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  • These Truths

    A History of the United States

    von Jill Lepore …
    **New York Times BestsellerIn the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history.**Two hundred fifty years after the United States declared its independence and cast off tyranny, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,85

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    von J. D. Vance …
    Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more importa... … Lesen Sie mehr

    Zuvor € 11,99 Jetzt € 7,79

  • Summer in New England 1860, Illustrated

    von David Hunter "Porte Crayon" Strother …
    "How would you like to ship with me?" Dick regarded me with a look of mingled surpise and inquiry. "To be explicit: I have been thinking of making the tour of New England in search of sport and adventures. I want a companion. How would you like to ship for the voyage as first mate, with half the fish and half the trouble for your wages?" My kinsman's quench countenance blazed with renewed … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 6,39

  • PT 109

    An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy

    von William Doyle …
    The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to power – hailed as a “breathtaking account” by James Patterson, “masterfully written” by historian Douglas Brinkley, and “the finest book” ever written on the subject by Lt. Commander William Liebenow, the man who rescued JFK and the PT 109 crew in August 1943.In the early morning darkness of August … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,99

  • State Oddities: An Encyclopedia of What Makes Our United States Unique

    von Nancy Hendricks …
    State Oddities takes a different kind of look at the American nation, spotlighting the fun foibles, peculiarities, and twists in each of the 50 states that are (mostly) united under the Stars and Stripes.State Oddities is a fascinating trip through the 50 states for students studying America, teachers planning classroom activities, and general readers who will enjoy an eye-opening journey through … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 83,15

  • The Story of Heritage Village

    Celebrating 25 Years

    von Gary L. Hauck …
    With the humble beginning of two historic buildings acquired in 1986, the Montcalm Heritage Village has grown to include more than 25 original and reconstructed structures and hundreds of artifacts from local areas depicting life in Michigan at the turn of the 1800s to 1900s. The Village comes alive during the annual Heritage Festival the first weekend in August and includes a one-room schoolhouse … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,01

  • Durham’s Place-Names of Greater Los Angeles

    Includes Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange Counties

    von David L. Durham …
    Serien series Durham’s Place-Names of California
    • The pueblo that became the city was established in 1781 as “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula.” A hill located less than 1,000 feet from Los Angeles city hall was used as a base during the first American occupation of Los Angeles in 1846. Lieutenant Davidson built Fort Moore there in 1847 and named it to honor Captain Benjamin D. Moore, who was killed in … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,96

  • Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal

    Adventures in North America and Texas, 1837-1841

    von Gustav Dresel, Max Freund …

    € 12,09

  • De Soto, Coronado, Cabrillo Explorers of the Northern Mystery of David Lavender (Illustrated)

    von David Lavender …
    American history begins not with the English at Jamestown or the Pilgrims at Plymouth but with Spanish exploration of the border country from Florida to California in the 16th century. This handbook describes the expeditions of three intrepid explorers—De Soto, Coronado, and Cabrillo—their adventures, their encounters with native inhabitants, and the consequences, good and ill, of their journeys. … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 5,48

  • Durham’s Place-Names of California’s Central Coast

    Includes Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties

    von David L. Durham …
    Serien series Durham’s Place-Names of California
         • Sutil Island, a 1,250 foot-long island, 1,900 feet off the southwest end of Santa Barbara Island was named after one of merchant-explorer Sebastian Vizcaino’s ships.      • Gaspar de Portola founded Presidio of San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey, at present day Monterey in 1770. In 1822, the Mexicans built a fort about one mile northwest of the original presidio. After American occupation of … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,96

  • Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920

    von William Thorndale, William Dollarhide …
    This work shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Also included are a history of census growth; the technical facts about each census; a discussion of census accuracy; an essay on available sources for each state's old county lines; and a … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 25,73

  • Tangible Memories

    Californians and Their Gardens 1800-1950

    von Harry M. Butte, Judith M. Taylor …
    California may be the golden state but it is also a garden state. Innumerable gardens have been made since the Europeans first came, starting with the Franciscan missionaries.The gold rush was the defining period, leading to immense expenditures by newly rich miners.This book discusses many simple but beautiful gardens created by waves of immigrants. Gardens were necessary for food but also … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,01

  • Family Stories from the Attic

    Bringing letters and archives alive through creative nonfiction, flash narratives, and poetry

    Bearbeitet von Christi Craig, Lisa Rivero …
    FAMILY STORIES FROM THE ATTIC is an anthology of essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry inspired by family letters, objects, and archives. Nearly two dozen contributors from the United States and Australia tell stories of immigration and migration, loss, discovery, secrets, questions, love, and the search for meaning and identity. Editors Christi Craig and Lisa Rivero bring together both … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,12

  • We Fought the Road

    von Christine McClure, Dennis McClure …
    We Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war front by many of their white commanding officers. Their task--which required punching through wilderness on a route blocked by the Rocky Mountains and deadly permafrost during the worst winter on … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,86

  • Standing Tall

    Putting Down Roots

    von Jan Collins-Eaglin, Lola M. Jones …
    This book brings into focus the lives of African-American women who lived in Washtenaw County, Michigan in the years after World War I and before the Civil Rights era. These are the voices of women who raised families, fought for homes, and worked through their churches and their clubs to improve economic, housing, educational and social conditions in their communities. When this project began, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 4,39

  • Historical Sketches of New Mexico

    From the Earliest Records to the American Occupation

    von L. Bradford Prince, Lebaron Bradford Prince …
    LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) was a transplanted New Yorker, a tireless judge, a controversial territorial governor, a gentleman scholar, and an early leader of the Historical Society of New Mexico. In all these roles, and others, he was a passionate advocate of New Mexico statehood. Prince was born, raised, and educated in New York. As a young attorney, his political career in state … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,01

  • The New York and New England Railroad

    von Gregg M Turner …
    Railroads were the first big business enterprises of America and made possible many other industries. They knitted our expansive nation together and ably transported people, materials, supplies, goods, and mail.Literally hundreds, if not thousands, of railroads were built in the United States during the nineteenth century. Among the more colorful was the New York and New England Railroad, which … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 7,86

  • Winter in Taos

    Facsimile of Original 1935 Edition

    von Mabel Dodge Luhan …
    "Winter in Taos" starkly contrasts Luhan's memoirs, published in four volumes and inspired by Marcel Proust's "Remembrances of Things Past." They follow her life through three failed marriages, numerous affairs, and ultimately a feeling of "being nobody in myself," despite years of psychoanalysis and a luxurious lifestyle on two continents among the leading literary, art and intellectual … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 6,37

  • Underground Prescott

    A Historical Review of the Stories About Catacombs, Tunnels, Speakeasys, Opium Dens and Bordellos in Early Prescott, Arizona

    von Patricia Ireland-Williams …
    Underground Prescott is a historical look at the old west in Arizona's first territorial capitol, Prescott, Arizona. There are many stories about life underground whether it be passageways, tunnels, catacombs, opium dens, gambling halls, prohibition or brothels. Underground Prescott talks about this history and includes photos of areas below Prescott that are no longer accessible to the public. … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 4,39

  • The Other State, New Mexico USA

    von Richard McCord …
    The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. The only book ever to make The New York Times best-seller list in both fiction AND non-fiction. The female gentlemen. The cave that waited 40 years. The murderous "squaw man."Where will you find these strange stories, and more? Only in "The Other State: New Mexico, USA." Anyone who lives in or travels … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 5,93

  • Humbugs and Heroes

    A Gallery of California Pioneers

    von 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 … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 2,96

  • The Unforgettables Ii

    People and Events of Desoto Country, Mississippi

    von Chastine E. Shumway …
    The Unforgettables takes its readers on a journey launching on personalities and stories that have made this region so special. On your sojourn journey you will meet people who have made an enormous difference in the building of DeSoto County. Some of the people you may already know. If not, you will become acquainted with them now and their story, which must never be forgotten.The book also … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 4,39

  • Cerrillos, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    The Story of a Won't-Be Ghost Town

    von Jacqueline Lawson …
    The American Southwest has many ghost towns and most of them are gone forever. But Cerrillos, New Mexico--a short drive from Santa Fe--isn't one of them. Even though the excitement and "Wild West" crowds no longer make this little town the hub of activity it once was, there still exists the atmosphere of the 1800s and plenty of colorful people to make Cerrillos appealing to anyone interested in … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,14

  • Strategy & Soul

    a campaigner's tale of fighting billionaires, corrupt officials, and Philadelphia casinos

    von Daniel Hunter …
    When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of dollars. They were up against powerful elected officials, private investigators, hired thugs, and the state supreme court. Even before they started, newspapers concluded the movement had no chance. This riveting David versus Goliath story is a rare … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,05