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Billy the Kid spent the winter of 1880-1881 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, trying desperately to get out its jail. He hired lawyers. He wrote the Governor. He even tried digging his way out! Nothing worke……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and List of Illustrations CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I Parents, School and Teacher ー Foundation of the Negroes' Mechanical K……続きを見る

Assembling a full and comprehensive collection of material which illustrates all aspects of the emergent women’s movement during the years 1850-1900, this fascinating book will prove invaluable to s……続きを見る

“In all the vast collection of books on the American Civil War there is no book like this one,” says Bruce Catton. Never before has such a stunning body of facts dealing with the war been gathered t……続きを見る

Like Charles Seife s Zero and Dava Sobel s Longitude, this passionate intellectual history is the story of the intersection of science and the human, in this case the rivals who discovered oxygen in……続きを見る

A contemporaneous account of the raids, pursuit and capture of the confederate raider John Morgan. Illustrated.続きを見る

The story of the war along the Niagara River between Lakes Ontario and Erie.続きを見る

Many Anglo-Americans in the nineteenth century regarded Indian tribes as little more than illiterate bands of savages in need of “civilizing.” Few were willing to recognize that one of the major Sou……続きを見る

This book contains the complete collection of all 37 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Ohio at the time of the Great Depression in the Unite……続きを見る

The Progressive Era is generally regarded as a period of extraordinary social, political, and economic change, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. In the last decades of the nineteent……続きを見る

*Includes the entire text of Cleburne's 1864 letter proposing to free the Confederacy's slaves.*Includes pictures of Cleburne and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes maps of t……続きを見る

The Ringling Brothers began their business under the most modest of circumstances and through hard work, business savvy, and some luck created the largest, most famous circus in the world. They beca……続きを見る

The Canada–U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capi……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS TO GOLDEN DAYS PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION INTRODUCTION A HISTORY OF PANICS IN THE UNITED STATES THE PANIC OF 1814 THE PANIC OF 1825-26 THE PA……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century, monumental technological innovations like the telegraph and steam power made America and the world a much smaller place. New technologies also made possible large-sca……続きを見る

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the best known Union general of the Civil War and a former president of the United States. Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military a……続きを見る

A look at the Armories at Norwich CT. at their peak production during the height of the American Civil War.続きを見る

In Light Horse Harry Lee, Charles Royster tells the story of a man whose career embodies the visionary promises that inspired the American Revolution, as well as the inability of the revolutionary g……続きを見る

Most investigations of foreign-born migrants emphasize the successful adjustment and settlement of newcomers. Yet suicide, heavy drinking, violence, family separations, and domestic disharmony were ……続きを見る

In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of mythmaking to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution--truths often obscured by both racism and "……続きを見る

This piece includes a general account of the country, it's geography, culture, flora and fauna, including a very brief history of the country and it's religion. The rise and fall of King Theodore, h……続きを見る

Imperial Germany focuses on the domestic political developments of the period, putting them into context through a balanced guide to the economic and social background, culture and foreign policy. T……続きを見る

From the Autobiography and Monologue of the Honorable William F. Cody, aka. Buffalo Bill and his amazing Wild West Show comes this great story of the true life adventures of buffalo bill, See how he……続きを見る

In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked ……続きを見る

Military histories of the struggle against the French armies of the Revolution and Napoleon often focus on the exploits of elite units and famous individuals, ignoring the essential contribution mad……続きを見る

A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer. ‘We cannot help but read on’: TLS.……続きを見る

If anyone had told me I’d be entranced by a book about coal boats moving thirty million tons of coal down the Monongahela River during the 1940’s, well, I would have thought you’d lost your coal sto……続きを見る

CONTENTS EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S PREFACE I. NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM (1815-1830) II. NEW ENGLAND (1820-1830) III. THE MIDDLE REGION (1820-1830) IV. THE SOUTH (1820-1830) V. COLONIZATION O……続きを見る

     There are no tales like high-sea tales and here’s a baker’s dozen of true sea adventuresーtales filled with salt spray, blood-and-thunder, and man-overboard action all guara……続きを見る

When the U.S. liberated the Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, the exploit was hailed at home as a great moral victory, an instance of Uncle Sam freeing an oppressed country from colonial tyrann……続きを見る