Covered Wagon Women, Volume 9: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1864-1868, Paperback - David Duniway

Reducere. In their simplicity is their poignancy. On August 7, 1865, Mary Louisa Black noted in her journal that they were "nooning on a nice stream in a val...

Reducere. "We traveled this forenoon over the roughest and most desolate piece of ground that was ever made, " wrote Amelia Knight during her 1853 wagon trai...

Reducere. Abigail Jane Scott was seventeen when she left Illinois with her family in the spring of 1852. Her record of the journey west is full of expressive...

Reducere. The wagon trains to California greatly decreased in 1851 as reports of deadly cholera on the trail the year before and strikeouts in gold prospecti...

Reducere. The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and yo...

Reducere. The women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s speak through these letters and diaries. Here are the voices of Tamsen Donner and yo...

Reducere. The diaries and letters of women on the overland trails in the mid- to late nineteenth century are treasured documents. These eleven selections dra...

Arhiva istorica a Romaniei. Volumul 1 1864-1865 si volumul 2 1867-1868

Reducere. Travel along the Oregon Trail with the pioneers who dared to "face the elephant" as they moved west in search of a new life. Compiled from the trai...

Reducere. The Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. People have long...

DescriptionA rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the ...

In 1853, a wagon train camped in the Eastern Oregon desert 130 miles from the Oregon Trail. Uncertain of their whereabouts and in desperate need of...

In 1918, urged on by his son Harry, John Benton Hart began to tell stories of a three-year period in his youth. He recalled his days as a trooper i...

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 ...

The Christmas Truce of 1914 remains a moment of enduring fascination more than a century after the day the First World War guns fell silent. Now fo...

Reducere. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) was born the youngest son of Tsar Alexander III, ruler of the mightiest empire on earth. Upo...

Reducere. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) was born the youngest son of Tsar Alexander III, ruler of the mightiest empire on earth. Upo...

Popular author and veteran novelist combine their talents to help readers discover firsthand what it was like to encounter Jesus and his life-chang...

Reducere. Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringi...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Number of pages: 344Collection: Io SeriesPublication date: 1996Dimensions: 156 x 228 x 19Cover type: Paperback...

Publisher: Persephone Books LtdAuthor(s): Etty HillesumIllustration(s): 1 port.Number of pages: 430Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 193 x 142 x 36...

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. "We pray the God of mercy to deliver us from our present Calamity, " wrote Patrick Breen on the first day of 1847 as he and others in the Donner pa...

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. An amazing account of the survival of an American lady among hostile Indians This is a remarkable story of one woman's ordeal and a testament of ex...

The fascinating lives of the Bronte sisters, told in their own words through letters and diaries, illuminated by period illustrations and rarely se...

Responds to letters from women who need advice and help in their recovery from addiction - whether drugs, alcohol or dangerous men. This book, "a c...

Using the form of a novel it shows how under the guidance of a Hermit a young man in danger of taking his own life is taught how to develop and dee...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Translator: Anthony AnemoneTranslator: Peter ScottoAuthor: Daniil KharmsIn addition to his numerous works in prose and poetry for b...

From bestselling author David Sedaris, the second volume of diaries - the source of his remarkable autobiographical stories.Publisher: Little, Brow...

Auden, George Barker, William Empson, Geoffrey Faber, John Hayward, James Laughlin, Hope Mirrlees, Mervyn Peake, Ezra Pound, Michael Roberts, Steph...

Offering a collection of personal and defining moments, this book offers insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered.

Reducere. A remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images selected from the diaries David Sedaris has been creating for four decades In this richly ill...

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 ...

Big Trails: Great Britain & Ireland Volume 2 features twenty-five long-distance trails in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland, a...

A collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history.Publisher: Welbeck P...

Publisher: Day BooksIllustration(s): 150 line drawings, 20 photographsNumber of pages: 310Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 14Cover typ...

Reducere. Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes of the early years of her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, their pioneering flying adventures, and the tragic kidnapping...

Tales from the Big Trails is Martyn Howe's story of walking the nineteen National Trails in England, Scotland and Wales, some 3, 000 miles in total...

Christopher is the eldest of seven in a middle-class English family. Theresa is the thirteenth child of Chinese immigrants in the British colony of...

DescriptionThe story of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's life, begun in Bring Me a Unicorn, continues in this fifth and final published volume of her diarie...

Reducere. After breaking a 'curse' on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster... and ri...