Tennessee soldier and politician David Crockett played a significant role in his home state's history, but it is his legendary skill as a frontiersman and hunter that earned him an outsized reputati……続きを見る
The world is now too busy to read voluminous history. The interminable details of battles, and the petty intrigues of courtiers and mistresses, have lost their interest. In this volume it has been o……続きを見る
The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Arc……続きを見る
Landing of the Pilgrims. 1620-1621 Arrival of the Mayflower. On the 11th of November, 1620, the storm-battered Mayflower, with its band of one hundred and one Pilgrims, first caught sight of the bar……続きを見る
Childhood. 1754-1767 Characters developed by the French Revolution. Madame Roland. Many characters of unusual grandeur were developed by the French Revolution. Among them all, there are few more ill……続きを見る
The beautifully written story of shells and their makers, and our relationships with them.
Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most……続きを見る
著者:Sean Scalmer
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics. But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their histor……続きを見る
The studies of the author of this work, for the last ten years, in writing the History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and The French Revolution of 1789, have necessarily made him quite familiar with the mon……続きを見る
著者:Mark Celinscak
出版社: University of Toronto Press
発売日: 2015年12月04日
Winner of the 2016 Vine Award for Nonfiction
The Allied soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 were faced with scenes of horror and privation. With breatht……続きを見る
John S.C. Abbott was an American historian best known for his books on some of the most important people and events in history. John's brother Jacob was also a well-known author of popular historica……続きを見る
John S.C. Abbott was an American historian best known for his books on some of the most important people and events in history. John's brother Jacob was also a well-known author of popular historica……続きを見る
John S.C. Abbott was an American historian best known for his books on some of the most important people and events in history. John's brother Jacob was also a well-known author of popular historica……続きを見る
John S.C. Abbott was an American historian best known for his books on some of the most important people and events in history. John's brother Jacob was also a well-known author of popular historica……続きを見る
About two centuries ago there were two young men, in England, by the name of Lawrence and John Washington. They were gentlemen of refinement and education, the sons of an opulent and distinguished f……続きを見る
Elizabeth, the maiden queen of England, commenced her long and eventful reign by issuing in May, 1659 a law concerning religion entitled the “Act of Uniformity.” By this law all ministers were prohi……続きを見る
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Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past m……続きを見る
John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.
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Illustrated. American Pioneers and Patriots series. The story of the life and exploits of the popular naval hero of the Revolution. Contents: The Early Life of John Paul Jones; The Infant Navy; Bea……続きを見る
Those vast realms of northern Europe, now called Russia, have been inhabited for a period beyond the records of history, by wandering tribes of savages. These barbaric hordes have left no monuments ……続きを見る
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Madame Roland, Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott Childhood. 1754-1767 Characters de……続きを見る
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This is the old story, which has been repeated to half the maidens in Christendom. It is not very surprising ……続きを見る
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David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician.……続きを見る
The papers which compose this volume make no claim to any sort of ordered plan in their composition. They reflect in some measure the varied activities of a life that has been passed in close associ……続きを見る
John S. C. Abbott's book, 'Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi', delves into the life and exploits of the infamous Spanish conquistador who led the first European expedition to navi……続きを見る
In 'Columbus: De ontdekker van Amerika', John S. C. Abbott takes readers on a captivating journey through the life and adventures of Christopher Columbus. Abbott's narrative style is both engaging a……続きを見る