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George Washington Arrington: Civil War Spy, Texas Ranger, Sheriff, and Rancher: A Biography
ISBN: 9781681791364 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Conquest II - Los Ojuclos Ranch
ISBN: 9781685153922 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,30 |
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Arizona\'s Historic and Unique Hotels
ISBN: 9781662932571 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,30 |
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The Old Oil Field of Humble and its Operation
ISBN: 9781038324115 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,30 |
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A Bloody History of Bosque County, Texas
ISBN: 9780692312254 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1854, Bosque County, Texas was the site of a slew of gruesome murders that spanned over a century. Harrison details each story of revenge, passion, or insanity in a time when law enforcement was virtually absent.
Founded in 1854, Bosque County, Texas was the site of a slew of gruesome murders that spanned over a century. Harrison details each story of revenge, ...
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A Forest Hearth: A Romance Of Indiana In The Thirties
ISBN: 9781979021555 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Apache Country: A Trip Through Arizona 1864
ISBN: 9781468187854 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Browne takes a journey through the new territory during the late part of the civil war when settlers were having some of the worst troubles with the Apache nation and troops were busy in the east. Taken from the original serialization in 1864 and 65, Browne introduces the old west through the eyes of a contemporary traveler, complete with the prevailing thought of day. This is a journey worth taking to understand the life and times and thought of mid nineteenth century Arizona and America.
Browne takes a journey through the new territory during the late part of the civil war when settlers were having some of the worst troubles with the A...
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Arizona Nuggets
ISBN: 9781439240670 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of nearly 100 stories about Arizona's colorful past will convince the reader that history need not be dull. These "Arizona Nuggets" are about fascinating people - their triumphs and tragedies, their sorrows and their joys. You'll find few dates or statistics or footnotes in these tales, but you will get a better idea of what life was like on the frontier and how some of today's most cherished institutions and traditions came to be. You will learn such facts as why the musical film "Oklahoma " was actually shot in Arizona, the unbelievable home remedies that our sick and...
This collection of nearly 100 stories about Arizona's colorful past will convince the reader that history need not be dull. These "Arizona Nuggets" ar...
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Offbeat New Mexico: Places of Unexpected History, Art, and Culture
ISBN: 9780997332216 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,84 |
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Growing Up on the Blocks
ISBN: 9798387952937 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,84 |
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Cowboys, Indians, Outlaws and Ghost Towns of Southern Utah
ISBN: 9781523306435 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is a 45 year endeavor of the author's journey compiling an historical look at an unusually beautiful and colorful section of the U.S. west - Southern Utah; you'll discover the fascinating history of familiar, unfamiliar, and often forgotten towns. Filled with historical photos, along with original art and photos by the author, the book takes you back to the time of settling this part of the country during the westward movement. You'll meet some of the tough inhabitants that called this magnificent and harsh territory home. The book includes the author's interviews with descendants of...
The book is a 45 year endeavor of the author's journey compiling an historical look at an unusually beautiful and colorful section of the U.S. west - ...
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The Other Texas Frontier
ISBN: 9780292771284 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "One is tempted to say that wherever there was a frontier in America there was a counterfrontier and that the main purpose of this counterfrontier was not only to help man grow or dig or catch or kill his livng but also to put this man in communication with the traditions of his kind and thereby secure to his descendants the benefits of the free mind." --Harry Huntt Ransom The reflections of Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-1976) in The Other Texas Frontier present an alternative to the stereotypical picture of the brash, blustery heroes of the Texas frontier. Here, in six highly... "One is tempted to say that wherever there was a frontier in America there was a counterfrontier and that the main purpose of this counterfrontier ... |
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Indian Trial: The Complete Story of the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the Fall of the Kiowa Nation
ISBN: 9780806152196 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kiowa and Comanche raids on the Southern Plains in 1870-71 terrorized settlers. The raids culminated in the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the arrest of Satank, Santanta, and Big Tree by General William Tecumseh Sherman. The Jacksboro Indian Trial led to a confrontation between the state of Texas, the federal government, the Kiowa Nation, Comanches, and Cheyennes.
This narrative history explores the Little Arkansas and Medicine Lodge Treaties and factions within the Kiowa Nation. Kiowa and Comanche raids on the Southern Plains in 1870-71 terrorized settlers. The raids culminated in the Warren Wagon Train Massacre and the arrest...
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Out in God's Country: Historical Sketches of Colfax County, New Mexico
ISBN: 9780997426762 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Morenci Memories: True Tales of Copper Town
ISBN: 9780595319299 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Morenci Memories" is a nostalgic look at a place in southeastern Arizona that no longer exists: The copper mining town of "old" Morenci. Once a community of about 5000 people, it was reduced to rubble, scooped out and filled back in with copper landfill waste.
Joaquin Oviedo grew up in this town and as a Jr. High student, started photographing the town and its people. "Morenci Memories" includes stories of early Morenci history that his parents used to relate as he was growing up, as well as memories of the town during WWII. It is filled with the photograhs he took and the memories the... "Morenci Memories" is a nostalgic look at a place in southeastern Arizona that no longer exists: The copper mining town of "old" Morenci. Once a commu...
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Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers
ISBN: 9780762741359 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing up can be hard enough, but when you are a teenage girl on the western frontier every day is a lesson in survival. From being held captive by a Native American tribe (like Olive Ann Oatman), to mastering the dangerous business of wrangling cattle (like Edith Jane Bass), Amazing Girls of Arizona captures the remarkable lives of eleven real American girls (all seventeen years old or younger) who were pioneers of their time. Meet Laurette Lovell, born in 1869 with a severe leg deformity, who at age thirteen started on her path to be a renowned pottery artist and painter. Edith Bass, born...
Growing up can be hard enough, but when you are a teenage girl on the western frontier every day is a lesson in survival. From being held captive by a...
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Larger Than Life: New Mexico in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780826338839 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Larger than Life" offers eleven essays that touch on a variety of southwestern themes. One section highlights three people who have dramatically shaped the region's history: pilot Charles A. Lindbergh, who helped turn New Mexico into a regional center for aviation and rocketry during the interwar years; physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who believed that New Mexico had restored him to health in the 1920s, and, as a consequence, chose Los Alamos as the site for the nation's top secret weapons laboratory in 1942; and first-term congressman Bill Richardson (currently governor), who inaugurated...
"Larger than Life" offers eleven essays that touch on a variety of southwestern themes. One section highlights three people who have dramatically shap...
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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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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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Along the Texas Forts Trail
ISBN: 9781574410358 / Angielski / Miękka / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The task of providing military defense for the Texas Frontier was never an easy one because the territory was claimed by some of the greatest querrilla fighters of all times-the Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Lipans. Protecting a line running from the Red River southwest to El Paso was an impossible task, but following the Mexican War the federal government attempted to do so by establishing a line of forts.
During the Civil War the forts were virtually abandoned and the Indians once again ruled the area. Following the war when the military began to restore the old forts, they found that... The task of providing military defense for the Texas Frontier was never an easy one because the territory was claimed by some of the greatest querrill...
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