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New Mexico
ISBN: 9780826340030 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New Mexico is a single volume presentation of the fascinating succession of events and characters that make up our state's past. This revision of the 1988 edition takes the reader to the opening years of the twenty-first century. What they said about the earlier edition: -New Mexico covers a lot of ground. . . . It's chock-full of little known facts and fascinating anecdotes that give fresh perspective to the past.---New Mexico Magazine -We can recommend that every library place this book on the reading shelf and if possible place a copy on the reference... New Mexico is a single volume presentation of the fascinating succession of events and characters that make up our state's past. This revision o... |
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188,13 zł |
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Following the Royal Road: A Guide to the Historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
ISBN: 9780826340856 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Land) is North America's oldest and longest road. Juan de Onate extended the Camino to New Mexico in 1598, making it 1,500 miles long. Here, Hal Jackson brings to life this important route connecting Mexico City with Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was the lifeline for administrative, commercial, and ecclesiastical functions in northern Mexico. The northern section of the Camino Real, the portion in New Mexico and Texas, was designated a National Historic Trail by the U.S. Congress in 2000 and an interpretive and visitor center (the... The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior Land) is North America's oldest and longest road. Juan de Onate extended the Camino t... |
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108,19 zł |
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Yesterday in Santa Fe: Episodes in a Turbulent History
ISBN: 9780865341081 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this witty but historically accurate book, Simmons takes readers on a fact-filled but fun journey into Santa Fe, New Mexicos, unusual past. He is known for his ability to ferret out true but little-known episodes in New Mexican history such as those recounted in this fascinating book.
In this witty but historically accurate book, Simmons takes readers on a fact-filled but fun journey into Santa Fe, New Mexicos, unusual past. He is k...
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56,15 zł |
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Cerrillos, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The Story of a Won't-Be Ghost Town
ISBN: 9780865341302 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Southwest has many ghost towns and most of them are gone forever. But Cerrillos, New Mexico--a short drive from Santa Fe--isn't one of them. This book guides the reader through the history and up to the present of a town that refuses to be a ghost.
The American Southwest has many ghost towns and most of them are gone forever. But Cerrillos, New Mexico--a short drive from Santa Fe--isn't one of th...
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64,83 zł |
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Dulce
ISBN: 9780865342071 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Al Williams moved his family to the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in Dulce, New Mexico, he did not know what to expect. Cool rushing mountain streams, majestic mountains, and enriching friendships were his reward. He became friends with Chief Baltazar as well as Ish Koten, the sheriff, and the Williams family had many happy, exciting and frightening experiences there. Northern New Mexico has become a mecca for the movie industry since then, but everyone who travels there learns the lessons so innocently taught by the Jicarillas-peace, determination, and loyalty. * * * * * Patricia...
When Al Williams moved his family to the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in Dulce, New Mexico, he did not know what to expect. Cool rushing mounta...
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64,83 zł |
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Old Santa Fe: A Brief Review of History 1536-1912
ISBN: 9780865343931 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This brief review of the history of Santa Fe is designed to give visitors and residents alike an overview of the important events that created what is now called "The City Different." (Domestic Travel)
This brief review of the history of Santa Fe is designed to give visitors and residents alike an overview of the important events that created what is...
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82,17 zł |
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New Mexico Mavericks (Softcover): Stories from a Fabled Past
ISBN: 9780865344679 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I first saw New Mexico as a kid, in 1950," the author says. "At once I fell under its hypnotic spell, as have so many others. My commitment to become a writer about things New Mexican was born shortly thereafter. From more than a half century of prowlings along the byways of the state, I've managed to glean a fair knowledge of its peoples and culture. "What continues to impress me is that history in New Mexico lies so close to the surface. Here one continually runs into Indians, Hispanos and fourth or fifth generation Anglos whose lives and outlook are firmly rooted in the years before...
"I first saw New Mexico as a kid, in 1950," the author says. "At once I fell under its hypnotic spell, as have so many others. My commitment to become...
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99,52 zł |
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New Mexico Mavericks (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9780865345003 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I first saw New Mexico as a kid, in 1950," the author says. "At once I fell under its hypnotic spell, as have so many others. My commitment to become a writer about things New Mexican was born shortly thereafter. From more than a half century of prowlings along the byways of the state, I've managed to glean a fair knowledge of its peoples and culture. "What continues to impress me is that history in New Mexico lies so close to the surface. Here one continually runs into Indians, Hispanos and fourth or fifth generation Anglos whose lives and outlook are firmly rooted in the years before...
"I first saw New Mexico as a kid, in 1950," the author says. "At once I fell under its hypnotic spell, as have so many others. My commitment to become...
