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  • Secret Washington DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

    par JoAnn Hill ...
    Around the world, Washington, DC, is known for its powerful government, majestic monuments, and world-renowned museums. Secret Washington, DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure reminds us that the fabric of the city isn’t solely embedded in its callous political parties, exhausting lawmaking policies, and rampant tourism. Rather, it’s woven through its rich and complex history, ... En savoir plus

    11,48 €

  • Down on the Chickahominy

    The Life and Times of a Vanishing Virginia River

    par Jack Trammell ...
    For centuries, the 'Chick' has blessed the Tidewater region of Virginia with life, even today in the face of deteriorating resources and dramatic environmental change. While an abundant ecosystem thrived in the water, a unique and culturally rich community that once dotted the Chick's riverbanks has dwindled near extinction. Author Jack Trammell spent the past three years on the river researching ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783

    The Biography of an American Town in the Heart of a Civil War

    The battles of Trenton and Princeton have been the subject of several recent books, but this story complements them by expanding the story to include the many experiences of the people of Princeton in the wider Revolution and their contributions to it. This story combines social history with the better known military and political history of the Revolution. It does not just deal with amorphous ... En savoir plus

    9,99 €

  • The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting: The Deadliest Mass Shooting In America, Inside The Mind And Psychology Of Stephen Paddock

    par Eric Diaz ...
    It was a seemingly pleasant evening on October 1, 2017, and more than 20,000 people gathered at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Everyone was in high spirits and the concert began to a thrilling fanfare. Unbeknownst to everyone, sounds began to erupt which were thought to be fireworks … until people started falling as dead bodies. The Las Vegas shooting was the deadliest attack in modern American ... En savoir plus

    2,49 €

  • In and Around the Arena

    The 100-Year History of the Fortuna Rodeo

    Explore the history of the Fortuna Rodeo from its origins in 1921 up to the present day with this intriguing history packed with photographs and lore of Humboldt County, California. The rodeo continues as a mainstay of Fortuna, with the 2020 event being the first to be canceled since the end of World War II. In addition to the rodeo itself, this book paints a portrait of the history and growth of ... En savoir plus

    6,99 €

  • It's Always Uphill from the Dock

    par Ann B Irish ...
    Here is a look at the Puget Sound islands throughout history-the San Juan Islands, Whidbey Island, Bainbridge and Vashon Islands, and many others. Featured are the people who have come to the islands: Native Americans, explorers, entrepreneurs, settlers and visitors. We learn of the Native peoples' traditional ways of life and the changes that the new settlers brought. The islands saw small ... En savoir plus

    8,44 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Fairhope, 1894–1954

    The Story of a Single Tax Colony

    Collection series Library of Alabama Classics
    The remarkable and improbable story of the utopian single-tax social experiment that gave rise to one of the most unique and colorful communities along the Gulf CoastPaul E. and Blanche R. Alyea’s Fairhope, 1894–1954, first published in 1954, is the history of this unique and improbable community and the single-tax social experiment that gave rise to it. This new edition offers an introduction by ... En savoir plus

    22,24 €

  • Stolen Charleston

    The Spoils of War

    par J. Grahame Long ...
    During both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Charleston was not just a symbolic target but also one of the wealthiest--at least until the shelling started. Once the redcoats of 1780 and the Yankees of 1865 stormed in, nary a church, business or private home was spared fevered plundering. Worse, Charleston's own homefront defenders oftentimes helped themselves to unguarded heirlooms. In ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Haunted Etowah County, Alabama

    par Mike Goodson ...
    Collection series Haunted America
    Situated along the Coosa River, Etowah County's history is intertwined with the twists and turns of this flowing water. And though the currents of the Coosa shift every day, some fixtures of the river cannot help but remain. It is said that famed riverboat captain James M. Elliott Jr. haunts the Coosa's banks, still blasting the whistle from the Magnolia, his steam engine more than a century old. ... En savoir plus

    10,80 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Homelands

    Southern Jewish Identity in Durham-Chapel Hill and North Carolina

    par Leonard Rogoff ...
    Collection series Judaic Studies Series
    Exploring how Southern Jews forged identity, community, and belonging in the evolving landscape of the New South.Homelands is a case study of a unique ethnic group in North America—small-town southern Jews. Both Jews and southerners, Leonard Rogoff points out, have long struggled with questions of identity and whether to retain their differences or try to assimilate into the national culture. ... En savoir plus

    26,77 €

  • Congress at the Grassroots

    Representational Change in the South, 1970-1998

    However much politicians are demeaned and denounced in modern American society, our democracy could not work without them. For this reason, says Richard Fenno, their activities warrant our attention. In his pioneering book, Home Style, Fenno demonstrated that a close look at politicians at work in their districts can tell us a great deal about the process of representation. Here, Fenno employs a ... En savoir plus

    20,69 €

  • Nevada Warbird Survivors 2002

    A Handbook on Where to Find Them

    During the twentieth century, civil and military aviation has played a prominent role in the history and development of Nevada. Commercial operators have exploited the advantages offered by aircraft to overcome its unique challenges of geography and climate. By virtue of Nevadas clear skies and wide open spaces and its placement surrounded by California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona, a wide ... En savoir plus

