The Orphan From Manhattan
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Manhattan Ember
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Author : Olive Collins
language : en
Publisher: Olive Collins Author
Release Date : 2024-06-20
Manhattan Ember written by Olive Collins and has been published by Olive Collins Author this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-20 with Fiction categories.
In 1866, onboard an immigrant ship bound for New York, events play out which have an everlasting effect on their lives, and the lives of their offspring. Marguerite Kelley, the daughter of an esteemed Irish immigrant grew up in a home that was dominated by the disappearance of her uncle. On a windy morning in November 1905, she is the first to hear about the discovery of a skeleton tucked under the eaves of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan. Suspecting the remains are that of her uncle who worked on the construction of the Cathedral, she wants to be the first person to break the news to Roisin, his widow, and to her Irish-born father Patrick Kilbane. She hopes the discovery will solve a mystery that has over-shadowed her family for a quarter of a century. Roisin Gallagher had many names and nicknames during her fifty-one years. As a child, she joined the thousands who departed Ireland’s shore for a better life. In New York, she was known as The Orphan Gallagher. She was married twice and took each of her husband’s names and when her second husband disappeared, she was known as the Widow Kilbane. Although a wealthy woman who witnessed great changes in the New World with a unique story of her own, it was the disappearance of her husband that preoccupied her most. Ger Kilbane was akin to a myth, a man who reportedly ‘fell off the face of the earth.’ Patrick Kilbane came to New York with aspirations as great as the ship on which he sailed. He and his brothers were fleeing more than poverty and oppression in Ireland. Patrick was happy to leave his family’s sordid history behind and begin anew in America. In New York, Patrick and his brothers worked on the building of St Patrick’s Cathedral and over the following twenty-five years he found great success as a businessman and Alderman in Five Points. When his daughter greets him with the news of the discovery of a skeleton in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, he realizes that it is as impossible to flee from his family’s past as it is for a man to disappear.
Annual Report Of The City Superintendent Of Schools To The Board Of Education For The Year Ending
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Author : New York (N.Y.). Superintendent of Schools
language : en
Publisher:
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Annual Report Of The City Superintendent Of Schools To The Board Of Education For The Year Ending written by New York (N.Y.). Superintendent of Schools and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Education categories.
An Orphan Has Many Parents
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Author : Phil Craft
language : en
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Release Date : 1998
An Orphan Has Many Parents written by Phil Craft and has been published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An Orphan Has Many Parents is a memoir of their childhoods by two graduates of the Pride of Judea Home in Brooklyn, paying tribute to the caring parental figures they encountered, and the administrators who made it work. Readers will be touched by the profound impact of this home on the lives of its residents. It also breaks new ground in the study of orphans and orphanages.
Manhattan S Little Secrets
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Author : John Tauranac
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-08-15
Manhattan S Little Secrets written by John Tauranac and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-15 with Travel categories.
Discover the whos, the whats, the whys and hows of social history that make the city come alive. A sarcophagus sits in a public park Stones from the dungeon that imprisoned Joan of Arc support a statue of her A Star of David adorns a Baptist church A fire-breathing salamander decorates a firehouse A stained-glass window relates an architect’s frustrations These are the details that guidebooks usually ignore and passersby ordinarily overlook. Curious readers will delight in revelations of history hidden in plain sight, alongside stunning photography of Manhattan’s overlooked treasures.
The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot
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Author : Matthew Spady
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2020-09-01
The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot written by Matthew Spady and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with History categories.
“An illuminating treat! . . . it retraces the neighborhood’s fascinating arc from remote woodland estate to the enduring Beaux Arts streetscape.” —Eric K. Washington, award-winning author of Boss of the Grips This fully illustrated history peels back the many layers of a rural society evolving into an urban community, enlivened by the people who propelled it forward: property owners, tenants, laborers, and servants. It tells the intricate tale of how individual choices in the face of family dysfunction, economic crises, technological developments, and the myriad daily occurrences that elicit personal reflection and change of course pushed Audubon Park forward to the cityscape that distinguishes the neighborhood today. A longtime evangelist for Manhattan’s Audubon Park neighborhood, author Matthew Spady delves deep into the lives of the two families most responsible over time for the anomalous arrangement of today’s streetscape: the Audubons and the Grinnells. Beginning with the Audubons’ return to America in 1839 and John James Audubon’s purchase of fourteen acres of farmland, The Neighborhood Manhattan Forgot follows the many twists and turns of the area’s path from forest to city, ending in the twenty-first century with the Audubon name re-purposed in today’s historic district, a multiethnic, multi-racial urban neighborhood far removed from the homogeneous, Eurocentric Audubon Park suburb. “This well-documented saga of demographics chronicles a dazzling cast of characters and a plot fraught with idealism, speculation, and expansion, as well as religious, political, and real estate machinations.” —Roberta J.M. Olson, PhD, Curator of Drawings, New-York Historical Society The story of the area’s evolution from hinterland to suburb to city is comprehensively told in Matthew Spady’s fluidly written new history.” —The New York Times
The Orphan Tsunami Of 1700
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Author : Brian F. Atwater
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2016-04-18
The Orphan Tsunami Of 1700 written by Brian F. Atwater and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-18 with Nature categories.
