wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Stateside Soldier: Life in the Women's Army Corps, 1944-1945
ISBN: 9781570033964 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) I don't Know Anybody who has ever done such a daring thing as I have done", twenty-two-year-old Aileen Kilgore of Brookwood, Alabama, wrote in her diary in January 1944, after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. From basic training in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to her discharge in late 1945, Kilgore served as one of more than 150,000 American women who joined the Women's Army Corps -- the first group of women other than nurses to serve in the ranks of the United States Army. Aileen Kilgore Henderson has now collected and edited diary entries and personal letters that...
I don't Know Anybody who has ever done such a daring thing as I have done", twenty-two-year-old Aileen Kilgore of Brookwood, Alabama, wrote in her dia...
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141,12 |
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The World Through the Dime Store Door: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780817320775 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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102,18 |
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The Horses of Lost Valley
ISBN: 9781524639280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Tillery Hubbs, a twelve-year-old wimp in 1960's San Diego, discovers a neglected horse in Lost Valley. Struggling against the horse's wealthy owner--and his own family--Till succeeds in saving the horse. He gains the courage to fight flood and fire and protect the other horses of Lost Valley. But when a new danger threatens, Till may be powerless to stop it. The Horses of Lost Valley recently won two Purple Dragonfly Awards for 2017.
Tillery Hubbs, a twelve-year-old wimp in 1960's San Diego, discovers a neglected horse in Lost Valley. Struggling against the horse's wealthy owner... |
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Eugene Allen Smith's Alabama: How a Geologist Shaped a State
ISBN: 9781588382436 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1871 when the University of Alabama reopened after its destruction by Federal troops, Eugene Allen Smith returned to his alma mater as professor of geology and mineralogy. After persuading the Legislature to appoint him State Geologist in 1873, he spent his summers enduring chills, fevers, and verbal abuse as he searched for industrial raw materials that could bring about better lives for destitute Alabamians. What he accomplished became the catalyst that transformed Alabama from an aimless and poverty-stricken agricultural state to an industrial giant to be reckoned with. The story of...
In 1871 when the University of Alabama reopened after its destruction by Federal troops, Eugene Allen Smith returned to his alma mater as professor of...
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141,23 |
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When the Wolf Camped at Our Door: My Childhood in the Great Depression
ISBN: 9780817321338 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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102,18 |
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Tenderfoot Teacher: Letters from the Big Bend, 1952-1954
ISBN: 9780875652641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In January 1952, Aileen Kilgore was teaching forty-three fourth graders at a public school in Northport, Alabama. Her life, filled with lesson preparations, in-service meetings, countywide meetings, and special projects, seemed grim, and she resolved to change it.
Remembering tales she'd heard of the Big Bend region in Texas, she wrote to the school board at Alpine, applying for a position. To her surprise an offer came back to teach at a new school within the Big Bend National Park. She accepted. The young schoolteacher was at first overwhelmed by Big Bend--the wildness, the... In January 1952, Aileen Kilgore was teaching forty-three fourth graders at a public school in Northport, Alabama. Her life, filled with lesson prepara...
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63,23 |