America's Only Shelter Established for Holocaust Refugees/ During the height of the second World War, at the order of President Roosevelt, Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York housed 982 refugees, rescu……続きを見る
At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir medal" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were com……続きを見る
As rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago's new fast, colorful, streamlined streetcarsーknown as a Green Hornetーslammed into a gas truck at State Street and 62nd P……続きを見る
Operating in the shadow of the enormous J.L. Hudson Co., Crowley's earned Detroit's trade with fine merchandise and good service, all in an atmosphere that made it the Motor City's "friendly" depart……続きを見る
The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia portrays Jewish life throughout West Philadelphia in the mid-twentieth century, including rare and vintage photographs. The Jewish community of Philadelphia……続きを見る
Analyzes and describes the state government of Alabama during the Bourbon Period as it operated under the Democratic and Conservative party
Hailed as the definitive study of the subject when it appe……続きを見る
The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digg……続きを見る
著者:James Allen
出版社: Folly Cove 01930
発売日: 2012年11月27日
In A Little Something About Kentucky, James Lane Allen, Kentucky's first and one of her foremost novelists gives us two essays that predate his first successful novel, “A Kentucky Cardinal.” Here w……続きを見る
著者:Frederick Allen
出版社: University of Oklahoma Press
発売日: 2013年07月09日
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the……続きを見る
Uncover the untold story of America’s 19th-century adventurers and their quest for empire.
The first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans eager to move away from the crowded eastern ……続きを見る