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The Day Wall Street Exploded

A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror

par Beverly Gage ...

Lu par Pam Ward ...

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15 heure 39 min

In The Day Wall Street Exploded, Beverly Gage tells the story of a once infamous but now largely forgotten terrorist attack. Based on thousands of pages of Bureau of Investigation reports, this historical detective saga traces the four-year hunt for the perpetrators, a worldwide effort that spread as far as Italy and the new Soviet nation. It also takes listeners back into the decades-long but ... En savoir plus

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In The Day Wall Street Exploded, Beverly Gage tells the story of a once infamous but now largely forgotten terrorist attack. Based on thousands of pages of Bureau of Investigation reports, this historical detective saga traces the four-year hunt for the perpetrators, a worldwide effort that spread as far as Italy and the new Soviet nation. It also takes listeners back into the decades-long but
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Reading Confederate Monuments

par Maria Seger, Joanna Davis-McElligatt ...

Lu par Mason Jackson ...

Version Abrégée

9 heure 33 min

Contributions by Danielle Christmas, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Spencer R. Herrera, Cassandra Jackson, Stacie McCormick, Maria Seger, Randi Lynn Tanglen, Brook Thomas, Michael C. Weisenburg, and Lisa WoolforkReading Confederate Monuments addresses the urgent and vital need for scholars, educators, and the general public to be able to read and interpret the literal and ... En savoir plus

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Contributions by Danielle Christmas, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Spencer R. Herrera, Cassandra Jackson, Stacie McCormick, Maria Seger, Randi Lynn Tanglen, Brook Thomas, Michael C. Weisenburg, and Lisa WoolforkReading Confederate Monuments addresses the urgent and vital need for scholars, educators, and the general public to be able to read and interpret the literal and
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Stockholms hemligheter - Norr om Gamla stan

par Martin Stugart, Martin Stugart ...

Lu par Martin Stugart ...

Collections Livre audio : 2 - Stockholms hemligheter
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58 min

Stockholmiana! Följ med på en lärorik promenad genom Gamla stan och vidare till stadskärnans norra delar tillsammans med Stockholmskännaren och journalisten Martin Stugart. Varför är texten på Birger jarls staty felstavad? Och vad döljer sig bakom mysteriet med Stockholms minsta monument, Järnpojken? Genom roande anekdoter och spännande kuriosa, flätar Stugart samman trådarna där historia och ... En savoir plus

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Stockholmiana! Följ med på en lärorik promenad genom Gamla stan och vidare till stadskärnans norra delar tillsammans med Stockholmskännaren och journalisten Martin Stugart. Varför är texten på Birger jarls staty felstavad? Och vad döljer sig bakom mysteriet med Stockholms minsta monument, Järnpojken? Genom roande anekdoter och spännande kuriosa, flätar Stugart samman trådarna där historia och
... En savoir plus
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Stickeen

par John Muir ...

Lu par Andre Stojka ...

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1 heures 4 min

“Stickeen…pushed his head past my shoulders, looked down and across, then looked me in the face and began to mutter and whine; saying as plainly as if speaking with words, “Surely, you are not going into that awful place.”As the darkness of a freezing night approaches, an experienced American naturalist and a dog are trapped on an Alaskan Glacier.This is a true story, written by one of the United ... En savoir plus

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“Stickeen…pushed his head past my shoulders, looked down and across, then looked me in the face and began to mutter and whine; saying as plainly as if speaking with words, “Surely, you are not going into that awful place.”As the darkness of a freezing night approaches, an experienced American naturalist and a dog are trapped on an Alaskan Glacier.This is a true story, written by one of the United
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Dawn of an Empire

St. Augustine and the Spanish Founding of America

par Irene Loftin ...

Lu par Digital Voice Brian E ...

Collections Livre audio : box set - America Uncovered
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3 heure 37 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Before Jamestown. Before Plymouth. There was St. Augustine.In 1565—fifty-five years before the Pilgrims set foot at Plymouth Rock—Spanish ships slipped along the Florida coast and anchored in a shallow inlet guarded by marsh and sand. What they built there would become the oldest continuously occupied European-founded city in the continental United ... En savoir plus

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Before Jamestown. Before Plymouth. There was St. Augustine.In 1565—fifty-five years before the Pilgrims set foot at Plymouth Rock—Spanish ships slipped along the Florida coast and anchored in a shallow inlet guarded by marsh and sand. What they built there would become the oldest continuously occupied European-founded city in the continental United
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Ordeal by Hunger

The Story of the Donner Party

par George R. Stewart ...

