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"Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction and illustrate Wright's own recollections of the first...
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Pub. Date
2017 :
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A Crowded Hour: Milwaukee During the Great War examines the social, political, and economic challenges that scarred and dramatically changed the city during and after World War I. Pro-war patriots considered Milwaukee's loyalties doubly suspect because of its large German-American population and strong Socialist Party. Consequently, Milwaukeeans endured intense efforts, some bordering on the paranoid or absurd, to enforce 100 percent Americanism...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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254 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly black & white), portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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"In words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton,"--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 308 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
Description
Hundreds of stunning images from black history have long been buried in the New York Times archives. None of them were published by the Times--until now. Unseen uncovers these never-before published photographs and investigates the stories behind them.
In February 2016, Rachel Swarms, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Dana Canedy discovered dozens of photographs--and explored the history behind them--and chronicled them in the popular blog series...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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xxv, 197 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm
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English
Description
Rich in narrative history and local color, A small town love story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers, a place that stole her heart long ago and provided the basis for the many fictional small towns in her bestselling novels.
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