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A Flag at Half-Mast: A Personal Account of the Attack on America
ISBN: 9781425941963 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,55 |
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Easton Pa: A History: An Introduction to the Origins, Historical Traditions, and Buildings, of Easton, Pennsylvania
ISBN: 9781425944223 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A readable history of Easton, PA, drawing together material from many piecemeal sources, with pictures of historic sites as they exist today. Easton was extremely important to the fate of the American colonies during the French and Indian War, and also played an important role during the American Revolution. It then served as a hub for the growing commercial development of the new nation. Includes an Appendix of historical sites, to assist walking or driving tours, with many references to an available free map.
A readable history of Easton, PA, drawing together material from many piecemeal sources, with pictures of historic sites as they exist today. Easton w...
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68,55 |
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Guide Book to the Indian War Battlefields in Eastern WY, NEB. and SD
ISBN: 9781425968427 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,74 |
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Gitty Up! -----: Whoa!
ISBN: 9781434318091 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,16 |
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The Utah Gold Rush: The Lost Rhoades Mine and the Hathenbruck Legacy
ISBN: 9781555176143 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,15 |
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Texas Highway Humor
ISBN: 9781556221767 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the beginning, it was happy trails. Then someone invented the horseless carriage and things haven't been the same since. As ribbons of concrete spread over the horse trails, so did the fun and frustration.This book explores some of that highway fun, both past and present. Included are unique pictures of strange vehicles, early gas stations, convenience stores, the evolution of the stop light, unusual roadside signs, the Texas billboard hall of fame, strange things seen when driving, and much, much more. Also included are vignettes about famous and not so famous Texas highway incidents,...
In the beginning, it was happy trails. Then someone invented the horseless carriage and things haven't been the same since. As ribbons of concrete spr...
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56,12 |
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Death of a Legend: The Myth and Mystery Surrounding the Death of Davy Crockett
ISBN: 9781556226885 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to compile all the accounts, debates, and legends relating to Crockett's death. There is much controversy, and Groneman discusses it all in this unique book. It also shows how movies and television have addressed the issue of this notable Texan's death.
This is the first book to compile all the accounts, debates, and legends relating to Crockett's death. There is much controversy, and Groneman discuss...
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97,13 |
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Legendary Texas Storytellers
ISBN: 9781556229398 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Let storyteller and biographer Jim Gramon give you a personal introduction to some of his legendary storytelling friends.
Let storyteller and biographer Jim Gramon give you a personal introduction to some of his legendary storytelling friends.
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97,13 |
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Hattie and Huey
ISBN: 9781557281074 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hattie and Huey whisks us back to hot afternoons and dusty roads of Depression America to take us through a series of political events that lasted only eight days. But for Arkansas--and for the South--this week and a day grew into one of those legends of folklore. In 1932 Huey P. Long came to the state to help elect his seatmate, Hattie Caraway, to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate. The campaign was unprecedented and impossible, but it happened. And she won--the first woman in U.S history to be elected to a full six-year term in the Senate.
Hattie and Huey whisks us back to hot afternoons and dusty roads of Depression America to take us through a series of political events that lasted onl...
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156,72 |
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Jungles of Arkansas: A Personal History of the Wonder State
ISBN: 9781557281098 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When H. L. Mencken wrote about "the miasmatic jungles of Arkansas" he was referring to the relative obscurity and uncertain image that Arkansas has enjoyed--or suffered from--throughout its history. In these entertaining and sometimes quirky essays Lancaster sheds light on that image by analyzing the stereotypes that have characterized the state since its very beginning. ." . . revelations of the state's unique wonders that only a born writer with a practiced eye can bring to life on the printed page." -Dee Brown
When H. L. Mencken wrote about "the miasmatic jungles of Arkansas" he was referring to the relative obscurity and uncertain image that Arkansas has en...
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102,81 |
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Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas, 1865-1905
ISBN: 9781557281371 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first in-depth examination at race relations in Arkansas during the forty years after the Civil War. Graves focuses on the gradual adjustment of black and white Arkansans to the new status of the freedom, in both society and law, after generations of practicing the social etiquette of slavery. Graves shows how Arkansas was one of the most progressive states during Reconstruction in desegregating its people.
