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Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield MonumentsWhere to find every monument and tablet on the Gettysburg Battlefield--over 800 in all--organized by state, military unit, person, or armyPhotos and descriptions of each monument, with information on who is being honored and what they did during the battleCovers the entire Gettysburg National...
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Monsters of Virginia: Mysterious Creatures in the Old DominionL. B. Taylor Jr. knows his monsters. And who knew there were so many lurking in the Old Dominion? In Monsters of Virginia, Taylor presents readers with guaranteed chills as he details documented encounters with Bigfoot, vampires, werewolves, winged monsters, even Devil Monkeys that...
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Fly-Fishing Guide to the Henry's ForkWhen you pull up to it in your camper, you haven't just gotten there, you have arrived. Even to those who fish it regularly, it is 'the Henry's Fork, ' as much an idea as a trout stream. To the rest of us, it's...
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In CubaCardenal, In Cuba. The Nicaraguan Poet-Priest muses over CubaAuthor: Ernesto CardenalPublisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationPublished: 12/01/1977Pages: 356Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 7.94h x 5.14w x 0.94dISBN: 9780811205382
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The Sea and the JungleConsidered a masterpiece of travel literature for nearly a century, The Sea and the Jungle is a wise and witty book of firsts: ostensibly a lighthearted story of a Londoner's first ocean voyage, it is also a carefully crafted journalistic account of the first...
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Giant City State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps: A History in Words and PicturesMany recognize Giant City State Park as one of the premier recreation spots in southern Illinois, with its unspoiled forests, glorious rock formations, and famous sandstone lodge. But few know the park's history or are aware of the remarkable men who struggled to build...
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Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial CircuitWinner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2018 For twenty-three years Abraham Lincoln practiced law on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in east central Illinois, and his legal career is explored in Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: A Guide to Lincoln's Eighth Judicial Circuit....
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Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway"It's Magic Time " That colorful promise began each performance at the Caffe Cino, the storied Greenwich Village coffeehouse that fostered the gay and alternative theatre movements of the 1960s and launched the careers of such stage mainstays as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Robert...
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Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway HistoryThe most visited site in the National Park system, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. According to most accounts, the Parkway was a New Deal "Godsend for the needy," built without conflict...
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Way We Lived in North CarolinaWeaving research and interpretation around dozens of historic sites and the lives of ordinary people who lived and worked nearby, The Way We Lived in North Carolina explores the social history of the Tar Heel State from the precolonial period to the present. First...
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Wagons Ho!: Then and Now on the Oregon TrailWhat do buffalo, butter churns, and a mini-van have in common? A trip to Oregon, of course In Wagons, Ho , two girls move from Missouri to Oregon more than a century apart. Both girls will miss their old homes, but they'll discover new...
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River Road Rambler Returns: More Curiosities Along Louisiana's Historic BywayIn River Road Rambler Returns: More Curiosities along Louisiana's Historic Byway, Mary Ann Sternberg follows up her successful River Road Rambler with new delightful histories from Louisiana's most famous route. Her latest explorations include a trip on a towboat as it pushes a fleet...
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The Dalai Lama's Secret and Other Reporting Adventures: Stories from a Cold War CorrespondentFor over a quarter of a century, award-winning journalist Henry Bradsher reported stories from around the world. In this lively and engaging account, Bradsher recounts episodes from a distinguished career that took him to the Himalayas, the jungles of Bhutan, Kremlin caviar receptions, China's...
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Motoring West: Volume 1: Automobile Pioneers, 1900-1909In the first years of the twentieth century, motoring across the vast expanses west of the Mississippi was at the very least an adventure and at most an audacious stunt. As more motorists ventured forth, such travel became a curiosity and, within a few...
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Cherry Creek Gothic: Victorian Architecture in Denver"Almost every citizen is laudably ambitious to build a house unlike that of his neighbor," wrote an observer in early Denver, "and is more desirous that it shall have some novel feature than that it shall be surpassingly beautiful." This history of early Denver...
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Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High PlainsA stark portrayal of homesteading and family hardship At the start of this haunting memoir, Ruth McLaughlin returns to the site of her childhood home in rural eastern Montana. In place of her family's house, she finds only rubble and a blackened chimney. A...
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Native American Placenames of the Southwest: A Handbook for TravelersHave you ever driven through a small town with an intriguing name like Wyandotte or Cuyamungue and wondered where that name came from? Or how such well-known placenames as Tucson, Waco, or Tulsa originated?Native American placenames like these occur all across the American Southwest....
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Southern California's Best Ghost Towns: A Practical GuideThe ghost towns of Southern California-some dramatic and nearly intact, others devastated-are well worth visiting. Most are remnants of once-colorful mining towns, though there are also railroad towns, a World War II relocation center, a promoter's swindle, and a failed socialist colony. Some excellent...
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Borobudur: Golden Tales of the BuddhasWith vivid photography and insightful commentary, this travel pictorial shines a light on the Buddhist art and architecture of Borobudur. The glorious ninth-century Buddhist stupa of Borobudur--the largest Buddhist monument in the world--stands in the midst of the lush Kedu Plain of Central Java...
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China Online: Netspeak and Wordplay Used by Over 700 Million Chinese Internet UsersDive into China's new internet subculture of tech-savvy, creative digital citizens with China Online!Using Baidu, China's version of Google, young Chinese internet users have invented their own form of digital language. With this book, you can get an insider's view of how the new...
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