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The Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Worst Defeats against the Native Americans*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the summer of 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington set out from Fort Laramie to establish a series of forts along the Bozeman Trail with the goal of...
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Cherokee Echoes: Tales of Northeastern OklahomaThe history of Northeastern Oklahoma is a gift that just keeps giving, not only the chronological sequence of events but the anecdotal stories as well. As evidenced by archeological studies, prehistoric tribes enjoyed the region for centuries, then disappeared. Although Spanish explorer Hernando de...
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Hinduism: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hindu Religion, Hindu Gods, Hindu Beliefs, Hindu Rituals and Hinduism HistoryExplore the Hindu Religion with its fascinating Rituals and History This book has eye-opening information about Hinduism that will help you to understand the religion, the Gods, beliefs, rituals and how it has evolved over time. Does Hinduism really have many Gods? Why do...
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Roman Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological CreaturesIntroducing: Captivating Stories and Facts of Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Creatures In this book, you will discover many fascinating aspects of the Roman gods, goddesses, and mythological creatures. Each of the first six chapters begins with a narrative scene which helps bring the...
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Saber Exercise 1914A true reproduction of the U.S. Army 1914 Saber Exercise written by Lt. George S. Patton, Jr. while he was "Master of the Sword" at Fort Riley, Kansas.Author: George S. Patton JrPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 10/18/2017Pages: 38Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w...
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Some Thoughts Concerning EducationSome Thoughts Concerning Education is a 1693 treatise on the education of gentlemen written by the English philosopher John Locke. For over a century, it was the most important philosophical work on education in England. It was translated into almost all of the major...
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A Fitch Family History: English Ancestors of the Fitches of Colonial ConnecticutNot since Roscoe Conkling Fitch wrote his History of the Fitch Family in 1930 has anyone published an authoritative account of the antecedents of the four Fitch brothers who came to America from county Essex, England in the 1600s. Now you can read the...
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The Future of the Russian Military: Russia's Ground Combat Capabilities and Implications for U.S.-Russia CompetitionSince 2008 Russia's military forces have improved, enabling Russian military operations in Crimea, eastern Ukraine, and Syria. Researchers analyze the societal, political, economic, and demographic factors that undergird Russian military power. Based on these factors, they analyze how Russian ground combat capabilities will evolve....
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Peg Leg Annie: Pistol Packing Madam, Rocky Bar, Idaho TerritoryIn this book of Creative Non-Fiction based on the author's own life experience and extensive research, Love tells the story of an Idaho Territorial Legend in the first book length treatment of Peg Leg Annie's life. Thousands of lines of prose were written of...
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A Short History of EnglandEngland's rise to prominence on the world stage over the course of thousands of years is a tumultuous tale that includes equal parts triumph and tragedy. This volume grants readers a first-row seat as the drama unfolds, told with inimitable elegance, insight, and wit...
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The Outline of HistoryHere is the whole story of man, commencing with a compact survey of the dim and primeval millions of years before the coming of man, and continuing through the earliest beginnings of society and of language, when man began to have some understanding of...
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Uniforms of the American Revolution: Full-Size Desk Reference EditionA one-stop compendium of the uniforms and personal equipment for each unit of all forces (American, British, Loyalist, French, German and Spanish) that participated in the Revolutionary War. It also include clear and concise summaries of the major events and campaigns of the war,...
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Behind the presidential curtain: inside Out of real Paul Kagame from his former bodyguardAt age 16, in late 1991, Noble Marara joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) that was fighting the army of the Rwandan government. RPF was an armed rebellion movement that were composed by mostly Rwandan refugees who lived in Uganda. Throughout his time with...
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The Ongoing Role of Apostles in Missions: The Forgotten FoundationNumerous trends are presently converging in ways that make this moment in mission history significant. These include the growth of short-term service, the multiplication of mission organizations, local churches sending missionaries without an agency, and the internationalization of missions. It is crucial in the...
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Discovering Ancient Giants: Evidence of the existence of ancient human giantsModern day archaeology and anthropology have nearly sealed the door on our imaginations, broadly interpreting the North American past as devoid of anything unusual in the way of great cultures characterized by a people of unusual demeanor. The great interloper of ancient burial grounds,...
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Aisha The GreatBeing from Brooklyn is boring? Join Aisha as she explores the world to find out the beauty of her hometown.Aisha explores Africa, Asia, Central America and Europe, learning new languages, eating new food and wearing new clothes. Each country teaches her the wonder of...
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At the Dawn of Tourism in Florida: Abolitionists, Print Media, and Images for Early VacationersJohn T. Foster Jr. makes a compelling argument that the birth of tourism in Florida did not begin with the railroad barons of the 1880s as is popularly believed, but with abolitionist writers of the Reconstruction era, following the Civil War. Progressive Northerners were...
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Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families: Their Estates and Their Country Homes. Volume IILong Island's Gold Coast, more than any other section of the country, has captured the imagination of America. This, in part, is attributable to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.This revised and updated two-volume analysis of the North Shore families documents over 1,700 estate...
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Cotton Was King: Franklin - ColbertIn, "Cotton Was King Franklin-Colbert Counties" Rickey Butch Walker gives a wonderful account of Chickasaw Chief George Colbert as a cotton planter and the role of the Chickasaw Colbert's prior to the first white planters who moved with their slaves to claim the fertile...
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The City That Ate Itself: Butte, Montana and Its Expanding Berkeley Pitvolume 1Winner of the Mining History Association Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History, 2017-2018 Brian James Leech provides a social and environmental history of Butte, Montana's Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine which operated from 1955 to 1982. Using oral history interviews...
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