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  • Arkansas Slave Narratives

    par Work Projects Administration ...
    Collections series Slave Narratives
    This book contains the complete collection of all 716 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Arkansas at the time of the Great Depression in the United States. The narratives in this varied collection include stories of life as a slave, life after the end of the Civil War, and life well into the 1930s when they were written down and compiled ... En savoir plus

    $3.99 CAD

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  • Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

    The Woman and the Legend

    par James D. McLaird ...
    Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now.This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today’s foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously ... En savoir plus

    $19.79 CAD

  • Womens Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience (Illustrated Edition)

    par L.P. Brockett & Mary C. Vaughan ...
    Womens Work in the Civil War: a Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience is an expansive history of the female heroines of the Civil War. The biographies of famous women such as Dorothea Dix, Barbara Frietchie, and more are collected in this massive tome. Over a dozen illustrations and photographs of the women are included, as well as a table of contents for easier navigation. ... En savoir plus

    $4.11 CAD

  • Into the West

    The Story of Its People

    par Walter Nugent ...
    Acclaimed historian Walter Nugent brings us what is perhaps the most comprehensive and fascinating account to date of the peopling of the American West. In this epic social-demographic history, Nugent explores the populations of the West as they grow, change and intersect from the Paleo-Indians, the Spanish Conquistadors, to displaced Okies, wartime African American immigrants, and all the ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Siege of Washington

    The Untold Story of the Twelve Days That Shook the Union

    par John Lockwood, Charles Lockwood ...
    On April 14, 1861, following the surrender of Fort Sumter, Washington was "put into the condition of a siege," declared Abraham Lincoln. Located sixty miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line, the nation's capital was surrounded by the slave states of Maryland and Virginia. With no fortifications and only a handful of trained soldiers, Washington was an ideal target for the Confederacy. The South ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD

  • Playing Possum

    The Tale of the River Card, Round I

    par John Marshall ...
    When Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill in May 2009 authorizing the Brazos River Authority to sell the entire inhabited shoreline of Possum Kingdom Lake, not many people questioned it. But the odd thing is that the property in question had been sold exactly one month earlier to a good ol boy that had earned the nickname the River Card.While the Texas legislature had been busy considering the will ... En savoir plus

    $8.09 CAD

  • The Death and Life of Main Street

    Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community

    par Miles Orvell ...
    For more than a century, the term “Main Street” has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic ... En savoir plus

    $20.79 CAD

  • The Great Yosemite Holdups

    The Last Stagecoach Robberies on the Road to Yosemite and How One of the Events Was Actually Photographed!

    par William B. Secrest ...
    The robberies on the road to Yosemite during the early 1900s were unique for several reasons. Despite the lack of money involved, the number of coaches and passengers robbed at one time, coupled with the fact that the bandits were never apprehended, were reason enough to be remembered.Even more important, however, was the fact that one of the holdups was actually photographed. This singular event ... En savoir plus

    $4.11 CAD

  • They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

    The Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach

    par John Paris, Jr. ...
    In the ultra-competitive junior hockey leagues in the early 1960s, a young man could tolerate nearly anything that helped him stand out from the hordes of other prospects, so John Paris, Jr. did just that. The African-Canadian from Nova Scotia dazzled and dominated on the ice -- often facing racism on and off the ice. It took courage.They Called Me Chocolate Rocket is the story of Johns life from ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Life of Kings

    The Baltimore Sun and the Golden Age of the American Newspaper

    Modifié par Frederic B Hill, Stephens Broening ...
    In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO's The Wire, and renowned political ... En savoir plus

    $11.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Perfect 36

    Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage

    par Carol Lynn Yellin, Janann Sherman ...
    The authors bring to life the 72-year suffrage struggle to earn women the right to vote which culminated with the final vote needed for ratification in the Tennessee legislature. The Perfect 36 gives voice to those who were for and against the right of women to vote with a richly illustrated volume. The authors provide a great deal of writings of those who were involved in this important movement ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • Humbugs and Heroes

    A Gallery of California Pioneers

    par Richard Dillon ...
    Award-winning historian Richard Dillon deals up intriguing vignettes on sixty-three men and women who helped shaped California into the colorful state that it is.Dillon, whose work on Meriwether Lewis has appeared on the New York Times best-seller list, presents these California Pioneers in short, lively and informative sketches that capture the special qualities of their unusual and stimulating ... En savoir plus

    $4.11 CAD