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The Nebraska Dispatches
ISBN: 9780803222946 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Standing Bear, a Ponca Native American chief, is best known for successfully arguing in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are persons within the meaning of the law who have the right of habeas corpus.When playwright Christopher Cartmill returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, to write a play about Chief Standing Bear, he unknowingly began a complicated adventure. As he followed the story of the Ponca chief who fought so hard to return from a reservation in Oklahoma to his homeland in northern Nebraska, Cartmill stumbled into the politics of identity, contested notions...
Standing Bear, a Ponca Native American chief, is best known for successfully arguing in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are persons ...
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82,78 zł |
Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect
ISBN: 9781596299054 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town s illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan s Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained largely undocumented until now. Learn how an awkward gunshot wound gave the Pillow Gang its name and why Willie Russo s bizarre midnight interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Star involved an automatic pistol and a floating hunk of cheese. From daring bank...
St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town s illegal enterprises. Alth...
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103,91 zł |
This Is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount
ISBN: 9780816670383 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On July 7, 2009, Al Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's junior U.S. senator-eight months after Election Night. In the chill of November 2008, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman led by a slim 215 votes, a margin that triggered an automatic statewide recount of more than 2.9 million ballots. Minnesota's ensuing recount, and the contentious legal and public relations battle that would play out between the Franken and Coleman lawyers and staff, simultaneously fascinated and frustrated Minnesotans and the nation-all while a filibuster-proof Senate hung in the balance.
This Is Not Florida... On July 7, 2009, Al Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's junior U.S. senator-eight months after Election Night. In the chill of November 2008, Republic...
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108,94 zł |
Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago
ISBN: 9780801449291 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1983, Boston and Chicago elected progressive mayors with deep roots among community activists. Taking office as the Reagan administration was withdrawing federal aid from local governments, Boston's Raymond Flynn and Chicago's Harold Washington implemented major policies that would outlast them. More than reforming governments, they changed the substance of what the government was trying to do: above all, to effect a measure of redistribution of resources to the cities' poor and working classes and away from hollow goals of "growth" as measured by the accumulation of skyscrapers. In... In 1983, Boston and Chicago elected progressive mayors with deep roots among community activists. Taking office as the Reagan administration was wi... |
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559,11 zł |
Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago
ISBN: 9780801476556 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1983, Boston and Chicago elected progressive mayors with deep roots among community activists. Taking office as the Reagan administration was withdrawing federal aid from local governments, Boston's Raymond Flynn and Chicago's Harold Washington implemented major policies that would outlast them. More than reforming governments, they changed the substance of what the government was trying to do: above all, to effect a measure of redistribution of resources to the cities' poor and working classes and away from hollow goals of "growth" as measured by the accumulation of skyscrapers. In... In 1983, Boston and Chicago elected progressive mayors with deep roots among community activists. Taking office as the Reagan administration was wi... |
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119,02 zł |
Wreck of the Carl D.: A True Story of Loss, Survival, and Rescue at Sea
ISBN: 9780253222589 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier-caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history-broke in two and sank in less than five minutes. Four of the 35-person crew escaped to a small raft, to which they clung in total darkness, braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the storm raged on, a search-and-rescue mission hunted for survivors, while the frantic citizens of nearby Rogers City, Michigan, the hardscrabble town that was home to 26 members of the Carl D. Bradley's crew, anxiously awaited word of their loved ones' fates. In Wreck of the Carl D.,... On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier-caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history-broke in two and sank in less ... |
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87,10 zł |
Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service
ISBN: 9780472051434 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A great read about some great ladies, Pat Majher's Ladies of the Lights pays long overdue homage to an overlooked part of Great Lakes maritime history in which a select group of stalwart women beat the odds to succeed in a field historically reserved for men." Michigan once led the country in the number of lighthouses, and they're still a central part of the mystique and colorful countryside of the state. What even the region's lighthouse enthusiasts might not know is the rich history of... "A great read about some great ladies, Pat Majher's Ladies of the Lights pays long overdue homage to an overlooked part of Great Lakes marit... |
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95,42 zł |
Indiana Miscellany: Consisting of Sketches of Indian Life, the Early Settlements, Customs, and Hardships of the People, and the Introducti
ISBN: 9780788422294 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The light-hearted narrative style of this work makes it an enjoyable and interesting read. The author covers a wide variety of topics including religion, education, politics, meetings, and the general pains and pleasures of life in early Indiana. This boo
The light-hearted narrative style of this work makes it an enjoyable and interesting read. The author covers a wide variety of topics including religi...
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123,41 zł |
I Belong to the 116th: A Narrative of the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War
ISBN: 9780788425295 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Composed of yeomen from the "butternut" portion of Ohio, the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry fought with distinction in some of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. Colonel James Washburn acknowledged the unit's distinguished combat record during an addre
Composed of yeomen from the "butternut" portion of Ohio, the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry fought with distinction in some of the fiercest battles of ...
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116,42 zł |
Newspaper Extracts from the Hoosier State, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, January 7,1880 to December 28, 1881
ISBN: 9780788431777 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was the Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in 1868. It was published weekly. The early issues contained practically no local news, their space given to
One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was the Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in ...
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230,52 zł |
Dearborn County, Indiana, Cemetery Records: Volume C
ISBN: 9780788431852 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Third volume in this series covers Caesar Creek Township, Clay Township, Hogan Township, Sparta Township, and Washington Township. Entries were compiled from tombstones, permit books, burial books, individual index books, and other sources. Names are list
Third volume in this series covers Caesar Creek Township, Clay Township, Hogan Township, Sparta Township, and Washington Township. Entries were compil...
