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Alphabetically arranged, black-and-white portraits of hundreds of people born before 1900 who left their mark on American history and culture. From John and Abigail Adams to Henry Ford and from Mathew Brady to Eli Whitney, the collection includes 450 presidents, writers, artists, religious leaders, social activists, and entertainers. Fully indexed. Brief biographies included.
Sanford Gladden traces the history of the Durst/Darst family and some 40 other related families from their European roots to Philadelphia in Colonial times. They migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, to Delaware and Pickaway Counties in OH and on to Texas. Some of the related surnames are: Beck, Cecil, Chandler, Charlton, Cozad, Craig, Damon, Deam, Dill, Eaton, Ewing, Fry, Glendy, Glotfelter, Grigsby, Guy, Harshman, Haynes, Holman, Huston, Jamison, Keithly, Kennedy, Kent, Lightner, Marshall, Morgan, Orman, page, Perrins, Ramsey, Selling, Stroop, Trolinger, and Weiser among other smaller branches.
"The five volumes of A History of American Magazines constitute a unique cultural history of America, viewed through the pages and pictures of her periodicals from the publication of the first monthly magazine in 1741 through the golden age of magazines in the twentieth century"--Page 4 of cover.
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