Bartlett's Classic Illustrations of America

Bartlett's Classic Illustrations of America
Author: W. H. Bartlett
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-09-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486148866

Extremely rare engravings after illustrations of mid-19th-century America by eminent English artist. Superb detailed views of Mount Vernon, Faneuil Hall in Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, much more. All royalty-free.

Domestic Manners of the Americans

Domestic Manners of the Americans
Author: Frances Trollope
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486148807

Witty, entertaining, and controversial account of American life and culture by a woman of rare intelligence and keen perception — with comments on clothing, food, speech, politics, manners, and customs.

Sight Unseen

Sight Unseen
Author: Andrew Menard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 149620753X

John C. Frémont was the most celebrated explorer of his era. In 1842, on the first of five expeditions he would lead to the Far West, Frémont and a small party of men journeyed up the Kansas and Platte Rivers to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. At the time, virtually this entire region was known as the Great Desert, and many Americans viewed it and the Rocky Mountains beyond as natural barriers to the United States. After Congress published Frémont's official report of the expedition, however, few doubted the nation should expand to the Pacific. The first in-depth study of this remarkable report, Sight Unseen argues that Frémont used both a radical form of art and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic desire for expansion. He not only redefined the Great Desert as a novel and complex environment, but on a summit of the Wind River Range, he envisioned the Continental Divide as a feature that would unify rather than impede a larger nation. In addition to provoking the great migration to Oregon and providing an aesthetic justification for the National Park system, Frémont's report profoundly altered American views of geography, progress, and the need for a transcontinental railroad. By helping to shape the very notion of Manifest Destiny, the report became one of the most important documents in the history of American landscape.

The Public Domain Code Book

The Public Domain Code Book
Author: Tony Laidig
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781600371387

Imagine embarking on a fantastic journey-one of exploration and discovery-that will take you around the world to exotic locations and hidden portals. A journey that provides you with instant access to the secret wisdom of the ages...A journey that immerses you in incredible, breathtaking beauty...A journey that places you, the student of discovery, at the feet of the most brilliant minds from every imaginable field of expertise. Can you picture it? Now imagine being able to gain access to that limitless wisdom...boundless beauty...and inexhaustible knowledge...FOR FREE! And better still, what if you were given complete, undeniable permission to personally develop those treasures into any money-making opportunity you can imagine. No questions asked! No limitations! Talk about unlimited income potential! What would an opportunity of THAT magnitude be worth to you? Thousands of dollars? Tens of thousands? PRICELESS? Just think of it...right now: .You have your pick from over 85 million books, many written by the greatest authors to have ever walked the earth. .You have full rights to a private collection of art produced by the world's finest artists, illustrators and photographers. .You have the keys to a movie vault containing thousands of classics you know and love-all at your fingertips-from vintage movies to cartoons and documentaries. .You have unhindered access to the millions of reports, books, videos and images produced by our government every year at a cost of millions. All of it is waiting-hidden-like buried treasure...waiting to be discovered by someone with eyes to see the possibilities...the potential. This treasure is waiting for someone like YOU! Granted, you will need thecourage to believe that anything is possible. You will need a map that shows you where to look. And you will need an expert to train you how to see the hidden gems. Are you ready for X-ray vision? What I am describing is not some far-flung fantasy or pie-in-the-sky pipe dream. It is not a get-rich-quick back alley scam or even a high-level, complex secret reserved for geniuses and gurus. NO! What I am describing is the mostly undiscovered world of Public Domain. It is a world of hidden riches and forgotten secrets that would make the best tomb raiders and treasure hunters salivate with excitement. And your key to it all is "The Public Domain Code Book"! About the Author Tony Laidig is a researcher, a graphic artist, a photographer, a teacher, a publisher and a treasure hunter. He has worked in the Printing and Publishing industries for over 25 years-with the past 14 years spent working specifically as a graphic designer for the Publishing Industry. With over 500 book covers to his credit, Tony is now turning his design talents toward creating his own information products. The Public Domain Code Book is his first major project. Tony and his wife, Deborah, also serve as Directors of Healing the Land, a non-profit organization that addresses Native American issues through education, cultural presentations and publishing. Tony and Deborah's teenage daughters, Ashlea and Courtney, are also actively involved in all aspects of Healing the Land as well. The Laidig family resides in South-Central Pennsylvania.

American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Kevin J. Avery
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2002
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 1588390608

"The Metropolitan Museum began acquiring American drawings and watercolors in 1880, just ten years after its founding. Since then it has amassed more than 1,500 works executed by American artists during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in watercolor, pastel, chalk, ink, graphite, gouache, and charcoal. This volume documents the draftsmanship of more than 150 known artists before 1835 and that of about 60 unidentified artists of the period. It includes drawings and watercolors by such American masters as John Singleton Copley, John Trumbull, John Vanderlyn, Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand, George Inness, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Because the 504 works illustrate such a wide range of media, techniques, and styles, this publication is a veritable history of American drawing from the eighteenth through most of the nineteenth century."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885

American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1999
Genre: Sculpture
ISBN: 0870999230

Volume One: This volume catalogues the distinguished and comprehensive collection of approximately 400 works of American sculpture by artists born before 1865. This publication includes an introduction on the history of the collection's formation, particularly in the context of the Museum's early years of acquisitions, and discusses the outstanding personalities involved. --Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Delphi Collected Works of J. S. Fletcher US (Illustrated)

Delphi Collected Works of J. S. Fletcher US (Illustrated)
Author: J. S. Fletcher
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 5623
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913487199

Although little known today, the English novelist J. S. Fletcher was one of the highest selling writers of the early twentieth century. He wrote more than 230 books covering a range of genres and subjects, including social dramas, exciting thrillers and celebrated historical novels. It is as a pioneering writer of detective fiction that he is being reappraised in the twenty-first century, recognising his important contribution to the development of the genre. Gripping novels like ‘The Middle Temple Murder’ and ‘The Charing Cross Mystery’ are renowned for their complicated, intelligently structured plots, colourful characterisation and unputdownable events. This comprehensive collection presents J. S. Fletcher's collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Fletcher’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 30 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including his almost lost first two novels, ‘Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem’ and ‘Andrewlina’ * Fletcher's very rare and compelling historical novel 'When Charles the First Was King', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collections * Includes Fletcher’s rare poetry collections – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles CONTENTS: The Novels Frank Carisbroke’s Stratagem (1888) Andrewlina (1889) Mr. Spivey’s Clerk (1890) When Charles the First Was King (1892) In the Days of Drake (1895) Where Highways Cross (1895) Mistress Spitfire (1896) Baden Powell of Mafeking (1900) Lucian the Dreamer (1903) Perris of the Cherry-Trees (1913) The King versus Wargrave (1915) The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1917) Paul Campenhaye (1918) The Chestermarke Instinct (1918) The Borough Treasurer (1919) The Middle Temple Murder (1919) The Talleyrand Maxim (1919) Scarhaven Keep (1920) The Herapath Property (1920) The Lost Mr. Linthwaite (1920) The Orange-Yellow Diamond (1920) The Markenmore Mystery (1921) The Root of All Evil (1921) Wrychester Paradise (1921) In the Mayor’s Parlour (1922) Ravensdene Court (1922) The Middle of Things (1922) The Charing Cross Mystery (1923) The Kang-He Vase (1924) The Safety Pin (1924) The Shorter Fiction Mr. Poskitt’s Nightcaps (1910) The Secret of the Barbican and Other Stories (1924) Miscellaneous Stories The Poetry Collections The Juvenile Poems of Joseph S. Fletcher (1879) Early Poems by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1882) Anima Christi (1884) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks