The Visual Encyclopedia of American Landmarks

The Visual Encyclopedia of American Landmarks
Author: Thomas W. Paradis
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-07
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 9780857234148

This fascinating book contains more than 150 significant landmarks of the United States of America. It includesplaces of military history and conflict, recreation grounds and public spaces, and skyscrapers built usinggroundbreaking design and construction techniques. Anhistorical overview of every landmark details the reason for its existence, methods of construction anddevelopment, important architectural considerations, andassociations with culturally important events or people.Here is the perfect reference for students of American social history and architecture, as well as those keen to travel and see the best of what each state has to offer.

50 Great American Places

50 Great American Places
Author: Brent D. Glass
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1451682034

Profiles fifty sites across the United States that trace the cultural history of the country, discussing the people and events that led to each site's importance, from the National Mall in D.C. to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

The Great American Landmarks Adventure

The Great American Landmarks Adventure
Author: Kay Weeks
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2008-08-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780160811388

Depicts forty-three National Historic Landmarks, from a prehistoric cave painting to the 1969 moon rocket, and explains their significance in representing events, achievements, ideals, and cultures in America.

Historic American Landmarks

Historic American Landmarks
Author: A. G. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2005-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486444899

Visit 30 famous, man-made American landmarks -- from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii. Captions accompany easy-to-color illustrations.

American Landmarks: Miniature Models to Cut and Assemble

American Landmarks: Miniature Models to Cut and Assemble
Author: Matt Bergstrom
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0486482812

Sixteen miniature scale models of famous U.S. architectural landmarks will captivate young and old alike. Includes the Statue of Liberty, Space Needle, Gateway Arch, Chicago Water Tower, Lincoln Memorial, Boston's Faneuil Hall, and more.

Lies Across America

Lies Across America
Author: James W. Loewen
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1620974932

A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning author "The most definitive and expansive work on the Lost Cause and the movement to whitewash history." —Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans From the author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a completely updated—and more timely than ever—version of the myth-busting history book that focuses on the inaccuracies, myths, and lies on monuments, statues, national landmarks, and historical sites all across America. In Lies Across America, James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. New changes and updates include: • a town in Louisiana that was the site of a major but now-forgotten enslaved persons' uprising • a totally revised tour of the memory and intentional forgetting of slavery and the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia • the hideout of a gang in Delaware that made money by kidnapping free blacks and selling them into slavery Entertaining and enlightening, Lies Across America also has a serious role to play in contemporary debates about white supremacy and Confederate memorials.

Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia

Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia
Author: Roger W. Moss
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This opulent volume, by the author and photographer of the acclaimed Historic Houses of Philadelphia, will serve as a guide through the architectural and religious traditions of Philadelphia, complete with maps, telephone numbers, and web sites.

Monuments

Monuments
Author: Judith Dupré
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Skyscrapers, Churches, and Bridges comes a stunning visual history that serves as a tribute to classic American landmarks.

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island
Author: Ralph F. Brady
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2012-07-17
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614235902

New York's Long Island is long on history from land to sea! Ralph Brady covers well known and unknown sites, events, homes, places and people. Everyone lucky enough to live on Long Island already knows that it's like nowhere else in the world. From lighthouses and a one-hundred-year-old carousel to World War II camps and missile sites, Long Island native Ralph Brady reveals the secrets to what makes this little-big island so special with a tour of some of Nassau and Suffolk's most historic locations. Walt Whitman, William Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt and many others occupied remarkable homes around the island. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight to France from what is now a shopping mall. For many years, a Long Island factory gave the world the game of Scrabble. Even the waters teem with history, with the modern submarine making its start off the coast. Come explore these and other settings from Long Island's past.

The Landmark History of the American People

The Landmark History of the American People
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9781935570134

"In this lively, authoritative, and above all inspiring introduction to American history, Boorstin focuses on people, recounting how men and women, fired by heart and spirit, traveled from all corners of the globe to America and became its people. A tribute to America's shared heritage, The Landmark History of the American People is itself a heritage that every family will want to share, again and again." --