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A History of the New Hampshire Abenaki
ISBN: 9781626194229 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The native Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee tribes, collectively known as the Abenaki, once thrived along the Granite State's great rivers. Influences of these "men of the east" abound today, from the boiling of sap for maple syrup to the game of lacrosse and traditional corn-and-bean succotash. Historian Bruce Heald has mined, curated and saved the real story of this land's first people. Learn the unwritten laws of hospitality, respect for the aged, honesty, independence and courtesy. Discover celebrations and innovations in the good times, later European...
The native Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck and Ossipee tribes, collectively known as the Abenaki, once thrived along the Granite ...
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84,74 |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. In Four Volumes. Volume I
ISBN: 9780806356723 / Angielski / Miękka / 774 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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340,96 |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. In Four Volumes. Volume II
ISBN: 9780806356730 / Angielski / Miękka / 798 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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340,96 |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. In Four Volumes. Volume III
ISBN: 9780806356747 / Angielski / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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334,49 |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. In Four Volumes. Volume IV. Includ
ISBN: 9780806356754 / Angielski / Miękka / 642 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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334,49 |
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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
ISBN: 9781608932962 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Climaxing months of drought, fires raged across more than 200,000 acres. Nine communities were practically leveled and four others severely damaged. Fifteen people lost their lives. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire s Row in Bar Harbor, and across southern Maine beach resorts. Originally published in 1979, it remains the definitive account of The Week Maine Burned. "
In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Climaxing months of drought, fires raged across more than 200,000 acres. Ni...
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72,12 |
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Connecticut Witch Trials: The First Panic in the New World
ISBN: 9781626193871 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Connecticut's witch hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials. Between 1647 and 1697, at least thirty-four men and women from across the state were formally charged with witchcraft. Eleven were hanged. In New Haven, William Meeker was accused of cutting off and burning his pig's ears and tail as he cast a bewitching spell. After the hanging of Fairfield's Goody Knapp, magistrates cut down and searched her body for the marks of the devil. Through newspaper clippings, court records, letters and diaries, author...
Connecticut's witch hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials. Between...
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84,74 |
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The Patriot Parson of Lexington, Massachusetts: Reverend Jonas Clarke and the American Revolution
ISBN: 9781540203403 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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Boston's Cycling Craze, 1880-1900: A Story of Race, Sport, and Society
ISBN: 9781625340740 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1877 to 1896, the popularity of bicycles increased exponentially, and Boston was in on it from the start. The Boston Bicycle Club was the first in the nation, and the city's cyclists formed the nucleus of a new national organization, the League of American Wheelmen. The sport was becoming a craze, and Massachusetts had the largest per capita membership in the league in the 1890s and the largest percentage of women members. Several prominent cycling magazines were published in Boston, making cycling a topic of press coverage and a growing cultural influence as well as a form of... From 1877 to 1896, the popularity of bicycles increased exponentially, and Boston was in on it from the start. The Boston Bicycle Club was the firs... |
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107,70 |
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The Forgotten Chapters: My Journey into the Past
ISBN: 9780989616928 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Katherine Dimancescu's debut narrative offers readers a window into the lives of some of her well-known and also little known maternal ancestors who helped shape the New England communities they called home. Her narrative shares unexpected discoveries that arose when researching her colonial American roots. These discoveries include Mayflower passengers John Alden and his future wife Priscilla Mullins, ancestral homesteads from the 1600s, veterans of The Pequot War (1637) and King Philip's War (1675-76), slave-owning ancestors in New England, 17th and 18th century diary keepers whose original...
Katherine Dimancescu's debut narrative offers readers a window into the lives of some of her well-known and also little known maternal ancestors who h...
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144,59 |
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Inventing Ethan Allen
ISBN: 9781611685541 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1969, Ethan Allen has been the subject of three biographical studies, all of which indulge in sustaining and revitalizing the image of Allen as a physically imposing Vermont yeoman, a defender of the rights of Americans, an eloquent military hero, and a master of many guises, from rough frontiersman to gentleman philosopher. Seeking the authentic Ethan Allen, the authors of this volume ask: How did that Ethan Allen secure his place in popular culture? As they observe, this spectacular persona leaves little room for a more accurate assessment of Allen as a self-interested land...
Since 1969, Ethan Allen has been the subject of three biographical studies, all of which indulge in sustaining and revitalizing the image of Allen as ...
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144,35 |
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The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623 to 1660: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts and Other Contem
ISBN: 9781596413221 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides the researcher with the names of approximately 1,000 early settlers to Maine and New Hampshire, and, in some cases, information about them provided by records, both private and public. Records referenced include County Records, Wills and Probate, State Archives, Deeds, Private Collections, Ships Passenger Lists, and more.
