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The Wall and the Garden: Selected Massachusetts Election Sermons, 1670-1775
ISBN: 9780816658527 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Wall and the Garden was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The election day sermon in colonial New England was an annual, formal address by a minister of the gospel to the newly assembled legislature of the colony. The tradition began in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634, and it continued, in Boston, for 250 years. In this volume, Professor Plumstead presents a collection of nine of the... The Wall and the Garden was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once... |
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253,87 zł |
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The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England
ISBN: 9781933212968 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "On court days in colonial New England, folks gathered from miles around to listen as local magistrates convened to hear cases. In the abundant records extant from these hearings, we experience the passions and concerns of ordinary people, often in their own words, more than three centuries after the emotion-charged events that brought them to court. Rapaport is a lawyer and historian who, by drawing on these court records, has created an award-winning column for New England Ancestors, the journal of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Some of the twenty-five true stories in The...
"On court days in colonial New England, folks gathered from miles around to listen as local magistrates convened to hear cases. In the abundant record...
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97,94 zł |
![Ulster Scots and Blandford [Massachusetts] Scouts Sumner Gilbert Wood 9780788406324 Heritage Books](/9780788406324_ulster_scots_and_blandford_massachusetts_scouts.jpg "Ulster Scots and Blandford [Massachusetts] Scouts") |
Ulster Scots and Blandford [Massachusetts] Scouts
ISBN: 9780788406324 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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176,54 zł |
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Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
ISBN: 9780743297042 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback, a true story as spellbinding and harrowing as The Perfect Storm, "marvel- ous and terrifying" (Los Angeles Times)--published to herald the arrival of Tougias's new hardcover, The Finest Hours. On the morning of November 21, 1980, two small boats set out for Georges Bank, a lucrative but perilous lobster fishing ground off the coast of Cape Cod. The National Weather Service had forecast typical fall weather, and the young, rugged crewmen aboard the Sea Fever and the Fair Wind had no reason to expect that this trip would be any...
Now in paperback, a true story as spellbinding and harrowing as The Perfect Storm, "marvel- ous and terrifying" (Los Angeles Times...
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78,81 zł |
![Early Planters of Scituate [Massachusetts] Harvey Hunter Pratt 9780788408854 Heritage Books](/9780788408854_early_planters_of_scituate_massachusetts.jpg "Early Planters of Scituate [Massachusetts]") |
Early Planters of Scituate [Massachusetts]
ISBN: 9780788408854 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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201,06 zł |
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An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine: With Notices of Its Settlers and Early Inhabitants
ISBN: 9780788412820 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,41 zł |
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Martha's Vineyard: A History
ISBN: 9781540209726 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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140,07 zł |
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The Brittle Thread of Life: Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America
ISBN: 9780300139228 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The colonists who settled the backcountry in eighteenth-century New England were recruited from the social fringe, people who were desperate for land, autonomy, and respectability and who were willing to make a hard living in a rugged environment. Mark Williams' microhistorical approach gives voice to the settlers, proprietors, and officials of the small colonial settlements that became Granby, Connecticut, and Ashfield, Massachusetts. These people-often disrespectful, disorderly, presumptuous, insistent, and defiant-were drawn to the ideology of the Revolution in the 1760s and 1770s that...
The colonists who settled the backcountry in eighteenth-century New England were recruited from the social fringe, people who were desperate for land,...
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423,13 zł |
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Cape Cod and the Islands: Where Beauty and History Meet
ISBN: 9780764333170 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cape Cod and its neighboring islands, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, possess extraordinary beauty. Magnificent ocean vistas, spectacular sand dunes, quiet marshes, and historic seaside villages, bring people back year after year. For the inquiring visitor the remarkable stories of courage and enterprise by those who settled the land and shaped its character provide background for thoughtful reflection. This stunning new book features fifty of Kathryn Kleekamp's original oil paintings depicting land and seascapes along with rare historic photographs. Image and text capture the fundamental...
Cape Cod and its neighboring islands, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, possess extraordinary beauty. Magnificent ocean vistas, spectacular sand dunes,...
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149,59 zł |
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A Guide to Newport's Cliff Walk: Tales of Seaside Mansions & the Gilded Age Elite
ISBN: 9781596294387 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering of the Gilded Age.
