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Meeting the Train: Hagerman, New Mexico and Its Pioneers
ISBN: 9780865345867 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Hagerman (New Mexico) Historical Society presents the communitys history through the stories of pioneers and their descendants, who all wrote their own colorful narratives.
The Hagerman (New Mexico) Historical Society presents the communitys history through the stories of pioneers and their descendants, who all wrote thei...
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Caballeros: The Romance of Santa Fe and the Southwest, Facsimile of the Revised 1945 Edition
ISBN: 9780865345997 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This complete history of Santa Fe was written after extensive research and with understanding and a touch of humor. The text covers all aspects of Spanish-American traditions, customs, and culture.
This complete history of Santa Fe was written after extensive research and with understanding and a touch of humor. The text covers all aspects of Spa...
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When Old Trails Were New: The Story of Taos, New Mexico, Facsimile of Original 1934 Edition
ISBN: 9780865346062 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This story of Taos, New Mexico covers some four centuries of history. It is the story of a village that never gave up despite periods of drought, violence from unfriendly Indians and other hazards of frontier life. At one time, Taos was even the site of a short-lived but bloody rebellion against the United States government. Grant tells this and other fascinating true stories of a settlement that was home to trappers and explorers and later to artists and writers. Among its famous and best-known citizens was the mountain man, Kit Carson. BLANCHE CHLOE GRANT was born in Leavenworth, Kansas in...
This story of Taos, New Mexico covers some four centuries of history. It is the story of a village that never gave up despite periods of drought, viol...
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Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V California
ISBN: 9780875653549 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, "Brown v the Board of Education," and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to "Arizona v California," argues author Jack August in "Dividing Western Waters," August's look at Arizona's Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River. To this day "Arizona"" v ""California" is still influential.
By the time Mark Wilmer settled in the Salt River Valley in the early 1930s, he realized that four basic commodities made possible civilization in the arid West: land, air,... The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, "Brown v the Board of Education," and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale ...
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Livestock Legacy: The Fort Worth Stockyards 1887-1987
ISBN: 9780890965306 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement changed the course of Fort Worth's economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. On July 26, 1887, the Union Stock Yards Company received a charter to do business in an area just north of town. The legacy of that charter: Cowtown.
J'Nell L. Pate has spent ten years researching the Fort Worth market, with full access to company records and local archives. The result is a thorough, thoughtful, and colorful examination of the industry and its effects on this city. The early years of the stockyards were years of struggle... A hundred years ago a simple business arrangement changed the course of Fort Worth's economy for years to come and its character perhaps forever. On J...
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126,98 |
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A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians
ISBN: 9780891230519 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Turner, a research associate at the Center for Archeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Hester (anthropology, U. of Texas, Austin), identify and describe over 200 dart and arrow projectile points and stone tools used by Native Americans in Texas prior to European immigra
Turner, a research associate at the Center for Archeological Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Hester (anthropology, U. of Texas...
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Big Thicket Legacy: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781574411560 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Big Thicket Legacy," Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Many of the storytellers were close to one hundred years old when interviewed, with some being the great-grandchildren of the first settlers. Here are tales about robbing a bee tree, hunting wild boar, plowing all day and dancing all night, wading five miles to church through a cypress brake, and making soap using hickory ashes.
In "Big Thicket Legacy," Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller present the stories of people living in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Many of the storyte...
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Soldiers, Sutlers, and Settlers: Garrison Life on the Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9781585440641 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Texas' frontiers in the 1840s were buffeted by disputes with Mexico and attacks by Indian tribes who refused to give up their life-styles to make way for new settlers. To ensure some measure of peace in the far reaches of Texas, the U.S. Army established a series of military forts in the state. These outposts varied in size and amenities, but the typical installation was staffed with officers, enlisted men, medical personnel, and civilian laundresses. Many soldiers brought their families to the frontier stations. While faced with the hardships of post life, wives and children helped create a...
Texas' frontiers in the 1840s were buffeted by disputes with Mexico and attacks by Indian tribes who refused to give up their life-styles to make way ...
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The Seasons of Treaty Oak
ISBN: 9781478786450 / Angielski / Twarda / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Treaty Oak - Once described by the Forestry Association of America as the most beautiful specimen of any tree in North America, the Treaty Oak still lives in the downtown area of Austin, Texas. In addition to its well-attested beauty, it is also a tree of unique historical significance. Under this tree, it is believed that Stephen F. Austin, the leader of the Austin colony, which would ultimately become the state of Texas, negotiated a boundary agreement with the nearby Indian tribes. For many hundreds of years before that, Treaty Oak and thirteen other Southern Live Oaks,... About the Treaty Oak - Once described by the Forestry Association of America as the most beautiful specimen of any tree in North America, the Treat... |
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Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory
ISBN: 9781595349361 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Arizona Across 400 Years, Stories from a Colorful Past
ISBN: 9781632934253 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,98 |
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Northern New Spain (Softcover): New Mexico Historical Review Essays
ISBN: 9781632936660 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Uncovering the History of the Albuquerque Greek Community, 1880-1952
ISBN: 9781632937100 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr: From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again
ISBN: 9781574419788 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,98 |
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Osage County: A Tribe and American Culture 1600-1934
ISBN: 9780595381234 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "On a warm spring morning in Osage County the senses may be seized by evidence of waking life. The prairie grasses throw off a pungent scent. They may be wet with dew, enough to soak a horse to his belly." Author R. H. Lloyd was born in Osage County, Oklahoma, but spent much of his life after the age of ten in England. Returning to Oklahoma later in life prompted him to reflect on the place of his birth and its history. "Osage County" is a history of the Osage tribe and the Europeans and Americans who settled this territory, covering the period from the first contacts between Native... "On a warm spring morning in Osage County the senses may be seized by evidence of waking life. The prairie grasses throw off a pungent scent. They ... |
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Blackwater Draw: Three Lives, Billy the Kid, and the Murders That Started the Lincoln County War
ISBN: 9781632934963 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Hispano Homesteaders: The Last New Mexico Pioneers, 1850-1910
ISBN: 9781632935007 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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No Pretty Picture: Maud Hawk Wright and Villa\'s Raid on Columbus, A Novel Based on Historical Facts
ISBN: 9781632935243 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,98 |
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Historical Sketches of New Mexico: From the Earliest Records to the American Occupation
ISBN: 9780865347304 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922) was a transplanted New Yorker, a tireless judge, a controversial territorial governor, a gentleman scholar, and an early leader of the Historical Society of New Mexico. In all these roles, and others, he was a passionate advocate of New Mexico statehood.
L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922) was a transplanted New Yorker, a tireless judge, a controversial territorial governor, a gentleman scholar, and an earl...
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A Culinary History of Pittsburg County: Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries
ISBN: 9781540208873 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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