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King Sequoia
The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The history of California’s Big Trees
From a towering tree, one of California’s preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of the Big Trees in a narrative that travels deep into the...
by Hudson William Henry
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
A detailed account of the historical events that took place in California. Missions that were undertaken in different times have been described in detail. The chronological information imparted in a dramatic style captures the attention of the reader.
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia
Western North Carolina in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the social stability of many communities. Even...
The Grand Design
Strategy and the U.S. Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Despite the abundance of books on the Civil War, not one has focused exclusively on what was in fact the determining factor in the outcome of the conflict: differences in Union and Southern strategy. In The Grand Design, Donald Stoker provides for the first time a comprehensive and often surprising...
by J. Ross Browne
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Browne takes us on a journey through the new territory during the latter part of the civil war when settlers were having some of the worst troubles with the Apache nation and troops were busy in the east. Taken from the original serialization in 1864 and 65, Browne introduces the old west through...
Fool’s Gold
The Decline and Fall of Captain John Sutter of California
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Sutter, the father of California, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of the West.
With Fool’s Gold, famed California historian Richard Dillon (Wells, Fargo Detective, Embarcadero) brings to life the story of Swiss immigrant John A. Sutter.
Via a circuitous route,...
God's Harvard
A Christian College on a Mission to Save America
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Behind the scenes at Patrick Henry College: “A deft and honest narrative of evangelical education . . . historical background, close observation and skeptical wit” (Publishers Weekly).
One of the Christian Science Monitor’s annual “Books We Liked Best”
Take a walk down the...
The Counterrevolution of Slavery
Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
In this comprehensive analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, Manisha Sinha offers a provocative new look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Challenging works that portray secession as a fight for white liberty, she argues instead that it was...
by A L Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Much of the shoreline of Lake Superior was still wilderness when the author made this journey to the rocks of the Lake that were named for the objects men could see in them. Hunting, fishing and exploration with local guides to add color to the story.
by Sarah Fell
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
More than one woman ventured alone to the great Alaskan north during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Sarah Fell was one them. She did not find gold but nevertheless made a good living for herself through perseverance and resourcefulness. Lucky for us, she left us this volume full of stories,...
Spirits of Southeast Alaska
The History & Hauntings of Alaska's Panhandle
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Ghostly footsteps and flickering lights, a silhouette in the window of an abandoned building, a restless presence at the scene of a sunken ship, spectral wails and poltergeist theft of office supplies, mythical Native American legends, and other paranormal happenings scattered across the Alaskan panhandle...
A Decent, Orderly Lynching
The Montana Vigilantes
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers.
Combing through original...
Fire Department City of New York
The Bravest; An Illustrated History 1865-2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Fire Department City of New York honors the department's 137 years of dedicated service to the City of New York by chronicling its history of the department with a updated listing of all the firefighters that have been killed in the line of duty. This book features 272 pages of which 67 are full-color...
by Clayton Colman Hall
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Volumes I, II, and III of Baltimore: Its History and Its People were originally published in 1912 by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company of New York and Chicago as a collaboration of several historians, most notably Clayton Colman Hall. The book is relevant today because of its unique views...