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In this, the first thoroughly researched scholarly biography of British actor Junius Brutus Booth, Stephen M. Archer reveals Booth to have been an artist of considerable range and a man of sensitivity and intellect. Archer provides a clear account of Booth's professional and personal life and places him in relationship to his contemporaries, particularly Edmund Kean and William Charles Macready. From 1817 to 1852 Junius Brutus Booth toured throughout North America, enjoying a reputation as the most distinguished Shakespearean tragedian on the American continent. Still, he ye
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"During the American Revolutionary War, Rufus Putnam served as the Continental Army's chief military engineer. As designer and supervisor of the construction of major fortifications-including the most indispensable, West Point-his contribution was key to helping American forces drive the British Army from Boston. Several years after the War, Putnam personally founded the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory, which was ceded to the new American nation by Britain. Putnam saw to it that slavery would not be permitted in the State of Ohio, leading the way for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin to enter the U.S. as free states. This first full-length biography of Putnam in more than 130 years covers his wartime service and his efforts to prevent the expansion of slavery."--
Military engineers --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Generals --- Putnam, Rufus, --- Ohio Company (1786-1796) --- United States --- Ohio --- Marietta (Ohio) --- History
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Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events--the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798--and folkloric representations of those events.
Popular culture --- Folklore and history --- French Expedition to Ireland, 1796-1797. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Folk-lore and history --- History and folklore --- History --- Bantry Bay Expedition, 1796-1797 --- Brest Expedition, 1796-1797 --- First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797 --- History. --- Campaigns --- Ireland --- Irish Free State --- Public opinion. --- Historiography.
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Catherine --- Russia --- Germany --- Relations --- Civilization --- German influences --- Catherine - II, - Empress of Russia, - 1729-1796 --- Russia - Relations - Germany --- Germany - Relations - Russia --- Russia - Civilization - German influences
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Rufus Anderson was a central figure in the formation of missionary ideology in the middle 19th century. In telling his story, Harris looks at 19th-century American history and at the relationship between American culture and the third world.
Protestant churches --- Missions --- Missiology --- Protestant sects --- Christian sects --- Protestantism --- History --- Theory. --- Anderson, Rufus, --- Theory --- Protestant churches - Missions - History - 19th century --- Missions - Theory --- Anderson, Rufus, - 1796-1880
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945.07 --- 945.07 Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- History of Italy --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Italy --- Military history --- 1559-1789 --- 1789-1815 --- Europe --- History [Military ] --- 1442-1648 --- 1648-1789
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Poland. --- 1763-1796 --- 1700-1799. --- Poland --- Poland --- Poland --- Russia --- Pologne --- Pologne --- Pologne --- Russia. --- Poland. --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Politique et gouvernement --- Relations extérieures --- Relations extérieures
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Science, Renaissance --- Science --- Sciences de la Renaissance --- Sciences --- Philosophy --- History --- Philosophie --- Histoire --- Galilei, Galileo, --- 945.07 --- Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- 945.07 Geschiedenis van Italië: Spaanse en Oostenrijkse overheersing--(1527-1796) --- Galilei (Galileo) --- Galilei (Galileo). --- 960 --- sciences histoire --- physique --- astronomie --- inquisition --- levensbeschrijvingen --- biographies et mémoires --- Science - Philosophy - History --- Galilei, Galileo, - 1564-1642 --- Galilee (galileo galilei, dit), physicien et astronome italien, 1564-1642 --- Religion et morale
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