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Amateur Radio Pedestrian Mobile Handbook: Second Edition

by Edward Breneiser ...

Amateur Radio Pedestrian Mobile Handbook: Second Edition is for the ham radio operator who is looking to gain more knowledge about operating a pedestrian mobile station as he or she walks in the great outdoors. How to design, build and operate a pedestrian mobile station. This edition is close to 100 pages longer than the first edition. More information such as operating at higher elevations, ham ... Read more

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Amateur Radio Pedestrian Mobile Handbook: Second Edition is for the ham radio operator who is looking to gain more knowledge about operating a pedestrian mobile station as he or she walks in the great outdoors. How to design, build and operate a pedestrian mobile station. This edition is close to 100 pages longer than the first edition. More information such as operating at higher elevations, ham
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Philadelphia Reading & Pottsville Telegraph Company

by Edward Breneiser ...

While researching a book about the birth of the electro magnetic telegraph in the Unites States of America, I came across this very interesting piece of telegraphic history. I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, but I have never heard any mention of the Philadelphia Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company or PR&PT. As I researched about the PR&PT, I kept finding more and more interesting ... Read more

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While researching a book about the birth of the electro magnetic telegraph in the Unites States of America, I came across this very interesting piece of telegraphic history. I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, but I have never heard any mention of the Philadelphia Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company or PR&PT. As I researched about the PR&PT, I kept finding more and more interesting
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The First Tycoon (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon ... Read more

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern capitalism. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, The First Tycoon
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The Wizard of Menlo Park

How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

by Randall E. Stross ...

Thomas Edison’s greatest invention? His own fame.At the height of his fame Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “the Napoleon of invention” and blazed in the public imagination as a virtual demigod. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion picture cameras, Edison’s name became emblematic of ... Read more

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Thomas Edison’s greatest invention? His own fame.At the height of his fame Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “the Napoleon of invention” and blazed in the public imagination as a virtual demigod. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion picture cameras, Edison’s name became emblematic of
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Slave Narratives: Kansas

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First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published separately, focus on other southern states. In all, there are some two thousand narratives from the ... Read more

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First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published separately, focus on other southern states. In all, there are some two thousand narratives from the
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Jay Gould: Ruthless Railroad Tycoon

by Daniel Alef ...

Biographical profile of Jay Gould railroad tycoon and baron of Wall Street. Jay Gould one of the richest and most hated men in America in the 1880s was an elusive slippery character difficult to assess and more difficult to understand. The secretive tycoon was brilliant and ruthless perhaps the quintessential "robber baron." In a fiery sermon delivered a week after Gould's death the Rev. G. ... Read more

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Biographical profile of Jay Gould railroad tycoon and baron of Wall Street. Jay Gould one of the richest and most hated men in America in the 1880s was an elusive slippery character difficult to assess and more difficult to understand. The secretive tycoon was brilliant and ruthless perhaps the quintessential "robber baron." In a fiery sermon delivered a week after Gould's death the Rev. G.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Colossus of Roads

by Daniel Alef ...

Biographical profile of Cornelius Vanderbilt entrepreneur shipping and railroad magnate and one of the wealthiest and best known tycoons in American history. Uneducated and coming from a poor background Vanderbilt built an empire beginning with sailboats before graduating to steamships. His shipping interests extended from California to Europe generating substantial income for the gruff tall and ... Read more

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Biographical profile of Cornelius Vanderbilt entrepreneur shipping and railroad magnate and one of the wealthiest and best known tycoons in American history. Uneducated and coming from a poor background Vanderbilt built an empire beginning with sailboats before graduating to steamships. His shipping interests extended from California to Europe generating substantial income for the gruff tall and
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American Rascal

How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune

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A gripping, “rollicking” (John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood) biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms.Had Jay Gould put his name on a university or concert hall, he would undoubtedly have been a ... Read more

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A gripping, “rollicking” (John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Blood) biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms.Had Jay Gould put his name on a university or concert hall, he would undoubtedly have been a
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The Underground Railroad

by Raymond Bial ...

By ones, twos, and threes, in the years before the Civil War thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. Hidden and hunted, the escape of southern slaves to the North remains a compelling event in American history. Within the pages of this book are documented, in prose and elegantly articulate photographs, examples of "stations" ... Read more

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By ones, twos, and threes, in the years before the Civil War thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. Hidden and hunted, the escape of southern slaves to the North remains a compelling event in American history. Within the pages of this book are documented, in prose and elegantly articulate photographs, examples of "stations"
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Edison: A Biography

by Matthew Josephson ...

A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained ... Read more

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A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained
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101 American History Fun Facts

by Julia Hutchins ...

"101 American History Fun Facts" includes 101 fun facts from American history. Amuse your family, impress your co-workers - always have a fun fact or two to share!"101 American History Fun Facts" was published for the website American History Fun Facts. This ebook has many links inside, and each one will take you to a different page on the website that has more information and fun facts about the ... Read more

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"101 American History Fun Facts" includes 101 fun facts from American history. Amuse your family, impress your co-workers - always have a fun fact or two to share!"101 American History Fun Facts" was published for the website American History Fun Facts. This ebook has many links inside, and each one will take you to a different page on the website that has more information and fun facts about the
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Thomas Edison

by David Colbert ...

Series series 10 Days
You're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Thomas Edison's life, including:An instinctive moment of bravery that launched a careerA lucky break that freed him for a life of inventionAn incredible boast that he quickly proved trueA flash of insight that lit the worldAnd the creation of our favorite pastime, the movies.These days and five others shook Edison's world - and yours. ... Read more

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You're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Thomas Edison's life, including:An instinctive moment of bravery that launched a careerA lucky break that freed him for a life of inventionAn incredible boast that he quickly proved trueA flash of insight that lit the worldAnd the creation of our favorite pastime, the movies.These days and five others shook Edison's world - and yours.
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