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22 produkter
Who Will Take Our Children?
The British Evacuation Program of World War II, rev. ed.
Häftad, 2008
384 kr
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The evacuation of British children before and during World War II transformed the country forever and vastly altered the lives of thousands of English children and their families. The government geared up as early as 1938 for the war it strongly suspected was ahead, organizing the monumental task …
P.S. I Love You
The Story of the Singing Hilltoppers
E-bok, 2007
406 kr
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In 1953, the same year that Elvis Presley cut his first demo, Cash Box magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year. Hits such as "Trying" and "P.S. I Love You" raced up the charts and kept the group in Billboard''s Top 40. The four fresh-faced singers appeared on The Toast of the …
Kentucky Maverick
The Life and Adventures of Colonel George M. Chinn
Inbunden, 2015
604 kr
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Colonel George M. Chinn's (1902--1987) life story reads more like fiction than the biography of a Kentucky soldier. A smart and fun-loving character, Chinn attended Centre College and played on the famous "Praying Colonels" football team that won the 1921 national championship. After graduation, he …
Kentucky Maverick
The Life and Adventures of Colonel George M. Chinn
E-bok, 2015
156 kr
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“An absorbing story about how the Lincoln veteran George Watt managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium.”— San Francisco Review of Books November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler’s Europe is the …
Kentucky Maverick
The Life and Adventures of Colonel George M. Chinn
E-bok, 2015
568 kr
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Colonel George M. Chinn's (19021987) life story reads more like fiction than the biography of a Kentucky soldier. A smart and fun-loving character, Chinn attended Centre College and played on the famous "Praying Colonels" football team that won the 1921 national championship. After graduation, he …
P.S. I Love You
The Story of the Singing Hilltoppers
E-bok, 2007
406 kr
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In 1953, the same year that Elvis Presley cut his first demo, Cash Box magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year. Hits such as "Trying" and "P.S. I Love You" raced up the charts and kept the group in Billboard''s Top 40. The four fresh-faced singers appeared on The Toast of the …
Hounds of the Road
A History of the Greyhound Bus Company
Häftad, 1984
196 kr
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The bus system that came to be known as the Greyhound Bus Company was founded by Carl Eric Wickman, an enterprising Swede of Hibbing, Minnesota. The first bus was a seven-passenger Hupmobile touring car that was used to transport miners across the Mesaba Iron Range to and from work. Wickman was …
Befriending
The American Samaritans
Av Monica Dickens, Carlton Jackson
Häftad, 1996
176 kr
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Who Will Take Our Children?
The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939-1945
E-bok, 2021
571 kr
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This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of …
Who Will Take Our Children?
The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939-1945
E-bok, 2021
571 kr
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This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of …
Who Will Take Our Children?
The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939–1945
Inbunden, 2021
1876 kr
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This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of the …
Who Will Take Our Children?
The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939–1945
Häftad, 2023
547 kr
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This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of the …
Social History of the Scotch-Irish
E-bok, 1999
302 kr
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Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies. Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being fiery …
Hattie
The Life of Hattie McDaniel
E-bok, 1993
305 kr
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Hattie McDaniel was the first black to ever win an Oscar. She was also the first black woman to ever sing on American radio. In this fresh assessment of her life and career, Carlton Jackson tells the inside story of her working relationships, her personal life, and the many obstacles she faced as a …
Social History of the Scotch-Irish
Häftad, 1999
300 kr
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Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies. Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being fiery …
Child of the Sit-Downs
The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger
E-bok, 2008
464 kr
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ForeWord Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography! A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the communities’ support to succeed. This was exemplified in the legendary 1937 sit-down strike in Flint, …
Child of the Sit-Downs
The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger
E-bok, 2008
464 kr
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ForeWord Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography! A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the communities’ support to succeed. This was exemplified in the legendary 1937 sit-down strike in Flint, …
Joseph Gavi
Young Hero of the Minsk Ghetto
E-bok, 2001
160 kr
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Follow the shocking but true story of Joseph Gavi, a small Jewish boy growing up in Minsk, Byelorussia, during the German invasion of WWII. Relive unspeakable horrors surrounding him as he at first struggles to simply survive and then to overcome his brutal oppressors through covert action with the …
Befriending
The American Samaritans
Av Monica Dickens, Carlton Jackson
Inbunden, 1996
412 kr
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