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UNINA9910797684303321 |
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Botjer George F. <1937-> |
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Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity / / George F. Botjer |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated, , [2015] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (149 p.) |
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Inventors - United States |
Painters - United States |
Telegraph - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; A Note on Sources and Endnote Citations; Bibliographical Note; 1 An American Artist; 2 Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret; 3 From Wilderness to Empire; 4 The Question of Origins and Originality; 5 The Great Man Revered and Reviled; 6 Locust Grove; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself. |
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UNINA9910967981603321 |
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Rudolph Conrad <1951-> |
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Pilgrimage to the end of the world : the road to Santiago de Compostela / / Conrad Rudolph |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2004 |
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9786613097644 |
9781283097642 |
1283097648 |
9780226731322 |
0226731324 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 131 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - Spain - Santiago de Compostela |
Spain, Northern Description and travel |
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-128). |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages -- The Pilgrimage to Santiago and to the End of the World -- Views of the Journey -- The Route -- Getting There -- What to Take -- Suggested Reading -- Organizations |
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Traveling two and a half months and one thousand miles along the ancient route through southern France and northern Spain, Conrad Rudolph made the passage to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela, one of the most important modern-day pilgrimage destinations for Westerners. In this chronicle of his travels to this captivating place, Rudolph melds the ancient and the contemporary, the spiritual and the physical, in a book that is at once travel guide, literary work, historical study, and memoir. |
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