Georgia S Pioneer Aviator Micajah Clark Dyer

Author : Sylvia Dyer Turnage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Aeronautical engineers
ISBN : 1880726297

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Georgia's Pioneer Aviator Micajah Clark Dyer by Sylvia Dyer Turnage Pdf

Micajah Clark Dyer was a poor mountain farmer who invented, patented, built and flew a rustic aircraft off Rattlesnake Mountain in Union County, GA in the 1800s. Having limited formal education and building his craft with only basic tools, he managed to incorporate flight navigational controls on his machine that were years ahead of others trying to invent a flying machine, including the French and German inventors who only accomplished this about two decades later.After Dyer¿s death, it was said that his widow sold the craft and patent to someone from Atlanta. Without a camera or newspaper in the North Georgia mountains at the time to report the story, Dyer¿s feats were almost forgotten¿until 130 years later, in 2004, when his patent was discovered by a great-great-great-grandson as he was searching the Internet. The patent revealed the mind of a genius, and the story of his life is one you will long remember. A few month later, the family located several 1875 newspapers that reported the story of the invention.The story of this remarkable man includes many full-color photographs of the family, their homeplace, and commemorating events that have been held to honor him for his invention.

Author : Sylvia Dyer Turnage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : 1880726386

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Flying Off Rattlesnake Mountain by Sylvia Dyer Turnage Pdf

This narrative non-fiction story follows the life of Micajah Clark Dyer and how he came to have a remarkable theory about flying, the roadblocks he encountered as he toiled to bring his vision to fulfillment, and the ridicule he endured from some of his neighbors because they could not understand him and his passion. It depicts life as it was lived by the North Georgia pioneers who settled the land which had become available in the early 1800s following government removal of the native Indians. It is based on information gleaned from every available source--old newspapers, census reports, family recollections, and historical records, some copies of which are included in the Appendix. Through the story, you get a rare look into ann isolated land and era where no cameras or newspapers existed, yet where a genius--just a poor, uneducated farmer--built and flew a controllable aircraft long before anyone else was able to accomplish that feat.

Author : Phil Hudgins,Jessica Phillips
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780525436294

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Travels with Foxfire by Phil Hudgins,Jessica Phillips Pdf

Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for hundreds of thousands of readers. In Travels with Foxfire, native son Phil Hudgins and Foxfire student Jessica Phillips travel from Georgia to the Carolinas, Tennessee to Kentucky, collecting the stories of the men and women who call the region home. Across more than thirty essays, we discover the secret origins of stock car racing, the story behind the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the vanishing art of gathering wild ginseng, and the recipes of an award-winning cookbook writer. We meet bootleggers and bear hunters, game wardens and medicine women, water dowsers, sculptors, folk singers, novelists, record collectors, and home cooks—even the world’s foremost “priviologist”—all with tales to tell. A rich compendium of the collected wisdom of artists, craftsmen, musicians, and moonshiners, Travels with Foxfire is a joyful tribute to the history, the geography, and the traditions that define Appalachian living.

Author : Robert Piercy Dow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:47955792

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The Book of Dow by Robert Piercy Dow Pdf

Author : Herald Franklin 1903- Stout
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013453743

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The Clan Finley / Compiled and Edited by Herald F. Stout. by Herald Franklin 1903- Stout Pdf

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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Norman Seaver Frost
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1396838104

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Frost Genealogy in Five Families (Classic Reprint) by Norman Seaver Frost Pdf

Excerpt from Frost Genealogy in Five Families A multitude of our mental and physical peculiarities, as well as our traditional attitudes, are inherited. These characteristics have been living and active in our line of ancestors for centuries. We ourselves are to a large degree a blending, a composite of our ancestors. They in turn were much like us. This book may chronicle only a name, a birth, a marriage, or a death of a remote relative. But that person was a witness if not an actor in great historic scenes, and we must picture him as a person similar to our brothers and sisters and ourselves; quite as much alive and pulsating with all human feelings. When the author found records of his own ancestors, it was to him like finding friends. The material in this book has been collected by him as a labor of love during the past fifteen years. His recompense is the satisfaction that here he enjoys the privilege of introducing to living Frosts their forgotten friends whom they resemble; kinsmen whom they Should honor. Publication Committee of the Frost Family Association of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Clara Gardner Miller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 139717921X

