Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West, Hardcover - Blaine Harden

"Terrific." -Timothy Egan, The New York Times "A riveting investigation of both American myth-making and the real history that lies beneath." -Clau...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Blaine HardenNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 30Cover type: Paperback / so...

A nineteenth-century attack by Native Americans on a Presbyterian mission in what would become the Oregon Territory proved to be a turning point in...

Reducere. After two decades, Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and f...

Reducere. Fisherman Mark Spitzer takes readers on an action-packed investigation of the most fierce and fearsome freshwater grotesques of the American West e...

Reducere. Spectacular in scope and visually brilliant, this atlas presents a sweeping history of the American West through more than 600 original, full-color...

Unpicking the ever-changing myth of the West in photography, from the 19th century to nowPublished for an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Dav...

Reducere. Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, s...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the occult came to the American West: individualism and magic in the art of California, from Agnes Pelton to Jess"It is in America ...

Reducere. Evoking Into the Wild and The Monkey Wrench Gang, Dead Run is the extraordinary true story of three desperado survivalists, a dangerous plot, a bru...

Reducere. On the morning of January 22, 1927, Baylor University's basketball team set out by bus for Austin to play the University of Texas that night. The g...

Imagine a man fascinated with the history and cultures of the world, who spoke multiple languages, and who could express his passion in virtually a...

Reducere. The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, se...

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 ...

Publisher: Kensington PublishingAuthor(s): J.A. JohnstoneNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 121 x 177 x 32Cover type: Paperback ...

With fresh appraisals of popular Westerns, this book examines the history of the genre with a focus on definitional aspects of canon, adaptation an...

Reducere. Once Adolf Hitler was defeated, U.S. Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke received his most challenging assignment: he was sent to Nuremberg to minister to ...

Reducere. They ride horses, rope calves, buck broncos, ride and fight bulls, and even wrestle steers. They are Black cowboys, and the legacies of their pursu...

Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Arnold Hermann Ludwig HeerenIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 486Publication date: 20...

On August 16, 1982, an unidentified attacker brutalized and strangled Maggie Hume at her apartment in Battle Creek, Michigan. The daughter of a bel...

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the pr...

The bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 tells one man's astonishing story, set against the world's longest-lasting totalitarian state: North ...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Author(s): Leonard J. PellmanIllustration(s): Black and white photosNumber of pages: 356Publication date: 2022...

DescriptionA powerful work of visual nonfiction about three generations of an Apache family struggling to protect sacred land from a multinational ...

Reducere. "For a quarter of a century, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved ...

DescriptionFrom the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned far and wide for its magnifi...

Reducere. A larger-than-life account of family, greed, and a courtroom showdown between Big Oil rivals from the New York Times-bestselling author of Private ...

Reducere. To many Americans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the West was simultaneously the greatest symbol of American opportunity, the greatest ...

Reducere. The "Great Magness Trial" was one of the most celebrated murder cases in early Tennessee history. David Magness shot and killed Major Patton Anders...

Reducere. Taking a novel approach to the military history of the post-Civil War West, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley examines the careers of seven m...

An utterly charming and heartfelt dual-time novel, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley and Cecelia Ahern.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s...

Reducere. In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward ...

In his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of acclaimed novel The Dante Club, explores the little-known true stor...

In his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of acclaimed novel The Dante Club, explores the little-known true stor...

Reducere. With the return of spring, life wakes in the mountain valleys.As the grizzly bear shakes off his winter slumber and sets out in search of food, the...

Reducere. Rodeo is a dangerous and painful performance in which only the strongest and most skilled riders succeed. In the popular imagination, the western r...

A weight loss solution designed specifically for women in perimenopause and menopause. Taking an in depth look at the specific nutrition and exerci...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (1998) - Oregon Book Awards - (Nonfiction)Contributor(s): Author: Quintard TaylorThe American West is mistakenly known as a region w...

The life and death of a 19th-century circus legend.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Karl ShawNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. Hardback edition. WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT, PRINT THE LEGEND. This illustrated Old West trivia book is a must-have reference for western writer...

When cowboys were workers and battled their bossesIn the pantheon of American icons, the cowboy embodies the traits of "rugged individualism, " ind...

The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train--a beautiful me...

Reducere. This powerful story documents the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of extraordinary navy corpsman George Wahlen. After decades of silence, t...

American soldiers overseas during World War II were famously said to be "overpaid, oversexed, and over here." But the assaults, rapes, and other br...

American antique dealer Kate Hamilton's Christmastime jaunt to a charming English village leads to an investigation of a missing ruby...and a chain...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...