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  • The Georgetown Set

    Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington

    by Gregg Herken

    In the years after World War II, Georgetown’s leafy streets were home to an unlikely group of Cold Warriors who helped shape American strategy. This coterie of affluent, well-educated, and connected civilians guided the country, for better and worse, from the Marshall Plan through McCarthyism, Watergate, and Vietnam. The Georgetown set included Phil and Kay Graham, husband-and-wife publishers of ... Read more

    € 11,54

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    The Georgetown Set

    Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington

    by Gregg Herken

    Narrated by Lloyd James

    Unabridged

    17 hours 2 min

    This fascinating,behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington is a rich and colorful portraitof the close-knit group of journalists, spies, and government officials whowaged the Cold War over cocktails and dinner.In the years after World War II, Georgetown’s leafy streetswere home to an unlikely group of cold warriors: a coterie of affluent,well-educated, and well-connected civilians who helped ... Read more

    € 23,20 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set

    by Missy Janes and 1 more

    The tony, leafy neighborhood of Georgetown along the Potomac river in Washington, D.C. has been influential in American history since the 18th century when it was a thriving seaport. But during the Cold War, following World War II and up until the end of the 20th century, it was home to the Capitol's most influential players in government, spycraft, journalism, and the arts. Within less than a ... Read more

    € 14,16

  • The Georgetown Papers

    by Richard Segal

    As Kipling wrote: Show now if ye can ride. In response to a mysterious kidnapping in the East of England, a stumped police force drafts in the recently retired Australian detective Andrew Bomfi, fresh off seven career years in New York. Will he be able to unwind their riddle, or will he merely discover two mountains with no top, in which not even the lawyers will make any money out of it? If clues ... Read more

    € 4,24

  • The History of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church

    by Glynda Joy Nord

    Swedish immigrate settlers in Williamson County met together in homes for worship services as early as 1884. In 1891 this congregation was organized in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sven Peterson by 21 charter members, known as Brushy Evangelical Free Church. The congregation built a sanctuary in 1892 on land southeast of Georgetown donated by C. J. Gustafson. This Georgetown site was acquired in 1960, ... Read more

    € 4,35

  • A vindication of vivisection; a course of lectures on animal experimentation by men of the highest authority in the medical and other professions, given under the auspices of the Georgetown University School of medicine, in Gaston hall of Georgetown

    by Georgetown University. School of Medicine and 3 more

    Free

  • Cases on equity jurisprudence. The following cases have been printed at the request of Hon. Seth Shepard, lecturer before the Georgetown University school of law, for use in connection with his lectures ... They have been chiefly selected from Fetter

    by Seth Shepard and 5 more

    Free

  • A Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown Convent of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    by George Parsons Lathrop and 1 more

    Free

  • The Georgetown law journal

    by Georgetown University. School of Law and 1 more

    Free

  • Remembering Georgetown

    A History of the Lost Port City

    by David Mould and 2 more

    series American Chronicles
    Before John and Jackie lent a touch of Camelot to the famous red-bricked rows and even before the founding of the nation�s capital, Georgetown was an influential port city. Men such as the charismatic Scot Ninian Beall came to the Potomac shores to capitalize on the riches of the New World. Beaver pelts, great hogsheads of tobacco, and slaves all crossed the wharves of George Town. Through a ... Read more

    € 12,08 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life and Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones Slocum, 1861-1914

    by Robert McAlister

    Born at sea on his father's whaling ship in 1861, Captain Abram Jones Slocum learned the seafaring life in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as part of the last generation of iron men aboard commercial wooden sailing ships in the Atlantic. His voyages often took him around Cape Hatteras to Georgetown, South Carolina, to load lumber bound for northern cities. He sailed in all seasons, through storms and ... Read more

    € 12,08 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Defending South Carolina's Coast

    The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River

    by Rick Simmons

    series Civil War Series
    The coast of South Carolina was a hotspot for the Civil War since its beginning. Some of the stories have not been told until now.In Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River, area native Rick Simmons relates the often overlooked stories of the upper South Carolina coast during the Civil War. As a base of operations for more than three thousand troops early in ... Read more

    € 12,08 or Free with Kobo Plus