Lu par Jeff Riggenbach ...

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12 heure 10 min

The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California and were persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter ... En savoir plus

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The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California and were persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter
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Clawback

par Dave Martin ...

Lu par Dave Martin ...

Version Longue

9 heure 10 min

Just a few decades ago, as recently as the Clinton years, we had a vibrant nation that inspired the rest of the world. But then a new religion called Secular Humanism took hold. It saw wrongs that needed to be righted, but went overboard as its revolutionary zeal carried it to excesses that plague our nation today. Clawback proposes a roadmap to get back to the nation we once had when common sense ... En savoir plus

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Just a few decades ago, as recently as the Clinton years, we had a vibrant nation that inspired the rest of the world. But then a new religion called Secular Humanism took hold. It saw wrongs that needed to be righted, but went overboard as its revolutionary zeal carried it to excesses that plague our nation today. Clawback proposes a roadmap to get back to the nation we once had when common sense
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Damnation Island

Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York

par Stacy Horn ...

Lu par Pam Ward ...

Version Longue

10 heure 11 min

Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to ... En savoir plus

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Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell's Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would build a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and almshouse. Stacy Horn has crafted a compelling and chilling narrative told through the stories of the poor souls sent to
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Glass House

The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town

par Brian Alexander ...

Lu par Bob Souer ...

Version Longue

11 heure 7 min

The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world's largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster's society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster's citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st Century, and wrecked the company. We follow CEO Sam Solomon, ... En savoir plus

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The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world's largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster's society was built. As Glass House unfolds, bankruptcy looms. With access to the company and its leaders, and Lancaster's citizens, Alexander shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the 21st Century, and wrecked the company. We follow CEO Sam Solomon,
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The Accusation

Blood Libel in an American Town

par Edward Berenson ...

Lu par Paul Boehmer ...

Version Longue

7 heure 25 min

On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged four, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds of people looked everywhere for the child but could not find her. At one point, someone suggested that Barbara had been kidnapped and killed by Jews, and as the search continued, policemen and townspeople alike gave credence to the quickly-spreading ... En savoir plus

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On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, aged four, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds of people looked everywhere for the child but could not find her. At one point, someone suggested that Barbara had been kidnapped and killed by Jews, and as the search continued, policemen and townspeople alike gave credence to the quickly-spreading
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NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement

Lu par Diana Blue ...

Version Longue

9 heure

American Astronautical Society Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature AwardAs NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration ... En savoir plus

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American Astronautical Society Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature AwardAs NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration
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Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses

par Dianna Higgs Stampfler ...

Lu par Linda Jones ...

Version Longue

3 heure 51 min

Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings.Former keepers like Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal maintain their watch long after death. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and ... En savoir plus

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Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings.Former keepers like Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal maintain their watch long after death. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and
... En savoir plus
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Welcome to Capitol Hill

Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics

par Erik Schelzig, Joel Ebert ...

Lu par Chris Abernathy ...

Version Longue

7 heure 31 min

Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne'er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption. From Governor Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now lieutenant ... En savoir plus

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Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne'er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption. From Governor Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now lieutenant
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Eerie Florida

Chilling Tales from the Panhandle to the Keys

par Mark Muncy, Kari Schultz ...

Lu par Paul Boehmer ...

Version Longue

4 heure 53 min

The author of Freaky Florida shares a unique guide to the state's strangest attractions—from Florida Bigfoot to lost cemeteries, UFO sightings, and more.Most people know Florida as the land of endless sunny beaches, Disney World, and NASA shuttle launches. But the state is also home to many hidden mysteries, eerie legends, and tales of bizarre creatures. In Eerie Florida, author Mark Muncy and ... En savoir plus

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The author of Freaky Florida shares a unique guide to the state's strangest attractions—from Florida Bigfoot to lost cemeteries, UFO sightings, and more.Most people know Florida as the land of endless sunny beaches, Disney World, and NASA shuttle launches. But the state is also home to many hidden mysteries, eerie legends, and tales of bizarre creatures. In Eerie Florida, author Mark Muncy and
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Alabama

The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition

par William Warren Rogers, Robert David Ward, Leah Rawls Atkins, Wayne Flynt ...

