4,643円 Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion explores the historical processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state. It focuses on changing conceptualizations of ownership and emphasizes the persistent influence of the En...

2,919円 Cowboy and drifter Frank Clifford lived a lot of livesーand raised a lot of hellーin the first quarter of his life. The number of times he changed his nameーClifford being just one of themーsuggests that he often traveled just steps ahead of the law. During the 1870s and 1880s his restless spirit...

164円 First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Congress. This file includes all parts dealing with former slaves in Florida. Other files, published se...

2,647円 On March 20, 1822, the Missouri Republican published a notice addressed to enterprising young men in the St. Louise area. The subscriber, it said wishes to engage one hundred young men to ascend the Missouri River to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years. For particulars e...

330円 The famed artist discusses the state of Game fishing in the United states during the last decade of the 19th century in this short illustrated essay.

2,378円 The political phenomenon known as the 'Springtime of the Nations' swept through Europe in 1848, toppling thrones, forcing old autocratic regimes to grant constitutions to the people and bringing street fighting and large scale campaigns to cities and states across the continent. What is not gener...

661円 I. Introductory II. The Capture III. A Strange Adventure IV. Again a Prisoner V. The Indian Town VI. The Torture VII. Wa-ko-met-kla VIII. A New Vocation IX. The "Mystery Bag" X. Indian Life XI. Mrs. Eastman's Story XII. Mrs. Eastman's Story Continued XIII. Mrs. Eastman's Story Continued XIV. Hope...

827円 *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes an original introduction for each leader.*Includes a bibliography for each leader.*Includes a Table of ContentsDespite the fact that the Civil War began over 150 years ago, it remains one of the most widely discussed topics in A...

1,989円 The American Dream is fundamentally about hopeーthe hope that a better life awaits your initiative, your cleverness, your hard work. It’s about making your own future. In The Great American West, we see the American Dream as it used to be: in ancient maps and colorful broadside posters, in letter...

9,285円 A century and a half after the Civil War, Americans are still dealing with the legacies of the conflict and Reconstruction, including the many myths and legends spawned by these events. The Long Reconstruction: The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory brings together history and popu...

2,912円 The British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I was tiny by the standards of the other belligerent powers. Yet, when deployed to France in 1914, it prevailed against the German army because of its professionalism and tactical skill, strengths developed through hard lessons learned a d...

164円 After the American Civil War began in April 1861, Ulysses S. Grant made a meteoric rise to the top of the Union war effort. Illinois. On April 6, 1862 a determined full-force attack from the Confederate Army took place at the Battle of Shiloh; the objective was to destroy the entire Western Union...