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“pedro velasquez”

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  • Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America

    by Pedro Velasquez ...
    Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America is a compelling account by Pedro Velasquez that chronicles his adventures during an exploratory expedition in Central America. Published in 1852, this memoir offers readers a vivid portrayal of the region's diverse landscapes, cultures, and challenges faced by explorers during the mid-19th century. Velasquez, an intrepid traveler and keen ... Read more

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  • The Killing of Crazy Horse

    by Thomas Powers ...
    He was the greatest Indian warrior of the nineteenth century. His victory over General Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 was the worst defeat inflicted on the frontier Army. And the death of Crazy Horse in federal custody has remained a controversy for more than a century.The Killing of Crazy Horse pieces together the many sources of fear and misunderstanding that resulted in an ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Primary Accounts: The Sand Creek Massacre

    by John Chivington & John S. Smith ...
    The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington Massacre, the Battle of Sand Creek or the Massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and ... Read more

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  • Cahokia

    Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi

    by Timothy R. Pauketat ...
    The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. LouisWhile Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a site that expert Timothy Pauketat brings vividly to life in this groundbreaking book. Almost a thousand ... Read more

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  • No Bone Unturned

    Inside the World of a Top Forensic Scientist and His Work on America's Most Notorious Crimes and Disasters

    by Jeff Benedict ...
    "A fast and exciting read. . . . This survey of Owsley's career will appeal to both science and legal buffs." --Publishers WeeklyThe story of the Smithsonian's brilliant forensic anthropologist and the 9,000-year-old skeleton that sparked his landmark lawsuit against the U.S. governmentWhen he is not studying ancient skeletons, Doug Owsley is enlisted by the State Department and the FBI to ... Read more

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  • Working Families

    Age, Gender, and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal

    by Bettina Bradbury ...
    Series series Canadian Social History Series
    Working Families takes the reader onto the streets of Montreal and into the homes of its working-class families during the years that it became a major, industrial city. Between the 1860s and 1890s the expansion of wage labour changed the bases of family survival. It offered new possibilities and created new points of tension within the families of the emerging working class. Here we meet the men, ... Read more

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  • American History

    Little Known Secrets That Everyone Should Know About The 22nd Amendment, The Bill of Rights, The Boston Tea Party, The Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence and More

    by Jerry Johnson ...
    In this compelling block-buster guide discover hard-hitting facts about American History, The 22nd Amendment, The Bill of Rights, The Boston Tea Party, The Civil War, The Cold War, The Declaration of Independence and more. ... Read more

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  • Strange Visitors

    Documents in Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada from 1876

    Edited by Keith D. Smith ...
    Covering topics such as the Indian Act, the High Arctic relocation of 1953, and the conflict at Ipperwash, Keith D. Smith draws on a diverse selection of documents including letters, testimonies, speeches, transcripts, newspaper articles, and government records. In his thoughtful introduction, Smith provides guidance on the unique challenges of dealing with Indigenous primary sources by ... Read more

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  • The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status

    by Donald Barr Chidsey ...
    "The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status" relates the struggles, conflicts, obstacles, and achievement involved in the construction of the canal. Originally published in 1970, this ebook edition retains all of the photos, drawings, and illustrations of the original edition. A fascinating and detailed history of the Panama Canal! ... Read more

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  • Authentic Indians

    Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

    by Paige Raibmon ...
    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    In this innovative history, Paige Raibmon examines the political ramifications of ideas about “real Indians.” Focusing on the Northwest Coast in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, she describes how government officials, missionaries, anthropologists, reformers, settlers, and tourists developed definitions of Indian authenticity based on such binaries as Indian versus White, ... Read more

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  • Songs of the Teton Sioux

    by Harry W. Paige ...
    The beautiful and mysterious song of the Sioux is a carefully crafted and highly individualized ritual performed to invoke the strength of the spirits in order to harness the power of nature. In this, the first literary study of a fascinating tradition, Dr. Harry W. Paige immerses himself in the Sioux society and culture to unlock the mystery of this enchanting ritual. Passionate and intoxicating, ... Read more

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  • History of the Maya

    by Njord Kane ...
    Definitively tracing the evolution and history of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. A span of some thousands of years are concisely covered in one volume in a thorough study of the evolution of a complex Maya society. A new world of understanding about the ancient ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD