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Historical Sketches By Larry Witmer

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Historical sketches of Lutheran Congregations of the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA

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Historical Sketches By Larry Witmer

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Historical sketches of Lutheran Congregations of the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA

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Historical Sketches By Louis J. Ahlstrom

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L. J. Ahlstrom published his Historical Sketches in Swedish in 1924, here newly translated. Covering pioneer life and early Swedish Baptist churches in northwest Wisconsin, his work gives a vivid... More > first-person account of an important period in American and Wisconsin history.< Less

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Historical Sketches By Louis J. Ahlstrom

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Seoul's Historic Walks in Sketches By Janghee Lee

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Seoul’s Historic Walks in Sketches is a great read that shows the past and present of the capital of Korea, Seoul. With abundant illustrations –author’s pencil sketches –,... More > this book not only tracks down the historical traces of Seoul, but depicts the minute details most would miss around the city. Accompanying the illustrations are his insightful, witty commentaries on local history that go a long way in presenting readers with a captivating view of the unknown city, a city almost exotic in its mystery.< Less

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Historic China, and Other Sketches By Herbert Allen Giles

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Hint: You can preview this book by clicking on "Preview" which is located under the cover of this book. About the author: Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 – 13 February... More > 1935) was a British diplomat, sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade–Giles Chinese romanisation system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the first widely published Chinese-English dictionary.Herbert A. Giles was the fourth son of John Allen Giles (1808–1884), an Anglican clergyman. After studying at Charterhouse, Herbert became a British diplomat to Qing China (1867–1892). Excerpt from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Giles< Less

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Henry VIII: An Historical Sketch By Charles Hastings Collette

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A facsimile reprint of Charles Hastings Collette's HENRY VIII: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH AS AFFECTING THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND. The digital file for this volume may contain printer's marks, copy marks,... More > library marks, and/or readers' marks in the text.< Less

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Historical Sketch of Berea College By Joseph P. Thompson, et. al.

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Brief history of Berea College, written about four years after the establishement of the school. Principally written as a fund raiser among the wealthy of the North.

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Persia. A Historical and Literary Sketch By James Darmesteter

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A brilliant survey of Persia (Iran), her history and literature by the late Professor James Darmesteter. Translated from French by Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro Nariman in 1911. A quote from the book:... More > "If, however, we look closer into Persia, we shall observe that the national element has disappeared more on the surface than from the inferior or the heart and that the country in accepting the foreign yoke, has more transformed its conquerors than has been changed itself, that it has adapted its life and its new faith to its ancestral habits and hereditary traditions, and that it has not been said without reason that for the bulk of the Muslim World Persia is outside of Islam."< Less

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Kilgarvan A Sketch of Historic Houses in the Parish By J A Murphy

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A small number of residences dominated the nineteenth century landscape of Kilgarvan in county Kerry and a number survived the Civil War. Notable was the family of McCarthy Mor whose properties... More > included Kilfadda More, Slaheny House, Glenview Cottage and Sunville. Mary Frances McCarthy attained literary notice when she published a volume of poetry, Scraps from the Mountains under her pen-name, Christabel. She married Washington Downing and both the McCarthy and Downing families played important roles in the politics of 1848. Orpen family history is attached to the residences of Ardtully, Cloontoo (or Clontough), Woodville (or Cranberry House), Sillahertane and Bridgeville Park, all documented in this illustrated sketch.< Less