The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795-1817, Hardcover - Robert V. Haynes

Reducere. Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. This book explores the p...

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DescriptionConflict on the early American Frontier This is the fascinating and bloody story of the American frontier of the eighteenth century-wher...

Amos Wright unveils exhaustive research following two extended Scottish clans as they made their way across the ocean to the American frontier. Onc...

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The story of the dynamic, driven, and sometimes despised third wheel in the creation of America's iconic theme park While the success of Disneyland...

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Focuses on a late eighteenth-century conflict between Creek Indians and Georgians. The conflict was marked by years of seemingly random theft and v...

Two brothers flee an army of fanatics across a vast and magical desert in this white-knuckle sequel to Master Assassins from Robert V.S. Redick, au...

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Ornette Coleman's career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great D...

Reducere. America's Kingdom debunks the many myths that now surround the United States's "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, or what is less reverently...

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Reducere. From West Side Story in 1957 to Road Show in 2008, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and his collaborators have challenged the conventions of Americ...

Few launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA's behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who wat...

Reducere. DescriptionIn June 1964, Neshoba County, Mississippi, provided the setting for one of the most notorious crimes of the civil rights era: the Klan-o...

Roman is a lone wanderer and the wild is his to explore. Yet despite his amazing adventures and fascinating discoveries, Roman is still searching f...

Contributions by Jerold J. Abrams, Jos Alaniz, John Carey, Maurice Charney, Peter Coogan, Joe Cruz, Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Stefan Danter, Adam ...

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Three centuries after the French explorer La Salle was murdered in the Texas wilds, this volume presents translations of three obscure documents th...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Dordogne, Bordeaux amp; the Southwest Coast will lead you straight to the best attractions this beautiful part of the w...

The compelling story of Ornette Coleman, one of America's most adventurous and innovative jazz musicians.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Maria ...

Two children on opposite sides of the world crave friendship. Is it possible to be friends across the miles?

Daisy Weal lived a normal life right up until the moment she was born. Then things went downhill...Now one little girl must face the reality that s...

Reducere. Mommy, What Do You See When You Look at Me is an endearing story of true love expressed between a mother and daughter. An inquisitive daughter chal...

DescriptionThe Sino-Russian border, once the world's longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. B...

Including over a hundred beautiful images, The Savvy Sphinx charts Greta Garbo's rise and her long self-imposed exile as the queen who abdicated he...

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The story of Beginner Books - and Ted Geisel's role as "president, policymaker, and editor" of the line for thirty years - has been told briefly in...

Reducere. Landscape as Territory is a cartographic book project that critically addresses the agency of architects in the so-called 'Urban Age, ' understandi...

Reducere. Survival comes hard in the frozen wilderness.When a gang of wanted men seeks refuge in the mountains, a bounty hunter enlists Moses Calhoun as a gu...

Reducere. Winter is coming, and so are the soldiers.In the midst of America's Civil War, the fighting in the mountains of the Northwest is between the white ...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring the Civil War, Mississippi's strategic location bordering the Mississippi River and the state's system of railroads drew the atte...

Reducere. The seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workers--oftentimes folks who were either already acqu...

Reducere. On August 29, 2005, the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States devastated the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Louisia...

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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. The most comprehensive survey of Polish history available in English, God's Playground demonstrates Poland's importance in European history from me...