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Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World OrderThis compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists. As a top State Department official from 1941 to 1947 and as Harry S. Truman's secretary of state from 1949 to 1953, Acheson...
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Alamo Anthology: From the Pages of the Alamo JournalIn 1986, The Alamo Journal, the official publication of The Alamo Society, began to meet the demand of those who wanted to know more about the Alamo of history and the Alamo of popular culture. Over the years, a number of articles, penned by...
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Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New HistoryHomesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public's perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national...
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Neil Armstrong: The Lives and Careers of the First Men on the Moon (The Life and Legacy of the First Astronaut to Walk on the Moon)Aside from the interesting facts and images mr smith presents in his neil armstrong for kids book he also covers some interesting insights about neil armstrong's background, his humble beginnings & how he first got started with flying. Kids will also learn about his...
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D-Day: Countdown to the Liberation of Europe (The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-day)This enthralling history of the road to d-day should essential reading for fans of anthony beevor, max hastings and alex kershaw.Second front now! Examines the most contentious political and military issue of the second world war: namely, whether, where and when a second front...
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Low On Gas - High On Sky: Nick Mamer's 1929 VentureNearly blind in the velvet blackness of night in the thin air over Rock Springs, Wyoming, the pilot can only aim at the glowing exhaust overhead. At 85 miles an hour, he feathers the airplane's throttle and pulls to within a few dozen feet...
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Western Lives: A Biographical History of the American WestThe history of the American West is full of intriguing life stories, and the fifteen essays in this collection weave a selection of those lives together to focus on the main currents in the region's history. The first five essays cover the period from...
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Only in New York: An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible CityNo one denies that New York City is unique--but what makes it sui generis? Sam Roberts, a longtime city reporter, has puzzled over this in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts for years. In Only in New York, updated with new...
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New York Jews and Great Depression: Uncertain PromiseChronicling the experience of New York City's Jewish families during the Great Depression, this work tells the story of a generation of immigrants and their children as they faced an uncertain future in America.Author: Beth WengerPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 10/01/1999Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize:...
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The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid: A Faithful and Interesting Narrativevolume 3Of all firsthand accounts of lawlessness in the old Southwest, none is more fascinating than Pat F. Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. First published in 1882, a year after Sheriff Garrett killed the Kid, the bravest and most feared' gunman of...
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The Nebraska Indian Wars Reader: 1865-1877The Nebraska Indian Wars Reader, 1865-1877 provides the first comprehensive look at the Indian Wars in Nebraska, focusing on the years immediately following the Civil War, when hostilities between Plains Indians and white settlers erupted. R. Eli Paul has assembled a first-rate anthology of...
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Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight: New Sources of Indian-Military HistoryThe fifteen Sioux (and one Cheyenne) who speak in Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight witnessed Custer's Last Stand. Their testimony sheds light on what happened at the Little Bighorn on the bloodiest of Sundays, June 25, 1876. Flying Hawk, Standing Bear, He Dog,...
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My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre: With an Account of the Celebration of "Wyoming Opened"First published in 1910, Frances C. Carrington's My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre recounted the author's adventures as an army wife on the Great Plains, but also sought to set the record straight on her second husband's involvement in the Fetterman...
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The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild WestAll aspects of western feminine life, which include a good deal about the western male, are covered in this lively, informal but soundly factual account of the women who built the West. Among those whose stories are included are Elizabeth Custer; Lola Montez, Ann...
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Men of Color to Arms!: Black Soldiers, Indian Wars, and the Quest for EqualityIn 1863, at the height of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass promised African Americans that serving in the military offered a sure path to freedom. More than 180,000 black men heeded his call to defend the Union, only to find that the path to...
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Lyndon Baines JohnsonThe definitive short biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, based on Robert Dallek's award-winning biographies. Robert Dallek is among the country's most prolific and authoritative presidential biographers. Lyndon Johnson is arguably the president to whom he has devoted his most intensive archival research. This...
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North Carolina in the 1950s: The Decade in MotionNotable events of the 1950s in North Carolina, the second book in this North Carolina history series.This book is the second in a series of small, richly illustrated books about North Carolina history through the decades. Originally published as hugely popular serialized articles for...
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Oh Happy DayCarmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger - a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustice of nineteenth-century England In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the...
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Mods, Scooters & Memories: Gy 65 ClubMods, Scooters & Memories is a collection of memories, pictures and true events in the mid-sixties. Mods, or "Scooter Boys" as they also became known, were a phenominon that shook the world. Mods & Rockers clashed, sometimes, but mostly were peaceful. Only the Press...
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The History of the Standard Oil CompanyPart of Belt's Revivals Series, a classic of muckraking journalism with a new introduction by Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and Pure America.Cleveland oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1870. Over...
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