Women on the North American Plains, Paperback - Renee M. Laegreid

Reducere. The first comprehensive view of women on the North American Plains, these essays explore the richness, variety, and complexity of their experiences...

DescriptionMari Sandoz, born on Mirage Flats, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 11, 1896, was the eldest daughter of Swiss immigrants. She exp...

Reducere. For many people who have never spent time in the state, Oklahoma conjures up a series of stereotypes: rugged cowboys, tipi-dwelling American Indian...

People often see the Plains as a vast, empty space where cowboys and Indians fought. This book highlights a rich history of change over time on the...

Reducere. There's probably a good chance that you've turned on your television, computer, or an appliance without giving much thought about the electric grid...

Reducere. Ken Robbins tells in words and historical photographs the amazing yet tragic story of a magnificent and truly American creature: the buffalo. It is...

Reducere. During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive p...

Stunning original photography from Mike Danneman, former art director of Trains magazine, celebrating the beauty and majesty of railways in the gre...

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 ...

In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of America's oppression of Black companionship.According to the 2010 US census, mor...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David SibleyIllustration(s): 800 MapsNumber of pages: 624Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 159 x 245...

Reducere. For two years naturalist/photographer Hope Ryden camped in remote areas of the West observing and photographing coyotes. With eloquence and clarity...

Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Jeffrey MB (Clinical Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Med...

Reducere. Butterfly gardening creates habitats that support butterflies, connecting us with some of the most beautiful creatures in the natural world and bri...

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Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1, 000 e...

Reducere. Brave Hearts: Indian Women of the Plains tells the story of Plains Indian women through a series of fascinating vignettes. They are a remarkable gr...

Reducere. The Twinkling Tree is about an evergreen tree that is cut down by a dad and his boy and is taken to their home to be used as a Christmas tree. At f...

Award NameWilliam C. Morris YA Debut AwardAward categoryYoung Adult LiteratureWilliam C. Morris YA Debut Award Winner A hilarious YA contemporary r...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Miriam ThaggertIllustration(s): 34 black & white photographs, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

Reducere. Instead of talking about women's rights, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west o...

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Number of pages: 344Collection: Io SeriesPublication date: 1996Dimensions: 156 x 228 x 19Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. A personal narrative of the most famous cavalry leader America ever produced. A vivid picture of the American West, the rigors of life for the sett...

Reducere. DescriptionThey are the Forgotten Figures They came from Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, and the United Kingdom and showed America how to play...

Reducere. The Revolutionary War has divided the country. Neighbor has turned against neighbor. Family members argue with family members. Angry rumblings of "...

Reducere. "If you grew up believing there was no better place to be than the nearest river or stream, this book is for you. From start to finish, it's a remi...

This work explores the development of the early 20th-century circus against developments such as the rise of big business and the genesis of the Un...

This Element covers the history of Native North America's largest city: Cahokia, providing the archaeological history of its emergence and collapse...

Reducere. When Confederate men marched off to battle, southern women struggled with the new responsibilities of directing farms and plantations, providing fo...

Reducere. A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians C-SPAN's yearlong histo...

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. In the early nineteenth century, Prince Maximilian of Wied traveled the Missouri River to uncover what he called "the natural face of North America...

DescriptionWomen, Warfare and Representation considers the various ways the American servicewoman has been represented throughout the 20th century ...

Reducere. DescriptionWho would ever forget the lovable singing trio of Alvin, Simon and Theodore, popularly known as Alvin and the Chipmunks? They are well k...

Reducere. Wetland and Aquatic Plants of the Northern Great Plains is a comprehensive field guide to over 500 vascular plant species found in the wetland and ...

Reducere. Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the stu...

Reducere. The Ogallala Aquifer that lies deep beneath the Great Plains from Texas to Colorado contains enough water to fill Lake Erie nine timesEvery year fi...

Literature has always played a central role in creating and disseminating culturally specific notions of citizenship, nationhood, and belonging. In...

Reducere. This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of...

Reducere. This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of...

Reducere. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordabl...

Publisher: Great Plains Publications LtdAuthor(s): Sheila NorthNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 18Cover type: Pape...

DescriptionIn the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incr...

Reducere. "Calof'sstory] has the 'electricity' one occasionally finds in primary sources. It is powerful, shocking, and primitive, with the kind of appeal pr...

Reducere. Description"How happy we were in our new sod house on our homestead and to ourselves."Inspired by sod house homemakers' words and quilts, Kathy Moo...

During the 1950s, at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog and the USA was aiming to become the world's only superpower, plan...

Reducere. Exotic, seductive, and doomed: the antebellum mixed-race free woman of color has long operated as a metaphor for New Orleans. Commonly known as a "...

Reducere. Jean M. Auel's enthralling Earth's Children(R) series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world. In a brilliant novel a...

Reducere. Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest recovers the agrarian village world Indian women created in the lush lands of the Ohio Valley. Algonqui...