One April In Boston

Author : Ben L. Edwards
Publisher : Spyglass Books, LLC
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780986076107

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One April in Boston by Ben L. Edwards Pdf

One April in Boston is the story of a real American family and a gift that was passed down from generation to generation. It teaches American history, the power of imagination, and the value of goal setting. In this unique book you will learn the real story of Paul Revere’s midnight ride; witness the first shots of the American Revolution; attend the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston on July 18, 1776; visit the Paul Revere House in 1909; and much more. After researching his Boston ancestors for six years, author Ben Edwards has crafted a tale that not only tells their story by tying in real connections to Paul Revere and Abraham Lincoln, but honors his relative Private Philip Edwards by revealing the gift he gave to the neighborhood children before leaving for France to fight in World War I and passing into legend. When the story begins in April 1775, 10-year-old Ben Edwards carries a spyglass that once belonged to his grandfather, an early Boston sea captain. Ben believes he can glimpse the future through its lens. His goal is to work on a sailing ship and see the world. Can the spyglass and a member of the Sons of Liberty help Ben on his journey? Will his predictions about the future come true? By reading the book you’ll discover that Ben’s gift is something we all possess, a power that can help you on your own life’s journey—if you believe in it.

Author : Ben L. Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : 0967459001

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One April in Boston by Ben L. Edwards Pdf

In 1775, a ten-year-old Boston boy dreams of becoming a mariner like the grandfather whose spyglass he inherited; over a hundred years later his descendant researches the family history. Includes highlights of the author's search for his family's history and tips on doing the same.

Author : John G. Robertson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476632889

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Too Many Men on the Ice by John G. Robertson Pdf

 Entering the 1978–1979 season, the Boston Bruins had been one of the best teams in the National Hockey League for more than a decade. Yet they could not shake the postseason jinx the Montreal Canadiens held over them—the Habs had ousted them in 13 consecutive playoff series going back to 1940s. The Bruins wanted one more shot at their nemeses, after coming up short in both the 1977 and 1978 Stanley Cup finals. They got their chance in the semifinal round. Led by the colorful but embattled coach Don Cherry, the underdog Bruins played seven heart-stopping games. Victory seemed within their grasp but was snatched away with an untimely penalty in the final minutes of game seven. The author looks back at the season from opening night at Boston Garden to the catastrophic conclusion at the Montreal Forum, with detailed accounts of the semifinal games and a post-mortem of the infamous bench penalty.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : PSU:000066310358

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Atlantic Reporter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aram Goudsouzian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780520945760

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King of the Court by Aram Goudsouzian Pdf

Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. From the moment he stepped onto the court of the Boston Garden in 1956, Russell began to transform the sport in a fundamental way, making him, more than any of his contemporaries, the Jackie Robinson of basketball. In King of the Court, Aram Goudsouzian provides a vivid and engrossing chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Russell’s leaping, wide-ranging defense altered the game’s texture. His teams provided models of racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s, and, in 1966, he became the first black coach of any major professional team sport. Yet, like no athlete before him, Russell challenged the politics of sport. Instead of displaying appreciative deference, he decried racist institutions, embraced his African roots, and challenged the nonviolent tenets of the civil rights movement. This beautifully written book—sophisticated, nuanced, and insightful—reveals a singular individual who expressed the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. while echoing the warnings of Malcolm X.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Independent regulatory commissions
ISBN : SRLF:A0001642081

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Investigation of Regulatory Commissions and Agencies by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business
ISBN : OSU:32435022849640

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Business America by Anonim Pdf

Includes articles on international business opportunities.

Author : Joshua Mendelsohn
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496218780

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The Cap by Joshua Mendelsohn Pdf

Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team’s chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was not only novel but nonexistent. The Cap tells the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports, against the backdrop of a looming players’ strike on one side and threatened economic collapse on the other. Joshua Mendelsohn illustrates how the salary cap was more than just professional basketball’s economic foundation—it was a grand bargain, a compromise meant to end the chaos that had gripped the sport since the early 1960s. The NBA had spent decades in a vulnerable position financially and legally, unique in professional sports. It entered the 1980s badly battered, something no one knew better than a few legendary NBA figures: Larry Fleisher, general counsel and negotiator for the National Basketball Players Association; Larry O’Brien, the commissioner; and David Stern, who led negotiations for the NBA and would be named the commissioner a few months after the salary cap deal was reached. As a result, in 1983 the NBA and its players made a novel settlement. The players gave up infinite pay increases, but they gained a guaranteed piece of the league’s revenue and free agency to play where they wished—a combination that did not exist before in professional sports but as a result became standard for the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well. The Cap explores in detail not only the high-stakes negotiations in the early 1980s but all the twists and turns through the decades that led the parties to reach a salary cap compromise. It is a compelling story that involves notable players, colorful owners, visionary league and union officials, and a sport trying to solidify a bright future despite a turbulent past and present. This is a story missing from the landscape of basketball history.

Author : Ken Vail
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810848821

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Count Basie by Ken Vail Pdf

The Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail's successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.3 in the series, Count Basie: Swingin' The Blues 1936?1950, chronicles Basie's life from the Kansas City years, discovery by John Hammond, triumph in New York with the floating swing of the All-American rhythm section and tenor saxist Lester Young, through to the eventual demise of the swingingest of big bands in January 1950.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Printing
ISBN : UOM:39015086719195

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Printing Trade News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy S. Seasholes
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262534833

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Gaining Ground by Nancy S. Seasholes Pdf

Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1460 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : UOM:39015074885875

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3670 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Railroads
ISBN : MINN:31951002254826J

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Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Current events
ISBN : UOM:39015034595879

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The Nation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Louis P. Masur
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596916005

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The Soiling of Old Glory by Louis P. Masur Pdf

Traces the story behind the photograph in which an enraged white man used an American flag as a weapon on an African-American.