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by Archer Butler Hulbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Volume 8 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... He was Vice-Principal of the Putnam Military Academy, Zanesville, Ohio, until 1897. Hulbert...
Isaac Hamilton
Surviving Amidst the Texas Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Isaac Hamilton's unbelievable ordeal of survival is embedded within a day-by-day timeline of the military and political events that occurred during the Texas Revolution.
by Brent C. Dickerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
This is the world premiere complete publication of Narciso Botellos important Annals of Southern California, a work focusing on the years 1833 - 1847 when California was emerging from its years of isolation and seclusion with dramatic turmoil, social change, political intrigues, and armed conflicts....
What They Never Told You About Boston
Or What They Did That Were Lies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
Everything you ever wanted to know about Beantown. Rumors, myths, superstitions -- all the secrets are revealed in this book by a former Boston taxi driver who's heard it all.
by Terence Byrsa
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
On May 4, 1886, in the first days of a nationwide strike for the eight hour workday, a dynamite bomb was thrown into a police phalanx in the final minutes of a labor protest meeting in downtown Chicago. Eight men were brought to trial and found guilty of the murder of Officer Mathias Degan: Albert...
A Texas Ranger
Adventures of Leander H. Mcnelly's Texas Ranger Company in the Wild Horse Desert
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
"In the following story of those years of my life which were passed on the broad tablelands of western Texas, I have endeavored to set down, plainly and truthfully, events as they actually occurred..." Napoleon Augustus Jennings (1856–1919) was a Texas Ranger and writer, best remembered...
by Archer Butler Hulbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Volume 9 of the series "Historic Highways of America". According to Wikipedia: "Archer Butler Hulbert (26 Jan 1873 24 Dec 1933), historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history... He was Vice-Principal of the Putnam Military Academy, Zanesville, Ohio, until 1897. Hulbert...
Choosing War
Presidential Decisions in the Maine, Lusitania, and Panay Incidents
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Throughout US history, presidents have had vastly different reactions to naval incidents. Though some incidents have been resolved diplomatically, others have escalated to outright war. What factors influence the outcome of a naval incident, especially when calls for retribution mingle with recommendations...
Legal Literacy
An Introduction to Legal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument—in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts...
by Rusty Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2010
In 1950 Dallas was a spirited Texas town of some regional importance; by 1980 it was an international city, one of the nation’s most populous, a center of trade, transportation, finance, pro sports, and popular culture. Historic Photos of Dallas in the 50s, 60s, and 70s documents this amazing transformation...
Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota
Or, From the Ox Team to the Aeroplane
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
This edition features a linked Table of Contents
SOME PIONEERS and PILGRIMS ON THE PRAIRIES OF DAKOTA
OR From the Ox Team to the Aeroplane
Edited and Published by
REV. JOHN B. REESE, A.M., B.D.
Assisted by
H.B. REESE
MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I Occasion,...
The Ascent of Chiefs
Cahokia and Mississippian Politics in Native North America
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
This ambitious book provides a theoretical explanation of how prehistoric Cahokia became a stratified society, and ultimately the pinnacle of Native American cultural achievement north of Mexico. Considering Cahokia in terms of class struggle, Pauketat claims that the political consolidation in this...
by Erik V. Fasick
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Tropical Storm Agnes, along with the unprecedented flooding which resulted from it, is arguably the most significant event to have transpired in the Harrisburg area in the last 150 years. Over the course of June 21 and June 22, 1972, Agnes drenched the region with more than a foot of rain. As a result,...
by Jason S. Lantzer
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites chronicles the rise and fall of one of the greatest attempted reforms in American History. Why were Americans so worried about alcohol? Why did they seek to ban an entire industry? How did those involved in the trade react? How did repeal...