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“hugh howard”

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  • Spitters, Beanballs, and the Incredible Shrinking Strike Zone

    The Stories Behind the Rules of Baseball

    by Glen Waggoner, Kathleen Moloney, Hugh Howard ...
    For everyone who has ever wondered about spitballs, pine tar, the size of the diamond—all of the fascinating stories behind the rules of America's pastime—this book provides all of the answers. The authors take readers on a unique trip around the bases, explaining the development of the existing rules and drawing on a vast amount of fascinating history, lore, and trivia. Anecdotes feature ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson

    Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture

    by Hugh Howard ...
    Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant statesman, Jefferson was all but unknown as an artist and an architect for nearly a century. ... Read more

    $14.89 USD

  • Architects of an American Landscape

    Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces

    by Hugh Howard ...
    A dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted—and their immense impact on AmericaAs the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Architecture's Odd Couple

    Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson

    by Hugh Howard ...
    In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867–1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906–2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history.Differing radically in their ... Read more

    $16.09 USD

  • Houses of the Presidents

    Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates

    by Hugh Howard, Roger Straus III ...
    Houses of the Presidents offers a unique tour of the houses and day-to-day lives of America's presidents, from George Washington's time to the present. Author Hugh Howard weaves together personal, presidential, and architectural histories to shed light on the way our chief executives lived. Original photography by Roger Straus III brings the houses and furnishings beautifully to life.From ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Houses of Civil War America

    The Homes of Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, and Others Who Shaped the Era

    by Hugh Howard ...
    A revealing historical and photographic tour of the homes of influential Civil War figures, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Stonewall Jackson, and others.Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and a fitting sequel to Houses of the Presidents, Houses of Civil War America takes readers into the daily lives of the most important ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Painter's Chair

    George Washington and the Making of American Art

    by Hugh Howard ...
    "I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck ... no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair." -George Washington, 16, 1785When George Washington was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over the course of his life, a cultural transformation would occur. Virtually everyone regarded Washington as America's ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War

    America's First Couple and the War of 1812

    by Hugh Howard ...
    August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation's loss. Smoke rises from the ruin of the Capitol before him; a mile away stands the blackened shell of the White House. The British have laid waste to Washington City, and as Mr. Madison gazes at the terrible vista, he ponders the future-his country's defeat or victory-in a war he began over the unanimous objections of his ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • 1776

    by David McCullough ...
    America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George ... Read more

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  • Genius of Place

    The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted

    by Justin Martin ...
    Series series Merloyd Lawrence Novels
    The definitive biography of the influential abolitionist, ardent social reformer and conservationist, and the visionary designer of Central Park.Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The British Are Coming

    The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

    by Rick Atkinson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Revolution Trilogy
    Winner of the George Washington PrizeWinner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American HistoryWinner of the Excellence in American History Book AwardWinner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book AwardFrom the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • George Washington's Mount Vernon

    At Home in Revolutionary America

    by Lee Baldwin Dalzell, Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. ...
    George Washington's Mount Vernon brings together--for the first time--the details of Washington's 45-year endeavor to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces us to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew, and one little noticed by historians since. Here we meet the planter/patriot who also genuinely loved building, a man passionately human in his desire to impress on his ... Read more

    $37.79 USD