    4,11 €

  • Charcoal and Blood

    Italian Immigrants in Eureka, Nevada, and the Fish Creek Massacre

    par Silvio Manno ...
    Collection series Shepperson Series in Nevada History
    Charcoal and Blood is a detailed account of a heinous crime perpetrated on Italian immigrants engaged in the production of charcoal on Nevada’s mining frontier at the close of the nineteenth century. On August 18, 1879, in a canyon near Fish Creek, outside Eureka, Nevada, five Italian charcoal burners were slain and six more were wounded, while fourteen were taken prisoner by a sheriff’s posse ... En savoir plus

    19,15 €

  • Radical Heritage

    Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917

    Collection series Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography
    Historian Carlos A. Schwantes studies the forces that shaped the history of the labor movement on either side of the forty-ninth parallel and the reason for the eventual demise of the socialist movement in Washington State and its continuing vigor in British Columbia. ... En savoir plus

    83,63 €

  • California Women Vote!! A Fight That Never Should Have Been Necessary

    Suffrage-the right to vote-for women in California. This book explores the fight for women's suffrage in California, focusing on the key factors that led to victory in both Northern and Southern parts of the state. It covers the role of politics, women's clubs, election laws, the California Legislature, and political campaigning. It also looks at how technology like automobiles and telephones, ... En savoir plus

    5,14 €

  • La Virgen de los Reyes

    Se cuenta que la sagrada imagen de la Virgen de los Reyes, llamada así por la gran devoción que los reyes castellanos le profesaban, acompañaba al rey San Fernando cuando entró triunfante en la ciudad de Sevilla en el año 1248. Dicha devoción ha llegado hasta nuestros días, estando muy presente en los acontecimientos más relevantes de la ciudad. Y cumpliendo su cenit el 15 de agosto cada año, ... En savoir plus

    6,49 €

  • Cattle In The Cold Desert, Expanded Edition

    **A sophisticated ecological analysis of ranching in northern Nevada featuring a new chapter and new epilogue by the authors.**First published in 1985, Cattle in the Cold Desert has become a classic in the environmental history of the Great Basin, brilliantly combining a lively account of the development of the Great Basin grazing industry with a detailed scientific discussion of the ecology of ... En savoir plus

    15,95 €

  • Ancient Chiefdoms of the Tombigbee

    par John H. Blitz ...
    A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationFocuses on both the small- and large-scale Mississippian societies in the Tombigbee-Black Warrior River region of Alabama and MississippiWithin the last 50 years archaeologists have discovered that around the 10th century AD, native southeastern peoples began a process of cultural change far more complex than anything that had occurred previously. These late ... En savoir plus

    20,07 €

  • The Explorers of Mars Hill

    More than a Century of History at Lowell Observatory

    Established in 1894 in Flagstaff, Arizona by Percival Lowell, the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill is still remembered as the site of numerous important astronomical firsts. The great recessional velocities of galaxies were first observed here in the years immediately before the first world war, a discovery that ultimately led scientists to the realization that our universe is expanding. In 1930, ... En savoir plus

    11,48 €

  • Central Florida's World War II Veterans

    par Bob Grenier ...
    Collection series Images of America
    Image of America: Central Florida's World War II Veterans portrays the courageous people of Central Florida who fought for freedom. From those who were witness to that "date which will live in infamy" to those who served in the Allied occupational forces following the victories in Europe and Japan in 1945, Images of America: Central Florida's World War II Veterans pays tribute to the courageous ... En savoir plus

    11,07 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Bend Beer

    A History of Brewing in Central Oregon

    par Jon Abernathy ...
    With more breweries per capita than any other Oregon city, Bend is a beer mecca. Prior to Prohibition, the state had a burgeoning brewing industry and plenty of saloons to cater to the needs of the hardy frontiersmen who settled Central Oregon. The teetotaling '20s brought all that to a screeching halt. Fifty years later, the arrival of pioneers like Deschutes Brewery and Bend Brewing Company ... En savoir plus

    12,25 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Loss of Common Sense in Modern American Culture

    par Tom S. Pane ...
    The "Loss of Common Sense in Modern American Culture" by Tom S Pane is a thought provoking exploration of how historical common sense, as exemplified by the beliefs and philosophies of America's Founding Fathers, contrasts with contemporary behaviors and choices in American society. Drawing parallels between the New Era of Enlightenment idealism in the writings of the Founders and the current ... En savoir plus

    9,77 €

  • Cowboys, Ranching & Cattle Trails

    A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book

    Was life on the range in the 1880s and 1890s anything like the hard riding, hard working, hard drinking shoot 'em up images that moviegoers saw in old Westerns? Yes-and then some, the authentic documents in this collection tell us. Cowboys, sheepherders, ranchers and all those around them in Territorial New Mexico were engaged in constant life-and-death struggles. They battled with each other and ... En savoir plus

    6,27 €

  • First City

    Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory

    par Gary B. Nash ...
    Collection series Early American Studies
    With its rich foundation stories, Philadelphia may be the most important city in America's collective memory. By the middle of the eighteenth century William Penn's "greene countrie town" was, after London, the largest city in the British Empire. The two most important documents in the history of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were drafted and signed in ... En savoir plus

    32,43 €