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The Blackest Sheep
Depicting sixty years of Chicago's past, The Blackest Sheep weaves together three fascinating biographies: the legacy of Dan Blanco, who introduced European-style cabaret to the city; the untold story of Evelyn Nesbit's tumultuous nightclub career; and Gene Harris' rise to become the owner and personality behind Rush Street's Club Alabam.
The Jefferson Brothers
"The Jefferson Brothers introduces Randolph Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's only brother, and brings him out from the shadow of his famous sibling, focusing on the years during which their paths crossed. Over twelve years Randolph's senior, Thomas Jefferson stood in for the father his brother never knew, guiding his education and helping the younger man establish himself as a successful planter in central Virginia. Particularly after Thomas Jefferson's retirement from the political stage, the Jefferson brothers related as planters and slaveholders - Thomas at Monticello in Albemarle County and Randolph at Snowden in Buckingham County, Virginia. Life at Snowden, during and after the American Revolution, illuminates not only Randolph Jefferson's commonplace existence, but also the everyday world of planters in central Virginia. Additionally, The Jefferson Brothers introduces a new Thomas Jefferson, not the great statesman of monumental intellect, but the thoughtful brother and dedicated farmer." -- Back cover.
Our Movie Heritage
Introduces the world of film preservation, looking at its history and techniques
At a Place Called Buckingham
"At a Place Called Buckingham," Volume Two once again collects a dozen essays depicting the people and places of Buckingham County, Virginia. Details gleaned from newly discovered county records, contemporary newspaper accounts, and private collections result in a marvelous mosaic of life at the very heart of Virginia. Meet the proprietors of 19th-century hotels and health resorts, ferry operators, educators, stewards of the poor, planters and their slaves, the hard-working men of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and notables whose influence reached far beyond the county. A bonus section, "Maysville Gallery," features photographs made in 1933 as part of the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South.
Peter Field Jefferson and Lost Jeffersons
Thomas Jefferson¿s nephew, Peter Field Jefferson: Dark Prince of Scottsville, was an eccentric genius whose life ended in tragedy. Collected essays in Lost Jeffersons follow P. F. Jefferson¿s extended family, some of whom suffered disabling, inherited conditions¿alcoholism, idiocy, & insanity¿a result of generations of cousin intermarriage
Index to Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations
Designed for both professional and amateur genealogists and other researchers, this index provides a detailed guide to materials available in the extensive Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations microfilm set. By using this index to identify specific collections in which materials pertinent to a specific family name, plantation name, or location may be found, and then reviewing the details in the appropriate Guides (see Preface), the researcher may pinpoint the location of desired materials. The items indexed include deeds, wills, estate papers, genealogies, personal and business correspondence, account books, slave lists, and many other types of records. This new edition also includes a list of all of the manuscript collections included in the microfilm set.
The Freshest Advices, Buckingham County, Virginia Genealogical Records from Newspapers, 1736-1850
A transcription of Newspaper Articles concerning Buckingham county Virginia covering the period from 1736-1850. More than 75,000 newspaper issues were searched, within 140 newspaper titles from which over 2,000 articles were transcribed. The three-column, 55-page index, contains some 10,700 entries that locate more than 16,700 references, among which are several thousand named women and children and 520 named slaves.Within this compilation, is an important addition to the historical and genealogical sources available for this burned county. The reader will happily find here, a discriminating selection of the "freshest advices" of the sort that slaked the thirst for intelligence and for the amusement of yeomen, tavern patrons, gentry and wealthy planters all. The reader will discover many interesting facets of the life and history of this county; some tragic, some funny, some fascinating and some hard to believe. A delightful and fascinating excursion into a bygone era of Buckingham county, Virginia. 796p. Foreword by Joanne L. Yeck. Available at www.lulu.com/spotlight/rfloydc
The Story of the Waynesville, Port William and Jeffersonville Railroad
Many young railroadfs around the United States in the late 1800's were known as "Grasshopper" railroads because of the type of engines they used. Long after these engines were phased out, the name stuck. This is the story of the "Grasshopper" Railroad that was funded by farmers, often in bankruptcy, and was at one time owned by Mr. Henry Ford, running through mid-western Ohio for some 77 years.
Peter Jefferson's Snowdon
Beginning in the 1720s, a small group of men based in Goochland County, Virginia, began to migrate west, along the James River, settling the frontier which lay at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A few stopped at what is known as the Horseshoe Bend, a particularly beautiful and fertile spot in the river. Today, the modern counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, and Fluvanna converge there at the village of Scottsville.In the early 1740s, President Thomas Jefferson's father, Peter, already a successful surveyor and land speculator, was quick to realize the commercial value of the spot when the newly formed Albemarle County located its seat at the Horseshoe Bend. This volume tells the story of settlement on the south side of the James River and the development of the plantation Peter Jefferson would call Snowdon, a very valuable farm with a complex history.
