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In the Footsteps of Robert E. Lee (In the Footsteps Series)
Clint Johnson Manufacturer: John F. Blair Publisher ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0895872358 |
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If you're a fan of Robert E. Lee, you may have visited Chancellorsville or Gettysburg or Appomattox or Lexington, where the general is buried.But chances are you don't know how to get to Stratford Hall, where Lee was born. And you've probably never been to the spot where Lee and Longstreet put themselves in a position to be captured by the Federals, or the home where Lee was narrowly missed by a cannonball while drinking a glass of buttermilk, or the fort where he rescued a beloved dog, or the place where he adopted his wartime pet, a chicken.
This is your guide to both the major Lee sites in Virginia and West Virginia and lesser-known sites in distant states-from Texas, where he was sent to chase Indians; to New York, where he rode his horse down Broadway; to Florida, where he picked oranges as an elderly tourist. Taken together, they will let you-as far as is possible-stand where General Lee stood and see what he saw.
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Filled with the most fascinating bits of historical trivia.......2002-01-12
Step by step...........2001-10-18
With 11 states, Washington D.C. and the brief inclusion of sites in Mexico you will need to spend several weeks going from site to site. However, the author breaks down the trips by state and gives excellent directions that will keep even the novice historian from loosing his way. You will be taken to several larger, well-known sites in West Virginia and Virginia as well as many smaller sites within these states and distant states such as Texas, Missouri and Florida.
Many have been to Sharpsburg, Manassas or perhaps South Mountain but it's doubtful that few have made it Stratford Hall where Lee was born. Therefore, it's fitting that the book starts out at Stratford Hall and gives brief insight into the life and lack of homeownership by Lee. From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1870, he never owned a single place of residence. He slept at his parents' home, army barracks, his wife's inherited house, and several homes borrowed from individuals during and after the war. He never paid out of pocket for any property on which he resided.
The research within these pages is top notch and gives the reader some excellent side bar material to whet his or her appetite for more on Robert E. Lee. The descriptions are concise and to the point and give just enough detail to allow the reader to understand how the specific location played a key role in shaping young Lee or perhaps how it effected his overall battle strategy in his later years. The accounts are well done and not overly detailed giving the average reader a nice foundation for a beginning study on Lee. The chapters are well laid out, state by state, but in order to keep this data from filling several volumes it does not include every little site associated with Lee. Not to worry, the author chose wisely and the selected material flows quite nice.
In going through this work the reader will enjoy his or her journey into Lee's past with stops along the way at several key historic areas. This is not a paperback for the hard-nosed historian, but well-done research for those interested in following in "The Footsteps of Robert E. Lee". Mr. Johnson has done it again and I highly recommend this book!
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EARTHLY FOOTSTEPS OF THE MAN OF GALILEE & THE JOURNEYS OF HIS APOSTLES TRACED WITH NOTE BOOK & CAMERA AS WE JOURNEYED FROM JERUSALEM TO DAMASCUS
JAMES W. LEE AND ROBERT E.M. BAIN JOHN H. VINCENT Manufacturer: N.D. THOMPSON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000SE9QPS |
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Historic landmarks of the Shenandoah Valley,: Beauty and history in the footsteps of Washington, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee;
John Walter Wayland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006AJ8GG |
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Historic Landmarks of the Shenandoah Valley: Beauty and History in the Footsteps of Washington, Stonewal Jackson and Robert E. Lee
John W. Wayland Manufacturer: John W. Wayland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TR73PO |
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In the Footsteps of Robert E. Lee
Clint Johnson Manufacturer: John F Blair Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LF5AOK |
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George Crabbe's poetical works: Preface to the tales : Life
George Crabbe Manufacturer: T.Y. Crowell ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008AJ7HY |
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George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to The Tales: Life
A.C. Esq. Cunningham Manufacturer: Phillips, Sampson, and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PGAK2M |
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George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales: Life
A C Cunningham Manufacturer: Crosby and Ainsworth ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L2Q0EW |
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George Crabbe: An English Life 1754-1832
Neil Powell Manufacturer: Random House UK ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0712689990 Release Date: 2004-02-25 |
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A portrait of an unexpectedly attractive and eccentric character, this highly accessible literary biography is a complete reassessment of the life and work of one of England’s most important poets.
