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Author : Virginius Dabney
Release : 2012-10-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 303/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Richmond by : Virginius Dabney
Download or read book Richmond written by Virginius Dabney. This book was released on 2012-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the growth of this historic community over nearly four centuries from its founding to its most recent urban and suburban developments.
Author : Gregg Valenzuela
Release : 2012
Genre : Poetry
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Book Rating : 463/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Poems from the Northern Neck by : Gregg Valenzuela
Download or read book Poems from the Northern Neck written by Gregg Valenzuela. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poems in this collection reflect Gregg Valenzuela's passion for the history, rural culture, land and the people of Virginia's Tidewater and Northern Neck. Like his poetry, this singular place reveals a multitude of layers, textures, moods, as well as a rare and unforgettable beauty.
Author : T. Tyler Potterfield
Release : 2009-06-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 830/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nonesuch Place by : T. Tyler Potterfield
Download or read book Nonesuch Place written by T. Tyler Potterfield. This book was released on 2009-06-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intentionally built on the fall line where the Piedmont uplands meet the Tidewater region, Richmond has always been a city defined by the land. From the time settlers built a city on rugged terrain overlooking the James River, the people have changed the land and been changed by it. Few know this better than T. Tyler Potterfield, a planner with the City of Richmond Department of Community Development. Whether considering the many roles of the "romantic, wild and beautiful" James River through the centuries, describing the rationale for the location of the Virginia State Capitol on Shockoe Hill or relating the struggle to reclaim green space as industrialization and urban growth threatened to remove nature from the city, Potterfield weaves a tale as ordered as the gridded streets of Richmond and just as rich in history.
Author : Dale M. Brumfield
Release : 2017
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History by : Dale M. Brumfield
Download or read book Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History written by Dale M. Brumfield . This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson developed the idea for the Virginia State Penitentiary and set the standard for the future of the American prison system. Designed by U.S. Capitol and White House architect Benjamin Latrobe, the "Pen" opened its doors in 1800. Vice President Aaron Burr was incarcerated there in 1807 as he awaited trial for treason. The prison endured severe overcrowding, three fires, an earthquake and numerous riots. More than 240 prisoners were executed there by electric chair. At one time, the ACLU called it the "most shameful prison in America." The institution was plagued by racial injustice, eugenics experiments and the presence of children imprisoned among adults. Join author Dale Brumfield as he charts the 190-year history of the iconic prison.
Author : Robert R. Nuckols
Release : 1899
Genre : Richmond (Va.)
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Book Synopsis A History of the Government of the City of Richmond, Virginia and a Sketch of Those who Administer Its Affairs by : Robert R. Nuckols
Download or read book A History of the Government of the City of Richmond, Virginia and a Sketch of Those who Administer Its Affairs written by Robert R. Nuckols. This book was released on 1899. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
