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A Day in Old Rome

A Picture of Roman Life

By: Dr. William Stearns Davis

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A Day in Old Rome

A Picture of Roman Life

By: Dr. William Stearns Davis

This book tries to describe what an intelligent person would have witnessed in Ancient Rome if by some legerdemain he had been translated to the Second Christian Century, and conducted about the imperial city under competent guidance. The year 134 after Christ has been chosen as the hypothetical time of this visit, not from any special virtue in that date, but because Rome was then architecturally nearly completed, the Empire seemed in its most prosperous state, although many of the old usages and traditions of the Republic still survived, and the evil days of decadence were as yet hardly visible in the background. The time of the absence of Hadrian from his capital was selected particularly, in order that interest could be concentrated upon the life and doings of the great city itself, and upon its vast populace of slaves, plebeians, and nobles, not upon the splendid despot and his court, matters too often the center for attention by students of the Roman past. At the time of original publication in 1925, William Stearns Davis was Professor of Ancient History, University of Minnesota. Richly illustrated throughout.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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178720748X

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9781787207486

A Day in Old Athens (Esprios Classics)

By: William Stearns Davis

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A Day in Old Athens (Esprios Classics)

By: William Stearns Davis

William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 - February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who "contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . [but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline." After first experimenting with short stories, he turned while still a college undergraduate to longer forms to relate, from an involved (fictional) character's view, a number of critical turns of history. This faculty for humanizing, even dramatizing, history characterized Davis' later academic and professional writings as well, making them particularly suitable for secondary and higher education during the first half of the twentieth century.

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1034887661

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A Day in Old Athens

A Picture of Athenian Life

By: William Stearns Davis

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A Day in Old Athens

A Picture of Athenian Life

By: William Stearns Davis

A Day in Old Athens A Picture of Athenian Life Greek life. Life in Classical Athens Brand New Student Edition By William Stearns Davis Professor of Ancient History in the University of Minnesota William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 – February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who “contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . [but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline.” After first experimenting with short stories, he turned while still a college undergraduate to longer forms to relate, from an involved (fictional) character's view, a number of critical turns of history. This faculty for humanizing, even dramatizing, history characterized Davis' later academic and professional writings as well, making them particularly suitable for secondary and higher education during the first half of the twentieth century in a field which, according to one editor, had “lost the freshness and robustness . . . the congeniality” that should mark the study of history. Both Davis' fiction and non-fiction are found in public and academic libraries today.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1494323117

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9781494323110

Gilman of Redford

A Story of Boston and Harvard College on the Eve of the Revolutionary War 1770-1775

By: William Stearns Davis

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Gilman of Redford

A Story of Boston and Harvard College on the Eve of the Revolutionary War 1770-1775

By: William Stearns Davis

William Stearns Davis (1877-1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. cited as one who "contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . [but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline." 1927's Gilman of Redford is a fictionalized novel describing events in pre-Revolutionary War Massachusetts, including the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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546

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1479413593

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9781479413591

The Saint of the Dragon's Dale

By: William Stearns Davis

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The Saint of the Dragon's Dale

By: William Stearns Davis

A story of the demon-haunted forests of Germany in the 13th century, complete with a witch whose twin ravens speak of Satan, robber barons, outlaws, a maiden in distress, and the mysterious Saint of the Dragon's Dale, a powerful, enigmatic figure with a dark secret.

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106

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Wildside Press LLC

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0809500671

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9780809500673

Tales from Kentucky One-room School Teachers

By: William Lynwood Montell

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Tales from Kentucky One-room School Teachers

By: William Lynwood Montell

This book provides descriptive accounts of what the one-room school era was like for teachers, students, and the wider community, encompassing school infrastructure, school events both typical and unusual, teacher-student relationships, and other factors relative to the culture of an educational system that began in pioneer times and ended during the 1950s to the 1970s, primarily in the 1960s"--P. [1].

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302

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813129796

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9780813129792

A World Lit Only by Fire

The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age

By: William Manchester

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A World Lit Only by Fire

The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age

By: William Manchester

A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune

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367

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Back Bay Books

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0316082791

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9780316082792

A Day in Old Athens

A Picture of Athenian Life

By: William Stearns Davis

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A Day in Old Athens

A Picture of Athenian Life

By: William Stearns Davis

A hypothetical tour of the private and public features of Athens during its political and cultural apex circa 360 B.C.

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268

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Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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081960111X

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9780819601117

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

in large print

By: William Stearns Davis

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A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

in large print

By: William Stearns Davis

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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306

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338703489X

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9783387034899

Readings in Ancient History

Greece and the East

By: William Stearns Davis

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Readings in Ancient History

Greece and the East

By: William Stearns Davis

This book aims to set before students beginning the study of Ancient History a sufficient amount of source material to illustrate the important facts mentioned in every good textbook. Many tales have been included which condensed histories may well slight but which afford refreshing illustrations of the ancient life of the ancient viewpoint. It unfolds a panorama of ancient life - etched, drawn, painted, caricatured, by contemporaries. No great phase of that life is neglected. At the time of original publication in 1912, William Stearns Davis was Professor of Ancient History, University of Minnesota.

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384

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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1410212769

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9781410212764

Book's by William Stearns Davis

A Day in Old Rome

A Day in Old Rome

A Day in Old Athens (Esprios Classics)

A Day in Old Athens (Esprios Classics)

A Day in Old Athens

A Day in Old Athens

Gilman of Redford

Gilman of Redford

The Saint of the Dragon's Dale

The Saint of the Dragon's Dale

Tales from Kentucky One-room School Teachers

Tales from Kentucky One-room School Teachers

A World Lit Only by Fire

A World Lit Only by Fire

A Day in Old Athens

A Day in Old Athens

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

Readings in Ancient History

Readings in Ancient History

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