Allen, Thomas B:The Blue & the Gray
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Great Britain: The Automobile Association. Near Fine. 1999. Reprint. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0749520906 Trade Paperback Trade paperback. Couple of very slight c… More...
Great Britain: The Automobile Association. Near Fine. 1999. Reprint. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0749520906 Trade Paperback Trade paperback. Couple of very slight creases to cover. A celebration of Britain's rich heritage of historic houses and the families who live in them. Features more that 200 castles, palaces and great houses across Britain still occupied by their owners and regularly open to the public, including Althorp, Arundel Castle, Chatsworth, Glamis, Harewood House, Kentwell Hall, Traquair, Warwick Cadstle and Woburn Abbey, as well as many lesser-known treasures. Full descriptions of the highlights of each house, with stories and legends, and many personal views offered by the people who live in and care for them. Hundreds of colour photographs, plus six specially commissioned cut-away illustraitons to give you a peep inside - Blenheim Palace, Holkham Hall, Haddon Hall, Carlton Towers, tredegar House and Blair Castle. Illustrated. 224 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) ., The Automobile Association, 1999, 4, 1910. If you are trying to track down ancestors who lived in Pendleton County, WV, this is the booklet for you. No history here -- it's strictly a goldmine of GENEALOGICAL information. The 196-page spiral bound booklet is printed on 60# white bond, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", with the front cover protected with a vinyl sheet. The booklet is taken from Part II of "A History of Pendleton County West Virginia" by Oren Morton (1910). Although the booklet is new, it was reproduced from an old book in which some names were circled or underlined. Where this was done in pencil it has been erased, but where it was done in ink, it still shows up in the reprinted booklet. The booklet begins with a chapter on "The Nature of Family-Group Histories." As the writer concludes "When persued in the proper spirit, a genealogical search will result in new inspiration of effort rather than the reverse." This is followed by three brief but informative chapters on genealogical research, including a section separating the various Pendelton County family names into nationality groups. Then follows an index to names of "Pioneers and Sub-Pioneers" which I have copied here: Adamson, Alt, Anderson, Arbaugh, Arbogast, Armentrout, Armstrong, Ayers, Bennett, Bible, Black, Bland, Blewitt, Blizzard, Bodkin, Boggs, Bolton, Borrer, Bowers, Brady, Burgoyne, Burns, Byrd, Calhoun, Carr, Caton, Champ, Clayton, Conrad, Cook, Cowger, Cox, Crigler, Crummett, Cunningham, Dahmer, Davis, Day, Dean, Dice, Dickenson, Dolly, Dove, Dunkle, Dyer, Eckard, Evick, Eye, Fleisher, Fultz, George, Gilkeson, Good, Gragg, Greenawalt, Guthrie, Halterman, Hammer, Harman, Harold, Harper, Hartman, Hedrick, Helmick, Hevener, Hiner, Hinkle, Hiser, Hively, Holloway, Hoover, Hopkins, Huffman, Hyer, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Joseph, Judy, Kee, Keister, Keplinger, Kessner, Ketterman, Kile, Kiser, Kline, Kimble, Kisamore, Kuykendall, Lamb, Lambert, Landes, Lantz, Lawrence, Leach, Long, Lough, Mallow, Martin, Mauzy, McAvoy, McClure, McCoy, McDonald, McQuain, Mick, Miley, Miller, Mitchell, Moats, Montony, Moomau, Morral, Mowrey, Moyers, Mozer, Mullenax, Mumbert, Murphy, Nelson, Nesselrodt, Nicholas, Painter, Payne, Pennington, Pennybacker, Phares, Pitsenbarger, Pope, Priest, Propet, Puffenbarger, Raines, Ratliff, Rexroad, Riggleman, Roberson, Ruddle, Rymer, Saunders, Schmucker, Schrader, Shaver, Shaw, Shirk, Shoemaker, Shreve, Simmons, Simpson, Sinnett, Sites, Skidmore, Skiles, Smith, Snider, Sponaugle, Stone, Strawder, Stump, Summerfield, Swadley, Temple, Teter, Thacker, Thompson, Tingler, Trumbo, Vance, Vandeventer, Varner, Vint, Waggy, Wagoner, Walker, Ward, Warner, Waybright, Wees, Whitecotton, Williams, Wilfong, Wimer, Wyant and Zickafoose. Next there is a list of each surname with it's origin and where the family settled. For instance: Dyer--Scotch-Irish--Penn.--1747--Fort Seybert. The actual family names follow. And if your family had members living in Pendleton County in 1910, chances are you can "fill up" your family tree here. Names of spouses, children and siblings and other information is crowded into each listing. Occasionally a biography is included, sometimes dates and occupations are available, but often the data is limited to names, and relationships. For additional historical and genealogical information on Pendleton County, look for another of our booklets, a compilation of excerpts from five different books. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 5.5" x 8.5". Private Press., 1910, 6, Paperback - unopened book still in shrink wrap, binding is square and tight, covers are clean -- Dependable seller since 1994, daily shipping with tracking from our brick and mortar store in Madison, Wisconsin., Penn State University Press, 2023, 5, New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1968). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [book is flawless except for a slight bump to the bottom front corner; jacket is rubbed/scuffed at edges and a bit on the front panel]. (3 B&W photographs) Drama about a close but dysfunctional family whose empty apartment building is about to be demolished. The story behind the play's production is something of an unusual footnote in theatrical/TV history: NBC, feeling at the time that CBS was outpacing it in the "prestige drama" arena, bought the play in order to broadcast its premiere, thus diverting it from its intended Broadway opening. The TV version was rehearsed and staged as though it was a "live" drama, although it was shot and broadcast on videotape (on January 26, 1968). It boasted quite an assemblage of talent: it was produced and directed by Arthur Penn (fresh off the release of BONNIE AND CLYDE, and making his first foray into TV since 1958), and