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  • Tahoe Tales of Historic Times & Unforgettable People

    Of Historic Times & Unforgettable People

    de Don Lane ...
    This manuscript is a collection of short stories that were originally prepared as part of a radio program that began in the early 1980s as a summer informational and educational program for Tahoe area residents and visitors. Between 1982 and 1985, the author presented over a hundred live radio features about Tahoes history and the environment over Tahoe radio station KTHO. Lane returned to the ... Leer más

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  • The Big Roads

    The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways

    de Earl Swift ...
    Discover the twists and turns of one of America's great infrastructure projects with this "engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system" ( Los Angeles Times).It's become a part of the landscape that we take for granted, the site of rumbling eighteen-wheelers and roadside rest stops, a familiar route for commuters and vacationing families. But during the twentieth century, the ... Leer más

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  • History of the Donner Party

    Enriched edition. A Tragedy of the Sierra

    C. F. McGlashan's "History of the Donner Party" presents a meticulous and poignant chronicle of one of America's most harrowing historical episodes. Written in a detailed narrative style that combines elements of both historical documentation and dramatic storytelling, McGlashan explores the fateful journey of the Donner Party, a group of American pioneers who became trapped by snow in the Sierra ... Leer más

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  • AWFUL CALAMITIES: BEING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE DREADFUL HURRICANES OF DEC. 15, 21 AND 27, 1839

    de J Porter ...
    This Contemporaneous account tells of the destruction caused by the three consecutive devastating storms during the month of December 1839.First published in pamphlet form in 1840, Boston. ... Leer más

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  • Building the Skyline

    The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers

    de Jason M. Barr ...
    The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world. But how and why did it form? Much has been written about the city's architecture and its general history, but little work has explored the economic forces that created the skyline. In Building the Skyline, Jason Barr chronicles the economic history of the Manhattan skyline. In the process, he debunks some widely held ... Leer más

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  • Embattled Dreams

    California in War and Peace, 1940-1950

    de Kevin Starr ...
    Series series Americans and the California Dream
    The sixth volume in one of the great ongoing works of American cultural history--Kevin Starr's monumental Americans and the California Dream--Embattled Dreams is a peerless work of cultural history following California in the years surrounding World War II. During the 1940s California ascended to a new, more powerful role in the nation. Starr describes the vast expansion of the war industry and ... Leer más

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  • On Doing Local History

    de Carol Kammen ...
    Series series American Association for State and Local History
    For over thirty years, Carol Kammen’s On Doing Local History has been a valuable guide to professional and “amateur” historians alike. First published in 1986, revised in 2003, this book offers not only discussion of practical matters, but also a deeper reflection on local, public history, what it means, and why it is done. It is used in classrooms and found on the shelves of local historians ... Leer más

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  • Secret St. Louis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

    de David Baugher ...
    Where in St. Louis can you……picnic at a radioactive waste dump?…learn what West County Center’s famous dove really represents?…visit the grave of the man who burned Atlanta?…join a nudist resort?…view a cube comprised of a million dollar bills?…see a piece from New York’s Twin Towers?…find out exactly what a Billiken is?Whether you are piloting a simulated barge on the Mississippi River, exploring ... Leer más

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  • The Early History of Tennessee

    From Frontier to Statehood

    The Early History of Tennessee: From Frontier to Statehood by John Whitfield features detailed accounts of the state’s formation, contributing citizens, land and agriculture, the state’s greater roles in the nation, and much more. A perfect resource for Tennesseans, scholars, students, and history buffs alike. ... Leer más

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  • Arkansas Slave Narratives

    Series 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 ... Leer más

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  • The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775–1817

    After the Revolutionary War, despite political independence, the United States still relied on other countries for manufactured goods. Francis Cabot Lowell was one of the principal investors in building the India Wharf and the shops and warehouses close to Boston harbor. His work was instrumental in establishing domestic industry for the United States and brought the Industrial Revolution to the ... Leer más

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  • Siskiyou Trail

    The Hudson’s Bay Company’s Route to California

    The Hudson’s Bay Fur Company route to California was the fur trappers’ and traders’ road in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s from Fort Vancouver (now in Washington State) to San Francisco and beyond.Does “road” mean a six-lane paved freeway to you? Turn the calendar back and ponder a path that was rough, stony, precipitous, ill-marked, and full of perils at every turn: disease, famine, attacking ... Leer más

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