Buffalo Soldiers in the West, Paperback - Bruce A. Glasrud

Reducere. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo sol...

Reducere. In 1927, Beatrice Cannady succeeded in removing racist language from the Oregon Constitution. During World War II, Rowena Moore fought for the righ...

Reducere. Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, rider...

Reducere. Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African Americ...

Reducere. Tells the story of the African American soldiers known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who fought against American Indians and protected the Western Front...

Reducere. A True Book: Westward Expansion takes readers on an amazing journey to a fascinating time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing dynamic...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingDuring the Civil War, over 180, 000 black ...

Reducere. The town of Skagway was born in 1897 after its population quintupled in under a year due to the Klondike gold rush. Balanced on the edge of anarchy...

Reducere. Formed in 1866, the African-American army units known as Buffalo Soldiers acquired near-mythical status for their fortitude and courage. At the out...

Over the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among musicians that permits the tran...

Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? In this book, leading historians argue that racism can be traced back to t...

Reducere. This is an intimate look at life in the bush during the Vietnam War in 1968. You will experience the daily struggles, battles, and funny things tha...

Reducere. Never bring a gun to a sword fight.Years after the conclusion of a civil war, Tomas wanders the endless grasslands of the frontier, still searching...

The 92nd Infantry (""Buffalo"") Division was the last segregated (all-black) US Army division and the only black division to fight in World War II ...

Reducere. The Boys of Company K shows how life was for the common soldier on the dangerous western prairies. The men faced the threat of hostile Indians, dis...

Reducere. Numbering 4, 000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro d...

DescriptionAcross the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional famil...

The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did n...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bruce MarchianoGold Medallion nominee In the Footsteps of Jesus (more than 93, 000 copies sold), is available in softcoverB...

Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramp...

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Reducere. The Braided Pony saloon is no stranger to gun fire and blood stains on the floor. But when a mysterious gunslinger turns up dead in Ruby's room, it...

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DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

Reducere. In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy--some might say foolhardy--decision to homestead in Wyoming. There,...

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 ...

Examines the relationship between sound and statuary in Western aesthetic thought in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of s...

Reducere. The legendary Buffalo Soldiers, four army regiments of former slaves, were vital in taming the American frontier. The Tenth Cavalry of African Amer...

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Reducere. With a new Introduction by the author, this "erudite and brilliantly readable book" (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economi...

Paperback of the standard biography of Gold Meir, the first elected female leader in the West.

A timely reconsideration of the life and times of one of the West's most prominent Muslim converts.Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdNumber of ...

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland in a surgical, lightning campaign, but instead suffered wounds against the outnumbere...

Reducere. An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the ...

The Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world's most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshal...

Reducere. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, star of the American West, began his journey to fame at age twenty-three, when he met writer Ned Buntline. The pulp...

This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in Califo...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Heather HansmanIllustration(s): 1 halftoneNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad, between expectations of fulfill...

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A New York Times bestseller! A pioneering and timely study of how to navigate life's biggest transitions with meaning, purpose, and skill Bruce Fei...

Publisher: Europe BooksAuthor(s): Bruce ClarkNumber of pages: 174Collection: Draw SpacesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 20Cover type:...

The board of a nonprofit agency is only as good as its members. From the newly elected director to the board chair, members need to be enthusiastic...

How 12 Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Succeed in Merging East and West - including Pema Ch dr n, Joan Halifax, and Thubten Chodron, among others Persona...

DescriptionOf the many iconic towns of the old West, none has quite captured our imagination like Deadwood. From the legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and...

Reducere. With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the world and the home of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta(R), the skies of the sou...

Reducere. Describing the radical transformation in German Infantry tactics that took place during World War I, this book presents the first detailed account ...

Reducere. Most water control projects in the American West depend on huge gravity dams, whose stability lies in massive quantities of concrete and earth or r...