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The Lakeside classics volume No. 40
Publisher
The Lakeside press, R. R.Donnelley & sons co
Pub. Date
1942
Language
English
Description
The volume contains J. W. Spencer's "Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in the Mississippi Valley," first published in 1872, and "Fifty Years in Iowa: Being the Personal Reminiscences of J. M. D. Burrow, Concerning the Men and Events, Social Life, Industrial, Interests, physical Development, and Commercial Progress of Davenport and Scott County, During the Period From 1838 to 1888," first published in 1888. Most of Spencer's narrative deals with the Blackhawk...
Author
Publisher
Heritage Documentaries, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the Upper Mississippi Valley, George Davenport's name was widely known as a trader with the Sauk and Mesquakie, the U.S. Army, and settlers who were attracted to the untapped waterpower surrounding Davenport's home on Rock Island. The Trader at Rock Island tells the story of George Davenport and his entry into the Indian trade and his eventual transition into services and businesses marketed toward the new settlers. After the Black Hawk...
8) The state of Iowa: something of its history, its institutions, its resources and natural advantages
Author
Publisher
Iowa Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1904
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Iowa Garden Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"There's something about vintage garden photos: moments of beauty preserved from gardens long gone. Iowa gardens of the past features more than 250 color and grayscale images of beautiful Iowa gardens from mid-19th century to 1980, ornamented by Iowa seed catalog art. From impressive mansion grounds to flower-filled farmsteads, these gardens include: formal rose gardens, Victorian-style flower bedding, Japanese-inspired gardens, naturalistic pond...
Author
Publisher
Fish Lines Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of two families - five generations of rural Iowa innkeepers and their lives operating two "twin" railroad hotels - one in the early years of the 20th Century in a rural "boomtown" and the other in the early years of the 21st Century in a rural "ghost town." From the time of horse and buggy travel with the telegraph as the main form of "instant communication" to modern automobiles and the Internet. Yet, many of their challenges...
Author
Publisher
[Nick Vulich]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"It's not the usual boring history read. It's a fast-paced, easy-to-read, behind the scenes look at the making of Iowa and Illinois focusing on Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa. When you're done reading it, you might even scratch your head and think--Oh, yeah! That's what Mrs. So and so was talking about back in seventh grade. And, I tell you what. We're going to skip all the boring parts, like dates, politics, and founding fathers. We're going to...
Publisher
Iowa Writer's House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"At six years old, Antonia Rivera crossed the border from Mexico with nothing but the doll in her hands. Ajla Dizdarević's family brought traditions across the ocean after leaving a home torn apart by the Bosnian War. Sarah Elgatian's grandmother played cards and spoke of a country her Armenian-American grandchild had never known. Hieu Pham couldn't relate to all of her mother's Vietnamese traditions, but when she became a mother herself, everything...
Publisher
Storytellers International
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Vietnam, 1969. 21-year-old U.S. Army Special Forces Captain William Albracht is assigned his first command at Firebase Kate, near the Vietnam-Cambodia border. He is the youngest commanding officer in Vietnam. The day he arrives, the firebase comes under heavy attack and will soon be overrun. Out of options, he leads an escape through a jungle filled with enemy soldiers.
17) The orphans of Davenport: eugenics, the Great Depression, and the war over children's intelligence
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The fascinating-and eerily timely-tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who overthrew long-accepted racist and classist views of childhood development. "Doomed from birth" was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two toddler girls at the Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents' low intelligence and sent...
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
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Description
Cornetist/pianist/composer Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz's man who got away - the James Dean, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain of his day. Born in Davenport, Iowa into an upper-middle-class family, Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing amazing new energy and unprecedented maturity to the music and influencing generations of musicians. After a bout battling alcoholism, Bix died in Sunnyside, Queens on August 6,...
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