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The Life and Poetical Works of George Crabbe
Crabbe Manufacturer: John Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000ITDWE4 |
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The Life and Poetical Works of George Crabbe in One Volume
George Crabbe; (Edited By His Son) Manufacturer: John Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LUUEH8 |
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The Life And Poetical Works Of The Reverend George Crabbe
George Crabbe Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1432625616 |
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Life and Writings of George Crabbe.
T E Kebbel Manufacturer: Walter Scott 1915. (Great Writers) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000L66RI2 |
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THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRABBE
SON Manufacturer: CRESSET ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000S58WV6 |
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THE LIFE OF GEORGE CRABBE
Unknown Manufacturer: OXFORD ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RZK0J4 |
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Face Exercises That Prevent Premature Aging
Jeanette Johnson , and Jade Manufacturer: Shipley Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0964738406 |
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Face exercises that prevent facial aging.Customer Reviews:
painful.......2007-03-15
Too much effort - too few results........2006-10-24
They Work!.......2006-10-07
Wonderful book, usable instructions!.......2006-09-10
Face Exercises that prevent premature Aging.......2006-09-06
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Kentucky Moonshine
David W. Maurer , and Quinn Pearl Manufacturer: University Press of Kentucky ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0813190541 |
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When the first American tax on distilled spirits was established in 1791, violence broke out in Pennsylvania. The resulting Whiskey Rebellion sent hundreds of families down the Ohio River by flatboat, stills on board, to settle anew in the fertile bottomlands of Kentucky. Here they used cold limestone spring water to make bourbon and found that corn produced even better yields of whiskey than rye. Thus, the licit and illicit branches of the distilling industry grew up side by side in the state. This is the story of the illicit sidethe moonshiners' craft and craftsmanship, as practiced in Kentucky. A glossary of moonshiner argot sheds light on such colorful terms as "puker," "slop," and "weed-monkey." David Maurer's tone is tongue-in-cheek, but he provides a realistic look at the Kentucky moonshiner and the moonshining industry.Customer Reviews:
kentucky moonshine is a useful historical work.......2001-04-13
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Fire in the Hole: An Oral History of Moonshine and Murder in Cumberland County, Kentucky
Manufacturer: Xerxes Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0979771307 |
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Fire in the Hole uses oral tradition and interviews to tell the story of moonshining and crime in rural appalachia, specifically in Cumberland County, Kentucky, during the first half of the 20th century. Many of the stories included in this book have never been put to paper before and have either been passed down by generation or personally experienced by the storytellers. While various areas of Cumberland County are mentioned throughout the text, the focus lies with the now defunct Coe Ridge Colony of settlers that started as a community of freed slaves immediately after the Civil War. Using personal interviews conducted two decades ago, the book offers a never before seen glimpse of the moonshine maker's life in the rural hills and hollows of Kentucky.
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Illegal Odyssey: 200 Years of Kentucky Moonshine
Betty Boles Ellison Manufacturer: 1st Books Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 141078407X |
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Moonshine in Kentucky.......2004-02-02
This small book attempts to tell the history of an illegal enterprise in Kentucky. It does a very good job of telling the general history of distilling, legal and illegal, in Kentucky and the government's efforts to curb it. We discover that the earliest settlers of what would become Kentucky produced their own spirits. As Kentucky and the nation developed, so did the whiskey industry. That growth prompted the federal and a state government to see it as a source of tax revenue. The effort to collect those taxes began the cat and mouse "odyssey" of poor farmers, the moonshiners, trying to make a extra money, as the revenuers scoured the hills to shut them down. Unfortunately, due to the illegal nature of moonshining, we get few of the "moonshiner vs revenue" tales in this book.
The book closes on a sad note as it relates the passing of the moonshiner after more than two centuries. Those who were moonshiners, or might have become one, are taking up a new vocation, marijuana grower. Moonshining just doesn't pay like growing weed!
