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Astoria

2014-03-04 History
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Release : 2014-03-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Astoria by : Peter Stark

Download or read book Astoria written by Peter Stark. This book was released on 2014-03-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and opened up what would become the Oregon trail, permanently altering the nation's landscape and its global standing. Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Northwest, two of the Eastern establishment's leading figures, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson, turned their sights to founding a colony akin to Jamestown on the West Coast and transforming the nation into a Pacific trading power. Author and correspondent for Outside magazine Peter Stark recreates this pivotal moment in American history for the first time for modern readers, drawing on original source material to tell the amazing true story of the Astor Expedition. Unfolding over the course of three years, from 1810 to 1813, Astoria is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship in the wilderness and at sea. Of the more than one hundred-forty members of the two advance parties that reached the West Coast—one crossing the Rockies, the other rounding Cape Horn—nearly half perished by violence. Others went mad. Within one year, the expedition successfully established Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River. Though the colony would be short-lived, it opened provincial American eyes to the potential of the Western coast and its founders helped blaze the Oregon Trail.

Astoria

1839 Astoria (Or.)
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Release : 1839
Genre : Astoria (Or.)
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Book Synopsis Astoria by : Washington Irving

Download or read book Astoria written by Washington Irving. This book was released on 1839. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book

2016-05-17 Cooking
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Release : 2016-05-17
Genre : Cooking
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Book Synopsis The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by : Frank Caiafa

Download or read book The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book written by Frank Caiafa. This book was released on 2016-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential for the home bar cocktail enthusiast and the professional bartender alike “The textbook for a new generation.” —Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of The Bar Book “A true classic in its own right . . . that will be used as a reference for the next 100 years and more.” —Gaz Regan, author of The Joy of Mixology 2017 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION BOOK AWARD NOMINEE: BEVERAGE 2017 SPIRITED AWARD® NOMINEE: BEST NEW COCKTAIL & BARTENDING BOOK Frank Caiafa—bar manager of the legendary Peacock Alley bar in the Waldorf Astoria—stirs in recipes, history, and how-to while serving up a heady mix of the world’s greatest cocktails. Learn to easily prepare pre-Prohibition classics such as the original Manhattan, or daiquiris just as Hemingway preferred them. Caiafa also introduces his own award-winning creations, including the Cole Porter, an enhanced whiskey sour named for the famous Waldorf resident. Each recipe features tips and variations along with notes on the drink’s history, so you can master the basics, then get adventurous—and impress fellow drinkers with fascinating cocktail trivia. The book also provides advice on setting up your home bar and scaling up your favorite recipe for a party. Since it first opened in 1893, the Waldorf Astoria New York has been one of the world’s most iconic hotels, and Peacock Alley its most iconic bar. Whether you’re a novice who’s never adventured beyond a gin and tonic or an expert looking to expand your repertoire, The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book is the only cocktail guide you need on your shelf.

A Thousand Dances

2018-09-20 Blues (Music)
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Release : 2018-09-20
Genre : Blues (Music)
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Book Synopsis A Thousand Dances by : Sara Holliday

Download or read book A Thousand Dances written by Sara Holliday. This book was released on 2018-09-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhythm & blues is exploding all over the London area. It's a thousand dances in the teen clubs--until someone turns up dead. It's 1963, and 17-year-old Nicky Spinnery is swept away by London's new sounds. With his best friend Lucinda, a peacenik filmmaker, he dances his way around the city, crossing paths with brink-of-famers like Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, and Eric Clapton. But when a strange madness starts felling his fellow club-goers, Nicky turns amateur detective, looking for answers among musicians, mods and miniskirts, armed only with his big mouth. A Thousand Dances pulses with the energy and excitement of the year the Beatles hit the big time, following the music from the kitchen sink to the dives of Soho, from suburban teen clubs to the swinging streets of Piccadilly.

Astoria

2003 Fiction
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Release : 2003
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Astoria by : Robert Viscusi

Download or read book Astoria written by Robert Viscusi. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A metaphysical novel on "meaning in history." It is prompted by a visit to Paris of its ethnic narrator. In dream-like sequences he analyzes his Italian-American double identity. A first novel.

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