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Sir George Yeardley or Yardley governor and captian general of Virginia and Temperance (West) Lady Yeardley and some of their descendants 1896 [Leather Bound]

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Desiring Women: The Partnership of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (Paperback)

On 23 September 1925 Virginia Woolf wrote to Vita Sackville-West: if you ll make me up I ll make you. In Desiring Women Karyn Sproles argues that the two writers in fact made each other. Woolf and Sackville-West produced some of the most vibrant and... more

Sir George Yeardley or Yardley governor and captian general of Virginia and Temperance (West) Lady Yeardley And some of their descendants 1896

{Size: 13.34 x 21.59 cms} Lang: - English Pages 42 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back [1896]. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour... more

Sir George Yeardley : or Yardley Governor and Captian General of Virginia and Temperance (West) Lady Yeardley and Some of Their Descendants / Upshur Thomas Teackle (1896) (1896) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1896 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

The West Virginia Boys (Paperback)

An inexperienced young woman comes face-to-face with the dangers of the real world Imagine not being allowed to go to school or date? In The West Virginia Boys authors Tracey Mellert and Katie Whitt explore the effects of a sheltered upbringing on a... more

True Crime West Virginia s Lonely Hearts Killer: The Vile Deeds of Harry F. Powers (Paperback)

Dive into this riveting tale and discover just how deadly a pen and paper can be when wielded by a master manipulator. In the 1930s in the sleepy town of Quiet Dell West Virginia lonely wealthy women began to disappear. Under the guise of charming love... more

Independent Spirits : Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 (Edition 1) (Paperback)

Independent Spirits brings to vivid life the West as seen through the eyes of women painters from 1890 to the end of World War II. Expert scholars and curators identify long-lost talent and reveal how these women were formidable cultural innovators as... more

Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9780870040436) by Vardis Fisher Opal Laurel Holmes

9780870040436. Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 465. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Product in box. 465 p. Contains: Illustrations. Vardis Fisher brings together all of the remarkable men and women and all of the violent... more

The Milkweed Ladies (Paperback)

The Milkweed Ladies the memoirs of poet Louise McNeill is written out of deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world. It is a personal account of the farm in southern West Virginia where... more

Overland West Series: With Golden Visions Bright Before Them : Trails to the Mining West 1849–1852 (Series #2) (Hardcover)

During the mid-nineteenth century a quarter of a million travelers—men women and children—followed the “road across the plains� to gold rush California. This magnificent chronicle—the second installment of Will Bagley’s sweeping Overland... more

In Search of Johnston s Army : Old Camp Floyd & West Creek as Seen Through the Eyes of a Relic Hunter (Hardcover)

This was the type of site every relic hunter dreams about. Resting as they had since 1858 the artifacts uncovered included twenty dollar gold pieces a lady s 18-karat diamond ring an officer s eagle belt plate and a gold Masonic pin. This untouched... more

Pre-Owned Wagons West: Colorado! (Mass Market Paperback) 0786022108 9780786022106

Some came for freedom others to build a new life. But in 1858 when gold is discovered in the Colorado region thousands of desperate men and women descend on Denver like a hungry swarm. Homesteaders struggle to hold onto their claims but none are immune... more

Pre-Owned The Poker Bride : The First Chinese in the Wild West 9780802145277

When Gold Rush fever gripped the globe in 1849 thousands of Chinese came through San Francisco to seek fortune. In The Poker Bride Christopher Corbett uses a legend of one extraordinary woman as a lens into this experience. Before 1849 the Chinese in... more

What Happened During the California Gold Rush? History of the Gold Rush Grade 5 Children s American History (Hardcover)

When gold was first discovered in California the West changed permanently. Read about how gold called hundreds of thousands of men and women to rush to California. What happened when there was a huge influx of people in one state over a short period of... more

Race Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia: Standing Our Ground : Women Environmental Justice and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal (Hardcover)

Standing Our Ground: Women Environmental Justice and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women’s efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. more

Pre-Owned Refiguring Modernism Volume 1 Vol. : Women Of 1928 9780253209955

A new vision of modernism through the ÒWomen of 1928ÓÑVirginia Woolf Rebecca West and Djuna Barnes. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal... more

Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights (Paperback)

In June 2001 there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class at Virginia Military Institute. For the first time ever the line of graduates who received their degrees at the West Point of the South included women who had spent four years at VMI.... more

Covered Wagon Women Volume 1 : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1849 (Paperback)

The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions the Mormon midwife who delivered... more

Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement : Life on the Home Frontier (Paperback)

This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: Ursula Smith Linda Peavy ISBN10: 0806126191 ISBN13: 9780806126197 During the last half of the nineteenth century thousands of men went west in search of gold land or adventure -... more

Pre-Owned Women s Voices from the Mother Lode (Paperback) 1886609144 9781886609143

A remarkable book based upon extensive research into the lives of the women who were a vital part of the California Gold Rush--proper ladies from the East Coast Hispanic women from the South and West a French woman ostracized and imprisoned for wearing... more

Covered Wagon Women Volume 3 : Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1851 (Paperback)

The wagon trains to California greatly decreased in 1851 as reports of deadly cholera on the trail the year before and strikeouts in gold prospecting became known. Those who did go west--about 2 160 men and 1 440 women--tended toward Oregon s rich... more

Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume IV : Cuming s Tour to the Western Country (1807-1809) (Paperback)

Cuming s tour serves as a record of a country in its infancy. His journeys include a pedestrian tour from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in January 1807 and continue in July by boat down the Ohio to Kentucky then by foot stage and saddle to West Virginia... more

Mixed Signals (Paperback)

Love Is on the Air Belle O Brien the woman behind the warmest voice in Virginia radio has one problem: Her oldies show on WPER-FM is a solid-gold hit but her love life at thirty-two years and counting is an off-the-charts disaster. The pickings are... more

Flannery O Connor Award for Short Fiction: Winter Money (Paperback)

The ten stories in Winter Money are set in rural Kentucky and West Virginia in dim horse racing and river towns. The men in Andy Plattner s stories are tough and uncertain the women independent and disappointed but they are strong-willed and... more

Time: A Step Backward (Paperback)

This book depicts the life of a young woman growing up in a rural coal mining community on Paint Creek in southwestern West Virginia in the late 1930s during segregation. The story shares the joys pains and triumphs experienced from childhood through... more

Pre-Owned The Player & the Game (Mass Market Paperback) 0758290942 9780758290946

An immensely talented writer. --Cydney Rax It s business as usual for the infamous gold digging Gibbons women of Chesterton Virginia. But this time middle sister Stephanie may be the one getting played. . . Stephanie Gibbons has finally hit the... more

Images of America: African Americans of San Francisco (Paperback)

Beginning in the 1840s black men and women heard the call to go west migrating to California in search of gold independence freedom and land to call their own. By the mid-1850s a lively African American community had taken root in San Francisco.... more

Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories 0385326815 (Hardcover - Used)

Stagecoach robberies. Shoot-outs. Striking it rich. Throughout the Wild West small towns were formed thriving with men and women from the East and gold from the mines. Notorious outlaws desperadoes and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town.... more