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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Volume II of Epic Fires of Fort Myers chronicles four major blazes and half a dozen smaller fires that nearly scuttled the city's transformation in the early twentieth century from a frontier cow town into a flourishing center of commerce, citrus production and tourism. Had the wind been blowing in the other direction or the volunteer firefighters been less courageous or tenacious, Fort Myers could have very well endured the same catastrophic ...

Excerpt from "Effects" And Adventures of Raby RattlerThese were the considerations which induced a request from the sire, that the subject of our history, would at once take a trip to Ine land, Scotland, and finally settle down for the rest of the time given him for his tour, in his mother's native county, Lancashire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.co...

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This book repositions thinking about rhythm, meter and versification during the “Mechanical Age.” Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, the book examines the rhythmical workings of poems alongside not only Victorian theories of prosody and poetics but also contemporary thinking about labor practices, pedagogical procedures, scientific experiments, and technological innovations. By offering an exploded definition of meter—one that extends bey...

This work explores essential debates on globalization and world-systems analysis. It begins with a review of theoretical insights from world-systems analysis and explains the evolution of its terminology. The book subsequently seeks to answer several important questions: When did globalization begin and what insights into contemporary globalization may be gained from older forms? How does globalization differ in different places, and how can d...

During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an

Excerpt from A Sermon Occasioned by the Death of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bradbury, Who Departed This Life Sept, 9, 1759, in the 82d Year of His Age: Preached at New-Court on Lord's-Day After-Noon, Sept, 16, and Published at the Request of the ChurchAnd this appears tp be large and wide indeed (0 wide and univer/al, that it is of equal Extent with our Nature, for no Man who has been born in the ordinary Way, but was born' under a Liablenefs and...

Fire gave impetus to the formation of Lee County, fire cost Fort Myers its position as the epicenter of sport fishing and bragging rights as Tarpon Capital of the World, and between 1903 and 1907, fire threatened to reduce the entire business district to smoldering rubble, not once, but twice. Volume 1 of Epic Fires is a compelling chronology covering five fires, with stories of total loss and devastation, gritty courage, larger-than-life hero...

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Excerpt from Hall's Illustrated Catalogue of Magic Lanterns, Dissolving Lanterns, and Stereopticons: For Societies, Parlor Entertainment, Panoramas, and Public ExhibitionsI would recommend to my patrons to remit, in a registered let ter, or by a draft payable to my order, or, as is generally done, have bills collected through an express company, 011 delivery Of goods.Persons, when ordering goods, or sending for Catalogues, will please write th...