Lu par Chris Abernathy ...

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30 heure 50 min

Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state's bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama's evolution.Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied ... En savoir plus

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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state's bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama's evolution.Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied
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Boss

Richard J. Daley of Chicago

par Mike Royko ...

Lu par Charles Constant ...

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7 heure 27 min

In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine.Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's South Side through his rapid climb to the seat of power ... En savoir plus

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In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine.Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's South Side through his rapid climb to the seat of power
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True West

Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America

par Betsy Gaines Quammen ...

Lu par Rebecca Gallagher ...

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12 heure 39 min

From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels through small towns and big cities, engaging people and building relationships at every stop. ... En savoir plus

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From the Northern Rockies to the Southwest deserts, Betsy Gaines Quammen explores how myths shape our identities, heighten polarizations, and fracture our shared understanding of the world around us. As she investigates the origins and effects of myths of the American West, Gaines Quammen travels through small towns and big cities, engaging people and building relationships at every stop.
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Our Fragile Freedoms

Essays

par Eric Foner ...

Lu par L.J. Ganser ...

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17 heure 10 min

From one of the most acclaimed and influential historians of the United States, an insightful guide to our history and why it matters.Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional understanding of American history than any other scholar. The preeminent historian of the Civil War era, Foner’s keynote has been American freedom and the recurring battles over its meanings and ... En savoir plus

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From one of the most acclaimed and influential historians of the United States, an insightful guide to our history and why it matters.Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional understanding of American history than any other scholar. The preeminent historian of the Civil War era, Foner’s keynote has been American freedom and the recurring battles over its meanings and
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We Have the War Upon Us

The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861

par William J. Cooper ...

Lu par Andrew Garman ...

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12 heure 38 min

Noted historian William J. Cooper has forged a reputation as one of today's foremost Civil War experts. In We Have the War Upon Us, Cooper takes a fresh look at the months between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked the war. For years, compromise had kept the North and South from conflict- but in these crucial months, the actions of major players on both sides pushed the ... En savoir plus

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Noted historian William J. Cooper has forged a reputation as one of today's foremost Civil War experts. In We Have the War Upon Us, Cooper takes a fresh look at the months between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked the war. For years, compromise had kept the North and South from conflict- but in these crucial months, the actions of major players on both sides pushed the
... En savoir plus
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On to Petersburg

Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864

par Gordon C. Rhea ...

Lu par Jonathan Davis ...

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16 heure 21 min

With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864.On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea ... En savoir plus

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With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864.On to Petersburg follows the Union army's movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea
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St. Marks Is Dead

The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street

par Ada Calhoun ...

Lu par Carla Mercer-Meyer ...

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10 heure 18 min

St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street's apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial ... En savoir plus

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St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation of miscreant denizens believes that their era, and no other, marked the street's apex. This idiosyncratic work of reportage tells the many layered history of the street—from its beginnings as Colonial
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The Fever of 1721

The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics

par Stephen Coss ...

Lu par Bob Souer ...

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9 heure 46 min

In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing cast of characters in a year that changed the course of history, including Cotton Mather, the great Puritan preacher; Zabdiel Boylston, a doctor whose name is on one of Boston's grand avenues; James and his younger brother Benjamin Franklin; and Elisha Cooke and his protégé Samuel Adams.During the worst smallpox epidemic in Boston ... En savoir plus

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In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing cast of characters in a year that changed the course of history, including Cotton Mather, the great Puritan preacher; Zabdiel Boylston, a doctor whose name is on one of Boston's grand avenues; James and his younger brother Benjamin Franklin; and Elisha Cooke and his protégé Samuel Adams.During the worst smallpox epidemic in Boston
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman

Witchcraft in Colonial New England

par Carol F. Karlsen ...

Lu par Jo Anna Perrin ...

Version Longue

9 heure 10 min

Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.More than three ... En savoir plus

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Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.More than three
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Reconstruction

A Concise History

par Allen C. Guelzo ...

Lu par Bob Souer ...

Version Longue

4 heure 20 min

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew Johnson over just what to do with the South. Johnson's plan of Presidential Reconstruction, which was sympathetic to the former ... En savoir plus

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The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the battlefield to the Capitol as Congress warred with President Andrew Johnson over just what to do with the South. Johnson's plan of Presidential Reconstruction, which was sympathetic to the former
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