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Newport Historical Society
Newport
9781467155472
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%This revised edition of Newport: A Concise History tells a more inclusive story of Newport’s past with the aid of new scholarship and images.
Beginning with the area’s first Indigenous inhabitants, this book explores Newport's colorful history, uncovering the traditions and innovations that shaped the city. Founded in 1639 by religious dissenters, Newport became a thriving seaport in the eighteenth century. Yet the town’s success as a center of commerce derived from the enslavement of Africans who were captured and brought to Newport unwillingly. In the ensuing centuries, this city has undergone periods of economic distress and phases of rejuvenation, evolving into one of the most beloved tourist destinations in the country.
As Newport forges into the twenty-first century, we look to history to commemorate and celebrate the City-by-the-Sea.Â
Sam Watters
Richard Morris Hunt
9781429006040
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%This richly illustrated, Gilded Age inspired sketchbook reveals a fascinating side of a titan of American architecture alongside pages for a reader’s own expressions of beauty.
Considered the preeminent nineteenth century American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895) designed some of the greatest landmarks of the Gilded Age such as the Vanderbilt mansions, including Biltmore, the Breakers, Marble House and more. Part of the unique milieu of Hunt’s inspiration was his devotion to the art of collecting. From fine art and jewelry to antiques and collectables, Hunt scoured Europe and America for objects of interest. He kept extensive sketchbooks of his drawings and notes that reveal not only his collecting mindset, but the ideas, aesthetics and inspirations that shaped his approach to architecture.Â
Author Sam Watters presents a glimpse inside the creative mind of Richard Morris Hunt, and explores a historic and elegant world of beauty. Including pages for sketches and notes inspired by Hunt’s designs.
Arcadia Publishing
Makers of Modern Rhode Island, The
9781467154024
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Picking up where Rhode Island's Founders left off Dr. Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island's preeminent historian and president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, takes us through the Ocean State's history from 1790 to 1860.
Learn how Samuel Slater, the  Father of the Factory System, pioneered the making of modern Rhode Island, how Elizabeth Buffum Chace founded the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association and what political circumstances led Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr to the Dorr War in 1842.
This newly revised and updated edition includes colorful biographical sketches of fifty-six influential Rhode Islanders who helped shape the state's urban and industrial development into the modern Rhode Island of today, including  some lesser-known Rhode Islanders, including Eliza Jumel and Adin Ballou.
