2001, ISBN: 9781230005355

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Chicago Illinois: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886. Early days in Wilson County in Middle Tennessee are recalled in this spiral bound booklet compiled from excerpts from: History of Ten… More...

Chicago Illinois: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886. Early days in Wilson County in Middle Tennessee are recalled in this spiral bound booklet compiled from excerpts from: History of Tennessee, originally published in 1887 by Goodspeed Publishing Co., and Counties of Tennessee by Austin P. Foster (1923). The new 80-page booklet is printed on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. Among the subjects included are: Location in the great Silurian basin -- soil, minerals, trees, the Cumberland River, etc.;Land grants and early settlers (lots of names);Mills and stills; First store and oldest house; How the county was established and its boundaries; County buildings; County and court officials; Court cases -- divorces, public whippings, branding, murder, horse theft, bigamy, lynching, etc.; State officials from Wilson County; Lawyers; Revolutionary War veterans; Local militia; War of 1812; Florida War; Mexican War; Civil War support for the South, with names of units and some officers; Occupation of Lebanon first by Federal troups and later by Confederates under Gen. Morgan; Lebanon, the county seat; Neddie Jacobs; Newspapers, Businesses, doctors, societies;Other communities -- Statesville, Cainsville, Gladesville, Mount Juliet, Green Hill, Lagardo, Leeville, Taylorsville, Commerce, Cherry Valley, etc.; Schools, including Carroll Academy, Maple Hill Seminary and Cumberland University; Churches; and other items. The WPA tours include stops at the Nathan Green Home, Castle Heights Military Academy and other places of interest. Besides the names mentioned in the first part of the booklet, there are a number of biographies. Most are fairly lengthy, and often include ancestors, previous residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records, and business activities. In the course of this they often shed light on the early businesses, professions and institutions in the county. The biographies include: James N. Adams, Dr. Joseph M. Anderson, James Aust, Dr. R.H. Baker, Capt. Wade Baker, Capt. William P. Bandy, Jonathan Bandy, Daniel J. Barton, J.P. Bashaw, Rev. Richard Beard, E.E. Beard, Maj. Robert Bell, W.H. Brown, T.B. Brown, J.W. Bryan, Prof. E.S. Bryan, P.B. Calhoun, Joseph Camper, Robert Cantrell, John D. Carson, Maj. Samuel A. Carter, John L. Castleman, J.P. Cawthon, J.D. Chambers, H.A. Chambers, D.D. Clayton, Dr. Lemuel N.A. Cook, David Cook, Clark Cook, E.K. Cook, DR. M.W. Cowen, J.P. Cox, W.T. Cragwall, James A. Curd, Dr. J.N. Curd, W.P. Davis, R.T. Davis, L.J. Dodson, G.T. Dodson, William W. Donnell, G.L. Drifoos, John Eatherly, Dr. J.C. Eskew, J.M. Fakes, Col. O.G. Finley, Foster G. Finley, Robert V. Foster, John H. Freese, Jesse H. Gleaves, Eugene C. Gleaves, J.B. Grandstaff, William J. Grannis, J.S. Gribble, J.V. Grigsby, William Hay Halbert, W.F. Hamblen, James Hamilton, J.W. Hamilton Jr., Samuel Hamilton, R.A. Hancock, Wesley Hancock, Prof. J.B. Hancock, J.E. Hancock, Dr. William Hannah, Dr. J.S. Haralson, William M. Harkreader, J.A. Haynes, Lee Hays, James B. Horn, J.M. Horn, J.W. Huddleston, R.M. Ireland, Thomas Jenkins, J.M. Jennings, J.L. Jennings, C.L. Johns, J.C. Johnson, Calvin Jones, J.H. Kennedy, John D. Kirkpatrick, N.P. Lanom, John A. Lester, William J. Lester, Dr. J.R. Lester, J.D. Lester, N. Lawrence Lindsley, Frank Lindsley, T. G. Logue, Andrew B. Martin, J.B. Martin, W.D. Martin, R.P. McClain, John B. McClain, Robinson McMillan, Mrs. E.C. McMurry, James Nelson, Dr. John D. Owen, J. Harrison Ozment, John Palmer, Thomas A. Partlow, Thomas Phillips, Hardin Phillips, S.S. Preston, G.A. Pursley, James H. Ragland, John H. Ramsay, J.M. Rice, Dr. G.L. Robinson, R.C. Sanders, Ervin K. Shannon, Alex Shannon, Finis E. Shannon, Rev. S.G. Shepard, J.R. Shorter, W.H. Smith, J.E. Stratton, S.G. Stratton, L.D. Stroud, A. Sullivan, B.J. Tarver, J.B. Tarver, William B. Tatum, James H. Taylor, Col. R.E. Thompson, William T. Thompson, Ed. L. Vance Jr., B.J. Vanhook, W.C. Walker, W.H. Wallace, J.S. Wamack, J.M. Watkins, Dr. R.L.C. White, J.H. Williams, W.W. Wilson, R.Q. Word, George W. Wright, J.K. Wright, Robert Young, G.D. Young, Joseph Young, and J.W. Young. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press., The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886, Osprey Publishing. Paperback. Very Good. