Remarkable Rockbridge
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Remarkable Rockbridge
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Author : Charles Alvis Bodie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Remarkable Rockbridge written by Charles Alvis Bodie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Rockbridge County (Va.) categories.
Robert E Lee
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Author : Allen C. Guelzo
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2021-09-28
Robert E Lee written by Allen C. Guelzo and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor. "An important contribution to reconciling the myths with the facts." —New York Times Book Review Robert E. Lee is one of the most confounding figures in American history. Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. And behind his genteel demeanor and perfectionism lurked the insecurities of a man haunted by the legacy of a father who stained the family name by declaring bankruptcy and who disappeared when Robert was just six years old. In Robert E. Lee, the award-winning historian Allen Guelzo has written the definitive biography of the general, following him from his refined upbringing in Virginia high society, to his long career in the U.S. Army, his agonized decision to side with Virginia when it seceded from the Union, and his leadership during the Civil War. Above all, Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity--his hypocrisy and courage, his outward calm and inner turmoil, his honor and his disloyalty.
The Vital Dead
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Author : Alison Bell
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2023-01-10
The Vital Dead written by Alison Bell and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-10 with Social Science categories.
"This book builds on recent anthropological work to explore the social and cultural dynamics of cemetery practice and its transformation over generations in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Anthropologist Alison Bell finds that people are using material culture-images and epitaphs on grave markers, as well as objects they leave on graves-to assert and maintain relationships and fight against alienation. She draws on fieldwork, interviews, archival sources, and disciplinary insights to show how cemeteries both reveal and participate in the grassroots cultural work of crafting social connections, assessing the transcendental durability of the deceased person, and asserting particular cultural values. The book's chapters range across cemetery types, focusing on African American burials, grave sites of institutionalized individuals, and modern community memorials"--
James Mcdowell Of Virginia
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Author : Charles A. Bodie
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-12-19
James Mcdowell Of Virginia written by Charles A. Bodie and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography examines the antebellum career of James McDowell, a Democratic officeholder from western Virginia who often opposed the status quo. The author examines how, through skillful oratory and rational discourse, he sought and achieved progressive change.
Journey On The James
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Author : Earl Swift
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2014-12-19
Journey On The James written by Earl Swift and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-19 with History categories.
From its beginnings as a trickle of icy water in Virginia's northwest corner to its miles-wide mouth at Hampton Roads, the James River has witnessed more recorded history than any other feature of the American landscape -- as home to the continent's first successful English settlement, highway for Native Americans and early colonists, battleground in the Revolution and the Civil War, and birthplace of America's twentieth-century navy. In 1998, restless in his job as a reporter for the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Earl Swift landed an assignment traveling the entire length of the James. He hadn't been in a canoe since his days as a Boy Scout, and he knew that the river boasts whitewater, not to mention man-made obstacles, to challenge even experienced paddlers. But reinforced by Pilot photographer Ian Martin and a lot of freeze-dried food and beer, Swift set out to immerse himself -- he hoped not literally -- in the river and its history. What Swift survived to bring us is this engrossing chronicle of three weeks in a fourteen-foot plastic canoe and four hundred years in the life of Virginia. Fueled by humor and a dauntless curiosity about the land, buildings, and people on the banks, and anchored by his sidekick Martin -- whose photographs accompany the text -- Swift points his bow through the ghosts of a frontier past, past Confederate forts and POW camps, antebellum mills, ruined canals, vanished towns, and effluent-spewing industry. Along the banks, lonely meadowlands alternate with suburbs and power plants, marinas and the gleaming skyscrapers of Richmond's New South downtown. Enduring dunkings, wolf spiders, near-arrest, channel fever, and twenty-knot winds, Swift makes it to the Chesapeake Bay. Readers who accompany him through his Journey on the James will come away with the accumulated pleasure, if not the bruises and mud, of four hundred miles of adventure and history in the life of one of America's great watersheds.
Analysis Of The Rockbridge Alum Springs In Virginia With Some Account Of Their History To Which Are Added A Few Certificates
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Author : Analysis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Analysis Of The Rockbridge Alum Springs In Virginia With Some Account Of Their History To Which Are Added A Few Certificates written by Analysis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with categories.
Weld S Travels
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Author : Isaac Weld
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2007
Weld S Travels written by Isaac Weld and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Writings about the nature of North America and its inhabitants, speaking in terms of both literal landscape and metaphorical landscape. Focusing on the Mid-Atlantic region. vol. 1 of 2
Travels Through The States Of North America And The Provinces Of Upper And Lower Canada During The Years 1795 1796 And 1797
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Author : Isaac Weld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1807
Travels Through The States Of North America And The Provinces Of Upper And Lower Canada During The Years 1795 1796 And 1797 written by Isaac Weld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1807 with Canada categories.
The New American Cyclop Dia Ed By G Ripley And C A Dana
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Author : American cyclopaedia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
The New American Cyclop Dia Ed By G Ripley And C A Dana written by American cyclopaedia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with categories.
The General Gazetteer In Miniature Etc
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Author : Richard BROOKES (M.D.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1806
The General Gazetteer In Miniature Etc written by Richard BROOKES (M.D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1806 with categories.