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Flames After Midnight: Murder, Vengeance, and the Desolation of a Texas Community, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780292726338 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now updated with a shocking deathbed confession and a touching account of reconciliation, here is the engrossing story of a 1922 lynching followed by a racially motivated reign of terror and the devastating effects both had on a small Texas town.
Now updated with a shocking deathbed confession and a touching account of reconciliation, here is the engrossing story of a 1922 lynching followed by ...
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111,56 |
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St. Catherines: An Island in Time
ISBN: 9780820338019 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Published in association with the Georgia Humanities Council."
"Published in association with the Georgia Humanities Council."
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111,44 |
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Grand Canyon Trivia Trek: An Intrepid Rim-To-Rim Historical Journey
ISBN: 9781555664305 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,87 |
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Vengeance in a Small Town: The Thorndale Lynching of 1911
ISBN: 9781450287968 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One hundred years ago, in 1911, two young men lost their lives: one from a stab wound and the other by mob action. In an attempt to explain how such violence could take place in a prosperous and forward-looking community, the author first examines the growth of Thorndale as a small agricultural town on the railroad and then connects Thorndale's geographical setting in central Texas with its tradition of violence. This particular lynching was unusual in that it took place at night, thereby complicating apprehension of the members of the mob. However, as a result of intervention by the...
One hundred years ago, in 1911, two young men lost their lives: one from a stab wound and the other by mob action. In an attempt to explain how such v...
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61,47 |
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Women Who Pioneered Oklahoma: Stories from the WPA Slave Narratives
ISBN: 9780806138466 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this stirring collection, the women who settled what would become Oklahoma tell their own stories in their own words. From thousands of interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration in 193637 and preserved in the Indian Pioneer Papers of Oklahoma, editors Terri M. Baker and Connie Oliver Henshaw have selected the words of women from a wide range of socioeconomic groups, ethnic backgrounds, and geographical locations to relate the pioneer experience as it was really lived.
In this stirring collection, the women who settled what would become Oklahoma tell their own stories in their own words. From thousands of interviews ...
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83,21 |
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To Live Again: Archeology and History of the Robinson-West River Plantation 1857-2011
ISBN: 9781456721022 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,94 |
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The Perfect Together Manuscript
ISBN: 9781439250792 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Greed has given this Capitalistic society a dirty name, liberalism has ousted this countries morals and conservatism has done away with human rights. New Jersey has more than a tax problem, it has a message for the rest of the country.
Greed has given this Capitalistic society a dirty name, liberalism has ousted this countries morals and conservatism has done away with human rights. ...
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52,56 |
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The Early History of Montgomery County, Kentucky
ISBN: 9780788442896 / Angielski / Miękka / 139 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Early History of Montgomery County, Kentucky preserves a wealth of fascinating history and little-known historical anecdotes in this collection of detailed essays that examine the mounds of Montgomery County, Indian Old Fields, the Indian battle known
The Early History of Montgomery County, Kentucky preserves a wealth of fascinating history and little-known historical anecdotes in this collection of...
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107,90 |
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Old New Orleans, A History of the Vieux Carre, its ancient and Historical Buildings
ISBN: 9780788427220 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New Orleans, Louisiana, conjures up visions of romance, mystery, tragedy, and a culture that is unique to the city. New Orleans was originally named Nouvelle-Orl ans in honor of His Highness, the Prince Regent of France, Louis Philippe, duc d Orl ans. The
New Orleans, Louisiana, conjures up visions of romance, mystery, tragedy, and a culture that is unique to the city. New Orleans was originally named N...
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112,21 |
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Love of Order: South Carolina's First Secession Crisis
ISBN: 9781439250952 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love of Order chronicles South Carolina's road to disunion in response to the sectional crisis precipitated by the acquistion of vast new territories following the Mexican War. Politicians seeking to avoid civil war intended and hoped that the Compromise of 185O would settle the outstanding grievances of both North and South. But South Carolina rejected the Compromise as inadequate to preserve slavery and slave society. The planter-politicians of South Carolina tried to organize a secession movement. However, they soon fell out among themselves over whether the state should secede by itself...
