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Old Tucson Studios
ISBN: 9780738556291 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1939, Columbia Pictures based a film on Clarence Kelland s book Arizona, set during the Civil War in Arizona Territory. To accurately portray the novel s landscape, Columbia selected a spot about 10 miles from what is now downtown Tucson in the middle of a large Pima County park for the filming. In 1959, Bob Shelton, a Kansas City developer, purchased the lot, determined to build an active movie studio and tourist attraction. His vision was successful, and Old Tucson Studios has set the stage for over 200 movies and television shows. As Western movies regain their popularity in the box...
In 1939, Columbia Pictures based a film on Clarence Kelland s book Arizona, set during the Civil War in Arizona Territory. To accurately portray the n...
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108,63 zł |
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Under the Texas Sun: Adventures of a Young Cowpuncher
ISBN: 9781603440455 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Malcolm Vernon's stories--delightfully and poignantly retold by his granddaughter--are of a fifteen-year-old boy heading west alone, working the range, recovering stolen stock, seeing men killed over card games and buckets of buttermilk, and, most of all, growing to manhood on the Texas frontier.
Malcolm Vernon's stories--delightfully and poignantly retold by his granddaughter--are of a fifteen-year-old boy heading west alone, working the range...
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64,98 zł |
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Mapping Texas and the Gulf Coast: The Contributions of Saint-Denis, Oliván, and Le Maire
ISBN: 9781603440554 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This careful study of eighteenth-century cartography along the Gulf Coast presents a pair of essays that show a fascinating mix of cooperation and competition between Spain and France.
A native Canadian, Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis explored much of the region around the Gulf in 1714 and 1717. He sent data to his homeland of France, but he also shared information with Spanish officials. Jack Jackson and Robert S. Weddle present three previously unpublished maps, drawn by Juan Manuel de Olivan Rebolledo, which followed Saint-Denis's information. Olivan's fourth map, published in 1718,... This careful study of eighteenth-century cartography along the Gulf Coast presents a pair of essays that show a fascinating mix of cooperation and com...
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65,21 zł |
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The Line from Here to There: A Storyteller's Scottish West Texas
ISBN: 9780896726307 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The early Scottish West Texans are the real reason for these stories," says nationally award-winning teller and performer Rosanna Herndon. "I wanted others to know them. Their unpretentious lives marked a clear path for me and for generations to come."Herndon, who has been telling stories to audiences for more than a quarter of a century, had her first audiotapes released in the mid-1990s, at which time her daughter began urging her to write them down. Through her own family tales, Herndon began to study how such stories contribute to listeners concepts of self and family, what they reveal...
"The early Scottish West Texans are the real reason for these stories," says nationally award-winning teller and performer Rosanna Herndon. "I wanted ...
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108,45 zł |
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Slavery to Integration
ISBN: 9781933337265 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Black Americans arrived in West Texas in the early sixteenth century and nearly five centuries later continue to contribute to the region that shares so many characteristics with the western United States. Despite that distinguishing feature, no published study covers the lives of African Americans in West Texas. This volume, Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas, seeks to fill that gap. Slavery to Integration consists of twelve articles depicting the basic themes and topics of the black American experience in West Texas. Drawing articles from the West Texas...
Black Americans arrived in West Texas in the early sixteenth century and nearly five centuries later continue to contribute to the region that shares ...
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95,41 zł |
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Early Phoenix
ISBN: 9780738548395 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like the mythical bird it is named after, Phoenix rose from the desert heat to become a prosperous and vital city. Settled on the lands of the ancient Hohokam Indians, Phoenix began as an agricultural community in the 1860s. It was appointed county seat
of Maricopa County in 1871 and territorial capital in 1889. By 1900, town boosters were calling Phoenix an Oasis in the Desert and the Denver of the Southwest. By 1920, Phoenix was on its way to being a metropolitan city with a population of 29,053 and sporting an eight-story skyscraper. Many farsighted individuals documented this... Like the mythical bird it is named after, Phoenix rose from the desert heat to become a prosperous and vital city. Settled on the lands of the ancient...
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95,59 zł |
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San Antonio Beer: Alamo City History by the Pint
ISBN: 9781540202895 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,41 zł |
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Oklahoma: A History
ISBN: 9780393301816 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indians, pioneers, land rushes, and oil dominate many an American's picture of Oklahoma's history. Incomplete as such an impression is, the frontier experience did leave a heritage of individualism distinctive of Oklahoma character. Oklahoma retains much of its popular renown as a land of cowboys and Indians, oil derricks, and multimillionaires. But it has become something quite different, as well: a state prospering from agriculture, diversified industry, and growing urban centers where a majority of Oklahomans now live. Though the state has changed greatly since its frontier beginnings, its...
Indians, pioneers, land rushes, and oil dominate many an American's picture of Oklahoma's history. Incomplete as such an impression is, the frontier e...
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99,76 zł |
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The Grant That Maxwell Bought
ISBN: 9780865346529 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume, published originally in an edition of 250 numbered and signed copies, Stanley (Father Stanley Francis Louis Crocchiola) takes on the task of telling the complex story of the Maxwell Land Grant.