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DN27 Kentucky Moonshine RITZ BROTHERS Title Lobby Card. Here's a terrific TITLE lobby card from the original release of KENTUCKY MOONSHINE featuring a great image of THE RITZ BROTHERS, TONY MARTIN and MARJORIE WEAVER. Lobby card is in EXCELLENT+ condition. No pinholes, no stains, no tears, a tiny chip on the upper left hand corner.
n/a Manufacturer: n/a ProductGroup: Book Binding: Cards ASIN: B000VKZQUS |
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The Coloured Horse and Pony (Allen Guides to Horse and Pony Breeds)
Linzy Dickinson Manufacturer: J. A. Allen & Company, Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0851319173 |
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Coloured Horse and Pony
Linzy Dickinson Manufacturer: Hale Robert ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K7M3FS |
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Coloured Horse and Pony (Allen Breed Series)
Edward Hart Manufacturer: J a Allen & Co Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0851315720 |
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Chic & Easy Beading: 100 Fast and Fun Fashion Jewelry Projects
Alice Korach Manufacturer: Kalmbach ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0890244383 |
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Make something beautiful you'll love to wear! Step-by-step images and instructions walk you through making fashionable beaded necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. These 100+ easy projects include glitzy pieces for wearing on the town, sophisticated styles for the office, and everything in between. Compiled from the first two Chic&Easy annuals and edited by Alice Korach, Founding Editor or Bead&Button magazine.Customer Reviews:
Not inspiring.......2007-04-24
great projects and easy to undrestand.......2006-06-08
Good, beautiful, fun...but not for beginners........2006-03-03
Fabulous Book!.......2005-05-20
Excellent Book .......2005-03-23
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Chic & Easy Beading, Volume 2: 100 Fast and Fun Fashion Jewelry Projects
Julia Gerlach , Cheryl Phelan , and Lesley Weiss Manufacturer: Kalmbach ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0871162253 |
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Boring.......2007-04-24
Buy this book.......2006-11-04
Good Book for Ideas.......2006-11-04
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Bead & Button Special Issue Chic & Easy Fashion Jewelry
Bead & Button contributors Manufacturer: Kalmbach Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: B000IZZHOG |
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Common Flora of the Playa Lakes
David A. Haukos , and Loren M. Smith Manufacturer: Texas Tech University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0896723887 |
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Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural Families
Myra Alperson Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0374526117 |
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Useful information; unpoetic title.......2001-12-09
food for thought for adoptive parents.......2001-08-28
A wonderful book.......2001-07-24
A Valuable Resource.......2001-07-14
What A Silly Book - Don't Waste Your Time Or Money.......2001-05-10
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Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette
Michael Preston Worley Manufacturer: iUniverse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0595294715 |
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Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette is a scholarly study of the artist (1731Â-1804) who rose from humble beginnings, the son of an illiterate carpenter, to become professor at the Paris Académie and director of the sculptural decoration at Marie-AntoinetteÂ's dairy at Rambouillet (1785Â-87), a surprise gift from Louis XVI. A moderate during the Revolution, Julien became one of the original members of the Institut National (1795). He executed life-size marble statues, part of the Great Men series, small works in terra cotta, and mythological figures such as Ganymede, Narcissus, and Cupid. His masterpieces are Amalthea, or Girl with Goat, the centerpiece at Rambouillet, and two statues in the Louvre: the Dying Gladiator, his reception-piece to the Académie, and Jean de La Fontaine, a statue of the author of Fables.The first major study of Pierre Julien in a hundred years, Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette celebrates the 200th anniversary of the sculptorÂ's death and coincides with the exhibition in Le Puy, France (Spring 2004). This volume is indispensable to art historians and anyone interested in the colorful period in French history between the age of Louis XV and the rise of Napoleon.
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Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism
Pol O'Dochartaigh Manufacturer: Four Courts Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1851827692 |
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Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism.(Book Review): An article from: The Modern Language Review
Andreas Huther Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000JCD7TA Release Date: 2006-10-03 |
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This digital document is an article from The Modern Language Review, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 691 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Professor Pokorny.(Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism)(Book Review): An article from: Irish Literary Supplement
Coilin Owens Manufacturer: Irish Studies Program ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0009H3A3S Release Date: 2006-07-14 |
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This digital document is an article from Irish Literary Supplement, published by Irish Studies Program on March 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1372 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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