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In 1913 an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Fords Model Ts to explore the Transcendentalists New England the trip would prove to be the first of many excursions that would take Ford and…
People have always been fascinated with the hidden the mysterious and the unexplained Every society has its tall tales and ghost stories its odd legends and heroes Also every society has its stories of strange beasts dangerous or benign that live in the twilight world between the everyday and the legendary Through most of history…
American Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen James Wilkinson whose corruption and espionage exposed the United States to grave dangers during the early years of the republic Wilkinson is largely forgotten today which is unfortunate because his sordid story is a cautionary tale about unscrupulous actors who would take advantage of gaps in…
A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery Native dispossession and wars with Canada and Mexico Mass immigration and powerful religious movements sent tremors through American society But…
A vivid narrative of an illfated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and through them the impact of Americans global connections On February 21 1943 Pan American Airways celebrated seaplane the Yankee Clipper took off from New Yorks Marine Air Terminal and islandhopped its way across…
The Transcontinental Railroad laid across the United States during the 1860s remains the very epitome of contradiction On the one hand it was a triumph of engineering skills over thousands of miles of rough terrain but on the other hand it drained the natural resources in those places nearly dry It civilized the American West…
Louis Armstrong once claimed that Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mineI look right in the heart of good old New OrleansIt has given me something to live for This statement conjures an image which most anyone familiar with jazz music can recall Armstrong clutching his trumpet forcefully his eyes closed…
By the golden age of the mountain man in the mid19thcentury there were perhaps only 3000 living in the West Their origins were disparate although they included many AngloAmericans A good number hailed from wilderness regions of Kentucky and Virginia and throughout the newly purchased Louisiana Territory which occupied the entire central section of the…
The art of the confidence trick is a controversial craft that is as old as time itself In the early years of civilization unscrupulous folks bottled and peddled assortments of fake cures and potions Snake oil salesmen aside charlatans posed as mystical beings with supernatural powers promising to end droughts and other misfortunes of the…
The Lewis and Clark Expedition notwithstanding its merits as a feat of exploration was also the first tentative claim on the vast interior and the western seaboard of North America by the United States It set in motion the great movement west that began almost immediately with the first commercial overland expedition funded by John…
Amerigo Vespucci discoverer and namesake of America Life and work in a short biography Everything you need to know brief and concise Infotainment education and entertainment at its best
Amerigo Vespucci Entdecker und Namensgeber Amerikas Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie Alles was man wissen muss kurz und knapp Infotainment Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten
Through the eyes of two frontline journalists comes a gripping narrative history of the Hong Kong prodemocracy movement centered around a cast of core activists culminating in the 2019 mass protests and Beijings brutal crackdown Hong Kong was an experiment in governance Handed back to China in 1997 after 156 years of British rule it…
Las tres historias que componen este libro tratan sobre la bsqueda De esposos padres e hijos que durante la sombra dictadura militar fueron detenidos torturados y hechos desaparecer
Amy Winehouse brilliant singer and tragic figure Life and work in a short biography Everything you need to know brief and concise Infotainment education and entertainment at its best
Amy Winehouse geniale Sngerin und tragische Figur Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie Alles was man wissen muss kurz und knapp Infotainment Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten
Taking a similar approach to his successful If Rome Hadnt Fallen Timothy Venning explores the various decision points in a fascinating period of British history and the alternative paths that it might have taken Dr Timothy Venning starts within an outline of the process by which much of Britain came to be settled by Germanic…
By the late 1960s what had been widely heralded as the best qualified besttrained army in United States history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end Morale was tanking AWOL rates were rising And in August 1968 a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail burned…
For many years Britain tried to impose its own laws on the peoples it conquered and English common law usually followed the Union Jack But the common law became less common after Britain emerged from the Seven Years War as the worlds most powerful empire At that point imperial policymakers adopted a strategy of legal…
An Honest WellExperienced Heartintroduces us to the life and writings of Puritan preacher and author John Flavel 16271691 In his brief introductory biography Adam Embry discusses Flavels background ministry and theology of keeping the heart which for Flavel is the great business of a Christians life Centuries ago Flavel wrote Above all other studies in…
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