Morton Broffman (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First printing [stated]. The format is approximately 8.675 inches by 11.125 inches. xiii, [3] 156, [4] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Decorative dust jacket. Appendixes. A Gothic Glossary. Looks at the history, design, construction, and treasures of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., examining the stained-glass artwork, stone carving, ironwork, murals, and Great Organ of the last great Gothic cathedral that will ever be built. The contents include Introduction; Building the National Cathedral; Inspiration in Stone; Flowers of the Cathedral; Men of Iron, Storied Walls; Jewels of the Chapel; A Treasure of Needlework' Music on the Close'; 10,000 Pipes, The Tower of Bells. After serving as the chief cook and steward of the Schooner Bill of Rights, the National Geographic offered him a job and later he was in the Brazilian Amazon making first contacts with Stone Age Indians. He rode freight trains across America, then mountain bike across India, went to the North Pole not with an expedition, but over-the ice with two Thule Eskimo hunters, a grant sent Harrington to the far reaches of the Soviet Empire to report about the conditions of tribal peoples of the USSR and then the same of America's Indians. In the early 1980's Ty Harrington was recruited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and beginning in 1983 Harrington was deployed to both Washington, DC and field operations to provide federal coordination and assistance to the contiguous US, Alaska, Hawaii, territories, such as Guam, US Saipan and the US Virgin Islands, and treaty protectorates such as the Federated States of Micronesia. The author brings to life the remarkable story of the building of the world's last great gothic cathedral, THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL in Washington, D.C. "Without this book no one would know who created the art that fills the storied walls of one of our most interesting buildings, and knowing who they were and the story of what they did really ties the cathedral to American history. " Ty Harrington is a sailor, explorer and catastrophic emergency manager. Ty Harrington has documented his life in words and pictures. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church. The cathedral is located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The structure is of Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. It is the second-largest church building in the United States, and the third-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The cathedral is the seat of both the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and the bishop of the Diocese of Washington. Over 270,000 people visit the structure annually. The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, under the first seven bishops of Washington, erected the cathedral under a charter passed by the United States Congress on January 6, 1893. Construction began on September 29, 1907, when the foundation stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt and a crowd of more than 20,000, and ended 83 years later when the "final finial" was placed in the presence of President George H. W. Bush on September 29, 1990. Decorative and restorative work, particularly of damage from a nearby earthquake in 2011, is ongoing as of 2024. The Foundation is the legal entity of which all institutions on the Cathedral Close are a part; its corporate staff provides services for the institutions to help enable their missions, conducts work of the Foundation itself that is not done by the other entities, and serves as staff for the board of trustees. The cathedral stands at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues in the northwest quadrant of Washington. It is an associate member of the inter-denominational Washington Theological Consortium. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2007, it was ranked third on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Morton Broffman (Back Cover Photograph) and Ty Har (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition [stated]. xii, 167, [1] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Hugh with best wishes Eugene McCarthy Dec 17, 1982. The distinguished politician wittily examines a wide range of subjects, including the presidency, social justice, arms control, the Irish character, and the press. Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916 - December 10, 2005) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic nomination in the 1968 presidential election, challenging incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. McCarthy sought the presidency five times, but never won. McCarthy, in 1948, was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served until being elected to the Senate in 1958. As the 1960s progressed, McCarthy emerged as a prominent opponent of Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War. McCarthy finished in a strong second place in the New Hampshire primary. McCarthy and Kennedy each won several primaries before Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968. McCarthy opposed Watergate-era campaign finance laws, becoming a plaintiff in the landmark case Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that certain provisions of federal campaign finance laws were unconstitutional.[35] McCarthy, the New York Civil Liberties Union, philanthropist Stewart Mott, the Conservative Party of New York State, the Mississippi Republican Party, and the Libertarian Party were the plaintiffs in Buckley, becoming key players in killing campaign spending limits and public financing of political campaigns. After leaving the Senate in 1971, McCarthy became a senior editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishing and a syndicated newspaper columnist. Among the topics addressed in this compilation are: Jimmy Carter, Celibacy, Endangered Species, Chrysler, Volunteer Army, Privacy, The Press, Irish, Baseball, Scandal, Polo, American History. Morton Broffman (Jacket photograph) (illustrator). Signed.…

Paperback. Condition: New.