A p c 1957 (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. , 29 pls, paperbound 0.0.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xv, 343 p., incl. front., illus., plates, ports. 20 cm. LCCN 20011644 OCLC 3247460 LC F327 .M44 ; blue cloth with lettering in black ; no dustjacket ; tear at top of spinAfter searching for more than a year for stories of heroes, deeds of daring, of interesting adventuresand worth-while happenings in the history of our state, I came to feel that Alabama's history is so filled with glorious deeds, magnificent sacrifices, thrills and heart-throbs, that the children of the state should be told what truly great men and women their forebears were." ; Contents : Jean Ortis / De Soto's Arrival in Alabama -- A Very Impolite Guest, The Battle of Mauvilla Bienville -- The First White Settlement -- The Expedition That Failed, French Massacred at Natchez Settlement -- The Girls Who Came to an Unknown Land, The First Wives for the Colonists , Twelve Ugly Ducklings, Girls of the Chest -- The Emperor of Coweta, How the French Made Friends with the Indians -- Game Losers, Conditions During Early Settlement -- A Russian Princess, An Early Romance at Wetumpka -- His Mother, An Indian's Courage -- Princess Mary, James Oglethorpe Comes to Alabama -- Stung Arm, An Indian Princess Befriends the French -- Lachlan McGillivray, English Traders Come Among the Indians -- Alexander McGillivray, A Man Whose Power Affected the Nation -- The Heroine of Little River, How the Tensaw Settlers were Saved -- The Camp Angel, British Refugees Wander Through Ahibama, Courage Wins Reward, Paro Saves the Wanderers -- A Real Hero, A Negro Saves the Lives of the Immigrants -- Little Tempey Ellis, Tiny White Girl Rescued by "Old Milly" -- Isaac Heaton's Dogs, Fort Sinquefield in the Greek War -- A Brave Indian, Talladega Fort Saved by General Jackson -- The Canoe Fight, Sam Dale, Jere Austill and James Smith Stage a Great Fight -- Kindness That Came Back, The Fort Mims Massacre -- The Red Eagle, A Reproduction of Alexander Meek's Poem of the Creek War -- Nannawyah, Indians are Warned of Their Removal to the West -- The Stranger Within Our Gates, Aaron Burr's Capture --The Yazoo Fraud, Early Settlers Come into Alabama --The One-Man Senate, Alabama Becomes a Territory, then a State -- The Vine and Olive Company, French Refugees Settle Dcmopolis -- The Man Who Could Make Cow-Bells, St. Stephen's Prosperous Days -- John Hunt's Town, The Founding of Huntsville -- Andrew Dexter's Tract, The Beginning of Montgomery -- Cedar Creek Furnace, The Beginning of Iron-Making in Alabama -- A Vice-President of the United States, Wm. Rufus King, the Founder of Selma -- A Captain of Industry, Daniel Pratt, the Founder of Prattville -- La Fayette's Visit, A French General, the Friend of Amerioa -- Francis Scott Key's Mission to Alabama, Trouble with the Indians -- The First Railroad in Alabama, Experiences of Early Railroad Builders Osceola, The Leader of the Creeks and the Seminoles -- William C. Travis, Leader in the War for Texas Independence -- Billy Goold, The Man Who Found Fortunes for Others -- Jefferson Davis, Memories Recalled by Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt -- Supplies for Southern Soldiers, The Ordnance Department of the Confederacy -- The Boy Artilleryman, John Pelham -- Emma Sansom, The Girl Who Showed General Forrest "The Lost Ford"-- A Story of Real Strategem, General Streight Surrenders to General Forrest -- Fighting Joe Wheeler, Hero of Two Wars -- The Flagship Tennessee, A Naval Battle in Mobile Bay -- A King -of the High Seas, Raphael Semmes, Commander of the "Alabama" -- The David and Goliath of the Sea, The First Torpedo Boat -- A Boy Hero, Thomas Jones Shows His Courage -- Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction Days in Alabama -- What One Boy Made of Himself, How James Pugh Became "The Patrick Henry of Alabama" -- The Birth of Birmingham, How John T. Milner Laid the Foundation for the Great Town , Difficulties of the Young Engineer, The Trick that Didn't Work, The Greatness of the Resources of "The Pittsburg of the South" etc ; scarce ; G. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 617, [3] pages : illustrations (some color), portrait, color maps ; 45 cm ; OCLC 56519674. LCCN 00005457 LC E715 .L63; Folio; large format book; embossed pictorial dark red cloth with decorative endpapers ; tears to a few pages ; foxed ; damage to spine ; two-page maps ; "A pictorial and Dewcriptive Record of the Cuban Rebellion, the Causes that Involved the United States, and a Complete Narrative of our Conflict with Spain on Land and Sea, supplemented with fullest information respectinv Cuba, Porto Rico, The Philippines and Hawaii, their commerce, climate productions history and people. Embellished with 1500 original illustrations, by the great war artists of Leslie's Weekly, and pictures taken of actual scenes by its corps of correspondents and photographers sent to the front for the purpose, including such world-famous masters of the brush and camera as B. West Clinedinst, C. M. Sheldon, E. N. Blue, G. M. Tracer, H. Cresson Schell, G. W. Peters, Howard Chandler Christy, Charles Broughton, C. McKnight Smith, F. H. Schell, Dan Beard, Dan Smith, Burr McIntosh, James Burton, W. F. Hoffman, S. I. Wilkinson, C. Edward Graham, C. T. Rost, J. C. Hemment, W. H. Rau, J. F.J. Archibald, Edward Wilsman, Miss A. N. Benjamin, and illuminated by a series of double-page colored war maps of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii, and chromatic prints of flags and seals of all nations, medals, signals, and insignia that represent all ranks of officers in the army and navy. Compiled and written directly from the Official Records at Washington, with the endorsement of the President, of the Secretary of War, and of the Commanding Officers of the Army and Navy." ; "This work is sold by subscription only, and will never be for sale in book stores" ; Ownership of Edward Fredrick Deichler (1875-1957), a descendent of pioneers Philip and Maximilian Deichler, enterprising shoemakers and stationers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1905 E. F. Deichler was the proprietor of the Kinzler Shoe Co. , Lancaster, and by 1910 he became the manager of 20th Century Shoe Company, 7 South Market Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He also recruited agents to sell tea, coffee, and merchandise in the area. ; 12 ½ x 17 inches ; FAIR. Book. …