Chestnut and Pine: Civil War Era Campaign Furniture in St. Louis, Hardcover - John Koenig

An in-depth look at the history and construction of campaign furniture during the Civil War, told through the lens of the frontier city of St. Loui...

Reducere. Since its very beginnings, St. Louis has been at the forefront of America's struggle for equality. Many people have contributed to the fight for ju...

Reducere. "The Commentaries on the Gallic War" is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar des...

From the Gateway Arch to scenic Forest Park, this charming board book captures the spirit of St. Louis. Young readers will be captivated by a creat...

Reducere. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as "male." In so doing, it added gender-specific language to t...

Reducere. In the nineteenth century, Texas's advancing western frontier was the site of one of America's longest conflicts between white settlers and native ...

Reducere. From its earliest days as Old Frenchtown, Soulard, St. Louis, has embodied a bold and colorful tapestry of immigrant life in America. With remarkab...

Lafayette Square has always been a reflection of the life and times of St. Louis, Missouri. Originally a common land where cattle grazed and people...

I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era - David Williams

Reducere. The service of African Americans in defense of the Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those ...

Reducere. In Only in St. Louis!, Charlie Brennan shares the most incredible, strange and inspiring stories he has come across in his three decades talking ab...

DescriptionSt. Louis is a food town, and there are many restaurants that have captured the heart of the city. Some of them are no longer around. Ro...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's mos...

The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passe...

Reducere. A reputation as the town of shoes, booze and blues persists in St. Louis. But a fascinating history waits just beneath the surface in the heart of ...

Reducere. Led by two childhood pals, Thomas Snake"" Kinney and Tom Egan, the Egan's Rats emerged from St. Louis's Irish slums. They learned their trade the o...

Reducere. In the history of the St. Louis Cardinals, one figure towers above all, despite never pitching an inning or taking an at-bat for the team. For deca...

Reducere. For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in...

In 1204, the great Angevin Empire created by the joining of the dynasties of Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was fragmenti...

Reducere. Guerrilla warfare, border fights, and unorganized skirmishes are all too often the only battles associated with Missouri during the Civil War. Comb...

Reducere. About the AuthorCarolyn Morrow Long is a collage artist, photographer, researcher, and writer. Author of "Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and...

Reducere. DescriptionMore than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychologi...

Reducere. DescriptionAs a border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. With a meticulous...

DescriptionFew issues created greater consensus among Civil War-era northerners than the belief that the secessionists had committed treason. But a...

An history of the South in the years leading up to and following the Civil War focusing on the women, black and white, rich and poor, who made up t...

Since the first day after the tragedy was announced, controversy has surrounded the death of rap and cultural icon Tupac Shakur. In this work, pree...

More than one hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its hold on the American imagination has not abated. This Very Short Introduction ...

The very first comprehensive work on Louis-Philippe furniture, this book surveys the most important furniture types, stylistic features, woods, mou...

The very first comprehensive work on Louis-Philippe furniture, this book surveys the most important furniture types, stylistic features, woods, mou...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the most tragic wars in Southern Africa's history, the Rhodesian Civil War, raged for over a decade.Spanning from 1966 to 1979, t...