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Cohoes Revisited

By: The Spindle City Historic Society

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Cohoes Revisited continues the pictorial history begun in Cohoes, the Spindle City Historic Society's first book. It offers a second view of the city and its residents from the 19th century forward, honoring the rich heritage of this place near the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, which was transformed from a farming village to a center of commerce by the construction of the Erie Canal. The Cohoes Falls, the largest cataract east of Niagara, made Cohoes an industrial hub. Massive mill buildings, including one of the largest cotton mills in the world, were erected by the riverfront and along a network of power canals. To the mills came thousands of workers, a diverse group of immigrants who have given Cohoes its distinctive character.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738539430

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9780738539430

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

By: Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

By: Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and common knowledge are combined to present a key snapshot of ancient thought and the Romans' perspective on the world around them. Book VII of The Natural History provides a detailed examination of the human animal and is crucial to understanding the work as a whole. In Pliny's eyes, mankind 'for whose sake nature was created', represents the basis for which the natural world was founded and structured. As a result, the book provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs that were current in Pliny's era. One of the most interesting transitions of subject in The Natural History is that from man to animals (between Books VII and VIII) and for this reason the section on elephants at the beginning of Book VIII is included here, to show how Pliny moves on to his account of the animal he considers 'nearest to the human disposition'. This edition provides the full Latin text accompanied by commentary notes that provide linguistic help and explanations, plus vocabulary lists of Latin terms and an index of proper names. The in-depth introduction provides valuable details about the work's historical, scientific and literary context, as well as an overview of the work's legacy and reception.

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369

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472521013

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9781472521019

A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure

The Great Brewster Journal of 1891

By: Stephanie Schorow

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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure

The Great Brewster Journal of 1891

By: Stephanie Schorow

In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England's prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat, the women rusticated in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in the chance to shed their identities of wife, mother, and daughter. Relive their sojourn through their remarkable journal, filled with observations, illustrations, photographs, and poetry, reproduced here by the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439678162

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9781439678169

Cohoes Revisited

By: The Spindle City Historic Society

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1531623506

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9781531623500

New Orleans Architecture

The University Section

By: Friends of the Cabildo,Robert J. Cangelosi,Dorothy G. Schlesinger

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New Orleans Architecture

The University Section

By: Friends of the Cabildo,Robert J. Cangelosi,Dorothy G. Schlesinger

This section of Uptown New Orleans gets its name from the various colleges and universities that have existed within its boundaries. Loyola and Tulane are two architecturally diverse universities that line St. Charles Avenue in this historic section. The architecture of this area ranges from the Gothic universities to the grand mansions that also line St. Charles Avenue to the modest shotgun homes and cottages scattered around the perimeter of the section.The New Orleans Architecture Series (see page 21) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1996. From the beginning, the Friends of the Cabildo have had as their mission to promote history and to establish and protect New Orleans architecture and make it the best documented in the entire United States.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455609390

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9781455609390

Grafton

By: Debra Krueger and the Grafton Historical Society

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Grafton

By: Debra Krueger and the Grafton Historical Society

In 1838, Timothy Wooden purchased land on the banks of the Milwaukee River and began the settlement that would become Grafton, Wisconsin. Grafton soon became an agricultural and industrial community as the rich "yellow" earth attracted settlers from Germany, Ireland, and England to raise wheat, grazing grasses, and garden crops. Those early settlers discovered vast limestone deposits throughout the region, and by 1890, there were nine kilns operated by the Milwaukee Falls Lime Company. Industries were also created along the banks of the river, and in 1902, William Roebken opened the Badger Worsted Mills, the only worsted wool mill west of Philadelphia. By the early 20th century, Grafton became a music industry center when New York Recording Studios moved into the previous Wisconsin Chair Factory building on the Milwaukee River. Blues greats from all over the country made the trip to Grafton to record their music. Today's Grafton carries on the traditions of its founders by preserving historic buildings and creating new residential and recreational spaces for its residents. With a revitalized downtown, Grafton has become a commercial center for Ozaukee County.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467105511

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9781467105514

New Orleans Architecture: Jefferson City

By: Friends of the Cabildo

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New Orleans Architecture: Jefferson City

By: Friends of the Cabildo

Traces the development of Uptown New Orleans. A thoroughly researched history of the area tells how the land was transformed from the sprawling plantation to an agricultural suburb and finally to the elegant residential city of the 1870s and after. A complete architectural inventory lists all noteworthy buildings of the neighborhood.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455609382

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9781455609383

Book's by The Spindle City Historic Society

Cohoes Revisited

Cohoes Revisited

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure

A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure

Cohoes Revisited

Cohoes Revisited

New Orleans Architecture

New Orleans Architecture

Grafton

Grafton

New Orleans Architecture: Jefferson City

New Orleans Architecture: Jefferson City

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