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Simcoe's Rangers: The History of the British Queen's Rangers during the Revolutionary War*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Simcoe's Rangers and their battles *Includes footnotes, online resources, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the "shot heard 'round...
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The Three Wise Men: The History and Legacy of the Biblical Magi*Includes pictures *Includes Biblical and other accounts of the Magi *Includes a bibliography for further reading In almost every nativity scene today are shown three kings presenting gifts to the newborn baby Jesus, and though everyone is familiar with the Three Wise Men, they...
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The Tet Offensive and Invasion of Cambodia: The History of the Vietnam War's Most Important Campaigns*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes a bibliography for further reading The Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren't so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began...
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Dr. David Livingstone: The Life and Legacy of the Victorian Era's Most Famous Explorer and Pioneer*Includes pictures *Includes Livingstone's quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward." - David Livingstone "If you have men who will only come if they know there...
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New Amsterdam and British New York: The History of New York City as a Colonial Possession before the Revolutionary War*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of colonial New York *Includes a bibliography for further reading "One belongs to New York instantly; one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years." - Tom Wolfe New York City. The Big Apple. The...
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The Spanish Inquisition: The History and Legacy of the Catholic Church's Notorious Persecution of Heretics*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary descriptions of the Inquisition *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law." - Thomas...
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The Red River War of 1874-1875: The History of the Last American Campaign to Remove Native Americans from the Southwest*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without...
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The Amish: The History and Legacy of One of America's Oldest and Most Unique Communities*Includes pictures *Includes Amish proverbs and descriptions of Amish life *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "We live simply so others may simply live." - Amish Proverb Back in the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation took Europe by storm. The havoc...
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The Olmec and Toltec: The History of Early Mesoamerica's Most Influential Cultures*Includes pictures *Describes the history, culture, and architecture of the two groups *Includes a bibliography for further reading The Olmec people are widely recognized as the first major civilization of Mexico and are thus generally regarded as the mother civilization of Mesoamerica, making them...
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Hollywood's Most Famous Silent Film Actresses: The Lives and Careers of Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, and Mary Pickford*Includes pictures *Includes the actresses' quotes about their lives and films *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading At the end of the 20th century, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the 25 greatest actors and actresses in Hollywood over...
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The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain: The History of the Civil War Battle that Split Virginia from the Western Theater during the Overland Campaign*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The Battle of Cloyd Mountain, under General Crook, famous in the 23rd Ohio] regiment's history, must command a passing word. Skillful and furious, it tried the metal...
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Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z: The History of the Explorer's Mysterious Disappearance in Search of El Dorado*Includes pictures *Includes Fawcett's accounts of his own expeditions *Profiles all the theories surrounding the expedition's disappearance *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "There, I believed, lay the greatest secrets of the past yet preserved in our world of today. I...
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The SS Baychimo: The History and Mystery of the Famous Arctic Ghost Ship*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the ship's journeys and its life as a ghost ship *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading By the early decades of the 20th century, the fur trade had tapered off some from its heyday in the...
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The Most Important Meetings of the Allies during World War II: The History of the Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, and Potsdam Conference*Includes pictures *Includes eyewitness accounts of the conferences *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Separated by vast gulfs of political, cultural, and philosophical divergence, the three chief Allied nations of World War II - the United States, the Soviet Union, and...
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The Influential Legends of Soul Music: The Lives of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder*Includes pictures *Includes the artists' quotes about their lives and careers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents If Sam Cooke, one of the greatest African-American soul singers in the genre's history, had been Irish, he might...
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The 1936 North American Heat Wave: The History of America's Deadly Heat Wave during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression*Includes pictures *Includes newspaper accounts and individual accounts of the heat wave *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "People caught in their own yards grope for the doorstep. Cars come to a standstill, for no light in the world can penetrate...
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: The History of the Controversial Law that Sparked the Confederacy's Secession and the Civil War*Includes pictures *Includes stories about the fugitive slave law and accounts about it *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Despite the attempt to settle America's slavery issue with the Missouri Compromise in 1820, the young nation kept pushing further westward, and...
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The Hyksos: The History of the Foreign Invaders Who Conquered Ancient Egypt and Established the Fifteenth Dynasty*Includes pictures *Includes ancient Egyptian accounts of the Hyksos *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading From approximately 3100 BCE until around 1075 BCE, ancient Egypt was ruled by 20 different dynasties. The length of the dynasties varied: some, such as those...
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Weird Scotland: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the Scottish Nation*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even when it wasn't raining, it was about to rain, or had just rained. It's a very angry sky." - Colin Hay Scotland...
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The Bermuda Triangle: The History and Mysteries of the Devil's Triangle*Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in...
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