Discover the Great Plains – serie
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10 produkter
Great Plains Geology
Häftad, 2017
209 kr
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Great Plains Geology concisely guides readers through the geological development of the Great Plains region. It describes the distinct features of fifty-seven geologic sites, including fascinating places such as Raton Pass in Colorado and New Mexico, the Missouri Breaks of Montana, and the Ashfall …
Great Plains Indians
Häftad, 2016
167 kr
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2017 Nebraska Book Awards Nonfiction: ReferenceDavid J. Wishart’s Great Plains Indians covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history.From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, …
Great Plains Bison
Av Dan O'Brien
Häftad, 2017
211 kr
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A Project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of NebraskaGreat Plains Bison traces the history and ecology of this American symbol from the origins of the great herds that once dominated the prairie to its near extinction in the late nineteenth …
Great Plains Literature
Häftad, 2018
219 kr
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Great Plains Literature is an exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada. It reflects the destruction of the culture of the first people who lived there, the attempts of settlers to conquer the land, and the tragic losses and successes of …
Great Plains Politics
Häftad, 2018
211 kr
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The Great Plains has long been home to unconventional and leading-edge politics, from the fiery Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan to the country’s first female U.S. representative and first female governor to the nation’s only single-house state legislature. Great Plains …
Great Plains Birds
Häftad, 2019
189 kr
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2020 Nebraska Book AwardThe Great Plains is a well-known and well-studied hybrid zone for many animals, most notably birds.In Great Plains Birds Larkin Powell explores the history, geography, and geology of the plains and the birds that inhabit it. From the sandhill crane to ducks and small …
Great Plains Forts
Av Jay H. Buckley, Jeffery D. Nokes
Häftad, 2023
211 kr
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Great Plains Forts introduces readers to the fortifications that have impacted the lives of Indigenous peoples, fur trappers and traders, travelers, and military personnel on the Great Plains and prairies from precontact times to the present. Using stories to introduce patterns in fortification …
Great Plains Weather
Häftad, 2019
195 kr
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The weather of the Great Plains is extreme and highly variable, from floods to droughts, blizzards to tornadoes. In Great Plains Weather Kenneth F. Dewey explains what makes this region’s climate unique by presenting a historical climatology of extreme weather events. Beginning with …
Great Plains Homesteaders
E-bok, 2024
186 kr
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Great Plains Homesteaders tells the epic story of how millions of people, white and Black, women and men, young and old, and of many different religions, languages, and ethnic groups, moved to the Great Plains to claim land. Most were poor, so the government’s offer of “free” farms through the …
