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The Hovde Years: A Biography of Frederick L. HovdeThis biography details Hovde's life and times from his birth at Erie, Pennsylvania, through his boyhood at Devils Lake, North Dakota, and includes his student days at the University of Minnesota and in England and Europe as a Rhodes scholar. In addition, it outlines...
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Tough Men in Hard Places: A Photographic CollectionThe mines in southwestern Colorado were in trouble and needed cheap, reliable electric power to keep running. This is the story of innovative solutions to solve the problem using alternating current electricity and the incredible effort, tenacity, and toughness of the men who overcame...
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1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed AmericaThe wild, combative inside story of the most stunning upset in the history of presidential elections: Harry Truman's 1948 victory over Tom Dewey. Outstanding. . . . by far the best yet about the fateful [1948] election. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune Coherent, compelling. . . ....
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Attack on Orleans: The World War I Submarine Raid on Cape CodAuthor Jake Klim chronicles the attack from the first shell fired to the aftermath and celebrates the resilience of Orleans at war.On the morning of July 21, 1918--in the final year of the First World War--a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles...
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The Secret of Coexistence: Jews and Arabs in Haifa During the British Mandate in Palestine,1920-1948The analysis of the secret of Haifa's unique Jewish and Arab coexistence as a model for the future of peace in the Middle-East.Author: Johnny Mansour, Daphna Sharfman, Eli NachmiasPublisher: Booksurge PublishingPublished: 08/17/2007Pages: 260Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.55dISBN: 9781419671401This title is...
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Lure, Lore, and Legends of the Moreno Valley: A History of Northern New Mexico's Moreno ValleyBefore it became part of the vast Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant (later the Maxwell Land Grant) of more than 1.7 million acres in the New Mexico territory, the Moreno Valley was the summer hunting grounds of Apache and Ute native tribes. Later this was the...
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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived ItA New York Times bestseller when it was first published in 1995, Coming of Age presents an astonishing portrait of American life and the experience of aging in the twentieth century, drawn from the stories of seventy-four very different people, the youngest of whom...
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Sensational: The Hidden History of America's "Girl Stunt Reporters""A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America's trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten mavericks to their rightful place in American history."--Abbott Kahler, author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy A vivid...
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Leading Off: 19th Century Superstars Who Shaped Professional BaseballNot only is baseball America's national pastime, it is also a sport that evokes nostalgia and historic comparisons. While the game has experienced changes, it has remained fundamentally recognizable for more than a century and a half, and museums and memorabilia collections remind us...
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The Bootleggers of Montana Mountain: A Rural New Jersey Community's Prohibition ExperienceThe history of a community is its identity, which sets it apart from all others. Prohibition was a tumultuous time when all communities in the US faced the consequences of a national law which, in effect, legislated morality. Whereas temperance, defined as voluntary self-restraint...
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The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New YorOn August 26, 1835, a fledgling newspaper called the Sun brought to New York the first accounts of remarkable lunar discoveries. A series of six articles reported the existence of life on the moon -- including unicorns, beavers that walked on their hind legs,...
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When the Forgotten Borough Reigned: The 1964 Little League World SeriesThe 1964 Little League World Series was unique and memorable. The final game was won on a no-hitter spun by a pitcher on an All-Star team from the middle of Staten Island, the "forgotten borough" that appeared to have more in common with the...
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Tabletop Gaming Guide to the Pinkertons: The Pinkerton's National Detective Agency for Your Tabletop GamesWhen considering the history of law enforcement, there is one name that stands above the rest - Pinkerton. A precursor to any federal law enforcement agency, the Pinkerton Agency set an amazing precedent for detective and security work along with establishing (or at least...
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The Grace of Godliness: An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of DortWhen the pastors and theologians who comprised the Synod of Dort met in 1618 and 1619 to frame a response to the rise of Arminian theology in Dutch churches, they were concerned to provide not just theological argument but pastoral vision. They considered seriously...
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Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern ConservatismOlmsted's vivid, accomplished narrative really belongs to the historiography of the left... as her strong research shows, race and gender prejudice informed or deformed, almost the whole of American social and cultural life in the 1930s and was as common on the left as...
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America's Great DepressionRothbard opens with a theoretical treatment of business cycle theory, showing how an expansive monetary policy generates imbalances between investment and consumption. He proceeds to examine the Fed's policies of the 1920s, demonstrating that it was quite inflationary even if the effects did not...
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The Flames of War: The Fight for Upper Canada, July--December 1813The third in a series of unique surveys of the battles in the War of 1812. In April 1813 the Americans launched a new campaign to conquer Upper Canada, after their failure to do so in 1812. However, following initial victories, the U.S. assault...
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The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the NationIt's 1933 and Prohibition has given rise to the American gangster--now infamous names like Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Bank robberies at gunpoint are commonplace and kidnapping for ransom is the scourge of a lawless nation. With local cops unauthorized to cross state...
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The Secret Art of Poisoning: The True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond PoisonerHow did a serial killer from the 19th century almost get away with murder? At the end of the 19th century, Martha Needle became known as 'The Black Widow' of the Richmond poisoning case after secretly poisoning her husband and children. The Black Widow...
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The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great WarThe Remains of Company D follows the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division in World War I, from enlistment to combat and the effort to recover their remains, focusing on the three major battles at Cantigny, Soissons, and in...
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