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284,08 zł |
Newspaper Extracts from "The Hoosier State" Newspapers, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, January 1, 1890 - December 30, 1891
ISBN: 9780788446733 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was The Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in 1868. It was published weekly. The early issues contained practically no local news, their space given to
One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was The Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in ...
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179,30 zł |
Towboat on the Ohio
ISBN: 9780813129709 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To get a personal look at what it is like to work on the Ohio River, newspaperman James E. Casto spent eight days aboard the Blazer as it traveled the Ohio from Huntington, West Virginia, to Pittsburgh, up the Allegheny and the Mongahela, and then back to Huntington. The Paul G. Blazer, a gleaming white towboat owned and operated by Ashland Oil, pushes a group -- or "tow," as the rivermen call it -- of nine barges on this trip. Along the way, Casto introduces us to Captain Ronnie Davis, pilot Ronnie Burge, engineer Steve Bellomy, the mates, the deckhands, and the cook, as... To get a personal look at what it is like to work on the Ohio River, newspaperman James E. Casto spent eight days aboard the Blazer as it tr... |
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98,09 zł |
Wishing for a Snow Day: Growing Up in Minnesota
ISBN: 9780873516402 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beloved pets. Holiday rituals. Schoolyard antics. Teenage perspectives on a world at war. Childhood is a mixed bag of challenges and joys wherever one grows up. In Minnesota, youthful memories may be arranged seasonally: making snow angels in January, swatting mosquitoes in July. They may be tinged with a nostalgic glow or imprinted by lessons hard won.
In this new collection, Peg Meier explores the themes of childhood--the bitter and the sweet. Thanks to Minnesotans who took the time to write, whether as children in the moment or as adults looking back, Meier unearthed a wealth of... Beloved pets. Holiday rituals. Schoolyard antics. Teenage perspectives on a world at war. Childhood is a mixed bag of challenges and joys wherever one...
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The Real McCoy: The Story of a Creek and Its Town
ISBN: 9780982469125 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A colorful, anecdotal narrative history of the founding and growth of the small town of Buchanan, located in southwestern Michigan and chosen by pioneers for the tiny, useful McCoy's Creek in its midst. Written in the late 1960s as a series of local newspaper columns, rewritten and published in book form in 1975, the current volume is a facsimile reproduction created in 2010. "The Real McCoy" details the "acquisition" of land from Native American tribal chiefs, through the first pioneer settlements, water power development, early businesses, leading up to and including the growth of Clark...
A colorful, anecdotal narrative history of the founding and growth of the small town of Buchanan, located in southwestern Michigan and chosen by pione...
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45,74 zł |
The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns
ISBN: 9780896727182 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After covering racial unrest in the remote northwest corner of his home state of Nebraska in 1999, journalist Stew Magnuson returned four years later to consider the border towns' peoples, their paths, and the forces that separate them. Examining Raymond Yellow Thunder's death at the hands of four white men in 1972, Magnuson looks deep into the past that gave rise to the tragedy. Situating long-ranging repercussions within 130 years of context, he also recounts the largely forgotten struggles of American Indian Movement activist Bob Yellow Bird and tells the story of Whiteclay, Nebraska, the...
After covering racial unrest in the remote northwest corner of his home state of Nebraska in 1999, journalist Stew Magnuson returned four years later ...
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103,74 zł |
The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore
ISBN: 9781596299313 / Angielski / Miękka / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer drifted to sleep as the train chugged toward Hammond, Indiana, where it plowed into the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. More than two hundred circus performers were injured and eighty-six were killed. Lytle recounts the details of this tragedy and its role in the demise of a unique entertainment industry.
In the pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer drifted to sleep as the train chugged toward Hammond, Indiana, where it plowed into th...
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91,43 zł |
A Paper Route is Good for the Soul
ISBN: 9781609200039 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reflections, memories, and observations of one man's experiences on the influences of home, school, church, and family. This book is a collection of autobiographical essays written over a period of a number of years. Written with a number of different audiences in mind, such as those interested in the history of 20th century christian life in the Midwest. There is no overall connecting theme to the essays, nor any sequential order, yet the intriguing and often humorous story-telling creates a wonderful thread of rich history with its meaningful soliloquies on church, school, and family life.
Reflections, memories, and observations of one man's experiences on the influences of home, school, church, and family. This book is a collection of a...
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60,31 zł |
Spooner Hall: University of Kansas
ISBN: 9780700616916 / Angielski / Twarda / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Many people wonder which is the best building on campus. It's a popular question to ask the architectural faculty. Although I don't have any idea about what they may mean by 'best, ' I have always given the same answer: Spooner Hall. Even before I went inside Spooner, I could see that it was a building of distinction. It is well proportioned, and it is evident from the way that it has adapted and survived that it has a good bone structure."--Barry Newton, KU Professor of Architecture Here is the biography of a much-loved architectural landmark. Spooner Hall, the sixth...
"Many people wonder which is the best building on campus. It's a popular question to ask the architectural faculty. Although I don't have any idea ...
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180,87 zł |
Lost Passenger Steamships of Lake Michigan
ISBN: 9781596299429 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the arrival of the first steamship to Lake Michigan in 1821 through the turbulent booms and busts of more than 130 years, passenger steamers of this bygone era provided an essential link for immigrants, excursionists, businesspeople and leisure travelers. On offer were dining, dancing, day trips and luxurious shipboard settings, but mishaps like storms, fires and shipwrecks were a persistent danger to passengers and crew alike. Through fascinating tales and splendid images, Lost Passenger Steamships of Lake Michigan presents the romantic and sometimes dangerous story of a vanished...
From the arrival of the first steamship to Lake Michigan in 1821 through the turbulent booms and busts of more than 130 years, passenger steamers of t...
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91,43 zł |