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125,54 zł |
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The Death of Billy the Kid: Facsimile of the original 1933 Edition
ISBN: 9780865345324 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many years after the death of Billy the Kid, Deputy John William Poe, who was just outside the door when Sheriff Pat Garrett killed Billy, wrote out the whole story, which was published in a small edition. While certain statements made in the book by Poe are controversial, his account is a valuable document for anyone interested in Billy the Kid.
Many years after the death of Billy the Kid, Deputy John William Poe, who was just outside the door when Sheriff Pat Garrett killed Billy, wrote out t...
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82,17 zł |
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Old Spain in Our Southwest: Facsimile of the Original 1936 Edition
ISBN: 9780865345423 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Otero-Warren's Spanish conquistador ancestors dramatically altered the social and political landscape in Santa Fe, New Mexico, more than 300 years before she made waves as a 20th-century suffragist, educator, political leader, and businesswoman. "Old Spain in Our Southwest (1936)," records her memories of the family hacienda.
Otero-Warren's Spanish conquistador ancestors dramatically altered the social and political landscape in Santa Fe, New Mexico, more than 300 years bef...
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99,52 zł |
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Four Trails to Valor: From Ancient Footprints to Modern Battlefields, A Journey of Four Peoples
ISBN: 9780865345645 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here are four men, representing the dominant cultures of the American Southwest, who set their feet upon trails which follow the physical and metaphysical journeys of their forefathers--the Pueblos Cornmeal Path, the Navajo Beautyway, the Spanish Way of the Cross, and the Yankee Trail of Destiny. All lead to the great fact of the past century, World War II, in which each man blazes his own trail in his countrys greatest crisis. Each carries to war his peoples pride and his fathers faith. Through the jungles of Bataan, the bloody battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima, across the deserts of North...
Here are four men, representing the dominant cultures of the American Southwest, who set their feet upon trails which follow the physical and metaphys...
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108,19 zł |
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The Land of Journeys' Ending
ISBN: 9780865345713 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Austin writes about the high plateau country lying between the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, the traditional homeland of many Indian peoples--the Pueblo, the Zuni, the Hopi, and the Navajo.
Austin writes about the high plateau country lying between the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, the traditional homeland of many Indian peoples--the Pu...
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134,21 zł |
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Old Santa Fe
ISBN: 9780865345744 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This remarkable book unfolds a detailed and thoughtful history beginning in 1598 and continuing through 1924. Chapters are devoted to events preceding the founding of the city; the Pueblo Revolution; the reconquest of the city by General Diego de Vargas; its 25 years as a Mexican provincial capital; the city during the military occupation period; and stories about Billy the Kid, Gov. Samuel B. Axtell, and the Santa Fe Ring.
This remarkable book unfolds a detailed and thoughtful history beginning in 1598 and continuing through 1924. Chapters are devoted to events preceding...
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173,46 zł |
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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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142,88 zł |
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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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142,88 zł |
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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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142,88 zł |
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Tales from the Sunday House
ISBN: 9780875651736 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the middle of the nineteenth century more than 7,000 Germans migrated to Central Texas--most to Comal, Gillespie, and Llano Counties. For the next three quarters of a century, the Germans of Central Texas retained much of their ethnicity: they were taught German in the schools, there were German-language newspapers, and ties to the Fatherland remained strong. But with the coming of World War I, many of the Hill Country Germans began slipping away from the old ways. The generation that grew up between the two world wars became more and more Americanized.
In "Tales from the Sunday... In the middle of the nineteenth century more than 7,000 Germans migrated to Central Texas--most to Comal, Gillespie, and Llano Counties. For the next ...
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69,16 zł |
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Standing in the Gap: Subposts, Minor Posts, and Picket Stations on the Texas Frontier, 1866-1886
ISBN: 9780875652467 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the Civil War, the United States Army faced a tremendous challenge on the Texas frontier. Military authorities had to overcome major obstacles in mobility and communications, and they had to learn a far different kind of warfare to defeat the Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians.
Large military posts have been examined in detail in numerous books written about the Texas frontier, but the importance of smaller outposts and picket stations has been generally overlooked. In "Standing in the Gap," Loyd M. Uglow examines these smaller outposts in relation to the larger forts that... After the Civil War, the United States Army faced a tremendous challenge on the Texas frontier. Military authorities had to overcome major obstacles i...
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129,87 zł |
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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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142,88 zł |
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The Battle of the Alamo, Volume 2
ISBN: 9780876110812 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The dramatic story of one of the most famous events in Texas history is told by Ben H. Procter. Procter describes in colorful detail the background, character, and motives of the prominent figures at the Alamo Bowie, Travis, and Crockett and the course and outcome of the battle itself. This concise and engaging account of a turning point in Texas history will appeal to students, teachers, historians, and general readers alike."
The dramatic story of one of the most famous events in Texas history is told by Ben H. Procter. Procter describes in colorful detail the background... |
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43,14 zł |
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