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Haseltine's directory is designed primarily to contribute to the study of Asian immigration, assimilation, and ethnic distinctiveness. The cultural groups Haseltine examines are Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Korean peoples, whose migration across the Pacific began in the mid- and late 1800s. Separate chapters treat artifacts, sites, and traditions of special significance to Asian immigrants to North America. This book is an excellent reference for those interested in the immigration and culture of Asian-Americans and will be an excellent resource for courses in Asian history in North America. ... Read more

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From Abe Lincoln's law offices to the 16th president's Oval Office; from the address in Springfield, Illinois, where he made up with Mary Todd after a premarital spat to the window he jumped out of to avoid a quorum call in the Illinois General Assembly — this unprecedented volume of Lincoln lore takes readers there. A longtime member of notable Lincoln societies, Ralph Gary has scoured county courthouse records and the writings of Lincoln's contemporaries as well as thousands of other books written on Lincoln's life and work to compile the most complete and up-to-date guide to Lincoln historical sites ever published. Included are detailed maps showing Lincoln's travels so that students of the Civil War and Lincoln buffs can retrace history by walking in the footsteps of one of America's most popular presidents. "By far the most comprehensive and useful guide ... well researched, beautifully written, and a much-needed reference." — Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, Chair, The Lincoln Forum ... Read more

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Nice to have around
This is an interesting book that I'll carry in the car as we travel.Never know when we'll come upon one of the places where Lincoln had visited.

Lincoln Was Here
Here's an interesting and hefty travel book that lists and annotates sites from all over the country associated with Abraham Lincoln and/or his family in some way. Arranged by city or town within each state, Gary describes places where Lincoln made speeches, stayed over night or for extended periods, went shopping, attended concerts and theatre events, resided, went to school, and a myriad of other events too numerous to list. Gary also lists Civil War sites that played important roles during his presidency. The number of sites detailed is impressive (many hundreds easily), and fortunately there's an excellent index listing them all. With all that, I noticed one site here in NJ that he overlooked: the burial spot near Allentown of Lincoln's great-great grandparents' three-year-old child, Deborah Lincoln. Granted, it's not a major site by any means, but neither are a lot of the other places in Gary's book, and there's a roadside monument marking it to boot. Lincoln aficionados should find this book fascinating, especially as they plot out all the excursions they'd like to take from Vermont to Louisiana checking out the sites. But even if you don't leave the house the book is loaded with interesting tidbits regarding Lincoln, his life and legacy. Recommended.

More,more,more......
You know, as I travel around I am always wondering about the history of an area and, "could this be more than just a field?"

That crumbling old house along a major route, "did something important to history occur inside?"

Ralph Gary must have spent thousands of hours researching and traveling around areas to discover all of the "who, what, when, where and whys" of Abraham Lincoln and his environment.

This book has just the information the traveler needs to understand and "see" history unfold before his eyes.

That old field suddenly comes to life as a thunderous battlefield with rain pouring down and famous phrases echoing loudly in the viewer's ears.

We see the fury of the instant as a theatre turns into a haunted moment in time; and everyone who visits Ford's Theatre feels the morbid moment of Booth's derringer into the President's unassuming head as he gently cups his wife's hand in his - and, in that moment, history changed.

Thank you so much Mr. Gary.Please, please, research other historical figures and bring us that "sight" that can only be had from reading about the moments in time that have become our
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A Tale of Sadness
The massive waves of immigration that struck the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth caused much consternation in the Boston area, as they did in other ports of entry. There was much to fear, Americans of the time supposed, from the dilution of the national gene pool and the loss of a national identity (such notions gave rise to genealogical associations like the Mayflower Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution, as folks scrambled to prove their American roots). But then, there were the real fears of disease.

As far as communicable diseases went, though, leprosy was not so much contagious as it was misunderstood and visually disturbing. The stigma attached to it caused the people of Massachusetts to stand up against the opening of a leper colony on their mainland (in Brewster) and cautiously watch its placemnet on a small island off the Upper Cape.

The tale winds through the sad lives of the lepers who were delivered to the island, sometimes directly from doctors' offices where they had simply sought answers to questions abiout skin blemishes. Buckley moves through the administrative history of the island, the lives of the doctors charged with attempting to cure the disease, and the ultimate closing of the colony. At the end of the book, he touches upon the island's next lives, as a wildlife sanctuary and a school for boys, but the true focus is on the leper colony.

Treatment for Hansen's Disease..
This book is a history of Penikese Island and its owners and inhabitants for the last 300 years and especially the case histories of the Sufferer's from Hansen's Disease(once known as leprosy) who were interned there during the first quarter of the 20th century.The details were worth while, but I wanted to know more about the history of the school for boys which is based there still today.. ... Read more

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Deborah Rotman and Ellen-Rose Savulis’s Shared Spaces and Divided Places: Material Dimensions of Gender Relations and the American Historical Landscape is an indispensable collection of essays that is among the first to seriously link gender and landscape research, two major emerging topics in historical archaeology, and to explore the relationship between the two.

The essays contained in this volume represent a range of human response to nature and space from historical to modern examples, from industrial to recreational sites, and from secular to religious purposes. Plantation slave communities discussed by Amy Young, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial analyzed by Patricia McGirr, a tin worker’s shop studied by Kenneth Lewis, Boston’s playgrounds discussed by Suzanne Spencer-Wood, a Massachusetts municipal water system examined by Susan Hautaniemi and Deborah Rotman, and a Shaker community assessed by Ellen-Rose Savulis—these studies all affirm the importance of gender in landscape research.

