John Hays Hammond's Books

Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi

The American Horticulatural Society's Guide to American Public Gardens and Arboreta

By: John H. Russell,Thomas S. Spencer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi

The American Horticulatural Society's Guide to American Public Gardens and Arboreta

By: John H. Russell,Thomas S. Spencer

Gardening is one of America's most popular hobbies, and attendance at public gardens and arboreta continues to rise. Gardens Across America is a comprehensive two-volume guide to nearly 2,000 gardens. Each entry in this state-by-state guide contains such basic information as hours of operation and directions as well asa listing of activities, educational programs, and any unique botanical features. Gardens are also indexed by type (Japanese, children's etc. and by designer; another index lists plant species and where they can be found. Twenty-four pages of color plates round out this portable directory of America's public gardens.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

476

Publisher

Taylor Trade Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461733669

ISBN 13

9781461733669

The Guggenheims

An American Epic

By: John H. Davis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Guggenheims

An American Epic

By: John H. Davis

This definitive portrait of one of America's wealthiest, most influential dynasties traces their dynamic and often tragic lives. 'The Guggenheims': Meyer Guggenheim, the penniless immigrant whose genius for business and penchant for taking risks made the family fortune; Solomon Guggenheim, the pioneer art patron who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build the revolutionary piece of modern architecture, The Guggenheim Museum, opening the doors of contemporary art to America; Peggy Guggenheim, self-styled 'first liberated woman' who built a Venetian palace for her art but lost both her daughter and her lover to suicide; Daniel & Harry Guggenheim, whose financial interest in rocket science supported the Apollo moon landing and the growth of America's modern space program; Roger W Straus Jr, grandson of Daniel Guggenheim, who became America's foremost literary publisher, bringing numerous Nobel Prize Winning authors to the world's bookshelves. Updated with the latest from the heirs to the Guggenheim dynasty and illustrated throughout with rare family photos, John Davis has chronicled the saga of one of America's first families of philanthropy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

498

Publisher

SP Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1561713511

ISBN 13

9781561713516

A Woman's Part in A Revolution

By: John Hays Hammond

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Woman's Part in A Revolution

By: John Hays Hammond

Reproduction of the original: A Woman's Part in A Revolution by John Hays Hammond

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3752308397

ISBN 13

9783752308396

Sea Power and the American Interest

From the Civil War to the Great War

By: John Morton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sea Power and the American Interest

From the Civil War to the Great War

By: John Morton

From the Civil War to the Great War, the transatlantic commercial trading system that dated from the nation’s colonial times continued in America. By 1900, the sustainability of this Atlantic System was in the material interest of an industrial America on which its aggregate national prosperity depended. The principal beneficiary of this political-economic reality was the American moneyed interest centered in the Northeast, with New York City at the heart. Author John Fass Morton explains how this country came to put a value on commercial opportunities overseas in support of America’s steel industry. Europeans and Americans alike pursued informal empires for resource acquisition and markets for surplus capital and output. Morton looks at how U.S. policy found consensus around the idea of empire, taking stock of the opening of Latin American and Chinese markets to American commerce as a means for averting socially destabilizing economic depressions. Republican administrations reflected Wall Street finance and America’s other three Madisonian interests—commercial, manufacturing, and agrarian—with the Open Door and Dollar Diplomacy policies to establish fiscal protectorates in Central America and the Caribbean. Undergirding Dollar Diplomacy was their commitment to “a great navy” that would be the “insurance” for an ongoing American interest that Dollar Diplomacy represented. With the strategic arrival of the petroleum sinew and the Wall Street reassessment of the Open Door in China, the Wilson administration tilted toward protecting American investments in the hemisphere—notably in Mexico—with a “Big Navy.” With Wilson, a progressive foreign policy establishment arrived while continuing to reflect the transatlantic internationalism of the Northeast moneyed interest. As a twentieth century progressive institution, the Navy would thus sustain an American expansion that was now progressive. The Navy story from the Civil War to the Great War reveals a truth. The foundational and dynamic sectors of a great nation’s economic base—its sinews—give rise to policy consensus networks that drive national interest, long-term strategy, and the characteristics of its elements of national power. It follows that the attributes of sea power must be material expressions of those sinews, allowing a navy better to serve as a sustainable and actionable tool for a great nation’s interest.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Naval Institute Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1682479129

ISBN 13

9781682479124

American Diplomacy and the Boer War

By: John H. Ferguson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Diplomacy and the Boer War

By: John H. Ferguson

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

252

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1512815829

ISBN 13

9781512815825

The Traveler's Guide to the Most Scenic Roads in Massachusetts

By: John Gibson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Traveler's Guide to the Most Scenic Roads in Massachusetts

By: John Gibson

John Gibson offers a variety of routes for those wishing to appreciate the more rural side of Massachusetts. Routes vary in length. Some are circular, others point-to-point, but all seek out the less-traveled routes and steer explorers away from congestion and the worst examples of modern development. John's writing style is accessible, concise, informative, and infused with the author's appreciation for the true character of New England.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

