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History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

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History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

Woodford County, Kentucky was first surveyed and shaped in 1788. Railey's History takes the county through the nineteenth century. The book contains hundreds of family sketches, each with data on the original Kentucky immigrant, his wife and children, and their distinguished and numerous progeny. Also interspersed throughout the book are lists of marriage, census, and military records accounting for the names of an additional 5,000 early Woodford County residents.

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480

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806379995

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9780806379999

Take My Advise

By: Edward Charles Buck

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Take My Advise

By: Edward Charles Buck

Originally published circa 1875, this guide provides a comprehensive insight into Victorian life. With 70 illustrations. it illustrates the domestic arrangements of the Victorian upper and middle classes and provides a window into the social structure and stability.

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367

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OTCEditions

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1849860106

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9781849860109

Creating the National Pastime

Baseball Transforms Itself, 1903-1953

By: G. Edward White

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Creating the National Pastime

Baseball Transforms Itself, 1903-1953

By: G. Edward White

At a time when many baseball fans wish for the game to return to a purer past, G. Edward White shows how seemingly irrational business decisions, inspired in part by the self-interest of the owners but also by their nostalgia for the game, transformed baseball into the national pastime. Not simply a professional sport, baseball has been treated as a focus of childhood rituals and an emblem of American individuality and fair play throughout much of the twentieth century. It started out, however, as a marginal urban sport associated with drinking and gambling. White describes its progression to an almost mythic status as an idyllic game, popular among people of all ages and classes. He then recounts the owner's efforts, often supported by the legal system, to preserve this image. Baseball grew up in the midst of urban industrialization during the Progressive Era, and the emerging steel and concrete baseball parks encapsulated feelings of neighborliness and associations with the rural leisure of bygone times. According to White, these nostalgic themes, together with personal financial concerns, guided owners toward practices that in retrospect appear unfair to players and detrimental to the progress of the game. Reserve clauses, blacklisting, and limiting franchise territories, for example, were meant to keep a consistent roster of players on a team, build fan loyalty, and maintain the game's local flavor. These practices also violated anti-trust laws and significantly restricted the economic power of the players. Owners vigorously fought against innovations, ranging from the night games and radio broadcasts to the inclusion of African-American players. Nonetheless, the image of baseball as a spirited civic endeavor persisted, even in the face of outright corruption, as witnessed in the courts' leniency toward the participants in the Black Sox scandal of 1919. White's story of baseball is intertwined with changes in technology and business in America and with changing attitudes toward race and ethnicity. The time is fast approaching, he concludes, when we must consider whether baseball is still regarded as the national pastime and whether protecting its image is worth the effort.

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385

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Princeton University Press

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140085136X

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9781400851362

The Political History of the United Stat

By: Edward McPherson

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The Political History of the United Stat

By: Edward McPherson

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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666

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Applewood Books

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1429015861

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9781429015868

The Architecture of Jefferson Country

Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia

By: K. Edward Lay

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The Architecture of Jefferson Country

Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia

By: K. Edward Lay

But what is less well known are the many important examples of other architectural idioms built in this Piedmont Virginia county, many by nationally renowned architects.".

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410

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University of Virginia Press

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0813918855

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9780813918853

The Political History of the United States of America

By: Edward McPherson

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The Political History of the United States of America

By: Edward McPherson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

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3368146114

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9783368146115

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History of Woodford County, Kentucky

History of Woodford County, Kentucky

Take My Advise

Take My Advise

Creating the National Pastime

Creating the National Pastime

The Political History of the United Stat

The Political History of the United Stat

The Architecture of Jefferson Country

The Architecture of Jefferson Country

The Political History of the United States of America

The Political History of the United States of America

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