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South Dakota Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2002
For those of you who are familiar with the airspace over South Dakota and its environs, the weather and colors of the landscape running from the bare prairie to the Badlands and the Black Hills can be incredibly beautiful, particularly early in the morning. The state is also home to a considerable...
Galveston
A History of the Island
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
Galveston—a small, flat island off the Texas Gulf coast—has seen some of the state's most amazing history and fascinating people. First settled by the Karankawa Indians, long suspected of cannibalism, it was where the stranded Cabeza de Vaca came ashore in the 16th century. Pirate Jean Lafitte...
Advancing Democracy
African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), it is important to consider the historical struggles that led to this groundbreaking decision. Four years earlier in Texas, the Sweatt v. Painter decision allowed blacks access to the University of Texas's law school for...
Virginia Illustrated
The Adventures of Porte Crayon and His Cousins
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
In this classic piece which was serialized in Harper's during the 1850's, David Hunter Strother, also known as Porte Crayon, travels his native state in the company of his cousins and his driver Mice. The piece is richly illustrated with Porte Crayon's Original sketches. The Illustrations show Virginia...
Colorado Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2002
Many examples of aircraft that saw service in the various armed forces of the United States are currently being restored to flying status or preserved in museums in the state of Colorado. Some of them have significant war records, and a few are currently standing as gate guardians outside their former...
by Jessica Foy, Judith Walker Linsley
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
The McFaddin-Ward House, home to the prominent McFaddin family, was built in 1906 in the prestigious neighborhood around Calder Avenue. This entertaining volume tells the story of this house and the people who lived in it, bringing out the personalities of the principal inhabitants—W. P. H. McFaddin, his second wife Ida, their daughter Mamie, and Mamie's husband Carroll Ward.
Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia (Illustrations)
National Park Service Historical Handbook No.15
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2014
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The First Days of the War
The flash and the dull roar of a 10-inch mortar, April 12, 1861, announced to a startled countryside the firing of the opening gun of the Civil War. Two days later Fort Sumter surrendered. The reverberations of this shot...
by Warren W. Aney, Alisha Hamel
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Oregon's military heritage goes back thousands of years, including native people's warrior traditions. Most of the cultures in this region were relatively peaceful, even welcoming visiting strangers, such as the Lewis and Clark overland Army expedition in 1805-1806. Then, overwhelming numbers of fur...
Virginia's Remarkable Women
Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Old Dominion. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state...
A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion
How the College Board Desegregated SAT® Test Centers in the Deep South, 1960-1965
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the College Board quietly integrated its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) centers throughout the Deep South....
by Gary L. Hauck
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Ever since the days when horse-drawn buggies brought resorters to enjoy the charm of the area more than 130 years ago, Clifford Lake Inn has been continuously providing hospitality to those who visit. It remains a touchstone of history and of progress.
The first telegraph line was stretched...
Once Upon a Time in Texas
A Liberal in the Lone Star State
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Once upon a time in Texas...there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant and more tolerable. David Richards was one of them. In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and political battles, and...
by Fran Capo
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
From its beginning as a small but sought-after European outpost, New Jersey has played a key role in the establishment and growth of the New World. One of the thirteen original Colonies, New Jersey today is well known for its progressive-minded residents who take pride in their state’s long history....
by Judy Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Celebrating Alaska’s 50-year statehood anniversary, Bridges to Statehood features the last territorial governor, Mike Stepovich. Over the Chilkoot Trail’s icy steps, these immigrants came—Stepovich, Butrovich, Dapcevich, Begich, Paskvan, and Peratrovich—to guide Alaska from a raw land to statehood,...