Natural History of Western New York, Paperback - Douglas G. Stinson

The essays in this book combine the authors' personal experiences walking through the landscape and among the plants of Western New York with both ...

DescriptionIn 1800, the Holland Land Company assigned surveyor Joseph Ellicott the task of selling at a profit 3.3 million acres of land west of th...

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Reducere. Profiling more than 400 of the most commonly seen birds in western North America, this handy photographic field guide brings each species to life o...

Today, race seems to be both everywhere and nowhere. There still exists a general abhorrence about discriminating between people according to their...

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When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed ...

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Reducere. A complex and troubled history defines the borders of upstate New York beyond the physical boundaries of its rivers and lakes. The United States an...

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A concise history of the Indians said to have sold Manhattan for $24 The Indian sale of Manhattan is one of the world's most cherished legends. Few...

Publisher: BiblioLifeAuthor(s): New York Chamber of CommerceIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2009Dimension...

"The drums they roll, upon my soul, for that's the way we go, " runs the chorus in a Harrigan and Hart song from 1874. "Forty miles a day on beans ...

Reducere. Award NameParents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007)Award categoryApprovedDiscover how a game of lacrosse led to a victory for the Ojibwatribe again...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals o...

Reducere. Bullets in The Fire - The Saga of New York RedA sexually liberated young woman, Erma Louise Hill, comes of age during the depression under difficul...

Reducere. DescriptionI m continually intrigued by the manner in which the natural and human histories of any given region overlap and eventually commingle. T...

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In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This t...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Douglas (New York University) GaleNumber of pages: 520Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2001Dimensions:...