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14 produkter
Representative Americans
The Colonists
Häftad, 2001
572 kr
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This updated volume of Representative Americans highlights three generations of colonial Americans—men and women who founded, shaped, and coined traditions of this country. This is a glimpse into a time of empire and frontier, religion, and science. The breadth of this experience is represented in …
Representative Americans
The Revolutionary Generation
Häftad, 2001
630 kr
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Each generation of Americans has a special flavor, a character of its own. Sometimes a memorable decade, such as the 'Gay Nineties' or the 'Roaring Twenties,' imprinted the generation that lived and outlived it. Yet no simple rubric comes easily to mind when one thinks of the Revolutionary …
Jefferson's America, 1760–1815
Inbunden, 2009
1747 kr
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A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of …
Jefferson's America, 1760–1815
Häftad, 2009
949 kr
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A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of …
Dakota
The Story of the Northern Plains
Häftad, 2013
398 kr
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The northern plains are often ignored by the rest of the nation or, if not, are mentioned in the context of the weather, Mount Rushmore, or the Black Hills. However, North Dakota and South Dakota have a colorful past-and present-deserving of greater recognition.Norman K. Risjord relates the …
WPA Guide to Wisconsin
The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Wisconsin
Häftad, 2006
415 kr
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Popular History of Minnesota
E-bok, 2009
248 kr
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What do Paul Bunyan, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Ventura have in common? Minnesota, of course! In A Popular History of Minnesota, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of the state's remarkable history. This highly readable volume details everything from the glacial formation of the land …
Shining Big Sea Water
The Story of Lake Superior
E-bok, 2009
202 kr
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In Shining Big Sea Water, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of Lake Superior's remarkable history, taking readers through the centuries and into the lives of those who have traveled the lake and inhabited its shores. Through lively, informative chapters, Risjord begins with the lake's …
Representative Americans
The Revolutionary Generation
E-bok, 2001
712 kr
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Each generation of Americans has a special flavor, a character of its own. Sometimes a memorable decade, such as the ''Gay Nineties'' or the ''Roaring Twenties,'' imprinted the generation that lived and outlived it. Yet no simple rubric comes easily to mind when one thinks of the Revolutionary …
Representative Americans
The Romantics
Häftad, 2001
418 kr
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Like the preceeding books in The Representative Americans series, The Romantics makes history human by putting tissue on the skeletal framework of names and dates. Risjord uses a biographical approach to make the past more concrete and vivid, to recover a heritage that todayOs reader can feel and …
Jefferson's America, 1760–1815
Inbunden, 2002
942 kr
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A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of …
Builders of Annapolis – Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital
Häftad, 1970
257 kr
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In 1700, Maryland's new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the 18th century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in …
