Houses Of The Founding Fathers
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Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Artisan Books |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1579655106 |
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Presents a tour of the houses belonging to some of America's early leaders, sharing an inside look at the domestic world of the Founding Fathers to chronicle their private lives, families, culture, interests, and aspirations.
Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Dwellings |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Myron Magnet |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0393240215 |
Download The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Discusses the history of America's Founding Fathers through their words and actions but also through the architectural treasures of the homes they built while they conspired to change the world.
Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0316376345 |
Download Houses of Civil War America Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A revealing historical and photographic tour of the homes of influential Civil War figures, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Stonewall Jackson, and others. Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and a fitting sequel to Houses of the Presidents, Houses of Civil War America takes readers into the daily lives of the most important historical figures in the nation-defining conflict. From modest abolitionist homes to the plantations of the antebellum south. Howard and Straus bring the most intimate moments of the war to life. With insightful narrative and gorgeous photography, Houses of Civil War America demonstrates -- through these landmark homes -- the nation we were and the nation we became.
Author | : Leila Herbert |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781020849367 |
Download The First American Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book takes a close look at the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin, one of America's most influential founding fathers. From his early years as a printer's apprentice to his role as a statesman and diplomat, Franklin's achievements continue to inspire and enlighten readers today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Andrea Wulf |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 0307390683 |
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From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before. “Illuminating and engrossing.... The reader relives the first decades of the Republic ... through the words of the statesmen themselves.” —The New York Times Book Review For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation. Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant hobbyists, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson’s and John Adams’s faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other stories, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.
Author | : Charlene C. Giannetti |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2017-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493024809 |
Download Plantations of Virginia Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination. That’s no surprise since these palatial homes are rich in history, representing a pivotal time in U.S. history that truly is “gone with the wind.” With the Civil War literally exploding all around, many of these homes were occupied either by Confederate or Union troops. Nowhere else in the south were plantations so affected by the nation’s bloodiest war than in Virginia. At times, families fled, leaving behind slaves to manage the property. There are still more than 60 plantations in Virginia today, most of them open to the public. Some have been restored, others undergoing that process. If only the walls could talk, the stories we might hear! That’s what we hope to bring into this book on The Plantations of Virginia. We’ll take the tours and talk to the guides and dig even further if there is more to discover. We hope that travelers will be enlightened before they travel to Virginia, their visits will thus be enriched, and that residents will equally love exploring this deep history of Virginia. Accompanying the text will be photographs, taken by one of the authors, showing, in all their splendor, the exteriors of these plantations, as well as areas of interest inside the buildings.
Author | : Matthew Harris |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195326490 |
Download The Founding Fathers and the Debate Over Religion in Revolutionary America Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution. In their personal beliefs, the Founders ranged from profound skeptics like Thomas Paine to traditional Christians like Patrick Henry. Nevertheless, most of the Founding Fathers rallied around certain crucial religious principles, including the idea that people were "created" equal, the belief that religious freedom required the disestablishment of state-backed denominations, the necessity of virtue in a republic, and the role of Providence in guiding the affairs of nations. Harris and Kidd show that through the struggles of war and the framing of the Constitution, Americans sought to reconcile their dedication to religious vitality with their commitment to religious freedom.
Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-03-30 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 078933979X |
Download Thomas Jefferson: Architect Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is the first volume to include all of the existing work by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the father of American architecture. Along with his numerous political achievements, Thomas Jefferson was also the first great architect of the United States. The Jeffersonian Classical style has been so influential that along with Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson, Jefferson is one of the three most recognized architects in American History.
Author | : Bruce Ackerman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2005-10-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674018662 |
Download The Failure of the Founding Fathers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective. Through close studies of two Supreme Court cases, Ackerman shows how the court integrated Federalist and Republican themes into the living Constitution of the early republic.