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Hamtramck: The Driven City
ISBN: 9781589731073 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surrounded completely by the city of Detroit, Hamtramck is today home to 24,000 residents, but its small size-just 2.1 square miles-belies its expansive history and the influence this remarkable community has had far beyond its borders.
Founded as a township in 1798, Hamtramck remained primarily a rural area until the early twentieth century, when auto pioneers John and Horace Dodge opened a factory on the south end of town. In just 20 years, the city's population increased by a staggering 1,600 percent. The majority of these newest residents were Polish immigrants, who brought with them a... Surrounded completely by the city of Detroit, Hamtramck is today home to 24,000 residents, but its small size-just 2.1 square miles-belies its expansi...
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116,81 |
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Canton: A Journey Through Time
ISBN: 9781589731363 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Well known as the home of the National Football League's Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio sports a rich and diverse history reaching back much further than the founding of the NFL here in 1920. Home to President William McKinley and world-famous industries such as Hoover and Diebold, Canton was also once proudly hailed as the agricultural equipment capital of the world.
Well known as the home of the National Football League's Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio sports a rich and diverse history reaching back much ...
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Carroll County: A Place to Call Home
ISBN: 9781589731370 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When pioneer families from the East moved into Ohio around the turn of the nineteenth century, one of the first lands of promise they discovered was the area that would become Carroll County. The region grew into a major farming center that witnessed the march of time from Native American attacks to the building of the Sandy-Beaver Canal. Home to the "Fighting McCooks," who sent five generals to the Civil War, the county is also believed to be the site of a Johnny Appleseed orchard.
When pioneer families from the East moved into Ohio around the turn of the nineteenth century, one of the first lands of promise they discovered was t...
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116,81 |
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The Big Marsh: The Story of a Lost Landscape
ISBN: 9780873519953 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Under the corn and soybean fields of southern Minnesota lies the memory of vast, age-old wetlands, drained away over the last 130 years in the name of agricultural progress. But not everyone saw wetlands as wasteland. Before 1900, Freeborn County's Big Marsh provided a wealth of resources for the neighboring communities. Families hunted its immense flocks of migrating waterfowl, fished its waters, trapped muskrats and mink, and harvested wood and medicinal plants. As farmland prices rose, however, the value of the land under the water became more attractive to people with capital. While...
Under the corn and soybean fields of southern Minnesota lies the memory of vast, age-old wetlands, drained away over the last 130 years in the name of...
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67,66 |
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Getting to Grand Prairie: One Hundred Londoners and their Quest for Land in Frontier Illinois
ISBN: 9780990439509 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In nineteenth-century London, Will Clipson runs a betting house. When his customers accuse him of cheating, and the threats become dangerous, he decides a move is in order. After all, his friend Henry Jones left England for America three years ago. Henry Jones is a successful gas fitter who has lit the lamps of London parks, theaters, and shops. But he is ready for a change, and there is promise of much opportunity across the Atlantic. Will joins Henry and other English families-the Puzeys, the Bentleys, and the Churches and their friends and extended families-who have crossed the... In nineteenth-century London, Will Clipson runs a betting house. When his customers accuse him of cheating, and the threats become dangerous, he de... |
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55,38 |
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Wisconsin's Flying Trees in World War II: A Victory for American Forest Products and Allied Aviation
ISBN: 9781540209573 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,12 |
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The Essential Great Chicago Fire
ISBN: 9781512387599 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Essential Great Chicago Fire is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the Chicago Fire of 1871. Author William Pack weaves together technical details with vivid firsthand accounts by those who lived through the conflagration, bringing alive all the excitement and terror of the event that almost destroyed Chicago. Also included are selected reprints of contemporary poems and songs about the fire, first hand accounts from survivors, and an interview with the Chief Fire Marshall John Williams.
The Essential Great Chicago Fire is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the Chicago Fire of 1871. Author William Pack weaves to...
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59,17 |
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Notorious!: The Gangster Era in Carthage and Jasper County Missouri
ISBN: 9781514263389 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Notorious is a look back at the gangster era in Southwest Missouri, particularly Jasper County and the City of Carthage. Many outlaws roamed through this area due to routes 66 & 71. Bonnie & Clyde; Pretty Boy Floyd, The Irish O'Malley Gang; The Ozark Mountain Boys and others flourished. It was up to the local sheriffs to try to maintain law and order. Yes, the 1930s was a wild time with the Great Depression and Prohibition fueling this era.
Notorious is a look back at the gangster era in Southwest Missouri, particularly Jasper County and the City of Carthage. Many outlaws roamed through t...
