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The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi: A Series of Sketches by Joseph G. BaldwinThe Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi, originally published in 1853, consists of twenty-six sketches and satires drawn from Joseph G. Baldwin's experiences as an attorney on the turbulent Mississippi and Alabama frontiers in the 1830s and 1840s. Like experiences, attempted to depict a...
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The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eye-Witnesses and ParticipantsThe First Crusade was one of the epoch-making events of history. It is also one of the most misunderstood in modern times despite the wealth of eye-witness records which have survived from that era. Written by churchmen and common knights, counts and princesses, these...
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The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry ChristopheThe essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and...
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The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American HistoryIn the summer of 1855, the nation cast its eyes on the working-class port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia. A ship named the Benjamin Franklin had steamed in from the West Indies harbor of St. Thomas-where yellow fever had hopped from ship to ship...
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The Feminist Pacific: International Women's Networks in Hawai'i, 1820-1940As competing American, European, and later Japanese imperial and colonial ambitions spread across the ocean in the nineteenth century, Honolulu emerged as a transnational hub for the exchange of ideas. Rumi Yasutake reveals the pivotal role of women's organizing in this era of rapid...
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The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming"A unique social and economic history of the Seminoles and an insightful view of their cultural adaptation and cultural continuity that previously has not been appreciated or understood."--Florida HeritageAuthor: Patsy WestPublisher: University Press of FloridaPublished: 03/19/2024Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...
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The Dutchman's Suitcase: A young man's story of wartime forced labour in Nazi GermanyIn May 1940, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Netherlands. Thousands of young men were rounded up and sent to Germany to support the war economy as forced labourers. Peter Manshande from the small North-Holland town of Wognum was one of them.Soon after his...
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The Driving Machine: A Design History of the CarIn this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski--hailed as "one of the best writers on design working today" by Publishers Weekly--tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and the artists, engineers, dreamers, and gearheads who created them. Delving into more than...
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The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke (1784)John Filson's account of the geography and early history of Kentucky includes the first published story of the adventures of Daniel Boone, hunter, explorer, and frontiersman. The book is an optimistic description of the region west of the Appalachians and south of the Ohio,...
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The Devil's Ointment: A History of Unguents in European Magic and WitchcraftIn the historical records of European Witchcraft, one of the most notorious allegations against the accused was the use of a magical salve to gain the power of nocturnal flight. Rubbed on the body, it was said to be compounded of toxic herbs, animals,...
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The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and LegacyThis timely and provocative study provides a reexamination of the Cuban revolution and places it firmly in a historical context. Beginning with the inauguration of the republic in 1902 and addressing Castro's triumphant entry into Santiago de Cuba in 1959, The Cuban Revolution highlights...
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The Civilian Legacy of the Roman Army: Military Models in the Post-Roman WorldThe Roman army represented an important social and organizational reference model for the Romano-Barbarian societies, which progressively replaced the Western Empire in the transition from Late Antiquity to Early Middle Ages. The great flexibility of the decision-making and organizational solutions used by the Roman...
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The Casco Bay Islands: 1850-2000The Casco Bay Islands-romantic, mysterious, a world apart. Native peoples called the bay Auccocisco; their presence is recorded in the shell middens found on the shores of many of the islands. Early explorers, believing there were 352 islands in the bay, called them the...
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish CultureThis book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture from its beginnings in the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts analyze the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of major regions including Castile, Catalonia,...
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The Cambridge Companion to GandhiEven today, six decades after his assassination in January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi is still revered as the father of the Indian nation. His intellectual and moral legacy - encapsulated in works such as Hind Swaraj - as well as the example of his life...
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The Blood Revised Edition: Experiencing the Power That Brings Salvation, Healing, and MiraclesThe cross is so much more than a story. It's the most powerful event in all of human history! After reading this book you will have a greater appreciation for what Christ did on the cross for you. You will know the true power...
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The Best Land: Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida TerritoryIn Susan A. Brewer's fascinating The Best Land, she recounts the story of the parcel of central New York land on which she grew up. Brewer and her family had worked and lived on this land for generations when the Oneida Indians claimed that...
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The Berlin Airlift: The First Battle of the Cold WarIt was a time of high drama. The tension mounting with each passing day, with each new restriction, each demonstration of strength. Berlin was the battleground, located within the Soviet sector of Occupied Germany. The Western Allies were determined to maintain their rights of...
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The Basketball 100A celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBA--from The Athletic's foremost basketball writers and analysts the game has to offer. With a foreword by Charles Barkley.Over the course of 100...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin is one of the most delightful of the Founding Fathers to read. He is quick to point out both his successes and failures. A man of many talents, his wisdom is still relevant today.Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 12/15/2010Pages: 148Binding...
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