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Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy by Clara Gardner Miller Pdf

Excerpt from Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy: Including the English Ancestry of George Gardiner, Immigrant Ancestor of Newport, R. I., And Many of His Descendants, Especially His Grandson, Stephen Gardiner of Gardner Lake, Connecticut Gardiner Coat of Arms Holy Crose Church, Great Greenford, Middlesex (interior) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : D W. Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Claiborne Parish (La.)
ISBN : WISC:89065922452

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The History of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana by D W. Harris Pdf

Author : Lodowick Johnson Hill
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342659073

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The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia, and Allied Families by Lodowick Johnson Hill Pdf

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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Mohul Bhowmick
Publisher : Xpress Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9798886067286

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They Were My Heroes by Mohul Bhowmick Pdf

Knitted by verses indulged with tempo, Mohul Bhowmick's latest offering- They Were My Heroes- is a pre-eminent contribution to the domain of Indian poetry in English. Sporadically merged with manoeuvres that carry the enterprise past the realm of common comprehension, it is laced with both joy and pain. The course of a vigorous dalliance, now ended, rears its head and in mitigation, Bhowmick probes into the anguish that he suffers. Like the majority of his work in poetry, this book too is semi-autobiographical; the obsessions, evasions and fixations that it unveils are a sight to behold. Coming a year after his highly acclaimed debut in travel writing, Bhowmick is back to doing what he does best- asking questions of himself with subtle nudges. Arriving a long time after it was first conceived, this collection consists of a hundred poems. It is divided into four sections: Travel Capers, Demons, Romantic Leftovers and Residues of the Heart. Each resists its own intricacies with sophistication, touching the reader with every note and chord. In the process, national-level cricketer Bhowmick finds himself facing a wall that no sunrise can erase or obliterate.

Author : Marshall Wingfield
Publisher : Clearfield
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0806346310

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Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:3303004

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Terrell Genealogy by Anonim Pdf

Record of the Terrell family of Virginia and North Carolina.

Author : William Styron
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781936317219

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This Quiet Dust by William Styron Pdf

“Thoughtful, candid” essays from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sophie’s Choice (The Christian Science Monitor). This Quiet Dust is a compilation of William Styron’s nonfiction writings that confront significant moral questions with precision and vigor. He examines topics as diverse as the Holocaust, the American Dream, and the controversy that raged around his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner. In each entry, Styron expertly wields his powers of insight to slice through the most complex issues. This Quiet Dust offers a window into the philosophical underpinnings of Styron’s greatest novels and is the ideal entry for readers seeking a greater understanding into the work of one of America’s most celebrated authors. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.

Author : S Emmett (Silas Emmett) 1931- Lucas
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013621166

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The Powell Family of Norfolk and Elizabeth City Counties, Virginia, and Their Descendants by S Emmett (Silas Emmett) 1931- Lucas Pdf

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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Bennett Boddie
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Virginia
ISBN : 9780806300429

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Virginia Historical Genealogies by John Bennett Boddie Pdf

This work, naming 4,000 related individuals, contains the lineages of about fifty families, the main branches of which were located in Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina. Genealogies of the following families are given: Allen, Aston, Barker-Bradford-Taylor, Berkeley-Ligon-Norwood, Binns, Butler, Claiborne, Clark, Colclough, Crafford, Crayfford-Crafford, Davis, Doniphan, Eldridge, Flood, Godwyn, Gray, Gregg, Griffis, Grigsby, Harris, Haynes, Jones, Mallory, Mason, Moore, Mumford-DeJarnette-Perryman, Newton, Norwood, Pace, Peche-Cornish-Everard-Mildmay-Harcourt-Crispe, Reade, Ruffin, Sledge, Smith, Sowerby-Sorsby, Stone-Smallwood-Smith, Stover, Thomas, Travis, Warren, Woodliffe, Wynne, and Wythe.