This work provides the researcher with the names of approximately 1,000 early settlers to Maine and New Hampshire, and, in some cases, information abo...
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142,39 |
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Among the Isles of Shoals
ISBN: 9781939739063 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand account of shipwrecks, storms, and simple lives 10 miles off the coast of New England. Celia Thaxter was a poet, artist, and noted gardener who spent much of her life on White, Smuttynose, and Appledore islands.She made the acquaintance of such luminous contemporaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Childe Hassam, William Wadsworth Longfellow, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book shines with attention to the smallest detail as Thaxter watches the seasons...
Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand ac...
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43,16 |
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The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 16, 1914
ISBN: 9780788448713 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The material covered in this thirty-four volume series includes essentially everything of interest to researchers studying the Mayflower passengers, the first few generations of their progeny, and others who settled in the many towns they established in southeastern Massachusetts. The volumes in this series contain extensive transcriptions of original records, as well as compiled genealogies, and related historical articles. Volume XVI contains: editorial notes on family names: Atwood, Bradford, Chipman, Cooke, Fitch, Hathaway, Hopkins, Latham, Taber, Washburn and Wilcox; the diary of Jabez...
The material covered in this thirty-four volume series includes essentially everything of interest to researchers studying the Mayflower passengers, t...
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116,53 |
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The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May 1665
ISBN: 9781556136696 / Angielski / Miękka / 630 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A member of both the Connecticut and the New York historical societies, the author managed to persuade the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in 1849 "to purchase for the use of the State, two hundred and fifty copies" of his book upon completion, to be distributed among the various state and town legislatures of Connecticut. An interesting way of obtaining funding, indeed In 1850, the work was finished and duly approved by the Secretary of State, having been "diligently compared with the original Records," as "a true, full, and literal copy of the said Records." "Said Records"...
A member of both the Connecticut and the New York historical societies, the author managed to persuade the General Assembly of the State of Connecticu...
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196,37 |
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Global Trade and Visual Arts in Federal New England
ISBN: 9781611685848 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A highly original and much-needed collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New England port towns in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This diverse, interdisciplinary volume adds to our understanding of visual representations of economic and cultural changes in New England as the region emerged as a global trading center, entering the highly prized East Indies trades. Examining a wide variety of commodities and forms including ceramics, textiles, engravings, paintings, architecture, and gardens, the...
A highly original and much-needed collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New En...
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347,74 |
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Global Trade and Visual Arts in Federal New England
ISBN: 9781611685855 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A highly original and much-needed collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New England port towns in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This diverse, interdisciplinary volume adds to our understanding of visual representations of economic and cultural changes in New England as the region emerged as a global trading center, entering the highly prized East Indies trades. Examining a wide variety of commodities and forms including ceramics, textiles, engravings, paintings, architecture, and gardens, the...
A highly original and much-needed collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New En...
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176,32 |
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Slavery in Massachusetts
ISBN: 9781479183838 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. I lately attended a meeting of the citizens of Concord, expecting, as one among many, to speak on the subject of slavery in Massachusetts; but I was surprised and disappointed to find that what had called my townsmen together was the destiny of Nebraska, and not of Massachusetts, and that what I had to say would be...
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of ...
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65,71 |
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Decoding Roger Williams: The Lost Essay of Rhode Island's Founding Father
ISBN: 9781481301046 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Near the end of his life, Roger Williams, Rhode Island founder and father of American religious freedom, scrawled an encrypted essay in the margins of a colonial-era book. For more than 300 years those shorthand notes remained indecipherable... ...until a team of Brown University undergraduates led by Lucas Mason-Brown cracked Williams' code after the marginalia languished for over a century in the archives of the John Carter Brown Library. At the time of Williams' writing, a trans-Atlantic debate on infant versus believer's baptism had taken shape that included London Baptist... Near the end of his life, Roger Williams, Rhode Island founder and father of American religious freedom, scrawled an encrypted essay in the margins... |
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141,98 |
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Madame Sherri -- The Special Edition
ISBN: 9781495310416 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take a walk through West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and you will discover, deep in the woods, the crumbling remains of Madame Sherri's castle. Theatrical, eccentric and flamboyant, Madame scandalized the locals for years, before succumbing to poverty. This special edition of the popular history includes dozens of new photographs from Sherri's life, as well as many reminiscences from those who knew her so long ago.
Take a walk through West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and you will discover, deep in the woods, the crumbling remains of Madame Sherri's castle. Theat...
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80,72 |
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