Robert Grey Reynolds
1) Copernicus
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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In the mid-16th century Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus touched off a revolutionary transformation of thinking about the universe. In 1543 the same man who introduced trigonometry to the world published "Concerning the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres". It was handwritten in Latin. The astronomer saw a copy of his published treatise near the moment of his death. Succinctly, Copernicus introduced the idea of Earth as a revolving planet that...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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Designed by German and Danish architects the Crystal Palace was perhaps the most admired American building of the 19th century. It was the only U. S. edifice to gain the respect of European designers. Built in 1852 and 1853 the Crystal Palace was dedicated by Franklin Pierce, the 14th U. S. President. Just one year later Showman Phineas T. Barnum reinaugurated the venue. Before its rededication there were great ceremonies and pageantry. Marching bands,...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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Asia Booth Clarke wrote memoirs that chronicled the lives of her brothers and father, a family of actors. Married to stage comedienne John Sleeper Clarke, Asia was placed under house arrest in her Philadelphia following the April 14, 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Sleeper Clarke was noted for managing theaters in Philadelphia and Boston, together with Edwin Booth. Asia Booth grew up especially close to her brother John Wilkes. She aided his...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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Some historians believe Tamerlane exceeds his Mongol predecessor Genghis Khan as a conqueror. The former began his career with the suppression of Persia. He followed this closely by triumphs over the Ottoman Turks and their Sultan Byezid I. My e-book considers Tamerlane's years as both conqueror and patron of the arts. The Tartar leader made significant improvements in implementing government. He took his barbarian followers from traditional tribalism....
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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English
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Judah P. Benjamin is a controversial figure in the history of the Confederate States of America. Some historians credit him for his administrative prowess. Others scorn him as a prime reason for the failure of "The Lost Cause". He served successively as CSA attorney general, secretary of state and secretary of war. Originally from the Virgin Islands he was raised in Charleston, South Carolina. He was educated at Fayetteville Academy in NC, Yale College...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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English
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The fire that destroyed the Hotel Windsor in Manhattan began around 3 pagesm. on Friday, March 17, 1899. A St. Patrick's Day Parade had filled the streets to capacity so that fire engines had difficulty getting passed. The edifice burned quickly and completely, its huge chimneys lying in rubble. George Gould, son of Wall Street tycoon Jay Gould, considered the burned building a fire trap. He said so on the evening after the fire when he talked with...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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English
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Albert Taylor Bledsoe was a prolific writer of books and articles related to slavery and the Confederate States of America. A native of Kentucky he practiced law in Springfield, Illinois during the 1840s. At this time he became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln who was also a Springfield lawyer. The two men were cordial at first. Later Bledsoe grew to hate Lincoln with a passion. An anecdote I've found from research recounts Lincoln signing a directive...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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English
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Alexander Stephens was a diminutive and sickly man. A lawyer who attended Franklin College, the school eventually became the University of Georgia. Alexander served in the Georgia legislature and later in both houses of Congress. As a young man he was assigned to an orphan's home. An intriguing person, he was interested in numerous topics and was also very benevolent. My research indicates that he turned down no one who asked for his help, regardless...
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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English
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Varina Howell Davis was the granddaughter of Richard Howell, the third governor of New Jersey. Her father, William Burr Howell, came to Natchez, Mississippi where Varina was raised in the Antebellum South. William Burr Howell's bankruptcy during his daughter's youth affected her throughout her life. She had access to the finest education available to young women of the pre-Civil War era. Among the schools she attended was Madame Greenland's in Philadelphia,...