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The St. Louis Irish

An Unmatched Celtic Community

By: William Barnaby Faherty

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The St. Louis Irish

An Unmatched Celtic Community

By: William Barnaby Faherty

A French-founded frontier village that transformed into a booming nineteenth-century industrial mecca dominated by Germans, the city of St. Louis nonetheless resounds from the influence of Irish immigrants. Both the history and the maps of the city are dotted with the enduring legacies of familiar celts--John Mullanphy, John O'Fallon, Cardinal John J. Glennon--but the true marks of the Irish in St. Louis were made by the common immigrants--those who fled their homeland to settle in the Kerry Patch on St. Louis's near north side--and their battle to maintain cultural, ethnographic, and religious roots. Popular local historian William Barnaby Faherty, S.J., offers readers a look into the history and effects of the Irish immigration to St. Louis. The author can now be placed within a rich Irish heritage in the world of publishing: Joseph Charless, editor of the first newspaper west of the Mississippi, the Missouri Gazette; William Marion Reedy, editor of the Mirror and nineteenth-century literary mogul; Joseph McCullagh, editor of the Globe-Democrat in the late nineteenth century; and controversial author Kate (O'Flaherty) Chopin. The Irish in St. Louis is an enticing ethnographic history of one nationality clinging to its roots in a melting- pot American city. Both visitor and native St. Louisian, Irish or not, will relish this history of one of St. Louis's most enduring communities.

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Missouri History Museum

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1883982391

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9781883982393

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature, Including Their Relations and Application to Actions and Defenses in General

Vol. II

By: William Wait

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A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature, Including Their Relations and Application to Actions and Defenses in General

Vol. II

By: William Wait

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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942

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3385559723

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9783385559721

The Riverside Library

By: William M. Thayer

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The Riverside Library

By: William M. Thayer

Reproduction of the original.

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154

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3732628620

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9783732628629

A Smaller History of English and American Literature for the Use of Schools

By: William Smith,Henry T. Tuckerman

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A Smaller History of English and American Literature for the Use of Schools

By: William Smith,Henry T. Tuckerman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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378

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3368724193

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9783368724191

The Essential Lewis and Clark

By: William Clark,Meriwether Lewis

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The Essential Lewis and Clark

By: William Clark,Meriwether Lewis

Previously published as 'The Journals of Lewis and Clark'"--Title page verso.

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484

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National Geographic Books

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142621717X

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9781426217173

The Death of a President

November 20-November 25, 1963

By: William Manchester

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The Death of a President

November 20-November 25, 1963

By: William Manchester

William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death. Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective -- to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination -- is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.

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Little, Brown

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031637072X

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9780316370721

The Day is Ours!

An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, November 1776-January 1777

By: William M. Dwyer

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The Day is Ours!

An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, November 1776-January 1777

By: William M. Dwyer

The Day is Ours is a dramatic account of two battles that turned the tide of the American Revolution. In this distinguished, highly readable, and richly detailed narrative history, William M. Dwyer reveals as vivid a picture as we are likely to see of a critical period in the American Revolution. He lets the participants--from American, British, and Hessian soldiers to myriad fearful and ambivalent citizens--tell the story in their own words. "Telling the story from the perspective, and often the words, of men in the ranks, Dwyer has written a dramatic account of this turning point in the American Revolution." --James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom " Dwyer] has cast his net wide, taking advantage of newly found or long-obscure accounts published during the celebration of the Revolution's bicentennial. We learn exactly how it was in that momentous time, from letters, diaries and recollections of officers and men on both sides and civilians caught in the middle." --New York Times Book Review "Dwyer has put together a wonderful, lively account that reflects a reporter's respect for quotes from eyewitnesses . . . He presents the facts and lets history speak for itself. The result is enthralling." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "The courage of the common soldier who stayed and fought when the sunshine patriots had all gone home is a story that deserves to be told--and Mr. Dwyer has told it well." --The Wall Street Journal

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450

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Rutgers University Press

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0813526086

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9780813526089

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

By: William Marvel

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The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

By: William Marvel

William Marvel’s The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners’ hopes for independence. Among the pivotal moments during this period were the sinking of the USS Housatonic by the CSS Hunley; Nathan Bedford Forrest’s defeat of William Sooy Smith’s cavalry raid; and the Confederate army’s victory at Olustee, Florida. The repulse of Union advances on Dalton, Georgia; botched Union raids on Richmond; and the capture of the Union garrison in Plymouth, North Carolina, likewise suggested that the tide of fighting had turned toward the Confederate cause. These events boosted the morale of southern troops and citizens, and caused grave concerns about the war effort in the North and in the mind of Abraham Lincoln. In late 1863 and early 1864, dejection and despair prevailed in the South: Union soldiers had vanquished Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, the Confederate nation had been cut in two, Tennessee was lost, and Braxton Bragg’s army had been utterly routed at Chattanooga. Defeatism loomed in the South during the first weeks of 1864, and the ease with which William T. Sherman rampaged across Mississippi illustrated the dominance of Union forces, while Confederates’ ineffectual assault on New Bern accentuated their weakness. Yet between February 20 and April 30, southern troops enjoyed an unbroken string of successes that included turning back a concerted Union offensive during the Red River campaign as well as Forrest’s triumphant incursions into Union City, Paducah, and Fort Pillow. Aided by flawed strategy implemented by Union army officers, the achievements of Confederate forces restored hope and confidence in camp and on the southern home front. The Confederacy’s battlefield successes during the early months of 1864 remained almost unnoticed by Civil War scholars until recently and have never been investigated in detail until now. The victories invigorated southern combatants, demonstrating how abruptly the most dismal military prospects could be reversed. Without that experience, Marvel argues, the Confederates who faced Sherman and Grant in the spring of that year would certainly have displayed less ferocity and likely would have succumbed more quickly to the demoralization that ultimately led to the collapse of Confederate resistance.

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LSU Press

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0807183059

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9780807183052

Book's by William A. (Pat) Biddle

The St. Louis Irish

The St. Louis Irish

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature, Including Their Relations and Application to Actions and Defenses in General

A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law, Whether of a Legal, or of an Equitable Nature, Including Their Relations and Application to Actions and Defenses in General

The Riverside Library

The Riverside Library

A Smaller History of English and American Literature for the Use of Schools

A Smaller History of English and American Literature for the Use of Schools

The Essential Lewis and Clark

The Essential Lewis and Clark

The Death of a President

The Death of a President

The Day is Ours!

The Day is Ours!

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

The Confederate Resurgence of 1864

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