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Chapters: John Hanson, John Eager Howard, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Samuel Chase, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Thomas Sim Lee, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll, Thomas Stone, James Mchenry, George Plater, Benjamin Contee, Matthew Tilghman, William Carmichael, Jeremiah Chase, William Hindman, John Henry, Nathaniel Ramsey, Joshua Seney, Richard Potts, Robert Goldsborough, Robert Alexander, Uriah Forrest, William Smith, John Rogers, William Hemsley, Benjamin Rumsey, Turbutt Wright, Edward Lloyd, William Harrison, Jr., James Forbes, David Ross, John Hall. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 129. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 November 14, 1832) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95. He was born at Annapolis, Maryland, the son of Charles Carroll of Annapolis (17021781) and Elizabeth (Brooke) Carroll. His reputed attendance at the Jesuit preparatory school at Bohemia in Cecil County cannot be confirmed from contemporary records, and he may have been schooled at home before departing for Europe, where he attended the College of St. Omer in France, and graduated from the College of Louis the Grand in 1755. He continued his studies in Europe, and read for the law in London before returning to Annapolis in 1765. Charles Carroll of Annapolis granted Carrollton Manor to his son, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. It is from this tract of land that he took his title, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Carroll was a voice for independence in Maryland. In 1772 he engaged in a debate conducted through anonymous newspaper letters and maintained the right o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=240075 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Raymond Unwin, Hardman Lever, James Carmichael, James Masterton-Smith, Howard Frank, Philip Hanson, Thomas Munro. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Sir Raymond Unwin (1863 1940) was a prominent and influential English urban planner. Raymond Unwin was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire and grew up in Oxford, after his father sold up his business and moved there to study. He was educated at Magdelen College School. In 1884 he returned to the North to become an apprentice engineer for Stavely Iron ... Read more

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Howard Hanson details the career and works of a composer called by several critics "the most important figure in American music in the second quarter of the 20th century." Hanson's compositions elicited the broadest possible range of critical reaction. While early works from the 1920s were viewed as dissonant, avant-garde experimentations, within a decade his compositions in a similar style were viewed as solid, conservative works. Within this range, it was generally agreed that Hanson represented the best in solid compositional and orchestrational technique, and audiences greeted his new compositions with unquestioned approval throughout his 60-plus year career. As an important proponent of American music during his forty year tenure as Director of the Eastman School of Music, he conducted premieres of literally thousands of works by American composers and always encouraged young American composers. ... Read more