Bücher von Barton Atkins

Modern antiquities: - Comprising sketches of early Buffalo and the Great Lakes, also sketches of Alaska is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This public domain work, originally published in 1898 by Barton Atkins (1826 - ?), paints a fascinating picture of the history of Buffalo, NY between 1790 and the turn of the 20th century. Captain Atkins served on various ships on the Great Lakes between 1842 and 1876. Those familiar with modern-day Buffalo will recognize many of the names mentioned as they are now memorialized on street signs and buildings throughout the city. Atkins also describes his stint as President Grover Cleveland's appointee as Marshal of the District of Alaska from 1885 to 1889. This is the complete book with all text and all illustrations. A painstaking effort was made to meticulously convert page scans of the original publication into text. It was then set using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop into a clean, easy-to-read paperback book. This paperback edition is the only version that has been restored.The book contains several passages considered to be racially insensitive.

A republishing of Barton Atkins' 1899 public domain retrospective of the mighty Niagara River - from its 1534 "discovery" by French navigator James Cartier, through its role in the War of 1812, until the end of the Patriot War in 1838.This is NOT just a scan of an old book. It is the complete work with all text and images. It has been carefully and painstakingly converted into text and manually edited to ensure accuracy and readability. This is the only version available that has been restored in this manner.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!