The Search for the Underground Railroad in Upstate New York, Paperback - Tom Calarco

Reducere. Because of its clandestine nature, much of the history of the Underground Railroad remains shrouded in secrecy--so much so that some historians hav...

Monumental New York highlights thirty of the most fascinating statues and memorials found throughout Upstate New York. D'Imperio leads readers thro...

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...

When a white man from a prominent local family in Woodstock was murdered in 1905, authorities quickly identified a local African American man as th...

Reducere. In Ultimate Upstate Chuck D'Imperio mines deep into his travel journal and shares an astonishing array of fun and amazing places in Upstate New Yor...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist m...

Reducere. In the early to mid-1800s, Jackson County was home to two branches of the Underground Railroad, a secret network that funneled fugitives from slave...

Reducere. New Hampshire was once a hotbed of abolitionist activity. But the state had its struggles with slavery, with Portsmouth serving as a slave-trade hu...

Reducere. Many believe that support for the abolition of slavery was universally accepted in Vermont, but it was actually a fiercely divisive issue that rock...

Reducere. Much like the rest of the nation, South Central Pennsylvania struggled with slavery. The institution lingered locally for more than fifty years, al...

Reducere. DescriptionA complex and troubled history defines the borders of upstate New York beyond the physical boundaries of its rivers and lakes. The Unite...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Suleiman OsmanConsidered one of the city's most notorious industrial slums in the 1940s and 1950s, Brownstone Brooklyn by t...

Reducere. As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a b...

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION 2016. 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime'( Guardian). '...

Reducere. A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil Settled in the mid-1970s by a small conti...

Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning, National Book Award-winning, Oprah-anointed, #1 New York Times bestselling novel that explores America's...

Reducere. Illus. in full color. Cassie, who flew above New York in Tar Beach, soars into the sky once more. This time, she and her brother Be Be meet a train...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Julia H. LeeIllustration(s): 11 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): Tom CoyneIllustration(s): 8-pg 4-c insert; maps t-oNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 213 ...

Reducere. First published in 1872, "The Underground Railroad" is the fascinating first-hand account of hundreds of slaves and their escape to freedom by Will...

Reducere. Railroads were the first big business enterprises of America and made possible many other industries. They knitted our expansive nation together an...

Reducere. Unknown Museums of Upstate New York is an informative and entertaining guide to the rich resources available at fifty small, often overlooked, regi...

Reducere. Ms. Frizzle and her class visit the Hugh Mann Costume Company to learn all about skeletons: why we need them, what different bones are for, how doc...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad, then keep reading...The Underground Railroad wasn't underground. Nor w...

Reducere. The Town of Chester in upstate Warren County, New York, was a secret haven for runaway slaves escaping to Canada along the Underground Railroad. Th...

Reducere. Upstate New York is the birthplace of many of America's favorite foods. The chicken wing was born in a bar in Buffalo, the potato chip originated i...

Reducere. The authors scoured New England and New York in search of orchids. The result is this handy book that makes field identification a snap. Learn abou...

Reducere. As runaway slaves fled from the South to escape bondage, slave catchers followed in their wake. The arrival of fugitives and slave catchers in the ...

Association for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winnerJulian Steward Award 2006 Runner-Up Over the past two decades, environmental racism has...

Geronimo's sixth magical expedition! I, Geronimo Stilton, was shocked to find myself back in the Kingdom of Fantasy for a sixth time. I was needed ...

Recommended for Steiner-Waldorf teachers of Class 11 (age 16-17) as a way of introducing world literature.

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Abigail CzasterNumber of pages: 46Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 164 x 8Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. 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. Between 1830 and 1860, thousands of Southern slaves escaped to the North and Canada by way of the "underground railroad." Neither underground nor a...

This new edition has been completely revised to reflect the notable innovations in mining engineering and the remarkable developments in the scienc...