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The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey: Memories from the Farm of My Youth
ISBN: 9780252080944 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The river was in God's hands, the cows in ours." So passed the days on Indian Farm, a dairy operation on 700 acres of rich Illinois bottomland. In this collection, Alan Guebert and his daughter-editor Mary Grace Foxwell recall Guebert's years on the land working as part of that all-consuming collaborative effort known as the family farm.
Here are Guebert's tireless parents, measuring the year not in months but in seasons for sewing, haying, and doing the books; Jackie the farmhand, needing ninety minutes to do sixty minutes' work and cussing the entire time; Hoard the dairyman, sore... "The river was in God's hands, the cows in ours." So passed the days on Indian Farm, a dairy operation on 700 acres of rich Illinois bottomland. In th...
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Great Plains Bison
ISBN: 9780803285774 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska A longtime wildlife biologist and one of the most powerful literary voices on the Great Plains, Dan O'Brien has managed his own ethically run buffalo ranch since 1997. Drawing on both extensive research and... A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska |
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Things People Say about Detroit: A Collection of Quotes as Told to the Nain Rouge
ISBN: 9780997391664 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Detroit's fabled gnome, the Nain Rouge, shares his favourite quotes about Detroit as told to him by celebrities and noted historical figures.
Detroit's fabled gnome, the Nain Rouge, shares his favourite quotes about Detroit as told to him by celebrities and noted historical figures.
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But He Doesn't Know the Territory: The Story Behind Meredith Willson's the Music Man
ISBN: 9781517910471 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Stories From Branson's 76 Country Boulevard...and Places Nearby
ISBN: 9781425936778 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Woolen Industry of the Midwest
ISBN: 9780813151861 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering new insights into a pioneer industry in the West and into the business methods and procedures of the time. The book discusses the growth of a myriad of small processing and manufacturing plants which drew raw materials from, and geared production and sales to that local economy, enjoying as they did, protection from eastern competitors who were saddled with high freight rates. The book demonstrates that once urbanization occurred in the region,... Through the study of a regional industry, the book illustrates the impact of an expanding national market on a previously isolated market, offering... |
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Sound And Fury: A History Of Kansas Tornadoes, 1854-2008
ISBN: 9781441460202 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When readers think of the destructive nature of tornadoes, they often think of Kansas. The Sunflower State has certainly earned the nickname, "The Cyclone State," on and off since territorial times. The movie, the Wizard of Oz, has not helped the state's image of wild weather in the heart of tornado alley and the subsequent widespread death and destruction. Now, Sound and Fury provides a comprehensive look at the many tornadoes that visited Kansas. Over a hundred of the best-known tornado events are documented here, including the famous Irving tornado of 1879; the Udall tornado that killed...
When readers think of the destructive nature of tornadoes, they often think of Kansas. The Sunflower State has certainly earned the nickname, "The Cyc...
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The Man Who Traded His Wife For Woodworking Tools: And Other True Stories Of 19th Century Jackson, Michigan
ISBN: 9781450520898 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What kind of community has citizens who trade wives for joiner's tools? You'll have to read the book to find out, but if you do, you'll also read about a prominent, highly respected citizen who shouted unprintable epithets while drenching a young woman and her kids with a garden hose on Main Street, a dog who trained his master to steal sheep, a 12 foot vampire mummy, several "shady ladies" who conned unwary men out of their money, not to mention tales of gory murder, anarchy, prison escapes, and uncontrolled lust, greed, and gluttony. Jackson, Michigan; just your typical 19th Century,...
What kind of community has citizens who trade wives for joiner's tools? You'll have to read the book to find out, but if you do, you'll also read abou...
