Local and family history, nostalgia

Brothers William Donnell Crooker and Charles Crooker were among the most prominent mid-nineteenth-century shipbuilders in Bath, Maine, itself one of the most prominent shipbuilding cities in the world during that time.

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Where's your sense of adventure?

On an I will if you will dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 for three years, unless sooner discharged.

The first and finest handbook for travelers of the Old American West.

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on?

London's royal parks are amongst its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station, the mere mention of Hyde or Regent's Park is enough to evoke the capital in all its glory for residents and tourists alike.

They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors.

A true love story that defied convention and class.

One hundred and fifty years ago, the United States was saved at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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**YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS ARE NOT JUST FOR SUNDAYS**The beloved hollowed-out cup shape of the Yorkshire Pud can house delicious fillings to suit any time of the day or week.

In the author's words, her book includes the island's fabulous collection of historic and contemporary tidbits, including those about people who come to the island in secret; celebrity scandals, as seen from the point of view of people who live on Martha's Vineyard; unsolved murders; sea monster sightings; paranormal events; shipwrecks; and some only on the Vineyard eccentrics and crackpots from the last 350 years.

High adventure, dastardly deeds, and newly uncovered lore.

The wild and scenic Allagash River flows northward a hundred miles through uplands of unbroken forest.

From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands suffered one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder in modern Europe.

**DEMON COPPERHEAD - THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL - IS AVAILABLE NOW**THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHORWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZEMother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about family, heartbreak and love.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Beantown.

An often overlooked segment of Maine (and American) history is the story of women in the working class dance industries.

In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history.

On an I will if you will dare, John Haley enlisted in the 17th Maine Regiment in August 1862 for three years, unless sooner discharged.

Roots of Stone is a passionate tapestry, weaving the story of Scotland with the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people.

Many nefarious characters have passed through Maine on their way to infamy, including the pirates Dixie Bull and Blackbeard (Edward Teach), and gangster Al Brady, who was gunned down by G-men in the streets of Bangor.

Originally published in 1958, Teach Yourself Good Manners is a fascinating guide, packed full of both timeless advice and tips that demonstrate just how much life has changed in the 60 years since it published.

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This is the fourth volume for County Antrim in our Gravestone Inscription Series and our thirty-first overall.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Beantown.

The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family, prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century.

In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history.

Originally published in 1937 as part of the Rivers of America series, this book has become a classic of Maine literature.

Use online tools to discover your family's history!

The wild and scenic Allagash River flows northward a hundred miles through uplands of unbroken forest.

On October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maines Penobscot Bay.

LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014'A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness .

The close ties between the people and the land in Ulster has only within the last two generations, been replaced by a more urban 'modern' lifestyle.

Contains over one hundred descriptions of the Battle of the Alamo by people who were witnesses or who claimed to have witnessed the event.

Sie sind schon einmal mit offenen Sinnen durch die eigene Stadt gelaufen?

They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors.

An American girl of Japanese ancestry is exiled in her own country after Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

This is the definitive account of a beloved hotel that has played a memorable role in San Antonio's history.

In the beginning it was happy trails.

Killer 'Cane takes place in the Florida Everglades, which was still a newly settled frontier in the 1920s.

Two subjects continue to fascinate peoplethe Old West and a good mystery.

Belmore: The Lowry-Corry Families of Castle Coole, 1646-1913 tells the fascinating story of two families who left Dumfries in the mid 17th century to settle in Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Aquesta monografia recull les reflexions de diferents professors de la Universitat de València realitzades en diferents localitats del territori valencià durant el programa 2014-15.

Als im Frühjahr 2009 das Fernsehmagazin 'Sachsen-Anhalt heute' erstmals 'Heimatkunde.

El castillo-palacio de Alaquàs es una de las obras más destacadas de la arquitectura renacentista valenciana.

Als im Frühjahr 2009 im Fernsehmagazin "sachsen-anhalt heute" erstmals 'Heimatkunde.

In my book, "Blown by Iraq," published in 2019 by this honorable publishing house, "Dar al-Rafidain," there was an attempt to document the stormy Iraqi political and social events of the period 1991-2003, and here in this new book there is an attempt to document the terrible phase itself and read it through cultural facts, where it is not possible to approach The Iraqi scene, specifically since the wars and campaigns of repression imposed their heavy and destructive presence on the country and its people, has been a scene completely devoured by alienation and exile.

Repeticiones de aniversarios, nacimientos que coinciden con fechas de acontecimientos determinantes para una familia determinada, accidentes similares que ocurren a lo largo de varias generaciones.