The first in-depth examination at race relations in Arkansas during the forty years after the Civil War. Graves focuses on the gradual adjustment of b...
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191,02 |
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Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71
ISBN: 9781557282002 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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166,52 |
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Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
ISBN: 9781557282743 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first of William Gilmore Simms's Border Romance series, this is a vividly accurate and entertaining account of two very different societies in frontier Georgia during the height of the gold-rush era.
The first of William Gilmore Simms's Border Romance series, this is a vividly accurate and entertaining account of two very different societies in fro...
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205,71 |
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The Last River: Life Along Arkansas's Lower White
ISBN: 9781557282910 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River and issues a plea to save the river from irreversible damage by the Army Corps of Engineers. By demonstrating that the endless dredging and flood control projects of the ever-active Corps are destroying the river's natural beauty and the livelihoods of those who make the river their only home - on houseboats and along its banks - he argues graphically and heroically for the preservation of a unique culture and of a great river. The...
With 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River a...
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191,02 |
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The Last River: Life Along Arkansas's Lower White
ISBN: 9781557282927 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River and issues a plea to save the river from irreversible damage by the Army Corps of Engineers. By demonstrating that the endless dredging and flood control projects of the ever-active Corps are destroying the river's natural beauty and the livelihoods of those who make the river their only home - on houseboats and along its banks - he argues graphically and heroically for the preservation of a unique culture and of a great river. The...
With 68 compellingly beautiful photographs, Turner Browne documents a fast-disappearing way of life for the people who live on the lower White River a...
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156,72 |
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Preface to the Presidency: Selected Speeches of Bill Clinton 1974-1992
ISBN: 9781557284402 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old candidate for Congress through his 1992 victory speech, Preface to the Presidency reveals the power and range of his contribution to our nation's political dialogue.
Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old cand...
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225,30 |
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Preface to the Presidency, Selected Speeches of Bill Clinton 1974-1992
ISBN: 9781557284419 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old candidate for Congress through his 1992 victory speech, Preface to the Presidency reveals the power and range of his contribution to our nation's political dialogue.
Bill Clinton has long been touted as a master of public speaking form and political discourse. Taken from his speeches as a twenty-seven-year-old cand...
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156,72 |
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"wish You Were Here": Arkansas Postcard Past, 1900-1925
ISBN: 9781557284518 / Angielski / Miękka / 477 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In turn-of-the-century America, "Wish you were here" was an often-penned phrase used on the backs of postcards that had been purchased for a few pennies and mailed with a one-cent stamp. Taken from a collection of over five thousand postcards amassed by brothers Steven and Ray Hanley, these 431 images offer a close look into the lives of Arkansans during the early part of the twentieth century. Many of these scenes appeared in the Arkansas Gazette and in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in the popular daily feature "Arkansas Postcard Past". Substantial captions, which add historical details and...
In turn-of-the-century America, "Wish you were here" was an often-penned phrase used on the backs of postcards that had been purchased for a few penni...
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166,52 |
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Breaking the Silence: The Little Rock Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, 1958-1963
ISBN: 9781557284563 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis of 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus invoked a hastily passed state law to close the schools rather than integrate them. This is the story of the WEC, the Women's Emergency Committee, a group of respectable, middle-class white women who fought against the law. With passion and sensitivity, Murphy recounts the challenges and triumphs of that battle, which issued from the mutual link Southern white women shared with disfranchised African Americans in their common goal for full citizenship.
After the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis of 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus invoked a hastily passed state law to close the s...
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141,98 |
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Arkansas and the New South, 1874-1929
ISBN: 9781557284907 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study is the first published in the Histories of Arkansas, a new series that will build a complete chronological history of the state from the colonial period through modern times. Under the general editorship of noted historian Elliott West, this series will include various thematic histories as well as the chronologically arranged core volumes. In Arkansas and the New South, 1874 1929 Carl Moneyhon examines the struggle of Arkansas s people to enter the economic and social mainstreams of the nation in the years from the end of Reconstruction to the beginning of the Great... This study is the first published in the Histories of Arkansas, a new series that will build a complete chronological history of the state from the... |
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88,11 |
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