Revolutionaries, Rebels and Rogues of Rhode Island

Revolutionaries, Rebels and Rogues of Rhode Island
Author: M.E. Reilly-McGreen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 161423843X

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it has the tallest tales. It's home to many larger-than-life men with exciting stories of mutiny, revolt and daring. Horror writer H.P. Lovecraft tries to escape the grasp of the demonic "Night-Gaunts" that haunt him. Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, is hung and left to rot as a warning for others pursuing a similar career path. And Samuel Slater, Father of the Industrial Revolution, may be a revolutionary in our eyes, but he is considered a treasonous rogue by the English. Travel with M.E. Reilly-McGreen as she follows up her book Witches, Wenches and Wild Women of Rhode Island with tales of the best and worst men The Ocean State has to offer.

Captains Contentious

Captains Contentious
Author: Louis A. Norton
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781570038075

Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat. --from publisher description

Westminster Arcade, The

Westminster Arcade, The
Author: Janet Mansfield Soares
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467145246

The stately Westminster Arcade was built in 1828, and this landmark building has been a part of Providence ever since. Now known as the Arcade Providence, it is the oldest surviving shopping mall in the United States, and it was recognized from the beginning as an innovative and beautiful structure. It has survived near-demolition, fires, hurricanes, consumer trends, city planners and commercial developers. Within its walls are fascinating stories of the people who made their livelihood between its double façades. Through archival records, interviews and personal accounts, author Janet Mansfield Soares reveals the challenges faced by its tenants from its beginnings as a competitor to Cheapside to its many transformations that mirror Providence's own volatile history.

Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts

Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Author: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 662
Release: 1920
Genre: Massachusetts
ISBN:

Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.

Transactions

Transactions
Author: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 650
Release: 1920
Genre: Massachusetts
ISBN:

"A Few Bloody Noses"

Author: Robert Harvey
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2002-05-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1590209427

The noted British historian and author of Liberators offers a colorful, enlightening and myth-busting history of the American Revolution. According to King George III, Britain merely wanted to give America “a few bloody noses” and return to mutual cooperation. Yet the ensuing uprising led to the creation of the United States, the most powerful country in the modern world. In “A Few Bloody Noses”, Robert Harvey challenges conventional views of the American Revolution in almost every aspect—why it happened; who was winning and when; the characters of the principal protagonists; and the role of Native Americans and enslaved people. Harvey takes a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused, bloody and protracted, and marred on both sides by incompetence and bad faith. He underscores the effect of the Revolution on the settlers in America, and those at home in Britain—the country that the settlers had left behind, and to which many returned. The result is an extraordinarily fascinating and thoroughly readable account.