0.39 x 8.35 x 5.51 Inches
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272 pages. For about as long as there has been a Texas there have been Texas mysteries, and many of them remain unsolved. What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Did the U.S. Army secretly bury hundreds of guns in North Texas after WWII? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The authors present the known facts and circumstances of these and other mysteries.
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Appendix (listing ships, commanders, and armaments), bibliog., illus., index, maps. Stated First Printing.. 1.1 x 9.31 x 6.31 Inches. 292 pages. On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to Jefferson Davis as an absolute shock. In this exhaustive study, Chester G. Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events to explain why. He directs his inquiry to the heart of government, both Union and Confederate, and takes a hard look at...
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238 pages. What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the accomplishments of these men and women were, the written records pertaining to them are scarce, ambiguous, and often conflicting, and those curious about the birthplace of the United States are left to turn to dramatic and often highly fictionalized reports. In Jamestown, the Buried Truth, William Kelso takes us literally to the soil where the Jamestown colony began, unearthing the James Fort and its contents to reveal fascinating evidence of the ...
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. 308 pages
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No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . . 288 pages. This vivid portrait of the war's horrors and glories will fascinate residents of New England and all Civil War buffs.
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408 pages. This road, opened in 1818, began at Cumberland, Maryland, and ended in Illinois. Until the coming of the railroads west of the Allegheny mountains in 1852, the National Road was the one great highway over which passed the bulk of trade and travel, and mails between East and West. This work covers many aspects of life on the road, and names many of the people involved with the building of the road, and the people who made their living from the road. Illustrations enhance the text.
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Several faint surface scratches . . 160 pages. From the Mayflower that reached unknown shores to the Eagle that landed on the moon, there is no more uplifting story than that of America's priceless heritage and the ideals that have guided its people every step of the way. This is a story beyond dates. It is the moving, human story of ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things while overcoming seemingly impossible challenges. Ideals has compiled not only a historical overview of America's heritage, but a beautiful and inspiring work as well. Acccompanying the great words are paintings ...
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Protected in a removable archival cover. . 1.61 x 9.58 x 6.3 Inches. 457 pages. A multicultural history of the United States from one woman's perspective. Using family artifacts and fascinating tidbits of American history, the book provides a broad portrayal of the early years of our country with detailed chapters on the last five decades of the twentieth century. The basic theme interwoven throughout the narrative is "One Drop," the concept that anyone possessing any black blood is considered to be black.
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Two closed tears - each 1/2 inch. Price-clipped . 182 pages
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Spine crease. 510 pages. The grand saga of American history told through the story of one remarkable family--a chronicle of pioneers and generals, presidents and scoundrels, cowboys and killers, Southern belles and civil rights heroes. In 1680, a Scots-Irish mercenary named Robert Pollok fled war-torn Ireland with his family, in search of safe haven and a better life in the New World. When Robert (now using the name "Polk") arrived in Maryland, the only land available was a wretched piece of swampfront the locals derisively dubbed "Polk's Folly." From this desperate and hardscr...
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Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Pictoral cover. Map on endpapers. Deckle-edged pages. 462 pages. Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become "one nation, indivisible"? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer...
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