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16 produkter
Texas Supreme Court
A Narrative History, 1836–1986
Häftad, 2013
356 kr
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“Few people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as women’s rights and the protection of debtors.” Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The …
Passionate Nation
The Epic History of Texas
Inbunden, 2006
214 kr
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Texas has become the most American of all the states. Texas's politics has taken over in Washington, and Texas's passionate sense of itself as a nation is echoed by the fervent patriotism of tens of millions of Americans. Texas is also our most outsized hodgepodge -- of Latino, black, white, Asian; …
Shores of Tripoli
Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
E-bok, 2016
173 kr
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The first novel in award-winning historian James L. Haley’s brilliant adventure series featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise . It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat of …
Darker Sea
Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812
E-bok, 2017
216 kr
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The second installment of the gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring Commander Bliven Putnam, chronicling the build up to the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain after the Revolution—the War of 1812. At the opening of the War of 1812, …
Devil in Paradise
E-bok, 2019
246 kr
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The gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley moves to a tropical setting as Captain Bliven Putnam takes on pirates in the Phillipines and diplomatic relations in Hawaii. It''s 1818 and Bliven Putnam is now a captain in the American navy. Doing battle with the deadly pirate Jean …
Sam Houston
Häftad, 2004
349 kr
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In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston's momentous career and the complex man behind it. Haley's fifteen years of research and writing have produced possibly the …
Captive Paradise
A History of Hawaii
E-bok, 2014
213 kr
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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The arrival of …
Captive Paradise
A History of Hawaii
Ljudbok, 2014
337 kr
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In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough comes the first full-scale narrative history of Hawaii, an epic tale of empire, industry, war, and culture. The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its discovery by Captain …
Wolf
The Lives of Jack London
Ljudbok, 2010
335 kr
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Jack London was born a working-class, fatherless San Franciscan in 1876. In his youth, he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling west coast—by and by playing the role of hobo, sailor, and oyster pirate. From his vantage point at the margins of Gilded Age America, he witnessed such …
Handy Texas Answer Book
Häftad, 2018
436 kr
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Texas is the country's second largest state by size and population. It has a unique and varied history, having been ruled by a succession of nations - from which the term, six flags over Texas, sprang, before becoming an independent republic. From its traditional oil, cattle and cotton industries …
YMCA
175 Years of Innovation That Shaped America
Av James L Haley, Sean Patrick Doles
Inbunden, 2026
378 kr
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Passionate Nation
The Epic History of Texas
Häftad, 2022
280 kr
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Utilizing many sources new to publication, James L. Haley delivers a most readable and enjoyable narrative history of Texas, told through stories—the words and recollections of Texans who actually lived the state’s spectacular history. From Jim Bowie’s and Davy Crockett’s myth-enshrouded stand at …
