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My Kind of Heroes
ISBN: 9781880510858 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My Kind of Heroes was first published by State House Press in 1995 as a collection of four selected speeches by Elmer Kelton. This revised second edition, or Signature Edition, includes three of those pieces plus two new ones. The five essays are: "My Kind of Heroes," "Real Cowboys," "Oil Boom Days in West Texas," "The Truth of Fiction," and "Politically Correct or Historically Correct?" The signature on the front cover is Elmer Kelton's. As an author, he has always been generous about autographing books for his thousands of fans. This time we asked him to put his signature...
My Kind of Heroes was first published by State House Press in 1995 as a collection of four selected speeches by Elmer Kelton. This revised seco...
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Wisconsin Folklife: A Celebration of Wisconsin Traditions
ISBN: 9781882280025 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This lively and colorfully illustrated book documents Wisconsin folk traditions in the 1990s: building Harley motorcycles and Ojibwe birch bark canoes; gatherings at neighborhood taverns, polka dances, the Mexican neighborhood store, or the sturgeon-spearing shanties on Lake Winnebago; working on a dairy farm or at a lakeside fish market; brokering a Hmong marriage or restoring the Dickeyville Grotto; and "cheeseheads" tailgating at Lambeau field before a Green Bay Packers football game.
Written for a general readership by folklorists, cultural anthropologists, and historians, this book... This lively and colorfully illustrated book documents Wisconsin folk traditions in the 1990s: building Harley motorcycles and Ojibwe birch bark canoes...
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Culture Y Cultura: Consequences of the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN: 9781882880058 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848, vast territories were officially within the borders of the United States. This bilingual volume, with all text printed in both English and Spanish, accompanies a major special exhibition at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and presents an overview of how that major shift of both border and culture has continued to affect the people of the United States and Mexico for 150 years.
Iris Engstrand, a professor of history at the University of San Diego, sets the historical stage for the war. She describes the first... When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848, vast territories were officially within the borders of the United States. Thi...
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Arizoniana: Stories from Old Arizona!
ISBN: 9781885590893 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. --Arizona history stories in this fascinating book include: The Legend of Red Ghost, The Fabulous Lost Adams Diggings, Uncle Jim's Last Gunfight, Con Men of Yesteryear and Frank Murphy's Railroad
--Arizona history stories in this fascinating book include: The Legend of Red Ghost, The Fabulous Lost Adams Diggings, Uncle Jim's Last Gunfight, Con ...
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The Historical Nevada Magazine: Outstanding Historical Features from the Pages of Nevada Magazine
ISBN: 9781890136062 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of 18 stories taken from Nevada Magazine. First published in 1936, the magazine aims to highlight the state's history, culture, landscape, and highways.
A collection of 18 stories taken from Nevada Magazine. First published in 1936, the magazine aims to highlight the state's history, culture, landscape...
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The Shirley Letters: From the California Mines, 1851-1852
ISBN: 9781890771003 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Shirley Letters, written from the mining camps in 1851 and 1852, are something valuable and rare -- a portrait by a woman of an era dominated by men. They offer a vivid picture of gold rush life, from accounts of murders, fearful accidents, bloody deaths, a mob, whippings, a hanging, an attempt at suicide, and a fatal duel to bars lined with that eternal crimson calico which flushes the whole social life of the Golden State, and the rare and welcome luxury of oyster feasts. With the wild grandeur and awful magnificence of the Sierra as background, this classic account presents a picture...
The Shirley Letters, written from the mining camps in 1851 and 1852, are something valuable and rare -- a portrait by a woman of an era dominated by m...
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Footsteps in the Attic: More First-Hand Accounts of the Paranormal in New England
ISBN: 9781891724022 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Already considered a classic of paranormal literature, FOOTSTEPS IN THE ATTIC is a first-hand record of some of the 20th century's most stunning cases, written by the eminent expert who investigated them, and interpreted according to an entirely new approach to the paranormal.
Already considered a classic of paranormal literature, FOOTSTEPS IN THE ATTIC is a first-hand record of some of the 20th century's most stunning cases...
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Season of the Witch: The Haunted History of the Bell Witch of Tennessee
ISBN: 9781892523051 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1800s, the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee, was preyed upon by a strange creature that also terrorized the community, tortured the Bells' youngest daughter, and eventually took the life of the family patriarch, John Bell. Taylor delves into the mysterious happenings surrounding this famous case, exploring the many myths and misconceptions regarding the Bell Witch.
In the early 1800s, the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee, was preyed upon by a strange creature that also terrorized the community, tortured...
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Haunted St. Louis: History & Hauntings Along the Mississippi
ISBN: 9781892523204 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Wings of Change: The Army Air Force Experience in Texas During World War II
ISBN: 9781893114357 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On the brink of World War II, Texas was still largely a rural state, a closed society. Few chose to leave, and even fewer outsiders found any reason to enter. A frontier morality dictated adherence to strict moral guidelines regarding temperance, frugality, tolerance, fidelity, and moderation. Cultural activities and educational opportunities were limited. The state's economic situation was dire as a result of the Great Depression and persistent drought. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, needing to put unemployed men back to work and at the same time begin preparing for a looming war,...
On the brink of World War II, Texas was still largely a rural state, a closed society. Few chose to leave, and even fewer outsiders found any reason t...
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122,40 |
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Great Lakes Archaeology
ISBN: 9781930665460 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1981, this comprehensive work is an account of Great Lakes peoples--prehistoric, protohistoric, and early historic.
Originally published in 1981, this comprehensive work is an account of Great Lakes peoples--prehistoric, protohistoric, and early historic.
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301,90 |
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History of South Carolina
ISBN: 9781930897106 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History of South Carolina from early settlements through Revolutionary War, written as newspaper columns in 1876. Compiled by grand nephew of original Author.
History of South Carolina from early settlements through Revolutionary War, written as newspaper columns in 1876. Compiled by grand nephew of original...
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The Great New England Sea Serpent: An Account of Unknown Creatures Sighted by Many Respectable Persons Between 1638 and the Present Day
ISBN: 9781931044677 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witnesses call it a sea serpent. Remarkably similar descriptions of a creature with a long body, undulating motion, and horse-sized, snake-like head have left a trail of clues and controversy going back three centuries. In "The Great New England Sea Serpent," J.P. O'Neill draws on the historical record as well as previously unpublished first-hand accounts to chronicle more than 230 sightings of the mysterious marine creatures inhabiting the Gulf of...
Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witness...
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81,96 |
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If These Stones Could Talk: Relics of New England's Intriguing Past
ISBN: 9781931391023 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,84 |
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New England in the Republic: 1776-1850
ISBN: 9781931541466 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The continued struggle of the common man to realize the doctrines of the Revolution in the life of the community is described in this book, covering the period from the beginning of the Revolution to the middle of the nineteenth century, when New England finally genuinely submerged in the Union.
The continued struggle of the common man to realize the doctrines of the Revolution in the life of the community is described in this book, covering t...
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Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas
ISBN: 9781932080650 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Pioneers of the Old South
ISBN: 9781932080742 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,34 |
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The Making of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 9781932109436 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,34 |
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Music in Philadelphia and the Musical Fund Society
ISBN: 9781932109443 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,41 |
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Martha's Vineyard: An Elegy
ISBN: 9781933212173 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wry memoir of life on the Vineyard from the author's childhood there in the 1920s until the early 1980s.
A wry memoir of life on the Vineyard from the author's childhood there in the 1920s until the early 1980s.
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