Sailing to Australia

Sailing to Australia
Author: Andrew Hassam
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780719045462

Between 1788 and 1880 some 1.3 million free emigrants arrived in Australia from the British Isles. It was a huge transition, both geographically and culturally, and one way of dealing with this appears to have been to write a diary. The surviving diaries offer snapshots of the lives of and experiences of many ordinary people who emigrated.

Colonial Lives Across the British Empire

Colonial Lives Across the British Empire
Author: David Lambert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2006-11-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521847702

A series of portraits of 'imperial lives' to rethink the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth century.

Testament to Union

Testament to Union
Author: Kathryn Allamong Jacob
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1998-10-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780801858611

This book tells the stories behind the many District of Columbia statues that honor participants in the Civil War. Organized geographically for easy use on walking or driving tours, the entries list the subject and title of each memorial along with its sculptor, medium, date, and location. 92 photos.

When it Rained Cats and Dogs

When it Rained Cats and Dogs
Author: Nancy Byrd Turner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780966556414

Illustrated story of the day when cats and dogs rained down unharmed from the sky. Told in rhyme.