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John Wayne's AmericaThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work of great originality--the biography of an idea--Garry Wills shows how John Wayne...
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Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long SixtiesA narrative history of the movement that turned "Orientals" into Asian Americans Until the political ferment of the Long Sixties, there were no Asian Americans. There were only isolated communities of mostly Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos lumped together as "Orientals." Serve the People tells...
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A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs of a Wartime BoomtownA Sentimental Journey is a social history of the life and culture of the World War II home front in Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. "The Defense Capital of the State," it became a mighty contributor to the war effort and the country's unique...
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Exploring with Byrd: Episodes of an Adventurous LifeAs the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s renowned expeditions, this is the comprehensive autobiography of a man who knew no limits. From his earliest days as a Navy pilot in training, to his controversial flights to the North and South Poles,...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin: Illustrated by Vintage Postcards /From the McDonald s hot coffee case to the cattle ranchers beef with Oprah Winfrey, from the old English "Assize of Bread" to current nutrition labeling laws, what we eat and how we eat are shaped as much by legal regulations as by personal...
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Tejano Leadership in Mexican and Revolutionary TexasTejanos (Texans of Mexican heritage) were instrumental leaders in the life and development of Texas during the Mexican period, the war of independence, and the Texas Republic. Jesús F. de la Teja and ten other scholars examine the lives, careers, and influence of many...
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Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient CivilizationIn 1872, China--ravaged by poverty, population growth, and aggressive European armies--sent 120 boys to America to learn the secrets of Western innovation. They studied at New England's finest schools and were driven by a desire for progress and reform. When anti-Chinese fervor forced them...
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Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. RockefellerHailed by critics on its release, this fascinating dual biography looks at two extraordinary lives and the social history of the Progressive Era. Taking on the Trust is a grand achievement by a skilled scholar and proud defender of the ever-necessary act of political...
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Under an Open Sky: Rethinking America's Western PastThe history of the American West is being transformed by exciting new ideas, new questions, new scholarship. For many years this field was dominated by popular images of the lone cowboy and the savage Indian, and by Frederick Jackson Turner's concept of the frontier...
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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary WestWild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody were considered heroes and the greatest plainsmen of their time. They were larger than life, legendary characters. They knew where to locate water, good grass for livestock, sheltered campsites, and game for hunting. They knew how to...
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Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache WarsUsing first-person accounts in historical archives, David Roberts presents many sides of the Native American rebellion that began in the mid-1800s. Once They Moved Like The Wind is the epic story of the battles between the Apaches and the United States Army for land...
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They'll Cut Off Your Project: A Mingo County ChronicleIn old England, if a king didn't like you, he would cut off your head. Now, if they don't like you, they'll cut off your project!As the Johnson Administration initiated its war on poverty in the 1960s, the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project...
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great WaMary McAuliffe's Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870-1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at...
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Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York"A fascinating and absorbing chapter of New York social and financial history--it is hard to understand why it has never been written before." --Louis Auchincloss "When it comes to the folkways of the rich, the powerful, and the privileged, Stephen Birmingham knows what he's...
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Arizona's War Town: Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War IIFew American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever changed the lives of many northern Arizona citizens with the construction of the U.S. Army ordnance depot at Bellemont, ten...
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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and MemoryIn late February and early March of 1836, a Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna lay siege to a mission known as the Alamo, held by a small band of rebels that included Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Travis....
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Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got AwayOn Nov. 28, 1969, Betsy Aardsma, a 22-year-old graduate student in English at Penn State, was stabbed to death in the stacks of Pattee Library at the university's main campus in State College. For more than forty years, her murder went unsolved, though detectives...
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Standoff at High Noon: Another Battle over the Truth in the Mythic Wild WestIn Standoff at High Noon, the sequel to Old West Showdown, coauthors Kellen Cutsforth and Bill Markley again investigate ten well-known, controversial stories from the Old West. Through their opposing viewpoints, learn more about notorious figures and infamous events, including the controversial death of...
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The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade ProphetWall Street Journal's Five Best Books About CultsThe true story of cult leader Cyrus Teed and his hollow earth theoryFor five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida....
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Circle of Fire: The Indian War of 1865The year 1865 was bloody on the Plains as various Indian tribes, including the Southern Cheyenne and the Southern Sioux, joined with their northern relatives to wage war on the white man. They sought revenge for the 1864 massacre at Sand Creek, when John...
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