West Chester, Past and Present

West Chester, Past and Present
Title West Chester, Past and Present PDF eBook
Author Daily Local News, West Chester, Pa
Publisher
Pages 296
Release 1899
Genre West Chester (Pa.)
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Westchester

Westchester
Title Westchester PDF eBook
Author Robert Marchant
Publisher McFarland
Pages 256
Release 2018-12-06
Genre History
ISBN 1476633908

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This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.

A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time

A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time
Title A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time PDF eBook
Author Robert Bolton
Publisher
Pages 626
Release 1848
Genre Westchester County (N.Y.)
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Picturing Our Past

Picturing Our Past
Title Picturing Our Past PDF eBook
Author Gray Williams
Publisher
Pages 480
Release 2003-01-01
Genre Historic buildings
ISBN 9780915585144

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West Chester Railroad

West Chester Railroad
Title West Chester Railroad PDF eBook
Author Kenneth C. Springirth
Publisher America Through Time
Pages 128
Release 2021-03-29
Genre
ISBN 9781634993067

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History of Westchester County

History of Westchester County
Title History of Westchester County PDF eBook
Author John Thomas Scharf
Publisher
Pages 1352
Release 1886
Genre Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
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George Washington's Westchester Gamble

George Washington's Westchester Gamble
Title George Washington's Westchester Gamble PDF eBook
Author Richard Borkow
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 189
Release 2011-05-31
Genre History
ISBN 1625842139

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A look at Westchester County’s place in the American Revolution and Washington’s plan to trick Cornwallis and march to Yorktown. During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont, and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed, or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington’s great gamble that saved the United States. Praise for George Washington’s Westchester Gamble “Borkow has done a first-rate job of telling the story of the American Revolution in Westchester County and putting dramatic events there in the context of the larger war--especially the decision to march to Yorktown.” —Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace “Just when it seemed that the subject of the American Revolution had been thoroughly explored, Richard Borkow has given us a fresh look at the war's culminating event—the 1781 march of French and American troops to Virginia.” —Joseph Wheelan, author of Jefferson’s War and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade