History of Nebraska, Paperback - John J. Montag

Originally created to mark the territorial centennial of Nebraska and then revised to coincide with the statehood centennial, this one-volume histo...

Reducere. This overview of Nebraska history leads both visitors and residents on an in-depth tour of the state's past. Divided into five geographic divisions...

Reducere. 2018 Nebraska Book Award The state of Nebraska has a rich and varied culture, from the eastern metropolitan cities of Omaha and Lincoln to the ranc...

The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America's great adventure of the 19th century. It marked the beginnin...

Reducere. Covering nearly twenty thousand square miles, the Sandhills of Nebraska is a rich and layered region that is home to one of the most productive ran...

Reducere. Blue Jacket (ca. 1743-ca. 1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the galvanizing force behind an intertribal confederacy of unparalleled scope that fought...

Reducere. Chickasaw Society and Religion brings back into print one of the most important ethnographic sources on Chickasaw Indian society and culture ever p...

DescriptionFrom the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, Mexico experienced major transformations influenced by a global...

Reducere. In a debate in the Senate on July 9, 1866, contemplating the formation of a black infantry regiment, some senators observed that "if it was a privi...

Reducere. From 1870 until 1886 Captain John O. Bourke served on the staff of General George Crook, who Sherman described as the greatest Indian fighter the a...

Reducere. DescriptionUnforgettable people. Beloved places. Enduring memories. From its beginning in 1869 as a land-grant institution on the edge of the prair...

Reducere. This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists....

Reducere. EVERY Catholic at some time in his life has undoubtedly felt a desire to know the history of the Catholic Church. But where to begin the study of 2...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charlyne BerensWhen Nebraskans voted to trade in their bicameral, partisan legislature for a one-house, nonpartisan body in...

Reducere. For Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the battle for Lorraine during the fall and winter of 1944 was a frustrating and grueling experience of static ...

Reducere. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel, however, quickly...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is a short treatment of a long history. Nebraska has been inundated by ancient seas, carved by glaciers, and settled by ancien...

Reducere. ``I am an old man, and soon my spirit must leave this earth to join the spirit of my fathers. Therefore, I shall speak only the truth in telling wh...

Reducere. Boarding School Seasons offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the twen...

Reducere. Recent decades have drawn more attention to the United States' treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few people realize, however, th...

Deza and Its Moriscos addresses an incongruity in early modern Spanish historiography: a growing awareness of the importance played by Moriscos in ...

Reducere. My main rule was that I wouldn't be called "Mista" I thought the students would show me respect if they identified me as a person and not just any ...

Reducere. Here is a treasure trove of easy to use tools for mapping your course through today's market. Whether you're using online charts or a professional ...

Reducere. Even a moment is enough for wonder and curiosity. Each page of this book uses a photo or artifact to tell a true story about the past, drawing from...

Reducere. The Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons-development effort ever undertaken by the State of Israel, envisioned a new generation of high-perfor...

This troubling book offers a striking illustration of how history can be used and abused-how a gifted individual can create their own self-serving ...

Reducere. The University of Nebraska Press is utilizing Docutech technology to make some out-of-print books available again. All on-demand titles are produce...

Reducere. John W. Evans was twenty-nine years old and his wife, Katie, was thirty. They had met in the Peace Corps in Bangladesh, taught in Chicago, studied ...

The Nebraska Indian Wars Reader, 1865-1877 provides the first comprehensive look at the Indian Wars in Nebraska, focusing on the years immediately ...

Climb into the cockpit with Dust Bowl farm boy Lance Roark as he arrives in England commanding a B-17 Flying Fortress at the height of World War II...

Reducere. World History of Warfare is designed as a textbook for introductory college courses in military history. The text covers worldwide military history...

Reducere. In 1887 a twenty-one-year-old newspaperman named George Nellis (1865-1948) rode a bicycle from Herkimer, New York, to San Francisco in seventy-two ...

Reducere. Over the Atlantic in the dark of night, the electronic brain of Pangia Airlines Flight 10 quietly and without warning disconnects all the cockpit c...

Reducere. With two young children and a loving wife, the stakes were high when John J. Spitzer found out his testicular cancer had returned after thirteen ye...

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Reducere. DescriptionSince becoming the Nebraska women's volleyball coach in 2000, John Cook has led the team to four national championships, seven NCAA semi...

Reducere. -This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee's triumph over Union leader John Pope in the...

Reducere. Critical Praise for Gene Smith On Until the Last Trumpet Sounds ""The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expeditionary Forc...

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. Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts ...

Reducere. Praise for INTERMARKET ANALYSIS "John Murphy has done it again. He dissects the global relationships between equities, bonds, currencies, and commo...

Reducere. DescriptionLisette, a Saint-Domingue-born Creole slave and daughter of an African-born bossale, has inherited not only the condition of slavery but...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Encyclopedia of the Great Plains is a cooperative project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the University of Nebraska Pres...

DescriptionMain Selection of the Military Book Club Made famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebra...

Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the 'classical' period of Gr...

Reducere. DescriptionTucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken br...