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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In More Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age, the reader is placed in the action as witness to the high and low events that enmeshed the country's rich and famous in their winter playground, Aiken, South Carolina. The activities of the Astors, Iselins, and Hitchcocks, among others, are restored to life offering the reader insight into their desires, joys, fears, and regrets. Each chapter delivers a riveting story about the lives and times of those who occupied the highest perches of America's societal peaks. Beginning with the first chapter in Aiken Remembers the Titanic, Madeleine Astor graphically recalls her reoccurring nightmare of the Titanic tragedy during a visit to Aiken to attend a bridge dedication honoring one of Titanic's important victims. In Titanic Bill, the story of a pitiable William Carter, a Titanic survivor bearing a coward's shame, mulls a futile option designed to restore his damaged reputation. In The Highland Park Hotel, the most luxurious hotel of its day where the Vanderbilts of New York, the Dolans of Philadelphia, and the Stackpoles of Boston and others, including international elites, passed the mild Aiken winters, the story of its construction, employees, and the gun violence during its destruction by fire in the early morning hours of February 6, 1898 is remembered. The specter of attempted murder is re-examined in Aiken's Trial of the Century which reconstructs in as much detail as is known, the attempted murder of wealthy socialite Camilla Havemeyer Beach in the yard of her Aiken home on the night of February 26, 1912. The military exploits of America's greatest polo player and hero are recounted in Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. - A Soldier's Story. Hitchcock relives his daring escape from a German POW train, and his experiences defending France in the WW I Lafayette Flying Corps. The Remarkable Iselins recounts C. Oliver Iselin's 1893 America's Cup victory hard earned against gale.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In More Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age, the reader is placed in the action as witness to the high and low events that enmeshed the country's rich and famous in their winter playground, Aiken, South Carolina. The activities of the Astors, Iselins, and Hitchcocks, among others, are restored to life offering the reader insight into their desires, joys, fears, and regrets. Each chapter delivers a riveting story about the lives and times of those who occupied the highest perches of America's societal peaks. Beginning with the first chapter in Aiken Remembers the Titanic, Madeleine Astor graphically recalls her reoccurring nightmare of the Titanic tragedy during a visit to Aiken to attend a bridge dedication honoring one of Titanic's important victims. In Titanic Bill, the story of a pitiable William Carter, a Titanic survivor bearing a coward's shame, mulls a futile option designed to restore his damaged reputation. In The Highland Park Hotel, the most luxurious hotel of its day where the Vanderbilts of New York, the Dolans of Philadelphia, and the Stackpoles of Boston and others, including international elites, passed the mild Aiken winters, the story of its construction, employees, and the gun violence during its destruction by fire in the early morning hours of February 6, 1898 is remembered. The specter of attempted murder is re-examined in Aiken's Trial of the Century which reconstructs in as much detail as is known, the attempted murder of wealthy socialite Camilla Havemeyer Beach in the yard of her Aiken home on the night of February 26, 1912. The military exploits of America's greatest polo player and hero are recounted in Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. - A Soldier's Story. Hitchcock relives his daring escape from a German POW train, and his experiences defending France in the WW I Lafayette Flying Corps. The Remarkable Iselins recounts C. Oliver Iselin's 1893 America's Cup victory hard earned against gale.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Stories of the Rich and Famous: Aiken's Winter Colony in the Gilded Age. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Green softcover with an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel. Signed with absolutely no further inscription, by the author. Black-and-white photos. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 140-stated pages. Signed by Author(s).…

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Condition: Good. : Este libro de texto, titulado 'Sciences expérimentales et technologie CE2', es un manual escolar diseñado para estudiantes de segundo grado (CE2) en Francia. Forma parte de la 'Collection Tavernier' y está alineado con el programa educativo de 2002. El libro busca fomentar la curiosidad de los alumnos a través de la observación y la experimentación, así como el análisis de documentos variados. Incluye actividades prácticas, ejercicios de evaluación y secciones para consolidar el conocimiento, con el objetivo de desarrollar una comprensión objetiva de la materia y el mundo vivo. EAN: 9782047297278 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Educación Título: Sciences expérimentales et technologie CE2 Autor: Bernard Calmettes| Jean-Loup Canal| M.J. Coqblin| Jeanne Lamarque| Magali Margotin-Passat| Marie-Anne Pierrard| Raymond Tavernier Editorial: Bordas Editions Idioma: fr Páginas: 96 Formato: tapa dura.…

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Condition: Good. *Price Has BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Oct. 12 (SALE item)* limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is copy #8, 52 pp., Paperback, minor library markings, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

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