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The newest addition to the Penguin Library of American Indian History explores the most influential Native American Confederacy More than perhaps any other Native American group, the Iroquois found ……続きを見る

Written early in 2010 and initially published in September 2010, The Obama Syndrome predicted the Obama administration's historic midterm defeat. But unlike myriad commentators who have since pinned……続きを見る

Heroes of the Santa Fe Trail is the product of decades of primary research by a writer who has lived all of his life in the shadow the Trails legacy. This book tells the dramatic story of the men a……続きを見る

The Protagonist In this, the third of six stories detailing famous John Browns’, we examine the  truth behind this Colonial rogue. His huge wealth, and how he achieved such status  via ……続きを見る

Stormouth hides many secrets. The first is why is Abigail taunted by the memory of her dead father-in -law the second is who is the mysterious man who hides among the townsfolk, the third is what ……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and ……続きを見る

When most people think of the War of 1812, they think of the Niagara frontier, the British burning of the White House, the harrowing tale of Laura Secord, and the much-ballyhooed Battle of New Orlea……続きを見る

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY: A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE. Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recogn……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index. CONTENTS On the Composition of Indian Geographical Names Indian Names [Index] Footnotes 続きを見る

Wayne May has done more work and research on the North American setting for the Book of Mormon than any single individual. The evidence he has compiled is overwhelming as a witness not only to the s……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a collection of letters written by an American farmer on Nantucket island, Massachusetts in the late eighteenth century. Within the letters, the author describes to a frie……続きを見る

Prior to the publication of The Sense of Power most studies of the Canadian movement for imperial unity focused on commercial policy and military and naval cooperation. This influential book demonst……続きを見る

The death of the author of The Red Badge of Courage, at Badenweiler, Baden, on June 5, 1900, took from contemporary literature an original and striking figure whose force and insight remain exemplif……続きを見る

In 1850 a German immigrant with an adopted name and six dollars in his pocket arrived in San Francisco. Forty years later, Henry Miller was the largest private landowner in the United States and one……続きを見る

An unrivalled insight into the early life of Henry Kissinger **'**A triumph of journalistic digging, and it makes for a little gem of a book.. a magnificent story about boyhood, identity and belongi……続きを見る

Nicola Tesla is as much man as he is legend. Born into a Serbian family during 1856 in what used to be the Austrian Empire, Tesla became a modern Merlin by inventing all sorts of amazing contraptio……続きを見る

At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or……続きを見る

Classic work of history. According to Wikipedia: "Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and……続きを見る

In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people. The Mounties' famous trek heralde……続きを見る

New Netherland was the 17th-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. The claimed territories were the lands from the Delmarva Pe……続きを見る

I Wish I’d Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians’ responses to the question “What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessedーand w……続きを見る

In this five-star qualilty guide, feast your eyes on what you must know about the great depression. This guide goes into depth concerning great depression history, great depression 2008, great depre……続きを見る

In 1867 Alaska was the newest part of the United States. This is a first look for the American people of the territory they purchased from Russia. A good description of the new land and peoples that……続きを見る

Full of heroes and villains, eccentrics and daredevils, scientists, and power brokers, Niagara has a contemporary resonance: how a great natural wonder created both the industrial heartland of south……続きを見る

The Wall Street Crash was an epic failure of the financial system at the start of the 20th Century, but it alone did not cause the Great Depression. This edition of Explaining Modern History looks a……続きを見る

Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada. Author/sailor/b……続きを見る

Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge. They conjure up not the White House so much as a decaying middle school……続きを見る

"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, Eng……続きを見る

Astoria Or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains is a novel published in 1836 by Washington Irving, at the behest of John Jacob Astor, about the American West. Washington Irving (Apr……続きを見る

In 1730 a delegation of Illinois Indians arrived in the French colonial capital of New Orleans. An Illinois leader presented two ceremonial pipes, or calumets, to the governor. One calumet represent……続きを見る