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A History of Us: War, Terrible War: 1855-1865a History of Us Book Six
ISBN: 9780195188998 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.
Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes us into the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle of Gettysburg and on to the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Follow the common soldiers in blue and gray as they endure long marches, freezing winter camps, and the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil. Off the war fields, War, Terrible War captures the passion and commitment of abolitionists and... Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.
Riveting, moving, and im... |
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166,33 |
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The Sinking of the USS Maine: Declaring War Against Spain
ISBN: 9781604130492 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This secondary education text examines the historical circumstances leading up to the destruction of the Maine, the immediate aftermath, and the long-term consequences.
This secondary education text examines the historical circumstances leading up to the destruction of the Maine, the immediate aftermath, and the long-...
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140,54 |
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War, Terrible War Middle/High School Student Study Guide, a History of Us: Student Study Guide Pairs with a History of Us: Book Six
ISBN: 9780195188851 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed to complement the Middle/High School teaching guide, this student study guide was created as reproducible support for extension and self-directed study of A History of US: War, Terrible War. Every chapter is covered by a lesson, which includes activities to reinforce the following areas: access, vocabulary, map skills, comprehension, critical thinking, working with primary sources and further writing. The student study guide contains reproducible maps and explanations of graphic organizers, as well as suggestions on how to do research and special projects.
About the Series:... Developed to complement the Middle/High School teaching guide, this student study guide was created as reproducible support for extension and self-dir...
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75,62 |
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The American West
ISBN: 9781604133820 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the expansion of the country came the expansion of what people wore on a day-to-day basis in the wild frontier of the West. This book includes coverage of the types of dress worn by various Native American peoples as well as the apparel of the gunslingers, railroad men, explorers, and many others.
With the expansion of the country came the expansion of what people wore on a day-to-day basis in the wild frontier of the West. This book includes co...
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140,54 |
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Coming to America: A New Life in a New Land
ISBN: 9781878668233 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. @lt;DIV@gt;Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. Excerpts from the diaries and letters of young people and adults, along with historic photographs and poems, depict immigrants from Russia, Lithuania, Italy, Greece, Sweden, and Ireland who passed through Ellis Island at the turn of the turn of the century.@lt;/div@gt;
@lt;DIV@gt;Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass' popular Perspectives on History series. E...
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33,94 |
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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
ISBN: 9780375841972 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step right up Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost, and Our Eleanor brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here's a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill...
Step right up Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at ...
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76,19 |
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Across America: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
ISBN: 9781604131925 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. This book also covers Thomas Jefferson's support of the expedition as US president, and Meriwether Lewis' and William Clark's preparations for their journey, including purchasing supplies.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. T...
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140,54 |
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Exploring North America, 1800-1900
ISBN: 9781604131949 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the history of the exploration of western North America and the impact it had on the histories of both the United States and Canada. This title provides coverage including: John Wesley Powell's summer expedition that traversed the length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon; and the other explorers, aside from Lewis and Clark.
Traces the history of the exploration of western North America and the impact it had on the histories of both the United States and Canada. This title...
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140,54 |
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A Young People's History of the United States
ISBN: 9781583228692 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People s History of the United States.
Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers... A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others ...
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87,48 |
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REALISM AND REGIONALISM, 1860 - 1910, 2ND EDITION
ISBN: 9781604134872 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in full color for the first time, this updated and expanded edition discusses sectionalism, industrialism, and literary regionalism; slave narratives and race relations; the life and works of Mark Twain; urban writers and internationalism; regionalism; and naturalism, determinism, and social reform.Topics include:
Now in full color for the first time, this updated and expanded edition discusses sectionalism, industrialism, and literary regionalism; slave narrati...
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164,83 |
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Romanticism and Transcendentalism, 1800-1860
ISBN: 9781604134865 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An engaging, full-color illustrated guide to the romantic and transcendentalist era in American literature, this updated volume provides important information on the foundations of romantic thought, romanticism and the new nation, gothic romance and sentimentalism, transcendentalism, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, and romanticism and poetic voice. New to this edition is a section discussing American idealism.Topics include: An engaging, full-color illustrated guide to the romantic and transcendentalist era in American literature, this updated volume provides important ... |
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164,83 |
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Wyatt Earp
ISBN: 9781604135978 / Angielski / Twarda / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wyatt Earp remains one of the Old West's most iconic figuresOCoperhaps the most famous lawman who ever lived. He has become the ultimate symbol of the stern, righteous, brave, and principled deputy. Over the years, countless books, articles, movies, television shows, andaWeb sites have burnished this image. Yet, Earp was only a lawman for a total of about six of his 80 years. Among the many other occupations he tried in his long life were gambling, saloon-keeping, mining, racehorse ownership, and real estate speculation. Nor was he always on the right side of the law; there is strong evidence...
