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"The Forbidden Metal – The year the US government seized everyone's gold" investigates Executive Order 6102. In 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made it a……続きを見る

Tracing grassroots activism in response to a devastating transnational oil spill On the morning of June 23, 1976, the NEPCO 140 barge, carrying 8.7 million gallons of thick crude oil, ruptured twice……続きを見る

Echoes from the Eastern Shore: Twelve Native American Chiefs and the Fight for the Atlantic Homelands (Vol. 1 Spirits Unbroken) Long before American independence, Native American leaders were naviga……続きを見る

"The Silver Squeeze – How two oil billionaires tried to buy all the silver in the world" tells the incredible story of Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt. In the late 1970s, these Texas oil……続きを見る

Вы держите в руках не просто книгу, а историю целого континента! Колыбель древних цивилизаций Нового Света и родина первой Конституции. Три страны, такие разные, что кажется удивительным, что они на……続きを見る

This book takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsbu……続きを見る

Jules Rimet, the person who is credited with founding the World Cup, was an ambitious man. He was responsible for driving FIFA, which was formed in 1904, much to the chagrin of the Football Associat……続きを見る

"Brazil will never be short of Pelés, Garrinchas and Ronaldinhos, because every Brazilian child is trying to be one."- Rivellino Working in Brazil has given me an affinity with their people and a li……続きを見る

In Globalization of the American Southwest, historian, Charles Ynfante, explores the profound and multifaceted impact of globalization on the American Southwest, arguing that while global forces hav……続きを見る

On a moonlit night in September 1779, the thunder of cannon fire shattered the calm and echoed across the North Sea as John Paul Jones, the audacious captain of the USS Bonhomme Richard, faced the B……続きを見る

Before Chicago became a skyline of steel and glass, it was a city tested by fire, ambition, and reinvention. Chicago History: Part 1 begins the story of one of America's most resilient cities ー tra……続きを見る

This book contains a tour that I gave as a historic interpreter at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut. It takes the readers from the front lawn to the porch to the hall, then goes room by……続きを見る

Short histories of the 2,200 sternwheelers and sidewheelers that have existed in western North America - operating in waters flowing to the Pacific Ocean. Each vessel is described and important fact……続きを見る

In 1815, the Russian vessel Rurik set off on a three-year voyage through the Pacific and Arctic oceans in a quest to find the world's most elusive geographic feature, the Northwest Passage. Financed……続きを見る

How do borderlands work? How do they maintain their distinctive features in the face of concerted efforts on the part of nation-states to make each of their borderlines into a harsh demarcation? Acc……続きを見る

Diese umfassende Darstellung der Vereinigten Staaten führt von den kolonialen Anfängen bis in die frühe Moderne und entfaltet die Entwicklung des Landes als Ergebnis konfligierender wirtschaftlicher……続きを見る

The Tudor Connection explores the significant role of English influence over French and Spanish settlements in the New World during the 16th century. Before establishing their own colonies in what i……続きを見る

Step Back in Time to the Old West: The Definitive Guide to Cowboy Life and Lingo. Written in 1936, this rare and authentic treasure offers a unique window into the lives of 19th-century cowboys, cap……続きを見る

A vivid investigation into the grizzly bear and how understanding these mighty creatures offers the key to restoring ecological harmony on our planet in crisis. A century ago, prevailing wisdom cast……続きを見る

Im Jahr 1859 betrat ein bankrotter Reisshändler die Redaktion einer Zeitung in San Francisco und ließ eine Proklamation drucken, in der er sich zum "Kaiser der Vereinigten Staaten" erklärte. Statt i……続きを見る

Marvin Heemeyer was a skilled welder in Granby, Colorado, who felt wronged by the local government. After a zoning dispute destroyed his muffler shop business and fines piled up, he decided he had n……続きを見る

In May 1962, the town council of Centralia, Pennsylvania, hired volunteer firefighters to clean up the town landfill by setting it on fire. It was a routine procedure, but they made a fatal mistake:……続きを見る

The story is legendary: On Halloween night 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds." Millions of Americans, believing Martians were actually invading New Jersey, fl……続きを見る

In the winter of 1846, 87 pioneers were trapped by an early blizzard in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Only 48 survived. The story of the Donner Party is infamous for one detail: cannibalism. But focu……続きを見る

In 1859, a bankrupt rice merchant named Joshua Norton walked into a newspaper office in San Francisco and declared himself Emperor of the United States. In any other city, he would have been institu……続きを見る

In Vernon, New Jersey, there was a theme park with no rules. At Action Park, the wave pool was nicknamed "The Grave Pool," the Alpine Slide tore skin off bone, and the loop-de-loop water slide was t……続きを見る

In November 1963, a single gunshot shattered more than a presidency ー it fractured a nation's sense of itself. This novel traces the rise of John F. Kennedy as both man and myth, exploring the forc……続きを見る

In 1839, the United States and Great Britain almost went to war over trees. The border between Maine and New Brunswick was undefined, and valuable timberland lay in the disputed zone. When Canadian ……続きを見る

In 1915, San Diego was dying of thirst. Desperate city officials hired Charles Hatfield, a sewing machine salesman who claimed he could summon rain using a secret chemical brew aimed at the sky. The……続きを見る

**Utilizing archaeological, archival, and visual sources, this book reconsiders tobacco and smoking in the 17th-**century Puritan colonies through the lens of religious beliefs and medical care. Ind……続きを見る