The Fall Of The House Of Walworth

Author : Geoffrey O'Brien
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 9781429989626
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the House of Walworth written by Geoffrey O'Brien and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of The Devil in the White City comes a spell-binding tale of madness and murder in a nineteenth century American dynasty On June 3, 1873, a portly, fashionably dressed, middle-aged man calls the Sturtevant House and asks to see the tenant on the second floor. The bellman goes up and presents the visitor's card to the guest in room 267, returns promptly, and escorts the visitor upstairs. Before the bellman even reaches the lobby, four shots are fired in rapid succession. Eighteen-year-old Frank Walworth descends the staircase and approaches the hotel clerk. He calmly inquires the location of the nearest police precinct and adds, "I have killed my father in my room, and I am going to surrender myself to the police." So begins the fall of the Walworths, a Saratoga family that rose to prominence as part of the splendor of New York's aristocracy. In a single generation that appearance of stability and firm moral direction would be altered beyond recognition, replaced by the greed, corruption, and madness that had been festering in the family for decades.

Author : Geoffrey O'Brien
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316029025
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartlett's Poems for Occasions written by Geoffrey O'Brien and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartlett's Poems for Occasions, an entertaining, thought-provoking companion to the bestselling Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, is the book to turn to for any circumstance -- from birth to death and everything in between. Under the direction of esteemed poet and writer Geoffrey O'Brien, Bartlett's Poems for Occasions will inspire you to turn to poetry to celebrate a new baby or marriage, toast a colleague, cheer a graduate, honor a birthday, deliver a eulogy, or add zest to a holiday party. It is the perfect solution to the age-old question, What should I say?

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316086665
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartlett's Shakespeare Quotations written by John Bartlett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the quote afficionado to the historical researcher, fans of Bartlett's will be thrilled to see this edition of quotations from the great William Shakespeare. Collecting quotes from his many works into one beautiful volume, Bartlett's Shakespeare Quotations is essential as a reference tool and makes for some wonderful browsing. Quotes culled from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations are organised by play or sonnet in chronological order and capture a unique view of Shakespeare's life and work. From King Henry VI to The Tempest (and even the epitaph on his grave) this volume will delight both researchers and casual readers as it highlights one of the most beguiling and beloved playwrights in history.

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316086673
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartlett's Bible Quotations written by John Bartlett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the quote aficionado to the historical researcher, fans of Bartlett's will be thrilled to see Bartlette's Bible Quotations. Assembled in a new format to delight both researchers and casual readers, Bartlette's Bible Quotations is an essential collection of Bible quotes pulled from the prestigious Bartlette's Familiar Quotations. It is both a valuable reference tool and an eminent collection to be browsed through for pleasure. The quotes are organised simply and elegantly, from Genesis to Revelations, and include Psalms, Proverbs, and the Apocrypha. Bartlett's highlights the essential passages of the beloved text (originally from the King James Version), from the educational to the ethical, from stern to stirring, creating a view of the Bible unlike any other.

Author : Albert Clayton Beckwith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Walworth County, Wisconsin ... written by Albert Clayton Beckwith and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James T. Huffstodt
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003400
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Bold Lion written by James T. Huffstodt and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Does]an excellent job portraying General Hardin’s life in the context of a changing America . . . a definitive biography of a forgotten hero” (Civil War News). Nominated for the Gilder Lehrman Prize, this is the first biography devoted to the life of a remarkable young man who, in the words of Civil War historian Ezra Warner, “embarked upon a combat career which has few parallels in the annals of the army for gallantry, wounds sustained, and the obscurity into which he had lapsed a generation before his death.” From Hardin’s childhood in Illinois, where a slave girl implanted in him a fear of ghosts, to his attendance at West Point, along with other future luminaries, to his service on the frontier,where he took particular note of the bearing of the Cheyenne, Hardin’s life reveals the progress of a century. Made Brigadier General at age twenty-seven, Hardin fought with distinction at Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, Grant’s Overland Campaign, and the July 1864 Rebel raid on Washington. He was wounded four times, nearly died on two occasions, and lost an arm during the war. On one occasion, he was ambushed on a road by Mosby’s Men, one of whom may have been Lincoln conspirator Lewis Paine. Hardin himself took part in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s assassination. Though General Hardin’s mother skillfully played upon her friendship with the President and the First Lady to advance her son’s career, his gallantry and leadership in combat sufficed to earn him renown. Lincoln’s Bold Lion “restores the man’s rightful position as an American hero” (Chicago Daily Herald).

Author : Enda Walsh
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
ISBN 13 : 0573707693
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Walworth Farce written by Enda Walsh and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 2019 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s eleven o’clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours’ time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers, and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours’ time, as is normal, five people will have been killed. A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives. Visceral and tender, The Walworth Farce combines hilarious moments with shocking realism.

Author : Steven Huff
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815656890
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resting among Us written by Steven Huff and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, the lives and works of authors who called Upstate New York home are overshadowed by the icons of New York City. Resting among Us uncovers the region’s rich literary heritage through Steven Huff’s journeys to the graves of writers both famous and celebrated as well as those that have been forgotten. While most Upstate residents are aware that Mark Twain’s grave is in Elmira and that James Fenimore Cooper’s is in Cooperstown, many people don’t realize a noted author may be buried in their local cemetery. For instance, Paul Bowles is buried in Lakemont, John Gardner in Batavia, Rod Serling in Interlaken, John Burroughs in Roxbury, and Adelaide Crapsey in Rochester. Interwoven with these remarkable literary lives are the connected stories of the region’s history and Huff’s own encounters and friendships with some of the writers included in the book. With directions to each author’s grave, as well as photographs of the graves and authors themselves, Resting among Us is the perfect companion for your own enlightening literary pilgrimage.

Author : William A. & Donald W. Linebaugh Griswold
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611689651
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saratoga Campaign written by William A. & Donald W. Linebaugh Griswold and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battles of Saratoga proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War when British forces under the command of General John Burgoyne surrendered to American forces led by General Horatio Gates. The Saratoga Campaign provides a new and greatly expanded understanding of the battles of Saratoga by drawing on the work of scholars in a broad range of academic disciplines. Presenting years of research by material culture scholars, archaeologists, historians, museum curators, military experts, and geophysicists, this definitive volume explores these important Revolutionary War battles and their aftermath, adding a physical and tangible dimension to the story of the Saratoga campaign. Presenting the latest hands-on research, The Saratoga Campaign is an original and multifaceted contribution to our understanding of this critical event in America's birth.

Author : Geoffrey O'Brien
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1582432457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Browser's Ecstasy written by Geoffrey O'Brien and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a prose poem about reading--a playful, epigrammatic nocturne upon the dream-state one falls into when lost in a book, and the uncanny, trancelike pleasure of making silent marks on paper utter sounds inside one's head. A meditation on reading, the book goes both far and deep, resisting easy summary and classification.