Wyatt Earp remains one of the Old West's most iconic figuresOCoperhaps the most famous lawman who ever lived. He has become the ultimate symbol of the...
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121,15 |
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Sitting Bull
ISBN: 9781604135275 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in South Dakota in 1831, Sitting Bull was given his father's name after killing his first buffalo as a teenager. Sitting Bull witnessed the downfall of his people's way of life after the California gold rush of 1849 and the opening up of the West by the railroad. After he was wounded in battle, his views hardened about the presence of whites in Sioux land. He began to assume an uncompromising militancy that would characterize the rest of his life. Developing into one of the most important chiefs, Sitting Bull was able to unite a multitude of Sioux bands and other tribes at his camp,...
Born in South Dakota in 1831, Sitting Bull was given his father's name after killing his first buffalo as a teenager. Sitting Bull witnessed the downf...
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121,15 |
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Annie Oakley
ISBN: 9781604135947 / Angielski / Twarda / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Annie Oakley, read about this remarkable woman whose sharpshooting skills and quick wit won her many fans and admirers.
In Annie Oakley, read about this remarkable woman whose sharpshooting skills and quick wit won her many fans and admirers.
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121,15 |
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Davy Crockett
ISBN: 9781604135923 / Angielski / Twarda / 117 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hunter, woodsman, and frontiersman who was an excellent shot with a rifle, Davy Crockett's adventures became well-known legend after his death at the siege of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. Although he is remembered as an American pioneer, he also forged a career as a politician, serving as a Tennessee state legislator and later as a U.S. Congressman. Crockett had a remarkable life, from running away from home when he was 13 to holding political office with virtually no formal education. The desire for more land led Crockett to journey to Texas, where he joined the volunteer army to offer...
A hunter, woodsman, and frontiersman who was an excellent shot with a rifle, Davy Crockett's adventures became well-known legend after his death at th...
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121,15 |
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NAT LOVE
ISBN: 9781604135992 / Angielski / Twarda / 103 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in a log cabin in Tennessee in June 1854, Nat Love was the slave of Robert Love. He was about six when the Civil War began, and after the slaves were freed following the war, Love was ready to start living a new life out West, where he could find work as a cowhand. It wasn't long before he started showing his talents as a cowboy, roping and herding cattle and learning to shoot a Colt .45. He used his skill in roping contests at rodeos, where he earned the nickname Deadwood Dick and was proclaimed Champion Roper of the Western Cattle Country. Eventually Love walked away from the life of a...
Born in a log cabin in Tennessee in June 1854, Nat Love was the slave of Robert Love. He was about six when the Civil War began, and after the slaves ...
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121,15 |
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Jesse James
ISBN: 9781604135985 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jesse James may be the most famous outlaw from the wild days of the Old West. He began his career during the Civil War, as part of a group of Southern-supporting guerrilla fighters in his native Missouri. After the war, James turned his hand to crime, becoming one of the leaders of the famous James-Younger Gang, along with his brother Frank and another set of brothers, the Youngers. These bandits became notorious for their bold robberies of banks, stagecoaches, and railroads around Missouri, but James was never taken prisoner, despite years of manhunts for him. James's legendary career ended...
Jesse James may be the most famous outlaw from the wild days of the Old West. He began his career during the Civil War, as part of a group of Southern...
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121,15 |
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William Barrett Travis: Victory or Death
ISBN: 9781571686435 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Journeys Across America
ISBN: 9780060724924 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Laura Ingalls Wilder crossed the country by covered wagon, by train, and by car. Here, Laura's journal entries and letters from three of her most memorable journeys have been collected in one volume. On the Way Home recounts her 1894 move with her daughter, Rose, and her husband, Almanzo, from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, where Laura would live for the rest of her life. In West From Home, Laura wrote letters to Almanzo about her adventures as she traveled to California in 1915 to visit Rose. Finally, The Road Back tells the story of Laura and Almanzo's... Laura Ingalls Wilder crossed the country by covered wagon, by train, and by car. Here, Laura's journal entries and letters from three of her most m... |
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30,16 |
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Free! : Great Escapes from Slavery on the Underground Railroad
ISBN: 9780981956022 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stories that celebrate people who insisted on freedom
Stories that celebrate people who insisted on freedom
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82,36 |