[PDF] A Sketch Of The Life Of Com Robert F Stockton With An Appendix Compr His Correspond With The Navy Departm Respect His Conquest Of California And Extracts From The Defence Of Col J C Fremont In Relation To The Same Subject Together With His Speeches In The Senate Of The United States And His Political Letters eBook

Author : John Charles Fremont
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781019404959

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This fascinating memoir by the American explorer John C. Frémont documents his adventures and discoveries during five separate expeditions in the American West. From mapping the Oregon Trail to exploring the Great Salt Lake, Frémont's journey is both a thrilling account of exploration and a firsthand look at life in 19th century America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Anthony Godfrey
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
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"United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region"

Author : Paul E. Groth
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520068766

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From the palace hotels of the elite to cheap lodging houses, residential hotels have been an element of American urban life for nearly two hundred years. Since 1870, however, they have been the target of an official war led by people whose concept of home does not include the hotel. Do these residences constitute an essential housing resource, or are they, as charged, a public nuisance? Living Downtown, the first comprehensive social and cultural history of life in American residential hotels, adds a much-needed historical perspective to this ongoing debate. Creatively combining evidence from biographies, buildings and urban neighborhoods, workplace records, and housing policies, Paul Groth provides a definitive analysis of life in four price-differentiated types of downtown residence. He demonstrates that these hotels have played a valuable socioeconomic role as home to both long-term residents and temporary laborers. Also, the convenience of hotels has made them the residence of choice for a surprising number of Americans, from hobo author Boxcar Bertha to Calvin Coolidge. Groth examines the social and cultural objections to hotel households and the increasing efforts to eliminate them, which have led to the seemingly irrational destruction of millions of such housing units since 1960. He argues convincingly that these efforts have been a leading contributor to urban homelessness. This highly original and timely work aims to expand the concept of the American home and to recast accepted notions about the relationships among urban life, architecture, and the public management of residential environments.