Vero Beach

Author : Teresa Lee Rushworth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467111503
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vero Beach written by Teresa Lee Rushworth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treasure Coast of Florida had been inhabited by indigenous peoples for many centuries when pioneer settlers began arriving from other parts of the United States in the late 1800s. When the town of Vero was incorporated in 1919, it was one of several growing communities in the area. By 1925, when it became known as the city of Vero Beach and was designated the seat of the newly formed Indian River County, this small but prosperous coastal city was poised to become a thriving tropical destination that has managed to maintain a small-town atmosphere. In addition to its captivating natural beauty, Vero Beach has been home to a world-renowned citrus industry, a World War II naval air station, the Dodgers major-league baseball organization, the Piper Aircraft Company, and a vibrant cultural life.

Author : Roger Lowenstein
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735223572
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ways and Means written by Roger Lowenstein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Captivating . . . [Lowenstein] makes what subsequently occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired on the battlefield or at the White House.” —Harold Holzer, Wall Street Journal “Ways and Means, an account of the Union’s financial policies, examines a subject long overshadowed by military narratives . . . Lowenstein is a lucid stylist, able to explain financial matters to readers who lack specialized knowledge.” —Eric Foner, New York Times Book Review From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigation into how Lincoln and his administration used the funding of the Civil War as the catalyst to centralize the government and accomplish the most far-reaching reform in the country’s history Upon his election to the presidency, Abraham Lincoln inherited a country in crisis. Even before the Confederacy’s secession, the United States Treasury had run out of money. The government had no authority to raise taxes, no federal bank, no currency. But amid unprecedented troubles Lincoln saw opportunity—the chance to legislate in the centralizing spirit of the “more perfect union” that had first drawn him to politics. With Lincoln at the helm, the United States would now govern “for” its people: it would enact laws, establish a currency, raise armies, underwrite transportation and higher education, assist farmers, and impose taxes for them. Lincoln believed this agenda would foster the economic opportunity he had always sought for upwardly striving Americans, and which he would seek in particular for enslaved Black Americans. Salmon Chase, Lincoln’s vanquished rival and his new secretary of the Treasury, waged war on the financial front, levying taxes and marketing bonds while desperately battling to contain wartime inflation. And while the Union and Rebel armies fought increasingly savage battles, the Republican-led Congress enacted a blizzard of legislation that made the government, for the first time, a powerful presence in the lives of ordinary Americans. The impact was revolutionary. The activist 37th Congress legislated for homesteads and a transcontinental railroad and involved the federal government in education, agriculture, and eventually immigration policy. It established a progressive income tax and created the greenback—paper money. While the Union became self-sustaining, the South plunged into financial free fall, having failed to leverage its cotton wealth to finance the war. Founded in a crucible of anticentralism, the Confederacy was trapped in a static (and slave-based) agrarian economy without federal taxing power or other means of government financing, save for its overworked printing presses. This led to an epic collapse. Though Confederate troops continued to hold their own, the North’s financial advantage over the South, where citizens increasingly went hungry, proved decisive; the war was won as much (or more) in the respective treasuries as on the battlefields. Roger Lowenstein reveals the largely untold story of how Lincoln used the urgency of the Civil War to transform a union of states into a nation. Through a financial lens, he explores how this second American revolution, led by Lincoln, his cabinet, and a Congress studded with towering statesmen, changed the direction of the country and established a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Author : Richard Kerr
Publisher : Rand-Smith LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781950544004
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dark Side of Paradise written by Richard Kerr and published by Rand-Smith LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark Side of Paradise blends together Richard Kerr's professional experiences from his over-thirty-year career as a high-ranking official in the CIA with his idyllic life as a Florida retiree living in beautiful Vero Beach. Using his involvement in a local writing group as a common thread weaved through the stories, the author shares tales that explore the inner workings of the mind and examine good vs. evil. How do we decide between right and wrong? What do we do when we think no one is watching? Richard Kerr crafts short stories that are unsettling, amusing, whimsical, and illuminating. Divided into four sections, the book begins with spy-centric tales, moves to stories of surprise, segues into tales of death, and finishes on a lighter note. All the while, regardless of the section, the author's writer group and some of its members are weaved in and out of the stories to provide a common bond. Only someone of his unique background could provide such an enlightening and intriguing look inside the mind of a CIA intelligence official as filtered through captivating tales that remain with the reader long after the last page has been turned.

Author : Gretchen Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781953735218
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Veni, Vidi, Vero written by Gretchen Rose and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rody Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Different Battles written by Rody Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692819258
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Reasons to Love Vero Beach and the Treasure Coast written by Mary Brown and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled along the Atlantic coastline between Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Vero Beach is a hidden gem. With it's oak-canopied streets, turtle conservation efforts, rich cultural opportunities, frequent festivals, and rich history, Vero Beach and its neighboring communities epitomize the quintessential beach-side town. City leaders have worked hard for decades to prevent high-rises from blocking ocean views, and residents support locally-owned shops and farms to protect this last vestige of old Florida. The result is a charming community that appreciates being different. Whether you are a lover of the sea, history, art, food or spirits, you will no doubt find what you're looking for on Florida's Treasure Coast. We invite you to fall in love with Vero Beach, Sebastian and Fort Pierce, and the best way to start is with our list of the fifty reasons we became smitten.

Author : Steve Fugate
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537527796
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love Life Walk written by Steve Fugate and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve's first walk was in honor of his son. He carried the LOVE LIFE sign in his effort to, as he says "mend the broken heart while still beating." Six years and several thousand miles later, tragedy struck once again when his daughter died. This time, he said, he had the answer on the sign above his head: LOVE LIFE. It's not always easy to LOVE LIFE, but Steve is proof that if anyone can face the adversity of losing all of one's children, as he has, and still love life then it's possible for anyone. Walk along with Steve on his 43,000 mile healing adventure.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Data Book, Operating Banks and Branches written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Allen
Publisher : Mountain Arbor Press
ISBN 13 : 9781665303019
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shy Guy written by John Allen and published by Mountain Arbor Press. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shy Guy is your new age love story. A future classic that will have you on your toes from the first chapter to the last. This spicy, edgy, and unpredictable suspenseful romance novel is about a man's journey chasing the woman of his dreams. Along the way, he experiences some unexpected events, and people. The Shy Guy is a book filled with so many twists and turns, but also an abundant amount of life lessons. A book you'll definitely find hard to put down once you start reading.

Author : Jim Brouwer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734544701
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detecting the Treasure Coast Terry Shannon written by Jim Brouwer and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A instructional book o