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The Wreck of the Columbia: A Broken Boat, a Town's Sorrow & the End of the Steamboat Era on the Illinois River
ISBN: 9781937484057 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library research collection, Springfield"
On the night of July 5, 1918, a steamboat named "Columbia, " returning from a moonlight excursion, collapsed and sank in the middle of the Illinois River. Of the nearly 500 passengers on board that night, most were from the town of Pekin. Eighty-seven people lost their lives in the disaster. The rest were left to tell their stories of fortitude and survival. The worst maritime accident in the history of the Illinois River, the wreck of the "Columbia" is a mostly forgotten tragedy today. Ken Zurski's... "Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library research collection, Springfield"
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Life, Leisure and Hardship Along the Buffalo
ISBN: 9781511694506 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a region of winding rivers and streams, the Buffalo River cuts one of the most tortuous paths of all. Deeply entrenched in the Ozark plateau, looping back and forth between sheer rock bluffs and densely forested hillsides, it meanders for 50 miles across a straight-line distance of less than 60 miles, from the Boston Mountains in northwest Arkansas to its confluence with the White River in north central Arkansas. Along its course it is fed by numerous tributaries. Navigable only by skiff or canoe through most of the summer and fall, the Buffalo River runs fast and high in late winter and...
In a region of winding rivers and streams, the Buffalo River cuts one of the most tortuous paths of all. Deeply entrenched in the Ozark plateau, loopi...
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The History of the Beaman Family of Owen County, IN
ISBN: 9781530933983 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A History of Culver and The Culver Military Academy
ISBN: 9781533576811 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Illustrated History of Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee, and The Culver Military Academy Did you know that: - Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers, and Jesse Owen have visited Culver? - Culver has been home to some three dozen hotels? - Jesse James once robbed Mr. Culver? - A five year old attempted to hold up the Culver Bank? - Culver is the sixth name of our town? These facts and a wealth of other material are to be found in A History of Culver and The Culver Military Academy. Culver, Indiana has a rich and varied history as a resort town and the home of the famous Culver Educational Foundation. During...
An Illustrated History of Culver, Lake Maxinkuckee, and The Culver Military Academy Did you know that: - Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers, and Jesse Owen hav...
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Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 4
ISBN: 9781974137534 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The (even) Greater, Great Lakes Trivia Test: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of Michigan
ISBN: 9781986379984 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Roadside Crosses: Travel Accidents In Harvey County, Kansas
ISBN: 9781695642355 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Sail On Old Ship: A History of Wesley Chapel - Floyd County, Indiana: 1817-2017
ISBN: 9780998559254 / Angielski / MiÄ™kka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wesley Chapel was founded June 20, 1817, at the dawn of Indiana’s statehood, as a group of settlers longing for fellowship first gathered together in a little New Albany cake shop near the corner of Pearl and Main. Reverently known as “The Old Ship”, Wesley Chapel remains a resilient and brilliant light in the community over 200 years later. This is her story. Written in honor of Wesley Chapel’s Bicentennial, Sail on Old Ship: A History of Wesley Chapel, Floyd County, Indiana 1817-2017 chronicles the church’s life, growth, and impact on the... Wesley Chapel was founded June 20, 1817, at the dawn of Indiana’s statehood, as a group of settlers longing for fellowship first gathered tog... |
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Chez Nous Book One: La Societe Canadienne Francaise Newsletters
ISBN: 9781519762306 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Newsletters published by La Societe Canadienne Francaise du Minnesota between the years 1980 to 2001
Newsletters published by La Societe Canadienne Francaise du Minnesota between the years 1980 to 2001
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Chez Nous Book Two: La Society Canadienne Francaise Newsletters- Book Two
ISBN: 9781523766291 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Book is the series of three books that contain 897 pages of Nouvelles Villes Jumelles and Chez Nous newsletters published during the years 1979 to 2001.
This Book is the series of three books that contain 897 pages of Nouvelles Villes Jumelles and Chez Nous newsletters published during the years 1979 t...
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Chez Nous Book Three: La Society Canadienne Francaise Newsletters- Book Three
ISBN: 9781523769865 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Book is part of a series of three books that contain 928 pages of Nouvelles Villes Jumelles and Chez Nous newsletters published during the years 1980 to 2001.
This Book is part of a series of three books that contain 928 pages of Nouvelles Villes Jumelles and Chez Nous newsletters published during the years ...
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Missouri's Forgotten Heroes
ISBN: 9781534987562 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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