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Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records: Volume 1

Samuel Webster Piper · Willow Bend Books
Pages: 156
Format: Print book

Originally hand copied by Samuel Webster Piper and typed and indexed by Conococheague Chapter, NSDAR several years ago. Encompassing the cemeteries of Sharpsburg District #1 (13 cemeteries) and Williamsport District #2 (8 cemeteries) . This item is Non-Returnable.

Early Harford Countians, Vol. 1: A to K: Individuals Living in Harford County, Maryland, In Its Formative Years

Henry C Penden · Willow Bend Books
Pages: 620
Format: Book

Volumes 1 and 2 have been extracted from the following: Tax lists of 1774, 1776 (missing two Hundreds now contained in the supplement) , 1778, 1783; censuses of 1776 and 1790; Dr. Archer's ledgers; Orphan's Court Proceedings; Family Bibles; Estate Administrations; registers of St. Johns,...

Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem

Marc Ferris · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 302
Format: Hardcover

Nearly every American knows The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America. Yet many people dislike the song, contend that it glorifies militarism, and question its suitability as the musical embodiment of nationhood. Even professional vocalists have trouble...

Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The First Unsolved Murder of the Victorian Age

Paul Thomas Murphy · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A vivid and violent investigation into the first unsolved murder case of the Victorian Era, by the author of the New York Times Notable Book Shooting Victoria.On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London's remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling on a muddy...

For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice

Howard Schultz · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of the extraordinary courage, dedication, and sacrifice of this generation of American veterans on the battlefield and their equally valuable contributions on the home front. Because so few of us now serve in the military, our men and women in uniform have become strangers...

The History of the Modern World: From 1900 to the Present Day

Terry Burrows · Carlton
Pages: 640
Format: Print book

The History of the Modern World is a concise yet comprehensive overview of the years from 1900 to the present, chronicled in a treasure trove of over 1,000 striking images and authoritative text. From the death of Queen Victoria and two World Wars to the World Trade Center attack, the election...

Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University

James Axtell · Princeton University Press, 2016.
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots...

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