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Cover of Inaugural Addresses: President Ulysses S. Grants Second Inaugural Address (Illustrated)
by Ulysses S. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and for the occasion he gave the nations first presidential inaugural address, used to inform the people of his...
Cover of Inaugural Addresses: President Ulysses S. Grants Inaugural Addresses (Illustrated)
by Ulysses S. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and for the occasion he gave the nations first presidential inaugural address, used to inform the people of his...
Cover of Inaugural Addresses: President Ulysses S. Grants First Inaugural Address (Illustrated)
by Ulysses S. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and for the occasion he gave the nations first presidential inaugural address, used to inform the people of his...
Cover of Very New Orleans

Very New Orleans

A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm

by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013

The exquisite antebellum mansions of the Garden District. Giant oaks stretching across boulevards and back in time to before the Civil War. The decadence of Bourbon Street. The vibrant sounds of jazz, blues, and Cajun music coming from every doorway or right from the street. Lacy iron balconies that...
Cover of Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
by Rolena Adorno
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished...
Cover of Canoe Crossings

Canoe Crossings

Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia

by Sanford Osler
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014

Often called one of the Seven Wonders of Canada, the canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to travel the province’s many waterways. Always at the crossroads...
Cover of Great Graves of Upstate New York
by Chuck D'Imperio
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2009

The hundreds of rural cemeteries in Upstate New York are the bucolic final resting places of a plethora of legendary Americans from the recent and distant past. For over a decade, Chuck DImperio traveled to research the beautiful and historic region in search of some of the most famous (and infamous)...
Cover of A History of South Carolina Barbeque
by Lake E. High Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013

“The guru of ’que . . . [is] well equipped for his mission: securing South Carolina’s rightful claim as home to the nation’s first and best barbeque” (South Carolina Living).   South Carolina has been home to good, old-fashioned barbeque for quite a long time. Hundreds of restaurants,...
Cover of America's First Civilization
by Michael D. Coe
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019

Here is the story of America's oldest - and oddest - civilization, the Olmecs of the southern Mexican jungles. Virtually unknown to archaeologists until the early twentieth century, their true importance is only now being realized and shedding new light on how the Indian peoples of the Americas came to be here.
Cover of Underestimating The Enemy: The Mistake That Starts Our Wars
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012

From the American Revolution to the war in Vietnam to Americas most recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, a belief in a quick victory has pervaded the opening months of almost every war we have fought. New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming traces the long history of the overconfidence...
Cover of Columbus

Columbus

The Four Voyages, 1492-1504

by Laurence Bergreen
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011

From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world...
Cover of The Life of George Washington (Illustrated Edition)
by John Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012

John Marshall (September 24, 1755 July 6, 1835) is perhaps Americas greatest jurist. As the Chief Justice of the United States from 180135, Marshalls opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with...
Cover of Brothers and Friends

Brothers and Friends

Kinship in Early America

by Natalie R. Inman
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

By following key families in Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Anglo-American societies from the Seven Years’ War through 1845, this study illustrates how kinship networks—forged out of natal, marital, or fictive kinship relationships—enabled and directed the actions of their members as they decided...
Cover of Century of the Wind
by Eduardo Galeano
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014

“Nothing less than a unified history of the Western Hemisphere.” —The New Yorker From Guatemala to Rio de Janeiro, La Paz to New York City, Managua to Havana, Century of the Wind ties together the events and people—both large and small—that define the Americas. In hundreds of lyrical...
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