Memory Trees--Family Trees for the Scrapbooker
On one level, of course, the work is an ably told personal political biography of Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, the Baron of Cameron (1693-1781). Fairfax was heir to his grandfather Lord Culpeper's share of the Virginia Northern Neck proprietary, an inheritance that ultimately enabled him to claim over five million acres. On another level, the book also furnishes a bird's eye view of daily life and culture, as well as political machinations, on both sides of the Atlantic. Because of the circles Fairfax walked in, his story brims with a cast of supporting characters like Robert King Carter, William Byrd, Governor William Gooch, and even George Wa…
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Weitere Autoren: Matthews, Tony
- ISBN: 978-0-8063-5217-6
- EAN: 9780806352176
- Produktnummer: 5071379
- Verlag: Clearfield
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 56 S.
- Masse: H28.0 cm x B21.0 cm x D0.3 cm 164 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 164
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Peter Matthews is a world-renowned expert on track and field athletics. He has been an athletics broadcaster on TV and radio for more than 35 years, working primarily for BBC Radio 1975-85, ITV 1985-97 and for the IAAF from 1991. He has covered nearly all the major meetings in Great Britain and worldwide over the past 40 years. He has been a leading public address announcer since 1968, and was Media Information Manager for Track and Field Athletics at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and worked at his seventh Olympics for the Sydney Organizing Committee in 2000.
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