CK - North America 1

The Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass showcases the eloquent prose and compelling arguments of this influential 19th-century African American abolitionist, orator, and writer. Through a serie……続きを見る

An utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author “As……続きを見る

Frederick Jackson Turner's 'History of the Frontier' is a seminal work that explores the significance of the frontier in shaping American identity and history. Turner's detailed analysis delves into……続きを見る

At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of t……続きを見る

About this book: The Call of the Wild is a novel by American author Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rushーa period when strong sled……続きを見る

American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Whilst there he acted as a critical observer of North Americ……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

Views of early twentieth-century New York with accompanying text for the city buff and postcard collector alike. 続きを見る

Columbus Was Last is an engrossing narrative about the research of archeologists, geographers, geologists, oceanographers, linguists, folklorists, ethnobotanists, and other scholars that convincingl……続きを見る

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers’ settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fift……続きを見る

Nearly everyone is familiar with Amelia Earhart. But very few know the story of another woman aviator, who, until now has remained little more than than a footnote in aviation history - that is, unt……続きを見る

The Young Engineers In Nevada by H. Irving Hancock Say, got the makings? "Eh?" inquired Tom Reade, glancing up in mild astonishment. "Got the makings?" persisted the thin dough-f……続きを見る

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Burton Jesse Hendrick was an American author. He won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for The Victory at Sea which he co-authored with William Sowden Sims, the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for The Life and Letters of……続きを見る

Masterful, ambitious, and groundbreaking, this is a major new history of our country by one of our most respected thinkers and historians -- a book every Canadian should own. From the acclaimed biog……続きを見る

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This fascinating classic text provides a historical account of piracy in the Americas. 続きを見る

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century – and inspiration for ‘Moby-Dick’ – reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in……続きを見る

This collection of classic Jack London Klondyke stories includes the following titles: The God of His Fathers, The Great Interrogation, Which Make Men Remember and The Man with the Gash Jan, among o……続きを見る

The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North America but not only the lands that would eventually be incorporated i……続きを見る

Today, many people have never heard the terms Lynch Law or lynching.  Lynching carries a few different connotations.  On the one hand it suggest the brutal practice of hanging black people……続きを見る

On 14 May 1804, the personal secretary President Thomas Jefferson, one Capt. Meriwether Lewis, and a companion, William Clark, led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana, purcha……続きを見る

The witch trials of 1692 is an interesting, albeit dark story. It is hard for many of us to comprehend how the mass hysteria that led to so many hangings could have reached the frenzy it did. This b……続きを見る

North America Before the European Invasions tells the histories of North American peoples from first migrations in the Late Glacial Age, sixteen thousand years ago or more, to the European invasions……続きを見る

Extrait : "THE NAME "OLD MASTER" A TERRORーCOLONEL LLOYD'S PLANTATIONーWYE RIVERーWHENCE ITS NAMEーPOSITION OF THE LLOYDSーHOME ATTRACTIONーMEET OFFERINGーJOURNEY FROM TUCKAHOE TO WYE RIVERーSCENE O……続きを見る

Wild West Legend. What do you really know about the men that lived on the western Frontier. What do you know about legends like Wild Bill, Hickock, Billy The Kid, Wyatt Earp and many others. Did you……続きを見る

The presence of the once-powerful Cherokees is still evident throughout the southeastern United States in names like Chickamauga, Hiwassee, Chattahoochee, Unicoi, Oconee, and Tuscaloosa. For those i……続きを見る

This is a lost recovered irish sovereinty manuscript from a Carolina island. This island's manuscript is a prelude to American history. Compare this work to Willie Lee rose rehersal for reconstructi……続きを見る

Patrick’s Unfinished is an Existential Approach to American history with an invitation to timeline your life story against the American Revolution and create a personal myth against American history……続きを見る

American Notes is a fascinating account of nineteenth-century America sketched with Charles Dickens's characteristic wit and charm. When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most f……続きを見る