Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History, Hardcover

Reducere. His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non...

Reducere. In this title, David Tatham demonstrates that Winslow Homer's 'Adirondack oils and watercolours constitute a highly original examination of the hum...

Reducere. The Adirondacks have been an Indigenous homeland for millennia, and the presence of Native people in the region was obvious but not well documented...

The Adirondack State Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, and Glacier National Parks combined. The park's 6 million acres o...

Reducere. Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in...

Reducere. Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in...

Reducere. In 1968 Fran and Jay Yardley, a young couple with pioneering spirit, moved to a remote corner of the Adirondacks to revive the long-abandoned but h...

Reducere. Explores the competing understandings of how best to manage the Adirondack Mountains. Philip G. Terrie introduces the key players and events that h...

Reducere. In August 1858, William James Stillman, a painter and founding editor of the acclaimed but short-lived art journal The Crayon, organized a camping ...

Reducere. The Very First Book on Camping in America and the Great Benefits of Wilderness TravelThis deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of original camp...

The Very First Book on Camping in America and the Great Benefits of Wilderness TravelThis deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of original camp...

Reducere. Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks transports the reader back in time to the days when steamboats, buckboards, and gas lighting were common. Jane an...

Reducere. In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and sc...

Reducere. This book relates the history of railroad activity during that robust era that witnessed the most intense timber harvest ever undertaken in the Adi...

Reducere. A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North C...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Much more than a guidebook showing readers great places to hike with their canine companions in upstate New York, Doghiker is a dog owner's operati...

Reducere. The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing in the Adirondacks. The letters of...

Reducere. Some of the northern Adirondacks' most beloved ski areas have sadly not survived the test of time despite the pristine powder found from the High P...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Adirondack region has long been a favorite of skiers, as its beautiful mountains and deep snow cover provide it with the perfect lan...

Reducere. James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black school...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James H. Jr. WardenAbraham and his wife made their African slave a surrogate mother and she bore Abraham a half-black heir....

Reducere. Richmond's vast and varied collection of architecture provides an archive of African American history. Author Selden Richardson explains how iconic...

DescriptionThis classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlight...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A sweeping history of luxury--from the pharaohs to the plutocrats--celebrating the quintessential role of opulence in human evolution From diamonds...

The world-famous Kylemore Abbey, dramatically located in a magnificent former castle on the shores of Kylemore Lough in Connemara, has been home to...

Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic air...

Investing--the commitment of resources to achieve a return--affects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout histo...

Reducere. La Brea Tar Pits once trapped prehistoric mammals. Today that killer has a chemical cousin in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, Canada--immense d...

Abraham and his wife made their African slave a surrogate mother and she bore Abraham a half-black heir. Later, God wished to use Moses and his Eth...

Reducere. People from the African continent have been migrating to other parts of the world for centuries. Many through kidnap and forced labour and others b...

Reducere. From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians, " (Financial Times) the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern ag...

Reducere. Corpus Christi - A History documents the stories of the people who strove to make South Texas their home. Adventurers, outlaws, settlers, cowboys, ...

Reducere. The Conestoga River meanders for sixty miles through the fertile farmlands of Lancaster County. From early Native American inhabitants to the Europ...

Reducere. The Sandusky Mall was the iconic shopping hub for locals who grew up in the 1970s and '80s. Kids visited the Circus World toy store, shopped for lo...

Reducere. Located in Over-the-Rhine in the heart of Cincinnati, Findlay Market is Ohio's oldest continually operating market. It opened in 1855 to serve a gr...

DescriptionMore than any other nonhuman species, it was the sea otter that defined the world's largest oceanscape prior to the California gold rush...

DescriptionOrphans have often been beneficiaries of charity and compassion--but society has also punished, abused and ill-treated them. Attitudes b...

The days when rural life revolved around tobacco planting and harvest are gone, but many fondly remember when North Carolina was the state of farmi...

Reducere. Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows ...

The Story of the Blacks: The Aborigines of Australia by Charles White, first published in 1904. The black race of Australia will in a short time be...

Reducere. Claston A. Bernard is proud to call himself a black conservative, even if this identity has earned him ire from many in the community. His new work...

Reducere. (Book). A Martin acoustic guitar is the beloved instrument of millions of fans and famous players worldwide. Starting with the early days in New Yo...

Reducere. Chiara Formichi explores the ways in which Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to to...

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...