Best Little Stories from Virginia History

by Kelly, C. Brian

• ISBN13: 9781581823585
• ISBN10: 1581823584
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

When it comes to history, few states rival Virginia. Home of eight presidents and the cradle of the American Revolution. Virginia contained the first English colony in America and was both the leader of the Confederacy and an early battleground of the civil rights struggles of the twentieth century. Book jacket.

Author Biography

C. Brian Kelly. a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a columnist and editor emeritus for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in news writing at the University of Virginia and the author of several books on American history Ingrid Smyer is a freelance writer and editor. The Kellys live in Charlottesville, Virginia

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue
1526: Came, Saw ... and Left	5	(1)
1561: His Name was Don Luis	6	(7)
1570--1600: Hidden Empire Developing	13	(4)
Part 1: Seventeenth Century
1606: Supplies Eaten Up	17	(1)
1607: Already a Formidable Resume	18	(2)
1609: ``Bowling in the Streets''	20	(5)
1623: Plea for Help	25	(4)
1624: Nailed by the Ears	29	(4)
1676: Turmoil in Jamestown	33	(6)
1676: ``Soldier, Statesman Saint''	39	(14)
Jamestown Highlights	44	(9)
Part 2: Eighteenth Century
1755: Major Washington's Steadfastness	53	(3)
1755: The Gang's All Here	56	(5)
1755: Incredible Wilderness Trek	61	(10)
1777: Tragic End for Cornstalk	71	(6)
1779: That Other Famous Clark	77	(3)
1781: The Nadir of His Fortunes	80	(6)
1781: Bulldog Seen at Yorktown	86	(4)
1787: Start of a Hemings Family Saga	90	(7)
1788: Patrick Henry Smelt a Rat	97	(5)
1794: Medical Marvel Kept Secret	102	(1)
1796: ``The Man Himself''	103	(2)
1799: An Avoidable Death?	105	(3)
1799--1836: Moments of National Grief	108	(7)
Part 3: Nineteenth Century
1800: Gabriel's Insurrection	115	(6)
1801: President at Last!	121	(6)
1803: Traveling East to Go West	127	(6)
1805: Two Girls on a Horse	133	(7)
1806: Murder of ``Virginia Socrates''	140	(3)
1812: High Praise for a Sortie	143	(6)
1813: Nation's Oldest Governor's Mansion	149	(3)
1814: Parting with His Books	152	(3)
1839: Birth of an Island	155	(7)
1842: First Glimpses of Cadet Jackson	162	(3)
1849: ``Nevermore, Quoth the Raven''	165	(5)
1853: Forgotten Explorer	170	(9)
1854: ``You Cannot Exclude Me from Heaven''	179	(2)
1855: Painful Days for Norfolk	181	(6)
1856: A Christmas Day Celebration	187	(5)
1858: Job for a Thousand Men and Boys	192	(5)
1862: Final Days for Virginia's ``White House''	197	(3)
1862: So, Who Captured Norfolk?	200	(6)
1862: Daily Concerns While at War	206	(4)
1862: The Wrold Around Him	210	(5)
1863: Term As Governor Unrecognized	215	(3)
1863: Ever Infamous in Norfolk	218	(4)
1864: Meeting ``Bobby'' Lee	222	(3)
1865: ``Awed Stillness'' at Appomattox	225	(1)
1859--70: Robert E. Lee: A Collage	226	(7)
1869: Waterproof Carpetbags for Sale	233	(4)
1873: Confederate Veterans to the Fore	237	(3)
1890: Dinner Party for ``Such a Rebel''	240	(3)
1899: Century of Sorrows	243	(8)
Part 4: Twentieth Century
1907: Babes in Incubators	251	(4)
1909: Challenging Presidential Foray	255	(7)
1909: Unwitting Catalyst for Reform	262	(5)
1912: Surviving the Titanic	267	(6)
1912: Boomtown Days for Hopewell	273	(4)
1917: Pulled Out of the Fishbowl	277	(3)
1921: School That ``Bad Sam'' Built	280	(3)
1925: ``Watch Out, She's a-Coming In!''	283	(4)
1932: Reunion to End Reunions	287	(3)
1934: Explorer in Trouble	290	(4)
1939: Start of a National Treasure	294	(8)
1943: No ``Folly'' After All	302	(4)
1944: Grim Tidings for Bedford	306	(4)
1944: Rosa Parks Preempted	310	(2)
1952: Start on a Foxhole Promise	312	(3)
1958: Massive Resistance at Work	315	(3)
1967: Lessons for a South African Visitor	318	(2)
1968: Life with a New Heart	320	(5)
1969: Night the Mountains Fell In	325	(4)
1972: Day on the Job at Dulles	329	(4)
1975: Pesticide in Their Veins	333	(4)
1976: Gaffe by a Queen	337	(3)
1976: The New ``Byrd Machine''	340	(3)
1978: Love Affair with Virginia	343	(4)
1978: Tantamount Politics No More	347	(4)
1993: Passing of a ``World Citizen''	351	(8)
Part 5: Twenty-First Century
2000: Father on Lee's Staff	359	(1)
2003: Paean to Little Route 5	360	(7)
The Women Who Counted	367	(42)
Epilogue: Past, Present, and Future	409	(6)
Missing Persons	415	(6)
A Short Chronology of Virginia History	421	(4)
Selected Bibliography	425	(4)
Index	429