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Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City's history and
discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime
archivist for the Memphis Public Library, examines the history and
culture of the Mid-South during its most important decades.
Well-known faces like Clarence Saunders, Elvis Presley and W.C.
Handy are joined by some of the more obscure characters from the
past, like the Memphis gangster who inspired one of William
Faulkner's most famous novels, the local Boy Scout who captured
German spies during World War I, the Memphis radio station that
pioneered wireless broadcasting and so many more. Also included are
the previously unpublished private papers and correspondence of
former mayor E.H. Crump, giving us new insight and a front-row seat
to the machine that shaped Tennessee politics in the twentieth
century.
Crack open the first complete history of Brew City booze. Discover
how Milwaukee's "rum holes" weathered Prohibition and which Jones
Island barkeep owned the longest mustaches. Copy down the best
recipe involving Sprecher Special Amber, Rainbow Trout and
sauerkraut. Sample the rich heritage of Pabst, Schlitz, Gettleman
and Miller: the folk who turned Milwaukee into the Beer Capital of
the World. And save some room for the more recent contributions of
distillers and craft-brewers that continue to make the city an
exciting place for the thoughtful drinker.
Few American phenomena are more evocative of time, place, and
culture than the drive-in theater. From its origins in the Great
Depression, through its peak in the 1950s and 1960s and ultimately
its slow demise in the 1980s, the drive-in holds a unique place in
the country's collective past. Michigan's drive-ins were a
reflection of this time and place, ranging from tiny rural 200-car
"ozoners" to sprawling 2,500-car behemoths that were masterpieces
of showmanship, boasting not only movies and food, but playgrounds,
pony rides, merry-go-rounds, and even roving window washers.
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Tallulah Falls
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Margaret Calhoon, Lynn Speno
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From its beginning as a tourist destination in the
preaCivil War era, Tallulah Falls has drawn large
numbers of travelers and adventurers. The earliest written account
of Tallulah, published in 1819 in the Georgia Journal, stated, athe
cataract of Niagara and its great whirlpool and banks, is the only
superior natural curiosity to the Rapids of Tallulah, that I have
ever seen.a Soon tourists were flocking to the area, and by the
1840s, groups of visitors were common. With the arrival of the
railroad in 1882, hotels and businesses sprang up, leading to an
increase in the number of visitors.
Quite naturally, photographers have long been drawn to the lush
natural beauty of the area, as well as the wealthy tourists and the
hotels that catered to them.
Not all American heroes appear in the standard history texts.
Their achievements aren't celebrated like the monumental exploits
of presidents, generals, and founding fathers. But for as long as
this great nation has existed, ordinary citizens have done
extraordinary things. In Secret Heroes, author Paul Martin
spotlights thirty overlooked Americans, all of whom had an impact
on their world and ours, including:
Hercules Mulligan, the New York tailor and spy who saved George
Washington's life . . . twice
Jimmie Angel, the gold-seeking bush pilot who, in 1933,
discovered the world's highest waterfall in Venezuela.
Carl Akeley, a pioneering taxidermist who killed a leopard with
his bare hands and inspired Africa's first national park.
Eliza Scidmore, who convinced the government to plant cherry
trees in Washington, D.C. . . . after twenty-four years of
lobbying
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Eugene
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David G. Turner
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Since its beginnings in the 1850s, Eugene has attracted independent
thinkers. Its early leaders sited the town in a picturesque
location along the Willamette River and were confident that
agriculture and timber businesses would guide its growth. As Eugene
transformed from a settlement to a city, its citizens took an
active voice in the creation of its identity, like advocating for a
main railroad line to run through town and determining how the
commercial district would branch out from the central downtown
core. Today, the population continues to express strong and diverse
feelings about politics, personal rights, and the environment as it
shares the common experience of living and working in a place of
great natural beauty.
Routledge Library Editions: Immigration and Migration, a collection
of 20 previously out-of-print titles, features some key research on
a multitude of subject areas. Integration, assimilation,
multi-culturalism, historical and modern migration, questions on
culture, language, labour and law - all are covered here, forming a
snapshot of the immigrant experience across the world.
German Cincinnati Revisited illuminates the major festivities,
celebrations, and events throughout the calendar year in the
Greater Cincinnati area that reflect the German heritage of the
region. It begins with the celebration of Bockfest in March,
heralding the end of winter and the beginning of spring, continuing
on with chapters on Maifest, German Day, RoeblingFest,
Schuetzenfest, Oktoberfest, and German-American Heritage Month. A
final chapter covers the German Heritage Museum of Cincinnati.
Organized around single country studies embedded in key historical
moments, this book introduces students to the shifting and varied
guerrilla history of Latin America from the late 1950s to the
present. It brings together academics and those directly involved
in aspects of the guerrilla movement, to understand each country's
experience with guerrilla warfare and revolutionary activism. The
book is divided in four thematic parts after two opening chapters
that analyze the tradition of military involvement in Latin
American politics and the parallel tradition of insurgency and coup
effort against dictatorship. The first two parts examine active
guerrilla movements in the 1960s and 1970s with case studies
including Bolivia, Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Part 3 is dedicated to the Central American Civil Wars of the 1980s
and 1990s in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. Part 4 examines
specific guerrilla movements which require special attention.
Chapters include Colombia's complicated guerrilla scenery; the
rivalling Shining Path and Tupac Amaru guerrillas in Peru; small
guerrilla movements in Mexico which were never completely
documented; and transnational guerrilla operations in the Southern
Cone. The concluding chapter presents a balance of the entire Latin
American guerrilla at present. Superbly accessible, while retaining
the complexity of Latin American politics, Latin American Guerrilla
Movements represents the best historical account of revolutionary
movements in the region, which students will find of great use
owing to its coverage and insights.
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