Spell iii arvin (2 Ergebnisse)
Timber Barons: Privilege & Scandal
Spell III, Arvin Francis (1939-2023) ; Jennifer Newton, Margaret Pomeroy, Joseph Bennett
- Softcover
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USAJoseph Valles - Books
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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. chronicling Arvin F. Spell III's Southern family's experiences and prosperity in the early 20th-century timber industry, filled with personal drama, family secrets, and a glimpse into a bygone era of big business and high society in Georgia, reflecting the opulent but often scandalous lives…of powerful families. The title evokes themes of wealth, power, moral compromises, and the dramatic stories often surrounding America's industrial titans, much like the historical "Robber Barons" of railroads. : A personal family history rooted in Southern Georgia, detailing the rise of the Spell family and their involvement in the timber business from the late 1800s into the 1900s. Themes: Explores family legacies, the business of timber, and the interplay of privilege, drama, and scandal within a prosperous family's life. "Timber Barons": Refers to powerful, wealthy figures who dominated the timber industry, controlling vast forests and mills, similar to railroad "Robber Barons" or "Captains of Industry". ; Arvin Francis Spell, III (1939-2023) was born in Waycross, GA as the only child to Arvin F. Spell, II and Ulma Johnson Spell and grew up on the family's three generation farm in Hazlehurst, GA. A graduate of Mercer University, he taught school in South Georgia for several years before moving to Atlanta to start a family and become a Certified Public Accountant, establishing his own CPA firm in 1974. Spell was an amateur historian and collector of Napoleonic material and furnishings; FINE. Book.
Malmaison
Hubert, Gérard ; translation, C. de Chabannes. ; [photos laid in: Arvin Francis Spell, III (1939-2023) ]
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: E?ditions de la Re?union des muse?es nationaux, 1989
- Softcover
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USAJoseph Valles - Books
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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm ; ISBN 9782711822850, 2711822850 OCLC 20964350 ; LCCN 91141138 LC DC801.R9 H813 1989 Dewey 944.364 ; color photographic stiff wrappers; small tear on front ; Hubert is Conservateur en chef du Musée national de Malmaison ; includes an 8 x 10 color… photograph of the grave of Empress Josephine, and two 5 x7 color photographs of same, plus the original color negatives, taken by Arvin Francis Spell, III (1939-2023) ; He was born in Waycross, GA as the only child to Arvin F. Spell, II and Ulma Johnson Spell and grew up on the family's three generation farm in Hazlehurst, GA. A graduate of Mercer University, he taught school in South Georgia for several years before moving to Atlanta to start a family and become a Certified Public Accountant, establishing his own CPA firm in 1974. Spell was an amateur historian and collector of Napoleonic material and furnishings ; FINE. Book.