Where the salty air mingles with the far-off laughter of women in ball gowns, the houses of the Newport Cliff Walk preside in grandeur over the crashing waves below. Walking along the paved trail, it s easy to imagine the faintest hint of a waltz coming from the windows of Beechwood, or to envision the Duchess of Windsor s carriage arriving for a visit at Fairholme. Ed Morris takes you on a tour of twenty-four historic... From the grand majesty of the Breakers to the beautiful proportions of Rosecliff, these houses are enduring reminders of the architectural flowering o...
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96,29 zł |
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Hidden History of Litchfield County
ISBN: 9781540210685 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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140,07 zł |
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Our New England Ancestors and Their Descendants 1620-1900 - Historical, Genealogical, Biographical
ISBN: 9781444623123 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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107,84 zł |
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South Shore Wide
ISBN: 9780764331848 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Enjoy the South Shore of Massachusetts in breathtaking panoramic images of favourite vistas. From Quincy to Plymouth and Hingham to Foxboro, these magnificent 120-degree images capture the region's beloved scenes. Visit the shore of Quincy Bay and the beaches and harbours along the coast leading to the Cape Cod Canal. See Wollaston Beach at sunset with the Boston skyline in the distance; watch the sunrise at Scituate Lighthouse, visiting the historic and picturesque greens of the towns that dot the area. Over 250 stunning panoramas include some familiar scenes, the classic charm of old New...
Enjoy the South Shore of Massachusetts in breathtaking panoramic images of favourite vistas. From Quincy to Plymouth and Hingham to Foxboro, these mag...
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197,69 zł |
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Berkshires: Past and Present
ISBN: 9780764331336 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take a tour of the Berkshire Hills and travel along the nation's first scenic route, the Mohawk Trail; delight in the sounds of the Tanglewood Music Center and the Shelbourne and Bish-Bash Falls; visit landmarks including Hancock Shaker Village, the town of Lenox, and Jacob's Ladder. More than 350 color images take you back in time to show how the Berkshires came to be the recreational and cultural mecca that it is today. See why this was the summer getaway place for the elite from the North for many years. This is a keepsake that residents and tourists alike will treasure, and with 250...
Take a tour of the Berkshire Hills and travel along the nation's first scenic route, the Mohawk Trail; delight in the sounds of the Tanglewood Music C...
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122,87 zł |
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Remembering the Kennebunks
ISBN: 9781596297074 / Angielski / Miękka / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Kennebunks--the phrase evokes peace, ocean breezes and small-town pride. In this captivating collection of vignettes, Kennebunk town historian Kathleen Ostrander reveals another side of the area's allure: its rich and varied past. From an account of the amateur astronomer whose name now graces the Bates College Observatory to the origins of Kennebunk's encyclopedic Walker Diaries, Ostrander offers a tour of the area's historical highlights. She notes the mysterious creature once said to live in the Kennebunk River, treasures hidden in fireplaces and under floorboards and the scandalous...
The Kennebunks--the phrase evokes peace, ocean breezes and small-town pride. In this captivating collection of vignettes, Kennebunk town historian Kat...
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96,29 zł |
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Traditions and Reminiscences of Concord, Massachusetts, 1779-1878
ISBN: 9781558497665 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An astonishingly detailed account of life in early nineteenth-century Concord
An astonishingly detailed account of life in early nineteenth-century Concord
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202,15 zł |
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The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
ISBN: 9781416567226 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the...
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic be...
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87,53 zł |
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The Sutton-Dudleys Of England And The Dudleys Of Massachusetts, In New England: From The Norman Conquest To The Present Time (1862)
ISBN: 9781437382051 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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205,72 zł |
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Returning to Quarters: A History of Boston Firehouses
ISBN: 9781425180683 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Connelly presents a pictorial history of every firehouse in Boston, past and present, with every company ever housed as well as dates of service.
Connelly presents a pictorial history of every firehouse in Boston, past and present, with every company ever housed as well as dates of service.
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104,86 zł |
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Middlefield and the Settling of the New York Frontier: A Case Study of Development in Central New York, 1790-1865
ISBN: 9780978906634 / Angielski / Twarda / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than just a mere history of one community, Dominick Reisen's scholarly exploration of Middlefield in Otsego County presents this rural, crossroads hamlet as a case study of the development of small towns in central New York State during the early years of the American Republic, through the Civil War. Reisen tracks the emergence and growth of various businesses and social groups within the community, tracing in great detail the lives of various key figures who made their home in Middlefield. He discusses how external agricultural factors and the great social movements of the era, such as...
More than just a mere history of one community, Dominick Reisen's scholarly exploration of Middlefield in Otsego County presents this rural, crossroad...
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176,30 zł |
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