A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January 1700. Samurai, merchants, and villagers wrote of minor flooding and damage. Some noted having felt no earthquake; they wondered what had set off the waves but had no way of knowing that the tsunami was spawned during an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. This orphan tsunami would not be linked to its parent earthquake until the mid-twentieth century, through an extraordinary series of discoveries in both North America and Japan. The Orphan Tsunami of 1700, now in its second edition, tells this scientific detective story through its North American and Japanese clues. The story underpins many of today�s precautions against earthquake and tsunami hazards in the Cascadia region of northwestern North America. The Japanese tsunami of March 2011 called attention to these hazards as a mirror image of the transpacific waves of January 1700. Hear Brian Atwater on NPR with Renee Montagne http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629401
Children Under Institutional Care And In Foster Homes
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Children Under Institutional Care And In Foster Homes written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Adoption categories.
Children Under Institutional Care And In Foster Homes 1933
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Children Under Institutional Care And In Foster Homes 1933 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Adoption categories.
In God We Trust
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Author : Lewis D. Solomon
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2003
In God We Trust written by Lewis D. Solomon and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
This pioneering book charts how President George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" creates a new path for American Social Policy. There is a growing interest in testing the proposition that faith-based organizations (FBOs) could do even greater good, especially if government supports an expanded role. The organizations represent a potentially valuable, but controversial, resource because they offer to fight a very different war against America's social ills. This work offers three conclusions. First, FBOs are effective in dealing with chronic social problems because they spark personal transformation. Second, financing them through the Tax Code or vouchers is preferable to direct federal funding. The fear that public funding means government take-over of religion serves as perhaps the greatest impediment to a more expansive role for FBOs. Third, although predicting the U.S. Supreme Court's resolution of church-state issues is fraught with difficulties, the emerging "equal treatment" of religion by the High Court suggests a more permissive attitude toward the federal funding of religous charities. The tax and voucher alternatives seem certain to pass constitutional muster. In God We Trust? is among the first works to assess President Bush's policy efforts to meet America's social ills by turning more tasks over to FBOs. In addition to demonstrating the constitutionality of the federal efforts to fund FBOs, the book analytically summarizes the existing empirical evidence dealing with the effectiveness of faith-based organizations.
Notable New Yorkers Of Manhattan S Upper West Side
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Author : Jim Mackin
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2020-11-24
Notable New Yorkers Of Manhattan S Upper West Side written by Jim Mackin and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-24 with History categories.
Nearly 600 captivating stories of notable former residents of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, some famous, some forgotten What do Humphrey Bogart and Patty Hill (co-author of “Happy Birthday,” the most popular song of all time) have in common? Both of them once lived in the neighborhood of Morningside Heights and Bloomingdale, a strip of land that runs from the 90s to 125th Street, between the Hudson River and Central Park. Spanning hundreds of years, Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side is a compilation of stories of nearly 600 former residents who once called Manhattan’s Upper West Side home. Profiling a rare selection of wildly diverse people who shaped the character of the area, author Jim Mackin introduces readers to its fascinating residents—some famous, such as George and Ira Gershwin and Thurgood Marshall, and some forgotten, such as Harriet Brooks, Augustus Meyers, and Elinor Smith. Brief biographies reveal intriguing facts about this group, which include scientists, explorers, historians, journalists, artists, entertainers, aviators, public officials, lawyers, judges, and some in a category too unique to label. This collection also promotes accomplished women who have been forgotten and spotlights The Old Community, a tight-knit African American enclave that included such talented and accomplished residents as Marcus Garvey, Billie Holiday, and Butterfly McQueen. The book is divided into five geographical sections: the West 90s, the West 100s, the West 110s, the West 120s, and Riverside Drive. Addresses are arranged in ascending order within each section, first by street number and then by street address number. While the focus is on people, the book includes an eclectic collection of interesting facts and colorful stories about the neighborhood itself, including the 9th Avenue El, Little Coney Island, and, notoriously, one of the most dangerous streets in the city, as well as songs and movies that were written and filmed in the neighborhood. Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan’s Upper West Side provides a unique overview of the people who shaped the neighborhood through their presence and serves as a guide to those who deserve to be recognized and remembered.