A Sailor's Log

A Sailor's Log
Author: Robley Dunglison Evans
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016529679

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Forty Years of Firsts

Forty Years of Firsts
Author: Earl L. Warrick
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Booknews: Warrick was one of the creators of commercial silicone. He provides an insider's look at the business and scientific history of Dow Corning, recounting the research, product and materials development, and the major participants.

Recollections of Forty Years

Recollections of Forty Years
Author: Ferdinand de Lesseps
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2011-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108026400

This autobiography, in an 1887 translation, describes the career in Europe and Africa of the man behind the Suez Canal.

Recollections of a Southern Daughter

Recollections of a Southern Daughter
Author: Cornelia Jones Pond
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780820320441

The first unabridged publication of the memoirs of Cornelia Jones Pond, a privileged child of a slaveholding family in Georgia, follws her life from her birth into the antebellum world of 1834, through the apocalyptic Civil War, and beyond. UP.

Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898

Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898
Author: W. W. Mills
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2019-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN:

'Forty Years at El Paso' is a candid memoir by William Wallace Mills that documents his personal experiences in the city from 1858-1898. Mills writes about his encounters with notorious figures like Victorio, the Apache general, and his rivalry with A.J. Fountain, his worst enemy. He also details the violence and corruption that plagued El Paso during this time, including the Cardis-Howard feud and the bloody reign of Marshal Studemeier. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of El Paso or the American Southwest.