ilość książek w kategorii: 5576
Breaking the Appalachian Barrier: Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850
ISBN: 9781476670447 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable border between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered a road from Maryland to Ohio, challenging the French and Indians for the Ohio country. Several wars stalled the road, which did not start in earnest until after Ohio became a state in 1803. The stone-paved Cumberland Road--from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia--was complete by 1818...
In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable border between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on...
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238,85 zł |
Franconia: An Immigrant's Gateway
ISBN: 9781546356714 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Franconia" In 1838 the first riverboats came up the Saint Croix River full of adventurous and hardy immigrants who came for the timber, the fertile ground and to start a new life. Many came across the pier at a place called "Franconia" a growing and prosperous river town just south of Taylors Falls, Minnesota by The Dalles on the Saint Croix in Chisago County, Minnesota. A small boat landing is all that is left of a waterfront that rivaled any on the upper Saint Croix River. Ansell Smith's Sawmill and others once fronted the river at Franconia with paddleboats arriving and departing daily....
"Franconia" In 1838 the first riverboats came up the Saint Croix River full of adventurous and hardy immigrants who came for the timber, the fertile g...
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43,62 zł |
A Little Gleam of Time
ISBN: 9781480844117 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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197,67 zł |
A Little Gleam of Time
ISBN: 9781480844124 / Angielski / MiÄ™kka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tucked away in the nation’s heartland, a boy was born the very summer the United States would enter the First World War. His name was Joe Sexton, and his life would bear witness to the dramatic and monumental changes and events that marked the twentieth century—the First World War, the Great Depression, and the Second World War. While all of these events would profoundly affect the course of the United States, for Joe Sexton and his family, they would also mark the end of an era. Tucked away in the nation’s heartland, a boy was born the very summer the United States would enter the First World War. His name was Joe Sex... |
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108,81 zł |
Marietta College Baseball: The Story of the 'Etta Express
ISBN: 9781540206602 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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157,96 zł |
A Kansas Soldier at War: The Civil War Letters of Christian & Elise Dubach Isely
ISBN: 9781540208378 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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133,01 zł |
Bald Knobbers: Chronicles of Vigilante Justice
ISBN: 9781540209061 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the close of the nineteenth century in the Ozark Plateau, lawlessness ruled. Lawmakers, in bed with moonshiners and bootleggers, fueled local crime and turned a blind eye to egregious wrongdoing. In response, a vigilante force emerged from the Ozark hills: the Bald Knobbers. They formed their own laws and alliances; local ministers donned the Knobber mask and brought justice" to the hills, lynching suspected bootleggers. As community support and interest grew, reporters wrote curious articles about Knobber exploits. Join Vincent S. Anderson as he uncovers these peculiar reports including...
At the close of the nineteenth century in the Ozark Plateau, lawlessness ruled. Lawmakers, in bed with moonshiners and bootleggers, fueled local crime...
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133,01 zł |
Indianapolis Jazz: The Masters, Legends and Legacy of Indiana Avenue
ISBN: 9781540209832 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapolis, which produced some of the nation's most influential jazz artists. The performance venues that once lined the vibrant thoroughfare were an important stop on the Chitlin' Circuit and provided platforms for greats like Freddie Hubbard and Jimmy Coe. Through this biography of the bustling street, meet scores of the other musicians who came to prominence in the avenue's heyday, including trombonist J.J. Johnson and guitarist Wes Montgomery, as well...
Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapolis,...
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133,01 zł |
The Homefront in Civil War Missouri
ISBN: 9781540209931 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over one thousand Civil War engagements were fought in Missouri, and the conflict could not be quarantined from civilian life. In the countryside, the wives and mothers of absent soldiers had to cope with marauders from both sides. Children saw their fathers and brothers beaten, hanged or shot. In the cities, a cheer for Jeff Davis could land a young boy in jail, and a letter to a sweetheart in the Confederate army could get a girl banished from the state. Women volunteered to care for the flood of wounded and sick soldiers. Slavery crumbled and created new opportunities for black men to...
Over one thousand Civil War engagements were fought in Missouri, and the conflict could not be quarantined from civilian life. In the countryside, the...
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133,01 zł |
Ohio's Troy vs. Piqua Football Rivalry: The Battle on the Miami
ISBN: 9781540212351 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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133,01 zł |
On This Day in Detroit History
ISBN: 9781540212764 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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133,01 zł |
Away at War: A Civil War Story of the Family Left Behind
ISBN: 9781681819921 / Angielski / MiÄ™kka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a true story of survival during the American Civil War. It tells of the difficult life on a mid-nineteenth century Minnesota homestead for a mother and her three young children while her husband is away, having answered Lincoln’s call for volunteers to help preserve the Union. Away at War is based on one hundred letters the soldier wrote his family during his two years of service, which ended with his death at the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia. The book opens with David Brainard Griffin’s farewell to his family, along with his promise to return. Philinda... This is a true story of survival during the American Civil War. It tells of the difficult life on a mid-nineteenth century Minnesota homestead for ... |
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82,95 zł |
U.P. Reader -- Issue #1: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World
ISBN: 9781615993550 / Angielski / Twarda / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,27 zł |
Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
ISBN: 9780814344002 / Angielski / Miękka / 617 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seasons of Grace is a history of the Catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s. More than a chronicle of clerical successions and institutional expansion, the book also examines those social and cultural influences that affected the development of the Catholic community. To document the course of institutional growth in the diocese, Tentler devotes a portion of the book to tracing the evolution of administrative structures at the Chancery and the founding of parishes, parochial schools, and social welfare organizations.... Seasons of Grace is a history of the Catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s. More than a ... |
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169,24 zł |
The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier
ISBN: 9780700626236 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reuben Smith's diaries provide the unusual perspective of a young Englishman who arrived in the United States during a time when the country was dividing into North and south and heading toward civil war. For fifty years, Smith participated in key events that shaped the history of Kansas and he captured those moments with candor and eloquence in his diaries.
Reuben Smith's diaries provide the unusual perspective of a young Englishman who arrived in the United States during a time when the country was divid...
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116,38 zł |
Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700s to Present
ISBN: 9781943995363 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before Michigan became a state, there were witch trials, scalp collectors, dirty sports and a massacre of epic proportions. The lumber era that followed made Michigan as much of a wild, wild west as Deadwood. And Prohibition allowed a group of Detroit thugs to run roughshod over even the likes of Al Capone. Blood on the Mitten highlights 57 infamous murder cases from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula. Read about
Before Michigan became a state, there were witch trials, scalp collectors, dirty sports and a massacre of epic proportions. The lumber era that fol... |
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103,74 zł |
The Relentless Business of Treaties: How Indigenous Land Became U.S. Property
ISBN: 9781681340906 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,95 zł |
Boosters, Hustlers, and Speculators: Entrepreneurial Culture and the Rise of Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1849-1883
ISBN: 9781681341033 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,42 zł |
Joined at the Hip: A History of Jazz in the Twin Cities
ISBN: 9781681341057 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,95 zł |
Twin Cities Picture Show: A Century of Moviegoing
ISBN: 9781681341118 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,95 zł |