It Happened in Virginia: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened In Series) - Softcover

Hines, Emilee

 
9780762754243: It Happened in Virginia: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened In Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762754249 ISBN 13: 9780762754243
Verlag: GPQ-Globe Pequot, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Well know for its historic buildings, battlefields, and beaches, Virginia has a colorful and dramatic past. It Happened in Virginia tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of this beautiful state, from the first American revolution in 1676 to the capture of a Soviet spy in 1985.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Though she is a native Virginian, Emilee Hines finds she is always learning new and interesting things about the history of her home state. Emilee taught history, English, and creative writing for thirty years before retiring, and she is now a freelance writer.

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Well known for its historic buildings, battlefields, and beaches, Virginia has a colorful and dramatic past. It Happened in Virginia tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of this beautiful state, from the first American revolution in 1676 to the capture of a Soviet spy in 1985. Learn how Joel Sweeney invented the banjo and went on to be called "the Pied Piper of Appomattox." And how Professor Thomas Jonathan Jackson, a teacher at a small military school, earned his own nickname: Stonewall Jackson. Read about a cigarette rolling machine that sparked a vast tobacco fortune, a massive bank embezzlement by the unlikeliest of robbers, and the election of the nation's first African-American governor.

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Verlag
GPQ-Globe Pequot
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762754249
ISBN 13 
9780762754243
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
168
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