Monthly Archives: February 2012
The only full biography of Benjamin Rush, an extraordinary Founding Father and America’s leading physician of the Colonial era
Benjamin Rush : patriot and physician New York : Truman Talley Books, 2004 Alyn Brodsky United States. Declaration of Independence Signers Biography, Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 Hardcover. 1st. ed. and printing. viii, 404 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. … Continue reading
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America in 1826
America’s jubilee New York : A.A. Knopf, 2001 Andrew Burstein United States. Declaration of Independence Anniversaries, etc. Hardcover. 1st. ed. xiv, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Clean, tight and strong binding with … Continue reading
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The ship, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.
After the Bounty : a sailor’s account of the mutiny and life in the South Seas Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c 2010 James Morrison ; edited and annotated by Donald A. Maxton Bounty Mutiny, 1789, Morrison, James, 1763-1807 Diaries … Continue reading
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Burns brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
A year with a whaler New York, 1500 Books, 2007 Walter Noble Burns Whaling Softcover. Originally published – New York, Outing publishing co., 1913. 250 p. front., plates. 22 cm. Clean, tight and strong binding. No highlighting, underlining or marginalia … Continue reading
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The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly… Michael Faraday
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to … Continue reading
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