and animal life that call the region home, and the river's restorative power and enduring grace in striking views from the past 200 years.
The Potomac
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Author : Frederick Albert Gutheim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Potomac written by Frederick Albert Gutheim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Potomac River categories.
The Potomac", one of the most celebrated volumes in the Rivers of America series. Frederick Gutheim follows the Potomac from its source in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. Along the way, he brings to life the planters and presidents, frontiersmen and industrialists who have shaped the region's history. From Captain John Smith's 1609 expedition upriver to John Adam's doubting view of the still undeveloped federal city, from the insurrection at Harper's Ferry to the rapid transformation of twentieth-century Washington into a living- and at times unruly- metropolis, "The Potomac" traces the life of a great river and of the people who have lived along its banks.
This Was Potomac River
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Author : Frederick Tilp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
This Was Potomac River written by Frederick Tilp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Potomac River Blues
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Author : Robert H. Dockery
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2007-10
Potomac River Blues written by Robert H. Dockery and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10 with Fiction categories.
A scheming fat-cat fund-raiser and a group of high-powered politicos join forces to set in motion a plan to deep-six term limits for presidents. As the plan proceeds, there's a bit of murder and mayhem, assorted sexual escapades, and the usual Washington brand of duplicity and double-dealing. Observe the nation's political mosh-pit in action. Now meet Rick Cutler, a seasoned Senate strategist, who's spent most of his adult life working the pit, but without losing his way. He keeps a close watch on his boss, Senator Brad Walker, and he worries about some of the others, like Congressman Eddy "The Iceman" Irvine and money-bags Chewy Upton, as well the White House bulls, Johnny The Car and Doug Dellinger. As Cutler knows, staying ahead of this crowd is no easy task. Cutler and the others will take you on a journey deep inside the belly of the beast as they navigate some of D.C.'s darkest streets.
Nature And History In The Potomac Country
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Author : James D. Rice
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2009-03-06
Nature And History In The Potomac Country written by James D. Rice and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-06 with History categories.
How environmental forces, and human responses to them, profoundly shaped both Native American and colonial life along the Potomac River. James D. Rice’s fresh study of the Potomac River basin begins with a mystery. Why, when the whole of the region offered fertile soil and excellent fishing and hunting, was nearly three-quarters of the land uninhabited on the eve of colonization? Rice wonders how the existence of this no man’s land influenced nearby Native American and, later, colonial settlements. Did it function as a commons, as a place where all were free to hunt and fish? Or was it perceived as a strange and hostile wilderness? Rice discovers environmental factors at the center of the story. Making use of extensive archaeological and anthropological research, as well as the vast scholarship on farming practices in the colonial period, he traces the region’s history from its earliest known habitation. With exceptionally vivid prose, Rice makes clear the implications of unbridled economic development for the forests, streams, and wetlands of the Potomac River basin. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river’s waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people.
River Cross My Heart
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Author : Breena Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-08-01
River Cross My Heart written by Breena Clarke and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Fiction categories.
The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death. When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters, the community must reconcile themselves to the bitter tragedy. Clarke powerful charts the fallout from Clara's death on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, ten-year-old Johnnie Mae, who is thrust into adolescence and must come to terms with the terrible and confused emotions stirred by her sister's death. This highly accomplished debut novel reverberates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential and moving portrait of the Washington, DC community.