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Tin Horns and Calico

A Decisive Episode in the Emergence of American Democracy

by Henry Christman, Carl Carmer ...

A stirring tale of the antirent agitation in the Catskills, Hudson Valley and up-state New York in the 1840's."As the somewhat cryptic title suggests, this book is concerned primarily with one aspect of a many-sided theme in the economic and social history of New York state, and it deals with that topic in its final stage of popular protest and legal liquidation. During the first two centuries of ... Read more

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A stirring tale of the antirent agitation in the Catskills, Hudson Valley and up-state New York in the 1840's."As the somewhat cryptic title suggests, this book is concerned primarily with one aspect of a many-sided theme in the economic and social history of New York state, and it deals with that topic in its final stage of popular protest and legal liquidation. During the first two centuries of
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Walt Whitman's New York: From Manhattan to Montauk

by Henry M. Christman ...

Walt Whitman's New York: From Manhattan to Montauk, edited by Henry M. Christman, is a captivating exploration of the vibrant New York that inspired one of America's greatest poets. Through Whitman's writings and observations, this book offers a unique perspective on the city and its surroundings during the 19th century, capturing its energy, diversity, and the transformative spirit that fueled ... Read more

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Walt Whitman's New York: From Manhattan to Montauk, edited by Henry M. Christman, is a captivating exploration of the vibrant New York that inspired one of America's greatest poets. Through Whitman's writings and observations, this book offers a unique perspective on the city and its surroundings during the 19th century, capturing its energy, diversity, and the transformative spirit that fueled
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Tin Horns and Calico (UNABRIDGED)

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In the early 19th century, in the Hudson Valley of New York State, hundreds of square miles of land were still the feudal domains of large landowners known as patroons. Such families as the Van Rensselaers, Livingstons, and Schuylers owned the farms and towns in which hundreds of thousands of ordinary people lived and worked. Even the capitol city of New York State, Albany, was encompassed in the ... Read more

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In the early 19th century, in the Hudson Valley of New York State, hundreds of square miles of land were still the feudal domains of large landowners known as patroons. Such families as the Van Rensselaers, Livingstons, and Schuylers owned the farms and towns in which hundreds of thousands of ordinary people lived and worked. Even the capitol city of New York State, Albany, was encompassed in the
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Walt Whitman's New York

From Manhattan to Montauk

Edited by Henry M. Christman ...

This is probably the most notable of all regional books about New York and Long Island. It is the work of Walt Whitman, and its pages reveal the serious professional journalist, and not seldom the poet, writing brave things in prose.The editor comments in his introduction, "Whitman, though a native of the New York area, loved it and wrote of it with the zeal and zest usually found only in those ... Read more

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This is probably the most notable of all regional books about New York and Long Island. It is the work of Walt Whitman, and its pages reveal the serious professional journalist, and not seldom the poet, writing brave things in prose.The editor comments in his introduction, "Whitman, though a native of the New York area, loved it and wrote of it with the zeal and zest usually found only in those
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Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau ...

In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America." ... Read more

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In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau's essay with being "the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America."
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John Jacob Astor: A Biographic Sketch.

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A biographic sketch of the German that came to America and became the richest American of his time through fur trading and real estate investments. ... Read more

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A biographic sketch of the German that came to America and became the richest American of his time through fur trading and real estate investments.
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African American Heritage Super Pack #2

Courage and Perseverance

by Booker T. Washington, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Nella Larsen, Mary Prince, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series. The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality. But it is also filled with courage and perseverance. Gathered here in this omnibus edition are ten books that exemplify courage and a willingness to fight against all odds and at any cost for what is right. These books shed light on ... Read more

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This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series. The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality. But it is also filled with courage and perseverance. Gathered here in this omnibus edition are ten books that exemplify courage and a willingness to fight against all odds and at any cost for what is right. These books shed light on
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

by Frederick Law Olmsted ...

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was a journalist and landscape designer who is regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture: his most famous achievement was Central Park in New York, of which he became the superintendent in 1857, but he also worked on the design of parks in many other burgeoning American cities, and was called by Charles Eliot Norton 'the greatest artist that ... Read more

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Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was a journalist and landscape designer who is regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture: his most famous achievement was Central Park in New York, of which he became the superintendent in 1857, but he also worked on the design of parks in many other burgeoning American cities, and was called by Charles Eliot Norton 'the greatest artist that
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Slave Narrative Six Pack 4

by Ida B. Wells Barnett, William Wells Brown, Mary Prince ...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”- Marcus Garvey.Slave Narrative Six Pack 4 is a mixed bag of narratives, biographies and eye-witness accounts from ex-slaves and abolitionists:The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince.The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave by William Wells Brown.White Slavery in the Ba... ... Read more

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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”- Marcus Garvey.Slave Narrative Six Pack 4 is a mixed bag of narratives, biographies and eye-witness accounts from ex-slaves and abolitionists:The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave by Mary Prince.The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave by William Wells Brown.White Slavery in the Ba...
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Old New York Taverns, Illustrated

by John Austin Stevens ...

A short piece that describes Old Time Taverns in New York city from the time of the founding by the Dutch to the American Revolution.John Austin Stevens Jr. (1827–1910) was a leader of business, an adviser of government and a student of the American Revolution. His was the founder of the Sons of the Revolution. ... Read more

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A short piece that describes Old Time Taverns in New York city from the time of the founding by the Dutch to the American Revolution.John Austin Stevens Jr. (1827–1910) was a leader of business, an adviser of government and a student of the American Revolution. His was the founder of the Sons of the Revolution.
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History of New York City

by William Leete Stone ...

Mr. Stone seems to have intended this work for popular use; yet it is written with great care and commendable accuracy. The narrative, in many of its parts, is necessarily brief, but one can not notice a marked neglect. The history of New York City is divided into three periods, the settlement by the Dutch, the English conquest and the Revolutionary War, and the evacuation bf the British. Every ... Read more

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Mr. Stone seems to have intended this work for popular use; yet it is written with great care and commendable accuracy. The narrative, in many of its parts, is necessarily brief, but one can not notice a marked neglect. The history of New York City is divided into three periods, the settlement by the Dutch, the English conquest and the Revolutionary War, and the evacuation bf the British. Every
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African American Heritage Super Pack #2

Courage and Perseverance

by Booker T. Washington, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Nella Larsen, Mary Prince, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series. The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality. But it is also filled with courage and perseverance. Gathered here in this omnibus edition are ten books that exemplify courage and a willingness to fight against all odds and at any cost for what is right. These books shed light on ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series. The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality. But it is also filled with courage and perseverance. Gathered here in this omnibus edition are ten books that exemplify courage and a willingness to fight against all odds and at any cost for what is right. These books shed light on
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