Mary Malloy
Author
Series
Publisher
Leapfrog Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is the 100th anniversary of St. Patrick's College and Professor Lizzie Manning is tasked with creating a centennial exhibition to celebrate the occasion. Her research takes her to Bologna, where the daughter of the college's founder married an Italian prince with a family collection dating back to the Renaissance. Among the oddities and works of art Lizzie finds ancient alligators, old master paintings, unicorn tusks, and rarities from around...
Author
Publisher
Leapfrog Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
407 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Lizzie Manning, a history professor on winter break from St. Patrick's College in Charlestown, Mass., is intrigued when George F.R. Hatton, a British aristocrat, asks for her advice on family artifacts. George's ancestor, Lt. Francis Hatton, collected the pieces when he accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Lizzie soon discovers more than just a treasure trove at George's Somerset estate: there's also a family...
Author
Series
Kendall Whaling Museum monograph volume no. 6
Publisher
Kendall Whaling Museum
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
26 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Alaska history volume no. 47
Publisher
The Limestone Press
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
[viii], 228 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
Bullbrier Press
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Had he not been a madman, Captain Samuel Hill would likely be remembered as one of the great maritime adventurers of the early nineteenth century. He was the first American to live in Japan, and was in the Columbia River basin at the same time as Lewis & Clark. He rescued men held captive by Indians and pirates, met King Kamehameha of Hawaii and the missionaries who arrived soon after the King's death, was captured as a privateer during the War of...
