Betsy's Philadelphia Adventure: From the Betsy Ross House to the University of Pennsylvania, Paperback - Sandy Mayer

Reducere. Join Betsy the squirrel on her colorful and playful journey throughout Philadelphia, as she searches for her pal Benji's party. Follow the clues an...

Reducere. PHILADELPHIA, the 1840s: a corrupt banker disowns his dissolute son, who then reappears as a hardened smuggler in the contraband slave trade. Anoth...

Reducere. With its rich foundation stories, Philadelphia may be the most important city in America's collective memory. By the middle of the eighteenth centu...

Reducere. With 160 color photographs that invite the reader to step over the threshold, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive m...

Reducere. In A Right to Lie?, legal scholar Catherine J. Ross addresses the urgent issue of whether the nation's highest officers, including the president, h...

Reducere. On July 4, 1796, a group of women gathered in York, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of American independence. They drank tea a...

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Drawing on examples from the ancient world to the two world wars, from the conquest of the Americas to Muslim Central Asia, this collection of essa...

Reducere. Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the...

Reducere. The postwar United States has experienced many forms of populist politics, none more consequential than that of the blue-collar white ethnics who b...

Explores the sociogenesis and development of the French royal mistress, examining the careers of nine of the most significant holders of that title...

About DK Eyewitness Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Dutch CountryThe ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus d...

Reducere. Just as the Reformation was a movement of intertwined theological and political aims, many individual authors of the time shifted back and forth be...

Reducere. Up South traces the efforts of two generations of black Philadelphians to turn the City of Brotherly Love into a place of promise and opportunity f...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Janet VoightIllustration(s): 76 color plates; 76 color platesNumber of pages: 208Publication d...

Publisher: MarsilioNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 171 x 244 x 25Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Bartolomeo PietromarchiRedesc...

WE, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking ...

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Reducere. Beyond the grand facades and trappings of the Main Line cream-and-crystal crowd are hidden tales and scintillating stories. Author Mark Dixon's col...

Reducere. Beyond the legend of the creation of the American flag, we know very little about the facts of Betsy Ross' life. Perhaps with one snip of her sciss...

Reducere. About one in every thousand babies born each year has clubfoot, a disorder that affects foot and calf muscles. Because treatment usually begins soo...

Reducere. Demonstrating that Columbus's voyage was a new step in a centuries-old process of European expansion, Fernandez-Armesto provides a stimulating acco...

Examines the theoretical framing of "nature" in South Africa and beyond. Analyzes myths and fantasies that have brought the world to a point of cli...

When she fails to build a table just like her brother, little Betsy Ross turns to her mother for reassurance and learns that she must always be tru...

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DescriptionCovering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism pres...

Reducere. Betsy Ross is remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776...

This guidebook describes the Way of St Francis a 550km month-long pilgrimage trail from Florence through Assisi to Rome. Split into 28 day stages, ...

Reducere. From natural areas and historic areas in and around Philadelphia to the Amish markets of Lancaster County; from historic battlefields at Valley For...

Explores the use of anti-democratic language in US presidential elections, using examples detailing the political, economic, and cultural elements ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Daphne du MaurierIn this haunting tale, Daphne du Maurier takes a fresh approach to time travel. A secret experimental conc...

Reducere. Beyond the grand facades and trappings of the Main Line cream-and-crystal crowd are hidden tales and scintillating stories. Author Mark Dixon's col...

Reducere. Alex Philothea, the newly appointed director of the Keepers of the Holy and Noble Maat, is fighting to save the agency her ancestors have led for o...

Reducere. William Penn, the might of Pittsburgh steel and the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia dominate the scene of Pennsylvania history. Thomas White ...

Reducere. "The Natural History of Pennsylvania" is a unique, comprehensive guide to the nature of Pennsylvania. There are more than 400 full-color photograph...

DescriptionJoin Andy & Sandy for four easy-to-read picture book adventures with this paperback boxed set from Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Tomie d...

Reducere. DescriptionThe heartwarming story of Betsy and her little sister Star is presented anew in this delightful edition, which includes all of the origi...

Reducere. Body, Self, and Society The View from Fiji Anne E. Becker "This illuminating and well-written book offers anthropologists with an interest in embod...

Publisher: Manchester University PressAuthor(s): Catharine RossiIllustration(s): Illustrations, black & whiteNumber of pages: 240Collection: Studie...

Reducere. Voting in Indian Country uses conflicts over voting rights as a lens for understanding the centuries-long fight for Native self-determination.Among...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Lawrence CappelloIllustration(s): 6 halftonesNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) took over Pennsylvania s Main Line of Public Works, a state-owned railroad and canal system bui...

Reducere. Angelo Perino lives life on the bleeding edge of speed and success--a race car driver of humble origins who dominates on and off the track. Loren H...

DescriptionWhile the social identity of women in medieval society hinged largely on the ritual of marriage, identity for men was derived from belon...

Reducere. A pack of beloved fruits and vegetables travel through the United States and visit friends along the way. During their trip they will learn all abo...