Around Columbus

Author : Gregory S. Jacobs
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814207200
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Getting Around Brown written by Gregory S. Jacobs and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Around Brown is both the first history of school desegregation in Columbus, Ohio, and the first case study to explore the interplay of desegregation, business, and urban development in America.

Author : Roger C. Wade
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738585440
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Around Columbus written by Roger C. Wade and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Columbus! The county seat of Colorado County, Columbus is the oldest surveyed and platted Anglo American town in Texas. It was first platted in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin and Baron DeBastrop as a possible site for the Texas capital. It was platted again in 1837 by W.B. DeWees and J.W.E. Wallace. Many of Austin's "Old 300" settled in Columbus and the surrounding area, including Alleyton and Glidden, which were founded as railroad towns. The area played an important role in the history of Texas, including Santa Anna's pursuit of Sam Houston's Texas army that resulted in the burning of Columbus during the "Runaway Scrape." Columbus suffered other setbacks, such as the long-running Stafford-Townsend feud and lawlessness resulting in disincorporation in the early 1900s, and enjoyed the good fortune of its reincorporation in the 1920s. However, today, it is a town of people who greatly value their heritage and seek to preserve it.

Author : Mansel G. Blackford
Publisher : Trillium
ISBN 13 : 9780814253700
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus, Ohio written by Mansel G. Blackford and published by Trillium. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Columbus, Ohio: Two Centuries of Business and Environmental Change examines how a major midwestern city developed economically, spatially, and socially, and what the environmental consequences have been, from its founding in 1812 to near the present day. The book analyzes Columbus's evolution from an isolated frontier village to a modern metropolis, one of the few thriving cities in the Midwest. No single factor explains the history of Columbus, but the implementation of certain water-use and land-use policies, and interactions among those policies, reveal much about the success of the city. Precisely because they lived in a midsize, midwestern city, Columbus residents could learn from the earlier experiences of their counterparts in older, larger coastal metropolises, and then go beyond them. Not having large sunk costs in pre-existing water systems, Columbus residents could, for instance, develop new, world-class, state-of-the-art methods for treating water and sewage, steps essential for urban expansion. Columbus, Ohio explores how city residents approached urban challenges-especially economic and environmental ones-and how they solved them. Columbus, Ohio: Two Centuries of Business and Environmental Change concludes that scholars and policy makers need to pay much more attention to environmental issues in the shaping of cities, and that they need to look more closely at what midwestern metropolises accomplished, as opposed to simply examining coastal cities.

Author : Shawnie Kelley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493084852
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insiders' Guide® to Columbus written by Shawnie Kelley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about the nation's fourteenth largest city. Whether you plan to pursue an education, start a business or a job, or raise a family in Columbus, this guide helps you to travel deeper into the rapidly growing Capital City of Ohio.

Author : William Least Heat-Moon
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118039661
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus in the Americas written by William Least Heat-Moon and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold." With these portentous words, Christopher Columbus described one of his first encounters with Native Americans on the island of Guanahani, which he had named San Salvador and claimed for Spain the day before. In Columbus in the Americas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reveals that Columbus's subsequent dealings with the cultures he encountered not only did considerable immediate harm, but also set the pattern of behavior for those who followed him. Based on the logbook of Columbus and numerous other firsthand accounts of his four voyages to the New World, this vividly detailed history also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Columbus as a navigator, explorer, and leader. It recounts dramatic events such as the destruction of Fortress Navidad, the very first European settlement in the New World; a pitched battle in northern Panama with the native Guaymi people; and an agonizing year Columbus and his men spent marooned on a narrow spit of land in southern Jamaica. Filled with stories of triumph and tragedy, courage and villainy, Columbus in the Americas offers a balanced yet unflinching portrait of the most famous and controversial explorer in history.

Author : Kristen Lepionka
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617757764
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus Noir written by Kristen Lepionka and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig McDonald, Chris Bournea, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tom Barlow, Mercedes King, Daniel Best, Laura Bickle, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Julia Keller, Khalid Moalim, and Nancy Zafris. Praise for Columbus Noir “Moments of humanity shine through in many of the tales in this collection, and epic takes on pride and greed make many of the stories in this collection go beyond small miseries into the realm of Shakespearian tragedy. Urgent, beautiful, and not to be missed.” —CrimeReads, included in CrimeReads’ Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020 “This superior Akashic noir anthology gathers 14 dark snapshots of Ohio’s capital, a very dangerous place indeed, with heavy drug use and murder touching down everywhere, from the German Village neighborhood to the statehouse. One highlight is Craig McDonald’s “Curb Appeal,” one of several invoking the homicidal search for housing. In the editor’s effective “Going Places,” a security man who covers up affairs for the governor gets pulled into a murder plot . . . . Noir fans should be well satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shawnie Kelley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461746884
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insiders' Guide® to Columbus, Ohio written by Shawnie Kelley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about the nation's fifteenth largest city! Whether you plan to pursue an education, start a business, or raise a family, this guide takes you through the rapidly growing Discovery City.

Author : Rufus Ward
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237778
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Columbus Chronicles: Tales From East Mississippi written by Rufus Ward and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After its founding in 1821, Columbus endured the hardships of early settlement and the tumult of the Civil War to enjoy years of prosperity while also weathering some hard times. Through it all, the city developed into the beloved homeplace residents are proud of today. Rufus Ward has been a diligent steward of the region's history, and his popular "Ask Rufus" column stands as proof. This new collection presents some of his best historical tales. Taken together, these stories cover the breadth of the city's history and capture the essence of the region's heritage. What Native American tribes once called east Mississippi home? What are the oldest surviving houses in Columbus? What Columbus family provided Eudora Welty with her favorite mint julep recipe? Ask Rufus.

Author : Oliver Wendell Harrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Laughter written by Oliver Wendell Harrington and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An appreciative retrospective of the art created by the man Langston Hughes called America's greatest black cartoonist.