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"Randall was known far and wide as the leading authority upon the Mound Builders...Randall's more important writings on archaeology include The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio." - In Memoriam, Emi……続きを見る

"One of the most fascinating Texas Rangers of all time was Samuel Hamilton Walkerーno relation...to Chuck Norris' fictional character Cordell Walker." - Samuel Walker: The Real 'Walker, Texas Ranger……続きを見る

"An account of sufferings...from hostile Indians and final capture of the Texans." -Times-Picayune, Aug. 15, 1844 "A young Texas journalist...wrote a fascinating narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expe……続きを見る

What sparked the Atlanta Massacre of 1906, an attack by armed mobs of White Americans against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia? Renown African-American minister Francis James Grimké (1850-1937……続きを見る

"Charles Goodnight is perhaps more extensively known than any other western ranchman, cattle owner, and pioneer." Our imagination has been fired by such pioneer names as Boone, Kenton and the Wetzel……続きを見る

Was life on the range in the 1880s and 1890s anything like the hard riding, hard working, hard drinking shoot 'em up images that moviegoers saw in old Westerns? Yes-and then some, the authentic docu……続きを見る

This much cited work by Johanna Rosa Engelking was originally a Master's thesis. It has now been edited and made available in book form with additional biographical information about this remarkable……続きを見る

L. Bradford Prince was one of seven territorial governors who attended the January 15th inauguration of New Mexico's first state governor, William C. McDonald, in New Mexico's long-awaited statehood……続きを見る

LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) was a transplanted New Yorker, a tireless judge, a controversial territorial governor, a gentleman scholar, and an early leader of the Historical Society of New M……続きを見る

Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez, canonical inspector of the missions of New Mexico in 1776, compared most everything in New Mexico to Mexico City, "the delightful and alluring cradle of my birth, ……続きを見る

Desert environment leaves its stark impress upon plants, animals, and men. And Ross Calvin tells the beautifully strange story of New Mexico-its ancient culture, the coming of the Spanish friars, th……続きを見る

This book is the result of decades-long academic research and 25 years of emergence in the myth of the American dream. In reality, a small minority of ultra-rich corporations have complete control o……続きを見る

Britishers were not uncommon on the frontier of the American Southwest. Most of them, well-financed, came to acquire land and purchase cattle, intending to make their fortunes at ranching. But almos……続きを見る

***A 2025 Kansas Notable Book!* The incredible story of Father Emil Kapaun, the most decorated chaplain in US military history, who has been declared “Venerable” by Pope Francis and is now a step cl……続きを見る

When W. E. Utterback began compiling the history of Hagerman, New Mexico in 1968, he asked Mrs. B. W. Curry to help. The two of them were doing fine, but soon discovered that Hagerman had more histo……続きを見る

The criteria for designation as an American Historic Hotel is to be at least fifty-years-old. The first ten hotels are Historic and the next seventeen are notable for unique features. Arizona is a u……続きを見る

Det finns få nationer med en lika omtvistad historia som Amerika. Även om landet är relativt ungt, så är det idag en ledande världsmakt. Men hur började allt? Vilka var det som hade makten? Sven Wik……続きを見る

Some years ago I was privileged to be a member of a writers' group. We met each month at the library. A story we had written was to be read to the group at that time. This book is a compilation of t……続きを見る

In this second, stand-alone volume, Peggy and George's letters transport readers to Algeria and Minnesota as the couple courageously continues their life apart. Unable for the first time in their se……続きを見る

This tiny record of a historical event in our history is what Fish Culture in Yellowstone National Park is all about. Frank H. Tainter's father, uncles, and grandfather; all worked on fish culture d……続きを見る

After the Mexican Congress ratified the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) was the legal boundary between Texas and Mexico. Under the treaty, the United States was obligate……続きを見る

New Mexico's Historical Marker Project has served an important part in the way New Mexico tells its story to visitors, residents, and future generations. Lining the miles of highways and roads acros……続きを見る

Santa Fe, as a tourist destination and an international art market with its attraction of devotees to opera, flamenco, good food and romanticized cultures, is also a city of deep historical drama. L……続きを見る

In 1811, architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe spurred American builders into action when he called for them to reject "the corrupt Age of Dioclesian, or the still more absurd and debased taste of Louis ……続きを見る

The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. The only book ever to make The New York Times best-seller list in both fiction AND non-fiction. The ……続きを見る

#1 New York Times Bestseller NAACP Image Award Winner From Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of social justice biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of Americ……続きを見る

November 4, 1791, was a black day in American history. General Arthur St. Clair’s army had been ambushed by Native Americans in what is now western Ohio. In just three hours, St. Clair’s force susta……続きを見る

**“A gripping panoramic history that pairs ingenious excavation with enlightening explanation to relight the fire of feminist political identity at the very moment when we need it most.”ーTiya Miles……続きを見る

In the long history of documenting the material culture of the archaeological record, meaning and actions of makers and users of these items is often overlooked. The authors in this book focus on ri……続きを見る

A NPR Best Book of the Year The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family dynasty, the Astors, and how they buil……続きを見る