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*Includes pictures of mounds and other artifacts created by the Mound Builders.*Explains the origins of the Mound Builders, and how their culture influenced today's Native American tribes.*Discusses……続きを見る

**Tom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO® miniseries Band of Brothers. Look for the Band of Brothers minise……続きを見る

THE LANDMARK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR MUSICAL COMING SOON TO BROADWAY • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the f……続きを見る

In 1890 the Lauerman brothers opened a general store in the lumber-boom town of Marinette, Wisconsin. The business prospered, and soon the brothers abandoned their small quarters on Main Street for ……続きを見る

Jean Jules Jusserand (1855 1932) was a French author and ambassador to the United States. In 1917, Jusserand won the first Pulitzer Prize in History for With Americans of Past and Present Days. J……続きを見る

Early postcards and photographs reveal the begininngs of rail travel in Ohio, and the rail depots and buildings that served the passengers and their goods. The first rail lines in northeast Ohio ope……続きを見る

Negotiating the divide between "respectable manhood" and "rough manhood" this book explores masculinity at work and at play through provocative essays on labor unions, railroads, vocational training……続きを見る

Army field manual (FM) 4-40, Quartermaster Operations, is the revision of the obsolete FM 10-1, Quartermaster Principles. FM 4-40 provides logisticians and field commanders an understanding of Quart……続きを見る

Side by side with the westward drift of white Americans in the 1830's was the forced migration of the Five Civilized Tribes from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Both groups were deployed……続きを見る

In 1891, U.S. Marines were originally stationed on Parris Island to protect life and property as part of the Naval Station, Port Royal. In 1915, Parris Island officially became a Marine Corps Recrui……続きを見る

     For many years one of the prime hardships on the western American frontier was the scarcity of women. Men could endure living a rough existence out in the open, fighting Ind……続きを見る

"Beautiful weather here. When are you coming?" Those words have been written millions of times on postcards mailed from Orlando. Known today as home to America's most famous theme parks, Orlando has……続きを見る

Wiley Britton wrote memoirs covering the Civil War much like better known and more esteemed soldiers of that war. But what makes Brittons account stand out is where he fought: the Trans-Mississippi ……続きを見る

Richard Taylor was born to one of Americas most prominent military families. His grandfather, Richard Lee Taylor, had served in the American Revolution, while his father, Zachary Taylor, rode milita……続きを見る

Many analysts have heralded the U.S. militaryÆs Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), a qualitative improvement in operational concepts and weapons that transforms the nature and character of warfar……続きを見る

Located in the lower Hudson Valley, Middletown was first settled in 1760 and quickly grew into a thriving dairy farming center. With the arrival of the pioneering New York and Erie Rail Road in 1843……続きを見る

The Making of the Lawman... Mega-City One, 2080. It is Joe Dredd's first year as a full-eagle Judge – he may have been created from the genes of Eustace Fargo, the ‘Father of Justice’, and thus part……続きを見る

"Many heroic actions and chivalrous adventures are related of me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man." Daniel……続きを見る

Grounded in the maintenance of balance and the pursuit of peace, the Cherokee Nation has always had a difficult task. In The Cherokee accompany these Principle People on their quest – from the first……続きを見る

Around Utica features the work of A. J. Manning, who traveled with his camera through picturesque central New York in the early 1900s. Manning recorded historic events, such as Sherman Notification ……続きを見る

Bristol traces its roots to a grant obtained by Samuel Clift in 1681, William Penn�s establishment of an estate one year later, and to its location along prime transportation routes. Situated below ……続きを見る

What is now called Auburn Correctional Facility has been open in Auburn since 1817, and it is the oldest continually operating prison in the country. Auburn's claim to being the preeminent American ……続きを見る

Settled in the early 1800s, Olmsted Falls was originally known as Kingston Township before being named Olmsted Falls, after Aaron Olmstead, first purchaser of the land from the Connecticut Land Comp……続きを見る

North Olmsted�s history began in 1815 with David Johnson Stearns of Vermont. Stearns was followed to the area by other pioneers from New England, and they established a settlement in the wilderness ……続きを見る

Fort Benton, the head of navigation on the Missouri River, is known as the 'Birthplace of Montana.' Its history spans every era in Montana's development. Founded in 1846 as a fur-trading post, it is……続きを見る

One of New Jersey�s earliest permanent Methodist camp meeting grounds, Mount Tabor embodied the austere evangelical fervor of 1869. Canvas tents on 16-by-25-foot leased lots surrounded Trinity Park,……続きを見る

Located in the Finger Lakes region, Steuben County has seen industries like glass and brick-making factories, railroad shops, and clothing mills spring up over time. Early transportation grew when p……続きを見る

"Hertzberg has a novelist's control of metaphor and a comedian's gift for the one-liner." -The New York Times Book Review ¡Obámanos! is powered by celebrated political essayist Hendrik Hertzberg's "……続きを見る

Coatesville has always been a city of visionaries, from its namesake, Moses Coates, a prosperous farmer and the area's first postmaster, to Rebecca Lukens, the "Woman of Steel" and one of the first ……続きを見る

Situated in the extreme southwest corner of Iowa, with its western border being the Missouri River, Fremont County has been part of two states at different times. It is part of the Loess Hills found……続きを見る