Gilded Age Richmond

Gilded Age Richmond
Title Gilded Age Richmond PDF eBook
Author Brian Burns
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 160
Release 2017-04-10
Genre History
ISBN 1439660263

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Author Brian Burns traces the history of the River City as it marched toward a new century. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Richmond entered the Gilded Age seeking bright prospects while struggling with its own past. It was an era marked by great technological change and ideological strife. During a labor convention in conservative Richmond, white supremacists prepared to enforce segregation at gunpoint. Progressives attempted to gain political power by unveiling a wondrous new marvel: Richmond's first electric streetcar. And handsome lawyer Thomas J. Cluverius was accused of murdering a pregnant woman and dumping her body in the city reservoir, sparking Richmond's trial of the century.

Gilded Age Richmond: Gaiety, Greed & Lost Cause Mania

Gilded Age Richmond: Gaiety, Greed & Lost Cause Mania
Title Gilded Age Richmond: Gaiety, Greed & Lost Cause Mania PDF eBook
Author Brian Burns
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 160
Release 2017
Genre History
ISBN 1625858515

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Author Brian Burns traces the history of the River City as it marched toward a new century. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Richmond entered the Gilded Age seeking bright prospects while struggling with its own past. It was an era marked by great technological change and ideological strife. During a labor convention in conservative Richmond, white supremacists prepared to enforce segregation at gunpoint. Progressives attempted to gain political power by unveiling a wondrous new marvel: Richmond's first electric streetcar. And handsome lawyer Thomas J. Cluverius was accused of murdering a pregnant woman and dumping her body in the city reservoir, sparking Richmond's trial of the century.

Gilded Age Richmond

Gilded Age Richmond
Title Gilded Age Richmond PDF eBook
Author Brian Burns
Publisher History Press Library Editions
Pages 162
Release 2017-04-10
Genre History
ISBN 9781540215901

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In the aftermath of the Civil War, Richmond entered the Gilded Age seeking bright prospects while struggling with its own past. It was an era marked by great technological change and ideological strife. During a labor convention in conservative Richmond, white supremacists prepared to enforce segregation at gunpoint. Progressives attempted to gain political power by unveiling a wondrous new marvel: Richmond's first electric streetcar. And handsome lawyer Thomas J. Cluverius was accused of murdering a pregnant woman and dumping her body in the city reservoir, sparking Richmond's trial of the century. Author Brian Burns traces the history of the River City as it marched toward a new century.

The Dooleys of Richmond

The Dooleys of Richmond
Title The Dooleys of Richmond PDF eBook
Author Mary Lynn Bayliss
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2017
Genre History
ISBN 9780813939988

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"The story of an Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Richmond, Virginia, in the nineteenth century and established a large hat manufacturing enterprise, becoming leaders in business, education, politics, and philanthropy in Virginia"--Provided by publisher.

Love, Fiercely

Love, Fiercely
Title Love, Fiercely PDF eBook
Author Jean Zimmerman
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 351
Release 2012
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0151014477

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Documents the Gilded Age love story of an heiress who fought for women's rights and an architect, tracing their upbringings, their pursuits, and their advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised.

Maymont

Maymont
Title Maymont PDF eBook
Author Dale Wheary
Publisher Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre Historic buildings
ISBN 9781857599732

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During the Gilded Age of the late 1880s to the 1910s - the era of Carnegie, Rockefeller and Vanderbilt - American millionaires demonstrated their prosperity through their elaborate homes. Maymont was the 100-acre country estate of Richmond-born financier James Henry Dooley and his wife Sallie May Dooley. Their opulent residence was completed in 1893. The Dooleys spent three decades filling its sumptuous interiors with treasures from around the world and establishing Maymont's magnificent gardens, landscape and architectural complex. The Dooleys bequeathed Maymont - completely intact - to the City of Richmond to be used as a public park and museum. Today it is an unusually complete example of a Gilded Age estate. This lavishly illustrated and elegantly designed volume welcomes the reader into this spectacular estate, appealing to visitors as well as all those fascinated in the history and grandeur of the Gilded Age in America. AUTHOR: Dale Wheary is the Curator/Director of Historical Collections and Programs at Maymont. SELLING POINTS: * Only book available on the Maymont Estate, which receives more than 500,000 visitors a year * Of interest to all those fascinated with Gilded Age architecture and interior furnishings 80 colour

Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James

Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James
Title Tredegar Iron Works: Richmond’s Foundry on the James PDF eBook
Author Nathan Vernon Madison
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 1
Release 2015
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 146711894X

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One of the most important industrial landmarks in the nation lies in the heart of historic Richmond. The Tredegar Iron Works was the most prodigious ordnance supplier to the Confederacy during the Civil War, as well as an industrial behemoth in its own right. Named for the hometown of the Welsh engineers who built it, Tredegar remained one of Richmond's chief industrial entities for over a century. It produced ordnance during five wars and helped build the railroads that rapidly spread across the nation during the Gilded Age. Author Nathan Vernon Madison, utilizing a wealth of primary sources and firsthand accounts, chronicles the full history of a Richmond industrial icon.