Search Results: Authors starting with U from Legacy Books

Bethesda: C. M. Uberman Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1989, 79pp, profusely illustrated. VG. A book about the various Presidents, including a section on the duties, powers, and qualifications, election facts, birth and ancestry, death, education, military service, and religion of the Presidents and biographical sketches of their wives...

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp377-382, plus four plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1948. VG. In plastic report covers. From the report: "Yet the story of the chestnut is ne every American should know and ponder. For not only is it a tragic reminder of what can happen to a valuable resource when danger signals are ignored, but it points with millions of dead and ghostly snags, all that is left of one of the most magnificent trees indigenous to our woodlands, to the fallacy of the kind of thinking that adds up to 'too little, and too late.' And unless the American people show greater understanding of the destructive power of tree killing diseases and insects, the tragedy of the chestnut can be re-enacted." When this report was issued, the American Chestnut was on the verge of extinction but scientists, over the years, have been able to create hybrid versions of the tree..

South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1969), 194pp, index, illustrated. VG in G+, lightly chipped dj. There are five chapters on freshwater fishing: Atlantic Salmon; Bass; Muskellunge; Steelhead and Salmon; Trout. There are also five chapters on saltwater fishing: Striped Bass; Channel Bass; Marlin; Swordfish; Giant Bluefin Tuna..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp571-589. Removed from the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, JULY, 1889. VG. In plastic report covers. Paraphrased from the report: "Pre-historic studies made their appearance in Scandinavia before they were broached in any other country. The Roman legions never set foot upon Scandinavian soil, and the ancient authors have only left us some very enigmatical passages upon the countries of the north. On the other hand, Scandinavia possesses an unusual number of pre-historic remains." .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1963), ix, 388pp. G+ in G lightly chipped and torn dj. From the dj: "The LETTERS OF ROBERT FROST TO LOUIS UNTERMEYER not only supplies new and authentic facts hitherto concealed or unknown: it also enriches the reader with candid pictures of Frost's contemporaries, as well as providing insights into the cultural background of the first half of our century.".

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp822-833, tables. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 46, Number 4, October, 1981. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: "The authors examine the process of political development in relation to selected social and economic variables in the plateau region of the American Southwest. They argue that political development was closely associated with strategies of agricultural intensification, surplus production, changes in the organization and management of labor, and expanding regional exchange. They draw supporting data from several settlement systems and attempt to demostrate that both exotic and labor-intensive commodities were restricted to political and economic centers. They then examine the distribution of one category of these materials, ceramics through application of the `production step' measure. Their analysis… Read More

Vine Grove: Ancestral Trails Historical Society Periodical. Good. Soft cover. 1989-2000, 4to, issued quarterly. Includes 1989, Numbers 1-4. 1990, Numbers 1-4. Fall 1991. 2000, Numbers 1-3, spiral bound together, Number one consisting entirely of HISTORY OF LARUE COUNTY, KENTUCKY BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Bessie Miller Elliott. Also includes Ancestral News A Ten Year Index 1976-1985. In all eleven items. (Thirteen counting the three bound together). Wrps. G. "Ancestral Trails Historical Society, Inc., was formed to gather, process and preserve genealogical and historical information relative to the counties of Breckinridge, Bullitt, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Meade and Nelson in Kentucky and Harrison County in Indiana." Shipping at cost. .

Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau Book. Good. Soft cover. pp141-146. Removed from INDIANA HISTORY BULLETIN, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL INDIANA HISTORY CONFERENCE, Dec. 10-11, 1934. In plastic report covers. VG. Some of the reports from this bulletin may contain first or last xeroxed pages..

NY,: Macmillan, Book. Good. Hardcover. (1973), xi, 466pp, index, illustrated, bibliography, maps. Very light wear, else G+. An extensive history of the Indian Wars in the West..