My Recollections Of Old Cleveland
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My Recollections Of Old Cleveland
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Author : Warren Corning Wick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
My Recollections Of Old Cleveland written by Warren Corning Wick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Cleveland (Ohio) categories.
The Necklace
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Author : Claire McMillan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-07-04
The Necklace written by Claire McMillan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with Fiction categories.
"This ... novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace and its secrets"--
Showplace Of America
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Author : Jan Cigliano
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 1991
Showplace Of America written by Jan Cigliano and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Architecture categories.
In cooperation with Western Reserve Historical Society Euclid Avenue, which runs through the heart of downtown Cleveland, was for 60 years one of the finest residential streets of any city in 19th century America. Showplace of America is the fascinating account of the rise and fall of this elegant promenade, including portrayals of the eminent architects who created its opulent residences and colorful details about the lives of the wealthy people who occupied them. The families who resided within this linear, four-mile neighborhood epitomized Midwestern grandeur in the second half of the 19th century. The 1893 Baedeker's travel guide to the United States labeled it "one of the most beautiful residence-streets in America," as others hailed it "Millionaires' Row," the finest avenue in the west, and the most beautiful street in the world." Modeled after the grand boulevards of Europe, this magnificent neighborhood was distinguished for the prominence of its architects as well as the families who lived there. Local architects Jonathan Goldsmith, Charles W. Heard, Levi T. Scofield, Charles F. Schweinfurth, and Coburn & Barnum and national firms Peabody & Stearns and McKim, Mead & White created houses that were stunning monuments to Cleveland and America's growing prosperity. Ironically, the tremendous success of Cleveland's industry and commerce, which had nurtured the rise of this grand avenue, fostered its fall. Downtown commerce expanded along the avenue at the sacrifice of its leading entrepreneurs' residential have. The houses were demolished as the avenue became what is today--a neglected urban thoroughfare. Photographs and illustrations from the archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society and other repositories are published here for the first time, documenting both the glory and decline of the "showplace of America."
Cleveland S Colorful Characters
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Author : Kit Whipple
language : en
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2020-02-25
Cleveland S Colorful Characters written by Kit Whipple and has been published by Covenant Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-25 with History categories.
"Cleveland's Colorful Characters" is an easy to read, insightful book on some of Cleveland's most influential individuals. These individuals helped create the grand and unique city which at one time was one of the most respected cities in the word. The first chapter is on the Mather family and how they helped create many of Cleveland's world class institutions. On a lighter side they were the first documented individuals to throw a 'toga party'. The 2nd chapter provides insights into the Van Sweringens who built many of Cleveland's finest homes and buildings as well as being the largest railroad owners in the country. Through the author's research he was able to determine they were the bases for the book, The Great Gatsby. The 3rd chapter concerns Jim Backus who was the creator of Mr. Magoo as well as the millionaire on Gilligan's Island. He attended University school and great up in Bratenahl. Local lore states Mr. Magoo was based on a University School teacher. The other chapters inform readers on Charles Schweinfurth, aka "Cleveland's Castle Creator", a brief insight into Camp Cleveland a 20,000 person Civil War camp in University Heights, unusual ghost stories and the last three chapters are dedicated to Cleveland's automotive history. This is when Cleveland was the car capital of the country, if not the world. Much of the intriguing information in this fact-packed book is new information which the author derived from his in-depth research and conversations with family descendants of those depicted in the book.
Subject Catalog
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Author : Library of Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Subject Catalog written by Library of Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Subject catalogs categories.
Annals Of The Early Settlers Association Of Cuyahoga County
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Author : Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Annals Of The Early Settlers Association Of Cuyahoga County written by Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Cuyahoga County (Ohio) categories.
Ab Bookman S Weekly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Ab Bookman S Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Antiquarian booksellers categories.
My Thoughts Be Bloody
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Author : Nora Titone
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-10-19
My Thoughts Be Bloody written by Nora Titone and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-19 with History categories.
The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American history. The literal story of what happened on April 14, 1865, is familiar: Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a lunatic enraged by the Union victory and the prospect of black citizenship. Yet who Booth really was—besides a killer—is less well known. The magnitude of his crime has obscured for generations a startling personal story that was integral to his motivation. My Thoughts Be Bloody, a sweeping family saga, revives an extraordinary figure whose name has been missing, until now, from the story of President Lincoln’s death. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes’s older brother by four years, was in his day the biggest star of the American stage. He won his celebrity at the precocious age of nineteen, before the Civil War began, when John Wilkes was a schoolboy. Without an account of Edwin Booth, author Nora Titone argues, the real story of Lincoln’s assassin has never been told. Using an array of private letters, diaries, and reminiscences of the Booth family, Titone has uncovered a hidden history that reveals the reasons why John Wilkes Booth became this country’s most notorious assassin. These ambitious brothers, born to theatrical parents, enacted a tale of mutual jealousy and resentment worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy. From childhood, the stage-struck brothers were rivals for the approval of their father, legendary British actor Junius Brutus Booth. After his death, Edwin and John Wilkes were locked in a fierce contest to claim his legacy of fame. This strange family history and powerful sibling rivalry were the crucibles of John Wilkes’s character, exacerbating his political passions and driving him into a life of conspiracy. To re-create the lost world of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, this book takes readers on a panoramic tour of nineteenth-century America, from the streets of 1840s Baltimore to the gold fields of California, from the jungles of the Isthmus of Panama to the glittering mansions of Gilded Age New York. Edwin, ruthlessly competitive and gifted, did everything he could to lock his younger brother out of the theatrical game. As he came of age, John Wilkes found his plans for stardom thwarted by his older sibling’s meteoric rise. Their divergent paths—Edwin’s an upward race to riches and social prominence, and John’s a downward spiral into failure and obscurity—kept pace with the hardening of their opposite political views and their mutual dislike. The details of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln have been well documented elsewhere. My Thoughts Be Bloody tells a new story, one that explains for the first time why Lincoln’s assassin decided to conspire against the president in the first place, and sets that decision in the context of a bitterly divided family—and nation. By the end of this riveting journey, readers will see Abraham Lincoln’s death less as the result of the war between the North and South and more as the climax of a dark struggle between two brothers who never wore the uniform of soldiers, except on stage.
The Firelands Pioneer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Firelands Pioneer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Firelands (Ohio) categories.
Progressive Vision
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Author : Holly M. Rarick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Progressive Vision written by Holly M. Rarick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.