the cast was comprised of Edmond O'Brien, Kim Stanley, E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall (in a dialogueless turn as a severely disabled war vet), Suzanne Pleshette, and a very young Kim Darby. (Each of the actors is depicted in at least one of the three stills in the book.) By all accounts, it was a disaster: Variety's critic rather acerbically noted that the play would have had to run for seven months on the stage for the royalty payments to equal what Hanley reaped from the TV one-shot (reportedly $112,500), while also observing that it "would have done well to run a single week." (Piling on, the critic speculated that "it can only be supposed that no one at the network read the play before forking over the [money]," concluding that "a bad play is a bad play, and outside of rewriting there was nothing much to be done with this opus.") Alas, we may never have a chance to re-evaluate the harsh contemporary judgments, since no tape appears to have been preserved; when Penn's biographer, Nat Segaloff, reported that he hadn't been able to find a copy to look at, the director's response was "I hope you never do." ., Random House, 4, Midlothian & Waxahachie, TX: Penn Jones Publications, 1983. Vol. 7 No. 6. Staplebound. Very Good. Original photocopy, 20 pp., original texts mainly typescript, profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs, diagrams, maps, charts, and published articles from newspapers or magazines. The Origins of "Deep State" Conspiracy Theories, Deep in the Heart of Texas. Pioneering Texas newsletter whose original mission was to debunk the Warren Commission report; the focus of "The Continuing Inquiry" soon broadened to encompass all aspects of the ongoing powers of Deep State America during the critical years of 1976-1984. Seemingly NO lead was too trivial for the editor, Penn Jones (1914-1998), who was among the earliest to publicly challenge the "official" narrative of the JFK assassination. As the newsletter continued into the Reagan years, Jones was quick to point out the increasing power of the Deep State and expand his newsletter to include reportage on aspects and incidents that led back to the players in the JFK assassination. For a lengthy biography of Penn Jones, see the Texas Monthly article "Still On the Case" (Nov. 1983) which describes him as a "feisty, combative country editor of the Midlothian Mirror. Author of the four-volume (so far) privately printed series called Forgive My Grief, the continuing account of his JFK-assassination investigation, which focuses on the deaths and disappearances of the 188 witnesses (so far) who Penn contends knew too much about the assassination conspiracy to be permitted to live." Jones, the son of sharecroppers, joined the Army and served in all the major campaigns in WWII. Upon returning to Texas in 1946 Jones purchased the local newspaper, Midlothian Mirror (circulation - 810) for $4,000. Jones campaigned for increased spending on black schools. His liberal opinions caused controversy and his attacks on the John Birch Society resulted in his office being firebombed. He was later the recipient of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism. In 1963 Jones became involved in investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A fellow researcher, Gary Mack, later explained: "Penn was one of the first generation of researchers who felt the government was behind the assassination - probably a conspiracy involving military intelligence... He always thought LBJ was behind it somehow." Selected Articles: Who really killed JFK?; Auschwitz America; Whatever happened to...; A wistful look at 20 years ago by a Kennedy critic; Lyndon B. Johnson: A memoir; Introduction to "Diary of an Ex-Dallas Deputy - Roger Craig"; Review of: "Let the Trumpet Sound, The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.; "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power" (a negative review of the book); No foul play uncovered in 1962 death of Marilyn Monroe., Penn Jones Publications, 1983, 3, National Geographic Society. Like New. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1993. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Washington, DC: 1993. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. . "The American Civil War--April to April, Sumter to Appomattox, 1861 to 1865--pervades the national conscience....It makes a great story..., " writes Shelby Foote in his foreword to this volume. "I know of none since the Iliad that rivals it either in drama or in pathos...." The Blue and The Gray tells that story, the epic of the first great modern conflict. In so doing, it raises issues still of urgent concern in many lands today: What unifies a diverse nation? What justifies the formation of a new one? What sustains democracy and law in the range of the guns? What peace can follow the loss of 600, 000 lives? Six chapters cover the conflict chronologically. Key characters in the saga are examined in biographical sketches throughout the volume, and a picture-and-text portfolio on a major social or technological theme accompanies each chapter. The book features color illustrations by National Geographic photographer Sam Abell and text by Thomas B. Allen, formerly a Society staff editor and a specialist in military studies. A judicious selection of historical photographs, specially commissioned new maps, and maps from the Civil War era enrich the pages. While tracing the drama of the battlefield, The Blue and The Gray lets the reader meet individuals of the 1860s--on both sides of the front lines. Their own words, eloquent or earthy, funny or pitiful or noble, express the ideals they lived by and died for as family members fought one another and the war toll became the highest in American history. With accompanying guidebook and map supplement, this volume is designed to show and explain why, in Robert Penn Warren's words, "The Civil War is, for the American imagination, the great single event in our history, " and why, in the opinion of Abraham Lincoln, it would affect "hope to the world for all future time." ., National Geographic Society, 5<
