A Tale of Two Plantations

A Tale of Two Plantations
Author: Richard S. Dunn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0674735366

Richard Dunn reconstructs the lives of three generations of slaves on a sugar estate in Jamaica and a plantation in Virginia, to understand the starkly different forms slavery took. Deadly work regimens and rampant disease among Jamaican slaves contrast with population expansion in Virginia leading to the selling of slaves and breakup of families.

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland
Author: E. R. Seary
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 646
Release: 1998
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780773517820

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Where's Poppa?

Where's Poppa?
Author: Bill Dunn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2018-11-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781729574201

The history of the rise and downfall of the Dunn family..... and the feelings between devoted grandparents and evil parents.

Early Settlers of Alabama

Early Settlers of Alabama
Author: James Edmonds Saunders
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1899
Genre: History
ISBN:

Early Settlers of Alabama by Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Golf Course Design

Golf Course Design
Author: Robert Muir Graves
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1998-07-23
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780471137849

Zwei der berühmtesten Golfplatzarchitekten aller Zeiten beantworten Ihnen hier jede erdenkliche Frage zum Thema der Gestaltung von Golfplätzen - von der Finanzierung über die Lage der Löcher und die Wartung des Rasens bis hin zur Entwicklung und Veränderung vorhandener Anlagen. Eine Fundgrube nicht nur für Landschaftsgestalter, sondern auch für interessierte Golfer!