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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great NationThe history of the Erie Canal is a riveting story of American ingenuity. A great project that Thomas Jefferson judged to be "little short of madness," and that others compared with going to the moon, soon turned into one of the most successful and...
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The Tattooed Lady: A HistoryLiving in a time when it was scandalous even to show a bit of ankle, a small number of courageous women covered their bodies in tattoos and traveled the country, performing nearly nude on carnival stages. These gutsy women spun amazing stories for captivated...
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The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern CityFrom Dickensian London to today's megacities--what urban walking tells us about modern life There is no such thing as a false step. Every time we walk we are going somewhere. Especially if we are going nowhere. Moving around the modern city is not a...
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True Tales and Amazing Legends of the Old West: From True West MagazineMuch has been written about the west--most of it clouded by exaggeration and fabrication. Since 1953, True West magazine has been devoted to celebrating the West's true colors, giving the men and women who settled there accurate voices, exploring every triumph and tragedy of...
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One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964No other book offers this inside look at the strategies of the Soviet leadership. John F. Kennedy did not live to write his memoirs; Fidel Castro will not reveal what he knows; and the records of the Soviet Union have long been sealed from...
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A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. JohnstonSerendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team that conducted scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when...
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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern TheaterFrom the American Battlefield Trust comes the collection of their popular maps of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. "I just love those maps that you guys send to me." It is a phrase that the staff of the American Battlefield Trust...
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Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis, 1849In 1849, St. Louis was little more than a frontier town, swelling under the pressure of rapid population growth, creaking under the strain of poor infrastructure, and often trapped within the confines of ignorance and prejudice. The cholera epidemic and Great Fire of 1849...
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Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward ExpansionFrom Thomas Jefferson's birth in 1743 to the California Gold Rush in 1849, America's westward expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated by the way individual lives link up, illuminate one another, and collectively impact history. Jefferson, a naturalist and...
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A Fate Worse Than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries. This title presents a collection of vivid and often brutal accounts of what happened to those men and women and children who were captured by marauding Indians...
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This Was Jackson's Hole: Incidents & Profiles from the Settlement of Jackson HoleAuthor Fern Nelson moved to Jackson, Wyoming, before she was a year old. She participated in much of the history of Jackson's Hole and was acquainted with the early settlers. She had the presence of mind to interview Jackson's Hole old-timers during the 1960s...
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Savage Frontier Volume I: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1835-1837This first volume of the Savage Frontier series is a comprehensive account of the formative years of the legendary Texas Rangers. Stephen L. Moore provides fresh detail about each ranging unit formed during the Texas Revolution and narrates their involvement in the pivotal battle...
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I See by Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern PlainsNo Hollywood flim-flam or arty photographic re-creation here. Lindmier and Mount demonstrate through the use of historic photographs what actual working cowboys of the Northern Plains wore and what equipment they used from the 1870s until 1928. These cowboys may not look like the...
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Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon TerritoryWhen they were brought to Oregon in 1844, Missouri slaves Robin and Polly Holmes and their children were promised freedom in exchange for helping develop their owner's Willamette Valley farm. However, Nathaniel Ford, an influential settler and legislator, kept them in bondage until 1850,...
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The White Sniper: Simo HäyhäChronicles the life of the most famous sniper in the world, Simo Häyhä.Simo Häyhä (1905 - 2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. During the Winter War fought between Russia and Finland in 1939 - 1940 he had 542 confirmed kills with...
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Ancient Aliens & JFK: The Race to the Moon and the Kennedy AssassinationMike Bara, space expert and author of Ancient Aliens on the Moon, takes a hard look at the Kennedy assassination and the race to the Moon. Bara will examine never-before-revealed clues to the real reasons behind the Kennedy assassination, the true objectives of the...
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Jfk: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination CompendiumAn all-in-one resource containing more than 15 years of research on the JFK assassination A map through the jungle of statements, testimony, allegations, and theories relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, this compendium gives readers an all-in-one resource for facts from this...
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Wanted! Wanted Posters of the Old West: Stories Behind the CrimesThis rare collection of wanted posters from the American West is an historical treasure. In addition to the more than 150 reward notices and wanted posters collected by Sheriff Moe during his tenure as a law enforcement officer are information on the history of...
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Separate: The Story of Plessy V. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to SegregationSeparate is a myth-shattering narrative of one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases of the nineteenth century, Plessy v. Ferguson. The 1896 ruling embraced racial segregation, and its reverberations are still felt today. Drawing on letters, diaries, and archival collections, Steve Luxenberg reveals...
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America'Hepworth's ability to mock subjects he has a clear affection for and cast well-worn anecdotes in a fresh light makes his history of rock'n'roll's special relationship a zippy delight' The TimesThe Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in...
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