Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow, Paperback - Susan Millar Williams

Reducere. DescriptionOn August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Flo...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Clarence A. HaynesNumber of pages: 144Collection: True HistoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 216 x...

Julia Peterkin revolutionized American literature by writing seriously about the lives of plain black farming people. In five bold, lyrical books s...

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DescriptionThe New York Times bestseller. A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the vi...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Brooks E. HefnerIllustration(s): 15 black & whilte illustrationsNumber of pages: 248Publication ...

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Reducere. An authoritative text and historical and contemporary photographs that bring independent African American communities out of the shadows of history.

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The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Fall of the Rebel Angels is the first comprehensive book on one of the most cherished masterpieces of the Royal Museums ...

Reducere. DescriptionOn October 6, 1973--Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar--the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surpris...

A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the combat and logistics vehicles which formed part of the German contingent that fought in the Spanish Civ...

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Reducere. Journalist Dennis McAuliffe Jr. grew up believing that his Osage Indian grandmother, Sybil Bolton, had died an early death in 1925 from kidney dise...

Reducere. In 1973 the small southwest Nebraska railroad town of McCook became the unlikely scene of a grisly murder. More than forty years later, author Jame...

DescriptionBaseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has ...

Presents the recommended Bible readings (references only) for Sundays, weekdays and Principal Festivals worked out for the year between Advent 2018...

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The Allure of Charleston celebrates this historic city's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century styles and demonstrates how they continue to be employe...

In the middle of the night of October 28, 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the most famous man in Russia, vanished. A secular saint revered for his literary geni...

This book examines John Keats's immensely important collection of poems, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, And Other Poems (1820), and is publi...

The 29th novel in Anne Perry's highly acclaimed crime series featuring Inspector Thomas PittPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Anne Per...

Reducere. DescriptionA tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade, " according to the Chronicl...

Reducere. Did you know that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is thought to be one of the deadliest earthquakes in history?In the early morning of April 18th...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the case *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of...

Reducere. "Alex Heard has crafted a memorable narrative of a civil rights case that deserves a larger place in American memory." --Jon Meacham In this grippi...