This work traces Zenger's life, the development of what was to become the U.S. First Amendment freedom, and its evolution on both sides of the Atlantic.

John Peter Zenger and the Fundamental Freedom

History

Putnam, William Lowell

Americas

McFarland Publishing

Germany’s merchant Marine fleet—the second largest in the world prior to 1914—played an unintended but decisive role in that nation’s defeat in World War I. There were those ships that went to war for the Kaiser on the high seas, those that stayed at home or otherwise played no significant part in the conflict, and those which were commandeered (mostly in 1917 and by the United States) and used against Germany. This is a well illustrated history, both practical and romantic, of the association each ship may have had with famous people and events of the war, and of the fates of the ships that comprised that fleet.

The Kaiser's Merchant Ships in World War I

McFarland

This is the story of one car--a 1911 Stevens-Duryea Model Y "Big Six"--and its famous owner Percival Lowell, the American astronomer best known for his studies of Mars and mathematical prediction of the discovery of Pluto. The narrative follows the vehicle, a product of Frank Duryea--of the pioneering Duryea brothers--through its time with Lowell and through subsequent owners to its present status as a moving landmark of history. This automobile made its debut in Flagstaff, which was at that time a frontier logging and cow town of Arizona with unpaved streets in what was not yet even one of the United States. It survived the years from 1911 when delivered to Lowell, through his death in 1916, through occasional use until 1938 when it was "abandoned," then through sixty subsequent years of neglect before being restored to its original form and condition and finally returning to Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill overlooking Flagstaff. Many of the important developments in the early history of the gasoline-powered automobile are traced to establish the context in which this remarkable vehicle was created. The community in which the Duryea brothers labored, in short lived teamwork, and their role in the evolution of the automobile industry are discussed. The text also provides an intimate look at the life of one of America's most important astronomers.

Percival Lowell's Big Red Car: The Tale of an Astronomer and a 1911 Stevens-Duryea

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Describing and detailing the boring of major railroad tunnels throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book covers the period from the creation of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in the 1850s to Copper Canyon's Continental and El Descanso tunnels in the early 1960s. Other notable tunnels featured here include Massachusetts' notoriously expensive and slow-progressing Hoosac Tunnel; Colorado's rail and water Moffat Tunnel; Montana's Flathead Tunnel; and several major tunnels along the Canadian Pacific's main line. In addition to providing details on the tunnels, the author considers the reasons they were created, their engineers, and their use. The book includes more than 50 period and contemporary photos. A glossary explains concepts related to railroad construction and maintenance.

Great Railroad Tunnels of North America

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

McFarland Company

This personal narrative is co-authored by two of the best-known names in American UHF television broadcast management: William Lowell "Bill" Putnam and Kathryn Elizabeth "Kitty" Putnam. During the first two decades of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) television, when the established VHF (Very-High Frequency) stations dominated the TV marketplace, the Putnams built and operated three successful UHF outlets: WWLP-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts; WKEF-TV in Dayton, Ohio; and KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bill and Kitty recall how they labored for survival during the "dozen lean years" between 1952 and 1964, and the events along their way to leadership in the world of advertiser-supported analog television. Included are several original poems written by Bill, and tantalizing recipes created for Kitty's long-running local cooking show.

How We Survived in UHF Television: A Broadcasting Memoir, 1953-1984

Putnam, Kitty Broman

Arts & Literature

In 1733, John Paul Zenger began to print the New York Journal, the newspaper that was to change Zenger's life and the direction of journalism in colonial America. The material published in the Journal so incensed Sir William Cosby, the royal governor, that Zenger was arrested for seditious libel. Zenger's case was taken on by Andrew Hamilton, the foremost lawyer in the colonies, and after several months in prison the printer was found innocent. The case became a landmark of journalistic freedom, establishing that truth was the ultimate defense against charges of slander or libel, and was both emblem and incitement of America's belief in a free press. This work traces Zenger's life, the development of what was to become the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment freedom in the colonies, and its subsequent evolution on both sides of the Atlantic.

Describes the events of the 1939 American expedition to K2 in the Himalayas that led to the expedition's failure and the deaths of three guides and an expedition member

K2: The 1939 Tragedy/the Full Story of the Ill-Fated Wiessner Expedition

Kaufman, Andrew J.

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

Lonesome Lake Hut is the first sign of civilization on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire since Hanover, 67 miles to the south, thanks to Joe Dodge. A decade later he had rebuilt all five huts in the Appalachian Mountain Club System, then built three new ones in some of the most inaccessible plots of land in the Northeast.

Joe Dodge: One New Hampshire Institution

Phoenix Publishing

Over 100 years after Percival Lowell founded his observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, it is still remembered by some primarily for the colorful controversy over the canals of Mars. This is undoubtedly unfair, since much more has been accomplished at Lowell Observatory in the intervening century. This volume is meant to be a series of vignettes in the Observatory's history. This volume is well-illustrated with photographs from the Lowell archives.

The Explorers of Mars Hill: A Centennial History of Lowell Observatory, 1894-1994

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Lowell Observatory

Demy folio, [30.5cm/12inches], full black cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 223, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, maps, &amp;ct.

Great Glacier and Its House: The Story of the First Center of Alpinism in North America, 1885-1925

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

Amer Alpine Club

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John Peter Zenger and the Fundamental Freedom

The Kaiser's Merchant Ships in World War I

Percival Lowell's Big Red Car: The Tale of an Astronomer and a 1911 Stevens-Duryea

Great Railroad Tunnels of North America

How We Survived in UHF Television: A Broadcasting Memoir, 1953-1984

John Peter Zenger and the Fundamental Freedom

K2: The 1939 Tragedy/the Full Story of the Ill-Fated Wiessner Expedition

Joe Dodge: One New Hampshire Institution

The Explorers of Mars Hill: A Centennial History of Lowell Observatory, 1894-1994

Great Glacier and Its House: The Story of the First Center of Alpinism in North America, 1885-1925