Love of Order chronicles South Carolina's road to disunion in response to the sectional crisis precipitated by the acquistion of vast new territories ...
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77,85 |
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The Fifth Judicial Circuit of Illinois
ISBN: 9781426951992 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trace the history of Illinois and its legal system-specifically the Fifth Judicial Circuit-with this historical account written by one of the circuit's judges. The circuit was created in 1897 and consists of Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, and Vermilion Counties. Its judges have sorted through complicated legal questions, and they've also done quite a bit of maneuvering in seeking office. In this scholarly account, you'll discover details of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Illinois since statehood, a list of the judges and state's attorneys who have worked in the court, and highlights from...
Trace the history of Illinois and its legal system-specifically the Fifth Judicial Circuit-with this historical account written by one of the circuit'...
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Saga of a Mountain Meadow: A History of Bucks Ranch and Bucks Lake
ISBN: 9781419683459 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County in northeastern California. This 100-page book describes the history of the Native Americans, gold miners, hotel operators, transportation and transformation of the ranch and meadow into a lake now utilized for hydroelectricity and recreation. Over 200 photographs with accompanying captions tell the story of this popular but little-known jewel of the northern Sierra Nevada.
Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County in northeastern California. This 100-page book describes the history of the Native Americans, gold miners, hote...
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The Water-Powered Mills of Floyd County, Virginia: Illustrated Histories, 1770-2010
ISBN: 9780786437238 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the time of early settlement in Virginia, water-powered mills played a primary role in the state's economy. This WORK provides an overview of grain milling in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1770 to the present day. Topics covered include the difficulties involved in identifying early mills, the importance of mill site selection, water wheel types, laws regulating mills, the decline of milling and physical remains at abandoned mill sites. It also provides individual histories of 140 grist, flour, and feed mills, a few of which also processed wool. The histories are based primarily on oral...
From the time of early settlement in Virginia, water-powered mills played a primary role in the state's economy. This WORK provides an overview of gra...
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275,77 |
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How to Obtain a PhD (Penalty for Hardworking Dummies) in the United States: Inside Out
ISBN: 9781456743079 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,07 |
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How to Obtain a PhD (Penalty for Hardworking Dummies) in the United States: Inside Out
ISBN: 9781456744489 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,36 |
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The Peekskill, New York, Anti-Communist Riots of 1949
ISBN: 9780773408074 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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332,88 |
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The Chumash World at European Contact: Power, Trade, and Feasting Among Complex Hunter-Gatherers
ISBN: 9780520271241 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. The Spanish were entertained and fed at lavish feasts hosted by chiefs who ruled over the settlements and who participated in extensive social and economic networks. In this first modern synthesis of data from the Chumash heartland, Lynn H. Gamble weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the rich tapestry of Chumash society. Drawing...
When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, ...
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Tales Of Bayfield Pioneers: A History Of Bayfield
ISBN: 9780615235868 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tales of Bayfield Pioneers is an exploration of a wonderful past. To read it is to come away with a sense of place. The times, the lives of the pioneers and settlers, the shipwrecks, community spirit, and institutions of a fledgling community on the shores of Lake Superior are meticulously documented for posterity. Eleanor Knight, "provided a new appreciation of local history to the citizens of Bayfield during the Centennial period." Eleanor, the grand-daughter of one of Bayfield's pioneers and captains of industry, William Knight, was one of Bayfield's finest and talented writers and highly...
Tales of Bayfield Pioneers is an exploration of a wonderful past. To read it is to come away with a sense of place. The times, the lives of the pionee...
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133,49 |
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The Prehistory of the Chickamauga Basin in Tennessee
ISBN: 9780870498626 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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205,71 |
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Resilience, Reciprocity and Ecological Economics : Northwest Coast Sustainability
ISBN: 9780415782524 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thousand years? Can the answer to this question inform the current debate about sustainability in today's social ecological systems? The answer to the first question involves identification of the key institutions that characterized those societies. It also involves explaining why these institutions, through their interactions with each other and with the non-human components, provided both sustainability and its necessary corollary, resilience....
How did one group of indigenous societies, on the Northwest Coast of North America, manage to live sustainably with their ecosystems for over two thou...
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