In this volume, published originally in an edition of 250 numbered and signed copies, Stanley (Father Stanley Francis Louis Crocchiola) takes on the t...
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217,35 zł |
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Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History
ISBN: 9781540207692 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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Memoirs, Episodes in New Mexico History, 1892-1969
ISBN: 9780865346239 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this personal narrative, Keleher gives a glimpse behind the scenes of his career not only as a writer but as a lawyer. The pages of this work are full of rich anecdotes and little-known episodes involving such men as Gov. Clyde Tingley, Sen. Bronson Cutting, Elfego Baca, and Sen. Dennis Chavez.
In this personal narrative, Keleher gives a glimpse behind the scenes of his career not only as a writer but as a lawyer. The pages of this work are f...
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173,88 zł |
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The Mesilla Valley
ISBN: 9780865346277 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historic photos from local archives and contemporary pictures show how people lived, worked, and played in this oasis in the Chihuahuan desert. This book continues the efforts by the Public History Program at New Mexico State University to publish local histories.
Historic photos from local archives and contemporary pictures show how people lived, worked, and played in this oasis in the Chihuahuan desert. This b...
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73,68 zł |
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Literary Dallas
ISBN: 9780875653822 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Known as "The Emerald City," Dallas has its own rich heritage peculiar to its founding on the prairies and the Trinity River, and editor Frances Brannen Vick has collected a cornucopia of all things Big D in "Literary Dallas," the third in TCU Press's "literary cities" series.
There is C. C. Slaughter who helped make Dallas a banking center; John Rosenfield, who made his city a haven for performing arts; Evelyn Oppenheimer, who made her career reviewing books; not to mention Frank X. Tolbert, both Chili King and writer. Natalie Ornish writes of the merchants who made Dallas a city... Known as "The Emerald City," Dallas has its own rich heritage peculiar to its founding on the prairies and the Trinity River, and editor Frances Brann...
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128,24 zł |
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Little Stories of Frontier Denison
ISBN: 9781516945528 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad in 1872 as it built south through Indian Territory, Denison was a railhead for cattle shipment and a key entry point for those seeking their fortunes in the West. For the next forty years, B.C. Murray's newspapers chronicled every notable event in the region. In 1910 and 1911, Murray published in his "Sunday Gazetteer" two series called "Little Stories of Denison" and "Little Stories of the Past." This book brings together Murray's delightful recollections of frontier characters male and female, local gambling and sporting exploits, the growth...
Founded by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad in 1872 as it built south through Indian Territory, Denison was a railhead for cattle shipment and a ...
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91,06 zł |
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The Fabulous Frontier, 1846-1912: Facsimile of 1962 Edition
ISBN: 9780865346208 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recapturing the atmosphere of Territorial days, this 1962 extensively annotated edition of a Southwestern classic focuses on southeastern New Mexico, where "murder was a common offense" and stagecoach robberies were "nothing to get excited about."
Recapturing the atmosphere of Territorial days, this 1962 extensively annotated edition of a Southwestern classic focuses on southeastern New Mexico, ...
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173,88 zł |
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Violence in Lincoln County, 1869-1881: Facsimile of 1957 Edition
ISBN: 9780865346222 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lincoln County (New Mexico) War began over a dispute for the insurance money of Emil Fritz. It flared when the killing of John H. Tunstall became an international incident and started a chain reaction of murders. Long out of print, the work is available with a new Foreword by Marc Simmons and Preface by Michael L. Keleher, the author's son.
The Lincoln County (New Mexico) War began over a dispute for the insurance money of Emil Fritz. It flared when the killing of John H. Tunstall became ...
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173,88 zł |
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Between Two Rivers: The Atrisco Land Grant in Albuquerque
ISBN: 9780806139029 / Angielski / Twarda / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How an Hispano community maintained its identity over four centuries
How an Hispano community maintained its identity over four centuries
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231,17 zł |
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Jerome
ISBN: 9780738558820 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rugged mining community of Jerome has thrived by the hard work and hard play of tough men and women pitted against an equally hard mountain. William Murray solicited funding for the Black Hills mining camp from his uncle, a New York lawyer and financier named Eugene Murray Jerome, who reportedly was not interested. However, his independent wife was delighted at the prospect and raised $200,000 in development capital for Murray. In 1882, Frederick F. Thomas, Jerome s first postmaster, named the mining camp Jerome in honor of the family. Jerome boomed, ultimately reaching a reported...
The rugged mining community of Jerome has thrived by the hard work and hard play of tough men and women pitted against an equally hard mountain. Willi...
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104,29 zł |
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The Cherokee Strip: A Tale of Oklahoma Boyhood
ISBN: 9780806135731 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Here is the perpetual variety of small town Oklahoma characters, incidents, changes; the self-confidence of an American boyhood; in honest, winning revelation."-Kirkus Reviews "Here is the perpetual variety of small town Oklahoma characters, incidents, changes; the self-confidence of an American boyhood; in honest, winnin... |
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158,14 zł |
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Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil
ISBN: 9781540202567 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,06 zł |
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