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ships Fast. Expedite Shipping Available., Osprey Publishing, The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Contents include: The Yorkshire Archaeological Register 1976; Air Reconaissance in Central and Southern Yorkshire in 1976; Notes on Archaeological Finds; A Collared Urn and Pebbled Mace Head of the Early Bronze Age from Brown Hill, Saddleworth; Bronze Axes from Calderdale; Rescue Excavations in the Crypt of Ripon Cathedral; Medieval Floor Tiles from Guisborough Priory; Pastoral Farming on the Duchy of Lancaster's Pickering Estate in the Fourteenth and Fifteeenth Centuries; An Excavation at Neville Castle, Kirkbymoorside 1974; The Misconduct of Lord Latimer 1553-1560; Yorkshire Borough Elections 1603-1640; The Latter Days of the York Assay Office; The Origins of Low Moor Ironworks, Bradford, 1788-1800; Obituaries - Mr T D Mallinson, Mr G F Willmott; Book Reviews.Cream covers are lightly marked and faded and the text-block is detached from the covers. The binding of the text-block itself is sound, pages are clean.  No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inventory No: 50312020064. ., The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1976, John Sherratt & Sons Ltd for Chester Archaeological Society, Altrincham, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Pale green covers are lightly sunned, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contents are: Excavations in Bolland's Court, Chester, 1954 and 1959; Excavations at Castle Hill, Oldcastle, near Malpas, 1957; Excavations at Woolworth's, Chester, 1959; Notes on two Chester Building Sites, 1960; Parish and Township in Cheshire and NE Wales; A History of Printing in Chester, Abstract of Proceedings, Rules. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inventory No: 51213060005. ., John Sherratt & Sons Ltd for Chester Archaeological Society, 1967, Published in 1996 by the Castle Hills First Baptist Church, fine 178-page softcover book, unread, unused and unmarked, this nice copy is like new. (817)Like New, London: Jane's Publishing Company, Ltd.. 1985. 4to. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Fine. Not Dust Jacket, As Issued. 176 pp, Forward, The Military Year by Ian V. Hogg; All-Terrain Vehicles by John Reed; Sub-Machineguns Today by Charles Castle; Military Lessons of the Grenada Campaign by David C. Isby; Simulators by Charles Castle; C3 and Data Processing in Field Armies by Don Perry; Thank You...But No, Thanks!; Around the Exhibitions; New Equipment; Exercises; Sniping Rifles by Ian V. Hogg; the Military Works Organisation by Terry J. Gander; Thought on Close-Quarter Anti-Tank Combat by J. A. English; the Strategic Role of soviet Airborne Troops by Mark L. Urban; The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces by Adrian J. English; Protecting the Soldier by Douglas Hill; Chemical Warfare by Owen Carrow; 100 Years Ago by Ian V. Hogg with b&w illustrations throughout. Jane's Aviation Review, 1985. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Laminated pictorial boards., Jane's Publishing Company, Ltd., 1985, Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company. VG/NONE. 1966. Hardcover. Binding is illustrated boards, which are bright & clean. There is light wear at spine ends and corners. The interior is completely free of marks or tears. One of three books in a series. ; B&W Illustrations; 7 3/4" x 5 1/2"; 188 pages ., Western Publishing Company, 1966, Czestochowa, Poland: Publishing House of the Pauline Order, 2001. ALTERNATE ISBN 83-87070-27-0 {Margrafsen - Bydgoszcz, Poland}. "In a picturesque range of the limestone hills of the Jura Krakowsko-Czestochowska region, 'crowned' with the ruins of castles stretching from Cracow all the way to Wielun, called the Eagle's Nest Trail, there is the city of Czestochowa on the Warta River. According to legend its name derives from the name Czestoch, a Slav who was the settlement's founder. In a document from 1220 the knight's village named 'Czestochowa' is mentioned, which received its civic rights before 1377." This book has 180 pages and is profusely illustrated.. Second Edition {Revised and Enlarged}. Pictorial Softcover. Fine. Illus. by Krysztof Sziertok, Janusz Kozina, and {The} Archive of Jasma Gora {Photography By}. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Publishing House of the Pauline Order, 2001, L. Dominguez (Dist. ),, 1981. First edition. . Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket.. 226 p. Includes illustrations. Barcelona: Editorial Escudo De Oro. Very Good Condition Paperback. 1981. First English Edition. Softcover. Light wear to edges/corners, interior pages clean & tight. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. " While living in London Irving published Alhambra, concerning the history and the legends of Moorish Spain. This book gives a detailed description of the Moorish Castle it is named after, along with story of kings, legends of leaders, lost and found loves, and enchanted treasures. Written so exquisitely, makes the reader feeling of being there. Built mostly in the mid-to late fourteenth century atop a hill overlooking Granada, Spain, the Alhambra stands as a stunning example of Moorish architecture, the only Muslim palace to have survived since the Middle Ages....; 8vo; 288 pages. AB60, L. Dominguez (Dist. ), 1981, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 142 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: . . . and beauty frae their sylvan hill-nest. Shepherds Toast is drunk with all the honours. Tickler (starting up). Hurra, hurra, hurra!--hip, hip, hip--hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra! hurra! hurra! Shepherd. Gies your haun, sir, Mr Tickler--sense and feelin are wi you in your verra sleep. (Enter CAMPBELL to tell the Gigs are at the door. ) North (sub dio). How beautiful is night! Shepherd. Thats Southey. In fowre words, the spirit 0 the skies. North. Not one star. Shepherd. Put on your specks, and youll see hunders. But they are saft and dim--though there is nae mist--only a kind 0 holy haze--and their lustre is abated by the dews. I thocht it had been frost; but theres nae frost--or they would be shinin clearly in thousans North. Like angel eyes. Shepherd. A common comparison--yet no the waur for that-for a humanity feels, that on a bricht starry nicht, heaven keeps watch and ward over earth. and that the blue lift is instinct wi love. North. Wheres the moon Shepherd. Lookin at her a the time wi a gratefu face, that smiles in her licht! as if you were gaun to sing a sang in her praise, or to say a prayer. occupied Lord Napiefls seat, Thirlestane Castle, not far from which, St Marys Loch, the scene of the present dialogue, is situated. FAREWELL--THOU BOWER OF PEACE. 177 North. No halo. Shepherd. The white Lily 0 the sky. North. No rain to-morrow, Shepherd. Shepherd. No a drap. Twull be a real Sabbath day. Ye see the starnies noo--dinna ye, sir Some seemin no farrer awa nor the moon---and some far ahint and ayont her, but still in the same region wi the planet--ithers retiring and retired in infinitude--and. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 9781230005355

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 142 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 142 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: . . . and beauty frae their sylvan hill-nest. Shepherds Toast is drunk with all the honours. Tickler (starting up). Hurra, hurra, hurra!--hip, hip, hip--hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra! hurra! hurra! Shepherd. Gies your haun, sir, Mr Tickler--sense and feelin are wi you in your verra sleep. (Enter CAMPBELL to tell the Gigs are at the door. ) North (sub dio). How beautiful is night! Shepherd. Thats Southey. In fowre words, the spirit 0 the skies. North. Not one star. Shepherd. Put on your specks, and youll see hunders. But they are saft and dim--though there is nae mist--only a kind 0 holy haze--and their lustre is abated by the dews. I thocht it had been frost; but theres nae frost--or they would be shinin clearly in thousans North. Like angel eyes. Shepherd. A common comparison--yet no the waur for that-for a humanity feels, that on a bricht starry nicht, heaven keeps watch and ward over earth. and that the blue lift is instinct wi love. North. Wheres the moon Shepherd. Lookin at her a the time wi a gratefu face, that smiles in her licht! as if you were gaun to sing a sang in her praise, or to say a prayer. occupied Lord Napiefls seat, Thirlestane Castle, not far from which, St Marys Loch, the scene of the present dialogue, is situated. FAREWELL--THOU BOWER OF PEACE. 177 North. No halo. Shepherd. The white Lily 0 the sky. North. No rain to-morrow, Shepherd. Shepherd. No a drap. Twull be a real Sabbath day. Ye see the starnies noo--dinna ye, sir Some seemin no farrer awa nor the moon---and some far ahint and ayont her, but still in the same region wi the planet--ithers retiring and retired in infinitude--and. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<