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138,48 |
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Omaha Food: Bigger Than Beef
ISBN: 9781540202291 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,12 |
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Devil's Lake, Wisconsin and the Civilian Conservation Corps
ISBN: 9781540205933 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,12 |
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Whitley County, Indiana: Pictorial History, 1835-2005
ISBN: 9781681624488 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,43 |
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Abolitionizing Missouri: German Immigrants and Racial Ideology in Nineteenth-Century America
ISBN: 9780807161968 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians have long known that German immigrants provided much of the support for emancipation in southern Border States. Kristen Layne Anderson's Abolitionizing Missouri, however, is the first analysis of the reasons behind that opposition as well as the first exploration of the impact that the Civil War and emancipation had on German immigrants' ideas about race. Anderson focuses on the relationships between German immigrants and African Americans in St. Louis, Missouri, looking particularly at the ways in which German attitudes towards African Americans and the institution of slavery... Historians have long known that German immigrants provided much of the support for emancipation in southern Border States. Kristen Layne Anderson's... |
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190,63 |
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Blood Runs Green: The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago
ISBN: 9780226379999 / Angielski / Miękka / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was the biggest funeral Chicago had seen since Lincoln's. On May 26, 1889, four thousand mourners proceeded down Michigan Avenue, followed by a crowd forty thousand strong, in a howl of protest at what commentators called one of the ghastliest and most curious crimes in civilized history. The dead man, Dr. P. H. Cronin, was a respected Irish physician, but his brutal murder uncovered a web of intrigue, secrecy, and corruption that stretched across the United States and far beyond. Blood Runs Green tells the story of Cronin's murder from the police investigation to the trial. It...
It was the biggest funeral Chicago had seen since Lincoln's. On May 26, 1889, four thousand mourners proceeded down Michigan Avenue, followed by a cro...
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82,32 |
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Detroit Fire Department
ISBN: 9781467115223 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,20 |
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L.O. Jacob: One Such Man
ISBN: 9781516943425 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1913, L.O. Jacob arrived in Anoka, Minnesota and was hired as the agricultural teacher and sports coach. From that small beginning mighty changes began to happen. The flu epidemic, WWI, depression are only the beginning. L.O. Jacob - One Such Man made the difference for many to survive.
In 1913, L.O. Jacob arrived in Anoka, Minnesota and was hired as the agricultural teacher and sports coach. From that small beginning mighty changes b...
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59,17 |
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Chicago Heights: At the Crossroads of the Nation
ISBN: 9781589730892 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Chicago Heights mirrors the growth and struggles of the entire nation. From determined settlers to visionary industrialists, from the power of rail to the vast intercontinental highway system, this Illinois city of hard workers and dynamic ethnic groups persevered through overwhelming obstacles to claim its place at the center of the Industrial Revolution.
The history of Chicago Heights mirrors the growth and struggles of the entire nation. From determined settlers to visionary industrialists, from the p...
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116,81 |
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Chicago's Italians: Immigrants, Ethnics, Americans
ISBN: 9781589730908 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1850, Chicago has felt the benefits of a vital Italian presence. These immigrants formed much of the unskilled workforce employed to build up this and many other major U.S. cities. From often meager and humble beginnings, Italians built and congregated in neighborhoods that came to define the Chicago landscape. Post-World War II development threatened this communal lifestyle, and subsequent generations of Italian Americans have been forced to face new challenges to retain their ethnic heritage and identity in a changing world. With the city's support, they are succeeding.
Since 1850, Chicago has felt the benefits of a vital Italian presence. These immigrants formed much of the unskilled workforce employed to build up th...
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116,81 |
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Auburn: The Classic City
ISBN: 9781589730915 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The citizens of Auburn, Indiana ensure that their city is truly special among the 22 Auburns in the United States. From the time of foraging hogs and cows roaming its streets to nude swimming at the YMCA pool, the landscape of this small town is ever changing and often surprising. Auburn's past is full of many exceptional instances of residents fighting against injustice, including hosting stops along the Underground Railroad and raising Company K of the 44th Indiana Volunteer Infantry to serve the Union during the Civil War. Even before Auburn became a city in 1900, her devoted people...
The citizens of Auburn, Indiana ensure that their city is truly special among the 22 Auburns in the United States. From the time of foraging hogs and ...
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116,81 |
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Crawfordsville: Athens of Indiana
ISBN: 9781589730922 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early west-central Indiana town of Crawfordsville saw the passage of several Native American tribes, as well as French traders and missionaries, traveling along Sugar Creek. Flourishing as the county seat, the city was buoyed by the railroad, horses, and higher education, and is most well known for Wabash College, outstanding American authors such as Lew Wallace (Ben Hur), and the Federal Land Office. Overcoming hardships along the way, the residents fortitude and commitment to the citys growth enabled them to persevere and establish this lucrative and charming community.
The early west-central Indiana town of Crawfordsville saw the passage of several Native American tribes, as well as French traders and missionaries, t...
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116,81 |
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Indianapolis: A Circle City History
ISBN: 9781589730939 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its selection as Indianas capital in 1821, Indianapolis was destined to become a major Midwestern hub. Through the decades that followed, the Circle City led Indiana into its golden age, when the state was one of the largest industrial and agricultural producers in the nation. Forced to reinvent itself after the decline of heavy industry, Indianapolis now supports a diverse technology- and service-based economy and proudly proclaims itself the amateur sports capital of the world.
With its selection as Indianas capital in 1821, Indianapolis was destined to become a major Midwestern hub. Through the decades that followed, the Cir...
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