Landscapes represent unique as well as collective experiences, so it is not without cultural significance that landscapes have historically been codified as female. Landscape study is a relatively new focus of anthropological research: it seeks to explore the link between human behavior, the construction of gender, historical evidence, and the formation of the archaeological record. Shared Spaces and Divided Places represents an intersection of the study of landscape archaeology and space with the study of gender. By expanding the definition of landscape to include interior spaces, by challenging the equivocation of gendered space with feminized space, and by approaching the subject matter dialectically, the book promotes an in-depth understanding of the issues that arise when scholars apply gender issues to the study of space manipulation. ... Read more

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Great Photos and Interesting Stories
The photos really stand out to show what an incredibly hard life these early homesteaders, miners, and their families must have encountered.You do need a state map to get a general idea where many of these ghost towns were/area. ... Read more

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This unique travel book is the most comprehensive resource available on black historic sites of interest in all 50 states and Canada, covering more than 500 landmarks, including museums, famous persons' homes, cemeteries, cultural centers, churches, forts, parks, and monuments. Photos; maps; index. ... Read more

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Covers Suffolk, Nassau, Kings, Queens, Counties in New York State. ... Read more

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1976 list and description of many historical sites in Maine, by county and by town. ... Read more

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Sure Signs, Stories Behind the Historical Markers of Central New York, delves into fascinating and unexpected cogent details of persons and events you didn't learn in school, from the Iroquois, military history, settlement, through 19th century development, with complete list of markers. ... Read more

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A couple of minor errors and one BIG question
This book is a nice consolidation of information about Central New York's historical markers.It's good to have all of this information in one place.

The big question about the historical markers in New York State, for me, is "on whose say-so were these erected?" and Mr. Ford's book does not address this.Nowhere can I find documentation that indicates that the information on these signs is accurate.If a sign says that so-and-so was an original settler, or that an Cayuga council fire was located nearby, where is the "foot-note" that tells us the source of this information?I have asked this question of those in Albany who should be in the know and have received stony silence in return.

I'm sure that in most cases these markers reflect historical facts accurately, but my current research cannot find the original source for these. It is interesting that some counties have few markers, and others, such as Cayuga County, have significantly greater numbers oif them -- and I doubt if the number of signs has anything to do with the actual historical sites in a county.Someone was on a bandwagon to get more of these erected, and I have to wonder if, on occasion, these "facts" were invented. Mr. Ford, if you know where these came from, please let us know.

In particular, I'd like to know more about the one near Meridian (erroneously placed in the Town of Conquest, rather than in the correct Town of Cato, in Mr. Ford's book) that indicates the location of a "Permanent Village and Perpetual Council Fire of the Cayuga."All the research I have done shows no Cayuga village anywhere near that location, and if the "trail to Onondaga for salt" also mentioned on the sign existed on the road at that location, it was going the wrong way.

Please, Mr. Ford, did someone just make some of this stuff up?

A Wonderful Read of NY State History
After meeting the author, I had to read his book, Sure Signs. The Mr. Ford spent many months researching this fasinating topic that highlights important events in NY State and US History that every New Yorker should become familar with.

A proud heritage is revealed on the blue and gold signs that dot NY highways, but Mr. Ford has gone far deeper to reveal to us how people from Elizabeth Blackwell to Bonapart have shaped NY State's history. He includes the Iroquois Confederacy, the Women's Rights Movement, the Civil War and much more, all which make New York a great place to live.

Most important are the many unknown people who we ought to know about, where they came from and what they contributed to our nation and state. Sure Signs is a sure pleasurable read. History buffs can learn more from Mr. Ford's reasearch than they can by reading academic books that lack detail only a lover of history can find.


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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. ... Read more

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Recipes from Pennsylvania's 26 Trail of History sites, with a look at the state's food heritage and customs. Includes recipes for appetizers, soups, breads, main dishes, vegetables, desserts, and beverages. ... Read more

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From the rehabilitation and restoration of historic homes, libraries, and commercial spaces, to large, long-term, highly complex projects such as the renovation of the Michigan and Texas state capitols, Historic Resource Facilities presents the state of the architectural profession as it relates to preservation architecture, and attests to the exciting and significant field of historic preservation today.

The fifty-seven projects featured in this full-color volume, juries by the AIA Historic Resources Committee, maintain a sense of appreciation for and understanding of the past, and recognize the need to incorporate modern technology in these historic spaces.Statements from both the architects and jury members describe the story behind the project, and discuss the challenges faced in renovating, preserving, or restoring these architecturally significant emblems of the past. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Travel America, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2427 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sacred shrines tell the American story, from Boston Harbor to Pearl Harbor.(PATRIOTIC PLACES)
Author: Randy Mink
Publication: Travel America (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 21Issue: 2Page: 39(4)

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Great book featuring the history of gold and silver mining in the American West. 150 color and black and white illustrations / photographs of historic mines, claims, miners, boom towns, mining equipment. California, Colorado, Nevada and mines in other areas. Includes chronology of mining, maps, glossary and bibliography.Brown cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 287 pages. Measures 9 by 11 inches. Interesting book, nicely illustrated. ... Read more

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Even before the Great Fire of 1872, which destroyed almost eight hundred buildings in the heart of downtown, fi re had already irrevocably altered the city of Boston's appearance, fortunes and psyche.

In Boston's Fire Trail, members of the Boston Fire Historical Society trace the history of fire in the Hub and create an intriguing retrospective of this compelling facet of the city's past. Daring rescues, confl agrations, arson, accidents and human courage all are here, along with historic details of the circumstances and locations of more than forty-five fires and sites significant to the history of Boston's fire department.

Follow the fire trail with one of the most renowned firefighting forces in the nation. ... Read more