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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1979
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ISBN : OCLC:878119646

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Author by : Henry 1846-1914 Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2023-07-22
Publisher by : Legare Street Press

ISBN : 1022890069

Why is there a town called 'Intercourse' in Pennsylvania? Who named 'Paint Rock' in Texas? This comprehensive guide offers fascinating insight into the origins of place names across the United States, tracing the linguistic, historical, and cultural roots of each. 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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant....

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1902
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ISBN : HARVARD:TZ1FSJ

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1973
Publisher by : Genealogical Publishing Com

ISBN : 0806305444

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1947
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ISBN : OCLC:15622996

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Author by : Henry 1846-1914 Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2016-08-27
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ISBN : 1371084084

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Publisher by : Palala Press

ISBN : 1340957051

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 work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant....

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2016-10-22
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ISBN : 1334035857

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Author by : Henry Gannett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1973
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ISBN : OCLC:427232723

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Author by : George R. Stewart
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Publisher by : New York Review of Books

ISBN : 9781590172735

George R. Stewart’s classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation’s peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart’s intimate knowledge of America and love of anecdote make his book a unique and delightful window on American history and social life. Names on the Land is a fascinating and fantastically detailed panorama of language in action. Stewart opens with the first European names in what would later be the United States—Ponce de León’s flowery Florída, Cortés’s semi-mythical isle of California, and the red Rio Colorado—before going on to explore New England, New Amsterdam, and New Sweden, the French and the Russian legacies, and the unlikely contributions of everybody from border ruffians to Boston Brahmins. These lively pages examine where and why Indian names were likely to be retained; nineteenth-century fads that gave rise to dozens of Troys and Athens and to suburban Parksides, Brookmonts, and Woodcrest Manors; and deep and enduring mysteries such as why “Arkansas” is Arkansaw, except of course when it isn’t. Names on the Land will engage anyone who has ever wondered at the curious names scattered across the American map. Stewart’s answer is always a story—one of the countless stories that lie behind the rich and strange diversity of the USA....