Missouri Heritage Readers Series – serie
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Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri
Häftad, 1994
229 kr
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The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between Confederate and Union forces, much of the fighting in Missouri was an ugly form of terrorism carried out by loose bands of Missouri guerrillas, by …
Trail of Tears Across Missouri
Av Joan Gilbert
Häftad, 1996
197 kr
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This text provides an account of the 1837-1838 removal of the Cherokees from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). After discussing the events leading up to their brutal exile, it traces the mass exodus state by state from Tennessee to Arkansas.
Orphan Trains to Missouri
Av Michael D. Patrick, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel
Häftad, 1997
229 kr
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This text explores the ""orphan trains"" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans.
George Caleb Bingham Volume 1
Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Politician
Häftad, 2005
192 kr
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In this fascinating work, Paul Nagel tells the full story of George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), one of America's greatest nineteenth-century painters. While Nagel assesses Bingham's artistic achievements, he also portrays another and very important part of the artist's career - his service as a …
Called to Courage
Four Women in Missouri History
Av Margot Ford McMillen, Heather Roberson
Häftad, 2002
153 kr
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While there are many accessible biographies of important Missouri men, there are few such biographies of Missouri women, which might suggest that they did not count in history. This book helps to correct that misconception by tracing the lives of four women who played important roles in their eras. …
Catfish, Fiddles, Mules and More
Missouri's State Symbols
Häftad, 2003
139 kr
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Throughout history symbols have been used in a variety of ways, often playing important roles. Each state has its own representative symbols - ranging from seals, flags, and buildings to rocks, minerals, plants, and animals - but how did they come to be chosen? In Catfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More, …
Missouri at Sea Volume 1
Warships with Show-me-state Names
Häftad, 2004
166 kr
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Although the state of Missouri is located hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, ships with Missouri names and connections have served the United States for decades. In Missouri at Sea, Richard Schroeder uses the ships that were named after the state, its cities, and its favorite sons, to …
Into the Spotlight
Four Missouri Women
Av Margot Ford McMillen, Heather Roberson
Häftad, 2004
162 kr
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As a companion volume to their earlier book, ""Called to Courage: Four Women in Missouri History"", Margot Ford McMillen and Heather Roberson's ""Into the Spotlight"" provides the biographies of four more remarkable Missouri women. Sacred Sun, also called Mohongo, Emily Newell Blair, Josephine …
Immigrant Women in the Settlement of Missouri
Av Robyn Burnett, Ken Luebbering
Häftad, 2005
157 kr
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Robyn Burnett and Ken Luebbering first looked at how immigration has affected Missouri's cultural landscape in their popular book German Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old Ways. Now they tell the stories of women from all across Europe who left the Old World for Missouri. Drawing heavily on the …
Jessie Benton Frémont Volume 1
Missouri's Trailblazer
Av Ilene Stone, Suzanna M. Grenz
Häftad, 2005
153 kr
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When Senator Thomas Hart Benton, one of Missouri's first two senators, was expecting his second child in 1824, he hoped it would be a boy. Although he was graced instead with a girl, he named her Jessie and raised her more like a son than a nineteenth-century daughter. Senator Benton was the main …
Five Stars Volume 1
Missouri's Most Famous Generals
Häftad, 2006
171 kr
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Missouri's history is replete with strong and adventurous leaders, from Lewis and Clark to Harry S. Truman. It is no surprise, then, that the Show-Me State has produced a great number of military men and women, including thirty individuals who attained the rank of general. In this clearly written …
Second Home
Missouri's Early Schools
Av Sue Thomas
Häftad, 2006
148 kr
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The one-room schoolhouse may be a thing of the past, but it is the foundation on which modern education rests. Sue Thomas now traces the progress of early education in Missouri, demonstrating how important early schools were in taming the frontier. ""A Second Home"" offers an in-depth and …
M. Jeff Thompson
Missouri's Swamp Fox of the Confederacy
Häftad, 2007
148 kr
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In the treacherous swamps of southeast Missouri, a different kind of Civil War was waged. Meriwether Jeff Thompson was one of the most intriguing but least-known Missouri participants in the Civil War. He and his troops traveled fast and light to harass Union forces, materializing out of the …
Missouri Caves in History and Legend
Häftad, 2008
171 kr
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Missouri has been likened to a ""cave factory"" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. Dwight Weaver has been fascinated by Missouri's caves …
Indomitable Mary Easton Sibley
Pioneer of Women's Education in Missouri
Häftad, 2008
180 kr
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Acknowledged as a significant figure in the history of women on the early western frontier, Mary Easton Sibley may be little known to many modern readers. Yet she was involved in most of the important events in nineteenth-century Missouri, pursued and practiced educational innovations, and founded …