177

Publisher

Down East Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1608934330

ISBN 13

9781608934331

Crown and Charter

The Early Years of the British South Africa Company

By: John S. Galbraith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Crown and Charter

The Early Years of the British South Africa Company

By: John S. Galbraith

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520338456

ISBN 13

9780520338456

Cecil Rhodes

By: John Flint

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cecil Rhodes

By: John Flint

A biography of the businessman and politician, Cecil Rhodes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

230

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published Date

ISBN 10

0316086703

ISBN 13

9780316086707

The Health of the Presidents

The 41 United States Presidents Through 1993 from a Physician's Point of View

By: John R. Bumgarner, M.D.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Health of the Presidents

The 41 United States Presidents Through 1993 from a Physician's Point of View

By: John R. Bumgarner, M.D.

Surrounded by well-meaning aides, physicians sworn to confidentiality, and in some cases, sycophants, the president of the United States usually keeps the state of his health well-guarded from the American public. Though the intention of the 25th Amendment is to provide for the removal of an impaired president, the level of discretion involved in such a decision has caused many to question whether it serves the national interest. In large part, the men who have served as president have been past middle age and susceptible to the dame maladies as the rest of the aged population. The complete medical history of each of the first 41 U.S. presidents, emphasizing illnesses that affected them during their administrations, is here set out for the lay reader by a physician. The presidents' health care regimens (diet, exercise, home remedies, etc.) and physicians' treatments are also discussed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476606927

ISBN 13

9781476606927

Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War

By: John Albert White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War

By: John Albert White

Concentrating on the political rather than the military aspects of the Russo-Japanese War, Professor White describes the attempts by Witte, Komura, and others to assume the role in the Far East traditionally held by the Chinese. In a detailed account of the Portsmouth Conference, particular attention is given to Sergei Witte, Russian delegate to the peace conference, and Komura, Japanese delegate. New source material was made available by the U.S., British, French, German, Japanese, and Soviet governments. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

431

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400877202

ISBN 13

9781400877201

Empire and Revolution

The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War

By: John Mason Hart

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Empire and Revolution

The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War

By: John Mason Hart

This is an extraordinarily important history of both U.S.-Mexico relations and of the political, economic, social, and cultural activities of Americans in Mexico."—Friedrich Katz, author of The Life and Times of Pancho Villa "Empire and Revolution is empowering as well as informative, providing a detailed record and judicious interpretation of the protean relations between the United States and Mexico. As John Mason Hart convincingly narrates, the association is of dynamic importance for people of both countries. While there have been studies on discrete parts and periods of the U.S.-Mexico relation, this book charts and anchors the relation globally. Hart allows the reader intellectual as well as imaginative insight into the multifaceted social, cultural, and political reality of the sharing of North America—then, now, and in the future."—Juan Gomez-Quinones, author of Mexican-American Labor, 1790-1990

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

722

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520246713

ISBN 13

9780520246713

The Auriferous Gravels of California

By: John Hays Hammond

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Auriferous Gravels of California

By: John Hays Hammond

The Auriferous Gravels of California. - This publication very rare and very hard to find was put out by John Hays Hammond, a legend and expert in his own right in the motherlode region of California. This publication was an excerpt in a publication report in the late 1800's that was not very well know. In the 80 pages the author describes the geology of their occurrence and the methods of their exploitation. Many diagrams and pictures make this one of the best forgotten publications of the Motherlode. Now back in Print by Sylvanite Publishing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Sylvanite, Incorporated

Published Date

ISBN 10

1614740925

ISBN 13

9781614740926

Titanic

A Journey Through Time

By: John P. Eaton,Charles A. Haas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Titanic

A Journey Through Time

By: John P. Eaton,Charles A. Haas

An illustrated chronology of the Titanic, providing details about the people and events related to the ship from its conception, construction, and testing, through the exploration and exhibition of the wreckage.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393047822

ISBN 13

9780393047820

All the Great Prizes

The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt

By: John Taliaferro

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

All the Great Prizes

The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt

By: John Taliaferro

A portrait of Lincoln's private secretary and the Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt traces his constant presence at Lincoln's side and his role in major historical events for more than half a century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

688

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1416597344

ISBN 13

9781416597346

Book's by John Hays Hammond

Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi

Gardens Across America, East of the Mississippi

The Guggenheims

The Guggenheims

A Woman's Part in A Revolution

A Woman's Part in A Revolution

Sea Power and the American Interest

Sea Power and the American Interest

American Diplomacy and the Boer War

American Diplomacy and the Boer War

The Traveler's Guide to the Most Scenic Roads in Massachusetts

The Traveler's Guide to the Most Scenic Roads in Massachusetts

Crown and Charter

Crown and Charter

Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

The Health of the Presidents

The Health of the Presidents

Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War

Diplomacy of the Russo-Japanese War

Empire and Revolution

Empire and Revolution

The Auriferous Gravels of California

The Auriferous Gravels of California

Titanic

Titanic

All the Great Prizes

All the Great Prizes

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email