Corcoran Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Painting
ISBN: 9781555953614

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
Author: Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher:
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1856
Genre: Enslaved persons
ISBN:

Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

The Works of Thomas Jefferson;

The Works of Thomas Jefferson;
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2018-02-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781376674316

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Letters of Lord Burghley to Sir Robert Cecil, 1593–8

Letters of Lord Burghley to Sir Robert Cecil, 1593–8
Author: William Acres
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108424554

This is a collection of 128 of William Cecil, Lord Burghley's letters to his son Sir Robert Cecil, 1593-8.

A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Prayer for Owen Meany
Author: John Irving
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 9781560774143

Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen does not believe in accidents and believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying.

Rickover and the Nuclear Navy

Rickover and the Nuclear Navy
Author: Francis Duncan
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1990
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An official Atomic Energy Commission historian assigned to Admiral Rickover's office, Duncan draws on files, documents, and interviews to chronicle the introduction of nuclear powered ships into the US Navy. Covers the period from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR