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The Autobiography of William Simpson, R. I. (Crimean Simpson)

By: George Eyre-Todd,William Simpson

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The Autobiography of William Simpson, R. I. (Crimean Simpson)

By: George Eyre-Todd,William Simpson

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1376694085

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Autobiography of William Simpson Ri

By: William Simpson

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By: William Simpson

William Simpson is widely-known known today as the War Artist whose first-hand depiction of the Crimean War helped bring home the reality of that ill-managed campaign to the British public. His were the surrogate eyes of Empire in many Victorian military adventures, and he reported faithfully and, indeed, sometimes disapprovingly, on what he saw. Simpson was the first of the Victorian "Special Artists" whose primary focus was war, a group that has now yielded place to embedded war correspondents and photographers. But Simpson was more than just a War Artist - his artistic stock in trade encompassed both the military and civil achievements of a world in which the British Empire was at its peak. He was a Scot and proudly independent, and although attendant upon a culture in which jingoism was the dominant paradigm, he had a rare understanding of, and empathy with, many cultures other than his own. As such, he became one of that curious breed of peripatetic Britons who thrived on desolate places and exotic peoples - a breed that included the likes of Sir Richard Burton, Mary Kingsley, David Roberts and David Livingstone. In the process, he acquired a broad knowledge of religion, history, ethnography, archaeology, architecture and linguistics marking him as a true polymath. Simpson has come down in history as one of the chief chroniclers of the Victorian era. His paintings are represented in all the major British galleries and exhibitions, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum, and the Glasgow Art Gallery. His notebooks and sketchbooks now reside (among other places) in the India Office Library in London, the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection (Brown University, Rhode Island, USA), the Edinburgh Library, and the Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand. He was a man of remarkable talent, perseverance, and intelligence, whose place in history is justly secure.

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1389849384

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AUTOBIOG OF WILLIAM SIMPSON R

By: William 1823-1899 Simpson,George 1862-1937 Eyre-Todd

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By: William 1823-1899 Simpson,George 1862-1937 Eyre-Todd

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1360482466

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The Autobiography of William Simpson (Crimean Simpson)

By: William Simpson

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By: William Simpson

William Simpson was born in the slums of Glasgow on the 28th October 1823. Despite receiving very little formal education, his early talents as an artist shone through and in later life he was to find recognition as a famous war correspondent and water colourist. In 1851 he moved to London and found employment as a Special Artist with Day and Son, one of the largest and most prominent lithography firms of the nineteenth century. He was sent to the Baltic, and then the Crimea to record the spectacular battle scenes, and it was there that he earned the name "Crimean Simpson." Later he worked for the Illustrated London News and continued working with the fi rm until his death.

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0955655412

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Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

By: John William Austin,Rebecca H. R. Austin

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Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia

By: John William Austin,Rebecca H. R. Austin

This is the definitive work on Americans taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The bulk of the book is devoted to personal accounts, many of them moving, of the conditions endured by U.S. prisoners at the hands of the British, as preserved in journals or diaries kept by physicians, ships' captains, and the prisoners themselves. Of greater genealogical interest is the alphabetical list of 8,000 men who were imprisoned on the British vessel The Old Jersey, which the author copied from the papers of the British War Department and incorporated in the appendix to the work. Also included is a Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Shepherd's Company of Virginia Riflemen and a section on soldiers of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp who perished in prison, 1776-1777.

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450

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806350237

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9780806350233

Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

By: William Henry Boyd

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Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

By: William Henry Boyd

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

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3375168101

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9783375168100

From Barrow to Boothia

The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839

By: William Barr

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From Barrow to Boothia

The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839

By: William Barr

Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea ice, Dease and Simpson, in some of the longest small-boat voyages in the history of the Arctic, mapped the remaining gaps in a model operation of efficient, economical, and safe exploration. Thomas Simpson's narrative, the standard source on the expedition, claimed the expedition's success for himself, stating "Dease is a worthy, indolent, illiterate soul, and moves just as I give the impulse." In From Barrow to Boothia William Barr shows that Dease's contribution was absolutely crucial to the expedition's success and makes Dease's sober, sensible, and modest account of the expedition available. Dease's journal, reproduced in full, is supplemented by a brief introduction to each section and detailed annotations that clarify and elaborate the text. By including relevant correspondence to and from expedition members, Barr captures the original words of the participants, offering insights into the character of both Dease and Simpson and making clear what really happened on this successful expedition.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077356957X

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9780773569577

A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

By: William Watts Hart Davis

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A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

By: William Watts Hart Davis

Reprint of v. 3 of the 1905 ed. published by Lewis Pub. Co., New York under title: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time.

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0806306416

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9780806306414

A Century Turns

New Hopes, New Fears

By: William J. Bennett

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A Century Turns

New Hopes, New Fears

By: William J. Bennett

A state of the union address as the twentieth century turned into the twenty-first—from the New York Times–bestselling author of America, the Last Best Hope. In A Century Turns, William J. Bennett explores America’s recent and momentous history—the contentious election of 1988, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of global Communism, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, the technological and commercial boom of the 1990s, the war on terror, and the election of America’s first black president. Surveying politics and pop culture, economics and technology, war and religion, Bennett pieces together the players, the personalities, the feats and the failures that transformed key moments in the American story. And he captures it all with piercing insight and unrelenting optimism.

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HarperChristian + ORM

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1418584029

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9781418584023

Murder in the Heartland

By: M. William Phelps

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Murder in the Heartland

By: M. William Phelps

Details the case of Lisa Montgomery, who murdered eight-months-pregnant Bobbie Jo Stinnett and kidnapped her unborn baby, revealing a woman with a history of sexual abuse, abandonment, and desperation that molded her into a sociopath.

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Kensington Books

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0758215568

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9780758215567

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The Autobiography of William Simpson, R. I. (Crimean Simpson)

The Autobiography of William Simpson, R. I. (Crimean Simpson)

Autobiography of William Simpson Ri

Autobiography of William Simpson Ri

AUTOBIOG OF WILLIAM SIMPSON R

AUTOBIOG OF WILLIAM SIMPSON R

The Autobiography of William Simpson (Crimean Simpson)

The Autobiography of William Simpson (Crimean Simpson)

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A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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A Century Turns

A Century Turns

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Murder in the Heartland

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