A History Of Fairground Transport

Download or read book A History of Fairground Transport written by Allan Ford and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look at the world of fairground transport.

Download or read book First Sticker Book Fairground written by Jessica Greenwell and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairground brings to life an old-fashioned steam funfair with over 100 stickers to complete the nostalgic scenes - carousels, helter skelters and candy floss! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts.

Download or read book The Fairground Ghost written by Felicity Everett and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Midwest Maize written by Cynthia Clampitt and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.

Download or read book Traveller's Tale: The Making Of A Fairground Showman written by David Slattery-Christy and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of a travelling showman in the first half of the 20th century. A farm boy from Appleton near Oxford has a dream and runs away to join the fairground to find excitement and adventure. Love, WW1 and the Royal Navy all stood in his way but he persevered and achieved his dream. By the time of his death he was a Master Fairground Showman

Download or read book The Broken Heart of America written by Walter Johnson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis. From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike—a legacy of resistance that endures. A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.

Download or read book Contested Waters written by Jeff Wiltse and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure, swimming pools reflect many of the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.