America 1844

Author : John Bicknell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613730101
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book America 1844 written by John Bicknell and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, we'd be living in a very different country today. It cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the "Great Disappointment" in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844. Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year-the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frémont's exploration of the West, Charles Goodyear's patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American future-Democrats v. Whigs, Mormons v. Millerites, nativists v. Catholics, those who risked the venture westward and those who stayed safely behind-and how Polk's victory cemented the vision of a continental nation. John Bicknell has written and edited for FCW, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and was coeditor of the 2012 edition of Politics in America, CQ's 1200-page guide to the US Congress. He lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

Author : John Bicknell
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613730136
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America 1844 written by John Bicknell and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, we'd be living in a very different country today. It cemented the westward expansion that brought Texas, California, and Oregon into the union. It also took place amid religious turmoil that included anti-Mormon and anti-Catholic violence, and the "Great Disappointment" in which thousands of followers of an obscure preacher named William Miller believed Christ would return to earth in October 1844. Author and journalist John Bicknell details even more compelling, interwoven events that occurred during this momentous year-the murder of Joseph Smith, the religious fermentation of the Second Great Awakening, John C. Frémont's exploration of the West, Charles Goodyear's patenting of vulcanized rubber, the near-death of President John Tyler in a freak naval explosion, and much more. All of these elements illustrate the competing visions of the American future-Democrats v. Whigs, Mormons v. Millerites, nativists v. Catholics, those who risked the venture westward and those who stayed safely behind-and how Polk's victory cemented the vision of a continental nation. John Bicknell has written and edited for FCW, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, and was coeditor of the 2012 edition of Politics in America, CQ's 1200-page guide to the US Congress. He lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

Author : Carl Solms-Braunfels
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574411249
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyage to North America, 1844-45 written by Carl Solms-Braunfels and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Included in the Appendix are two additional important documents. First, is the diary of the colonial director of the Adelsverein, Alexander Bourgeois, who accompanied Solms until dismissed in August 1844. This record provides a unique counterpoint to Solms's viewpoint. The second is the Memoir on American Affairs, addressed to Queen Victoria. In this, written in 1845 some months after Solms's return to Germany, develops political views which were strongly influenced by Solms's stay in Texas."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Robert Godley
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : General Microfilm Company
ISBN 13 : 9780608421957
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from America. 1844 written by John Robert Godley and published by Cambridge, Mass. : General Microfilm Company. This book was released on 1976 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 914 pages
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Download or read book The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from ... written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781363994243
Total Pages : 470 pages
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Download or read book MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH 1844-1865 written by George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Cambridge Philosophical Society
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Total Pages : 616 pages
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Author : William Philip HIERN
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book A Monograph on Ebenaceæ. From the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, etc written by William Philip HIERN and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Menahem Blondheim
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674622128
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book News Over the Wires written by Menahem Blondheim and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique history of telegraphic news gathering and news flow evaluates the effect of the innovative technology on the evolution of the concept of news and journalistic practices. It also addresses problems of technological innovation and diffusion. Menahem Blondheim's main concern, however, is the development of oligopoly in business and the control revolution in American society. He traces the discovery of timely news as a commodity, presenting a lively and detailed account of the emergence of the New York Associated Press (AP) as the first private sector national monopoly in the United States and Western Union as the first industrial one.

Author : George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373482907
Total Pages : 484 pages
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Download or read book MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH 1844-1865 written by George Haven 1844-1930 Putnam and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.