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George Washington's Mount Vernon : At Home in Revolutionary America

At Home in Revolutionary America

by Robert F. Dalzell;Lee Baldwin Dalzell ...

George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his ... Read more

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George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his
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George Washington's Mount Vernon

At Home in Revolutionary America

by Lee Baldwin Dalzell, Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. ...

George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his ... Read more

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George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his
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The House the Rockefellers Built

A Tale of Money, Taste, and Power in Twentieth-Century America

by Robert F. Dalzell, Lee Baldwin Dalzell ...

What it was like to be as rich as Rockefeller: How a house gave shape and meaning to three generations of an iconic American familyOne hundred years ago America's richest man established a dynastic seat, the granite-clad Kykuit, high above the Hudson River. Though George Vanderbilt's 255-room Biltmore had recently put the American country house on the money map, John D. Rockefeller, who detested ... Read more

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What it was like to be as rich as Rockefeller: How a house gave shape and meaning to three generations of an iconic American familyOne hundred years ago America's richest man established a dynastic seat, the granite-clad Kykuit, high above the Hudson River. Though George Vanderbilt's 255-room Biltmore had recently put the American country house on the money map, John D. Rockefeller, who detested
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The Devil in the White City

A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America

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**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco ChronicleA ... Read more

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**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco ChronicleA
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Titan

The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

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National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistFrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a ... Read more

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National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistFrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a
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I Keep Going Back to My Ex - How to Stop Checking Whether an Old Mistake Has Somehow Become a Great Idea

by Max Paradox ...

You broke up for a reason.So why are you staring at your ex’s profile at 11:47 p.m. trying to determine whether a suspiciously attractive elbow in the background belongs to someone new?Going back to an ex can feel completely logical in the moment. You remember the best parts. The chemistry still works. They know you better than new people do. Dating is exhausting. Loneliness is persuasive. And ... Read more

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You broke up for a reason.So why are you staring at your ex’s profile at 11:47 p.m. trying to determine whether a suspiciously attractive elbow in the background belongs to someone new?Going back to an ex can feel completely logical in the moment. You remember the best parts. The chemistry still works. They know you better than new people do. Dating is exhausting. Loneliness is persuasive. And
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City of the Century

The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

by Donald L. Miller ...

"A wonderfully readable account of Chicago's early history" and the inspiration behind PBS's American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of ... Read more

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"A wonderfully readable account of Chicago's early history" and the inspiration behind PBS's American Experience (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).Depicting its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago—and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of
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Rogues' Gallery

The Secret Story of the Lust, Lies, Greed, and Betrayals That Made the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Michael Gross ...

“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.”With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back ... Read more

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“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.”With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back
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The Grandes Dames

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The acclaimed social historian provides an in-depth look at eight society women who shaped upper class culture from the Gilded Age to WWII.Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. Family names that still adorn buildings, streets, and charity foundations. While their men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphonies ... Read more

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The acclaimed social historian provides an in-depth look at eight society women who shaped upper class culture from the Gilded Age to WWII.Astor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. Family names that still adorn buildings, streets, and charity foundations. While their men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphonies
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Citizen Reporters

S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That That Rewrote America

by Stephanie Gorton ...

FINALIST FOR THE SPERBER PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM – BIOGRAPHYA fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure’s and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm—as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in AmericaThe president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who ... Read more

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FINALIST FOR THE SPERBER PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM – BIOGRAPHYA fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure’s and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm—as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in AmericaThe president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who
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The Boston Raphael

A Mysterious Painting, an Embattled Museum in an Era of Change and a Daughter's Search for the Truth

by Belinda Rathbone ...

The discovery of a previously unknown painting by an Italian Renaissance master, and how it went from media sensation to career-ending scandal.On the eve of its centennial celebrations in December 1969, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts announced the acquisition of an unknown and uncatalogued painting attributed to Raphael. Boston's coup made headlines around the world. Soon afterward, an Italian art ... Read more

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The discovery of a previously unknown painting by an Italian Renaissance master, and how it went from media sensation to career-ending scandal.On the eve of its centennial celebrations in December 1969, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts announced the acquisition of an unknown and uncatalogued painting attributed to Raphael. Boston's coup made headlines around the world. Soon afterward, an Italian art
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The Flatiron

The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It

by Alice Sparberg Alexiou ...

The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history.Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City.The Flatiron Building was built by the Chicago-based Fuller ... Read more

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The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history.Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby were knocked down by the winds. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City.The Flatiron Building was built by the Chicago-based Fuller
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