Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
America in the time of Columbus America in the time of Columbus Sally Senzell Isaacs Uses the life of Christopher Columbus as a backdrop to present the history of people in America from the time the Native Americans arrived until 1585. OL121651W
Maine paradise; Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Maine paradise; Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park Russell D. Butcher 94, [2] p. 23 x 25 cm OL14858446W
Bound for America Bound for America James Haskins Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas. OL14865376W
Prehistoric Mesoamerica Prehistoric Mesoamerica Richard E. W. Adams "This book is a synthesis of archaeological findings from Mexico and Guatemala and an interpretation of them." -- from the preface. OL1980913W
Southern history across the color line Southern history across the color line Nell Irvin Painter "In this collection, Painter reaches across the color line to examine how race, gender, class, and individual subjectivity shaped the lives of black and white women and men in the nineteenth- and twe… OL2978164W
The Accommodation The Accommodation Jim Schutze A Non -fiction account of how city of Dallas big business leaders bought off the Leaders of the African American community, during the Civil Rights era and continue doing so today, so as to not have … OL3252022W
Children of Guatemala Children of Guatemala Jules Hermes Presents an overview of the history, geography, and people of Guatemala by introducing Mayan, Cakchiquel, Ladino, and Garifuna children. OL3281405W
Those Yankee rebels Those Yankee rebels Pearson, Michael Discusses the problems and worries which beset King George III, his ministers, and generals as they struggled to crush the rebellion of American colonists. OL5113420W
Peru in pictures Peru in pictures David A. Boehm Photographs and brief text introduce the geography, history, government, industries, people, and culture of the fourth largest Latin American country. OL5265591W
Colonial Delaware Colonial Delaware Gardell Dano Christensen Traces the history of Delaware from its discovery and first settlement to its role in the Revolution and ratification of the Constitution. OL7005887W
Colonial Georgia Colonial Georgia Clifford Sheats Capps The first settlers came to Georgia more than ten thousand years ago, and it is with a description of those earliest Indians that Colonial Georgia begins. The simple life of the primitive men was firs… OL7224999W
The Americas The Americas Pascal Girot The Americas offers a wide-ranging and original interpretaion of matters relating to territory, boundaries and societies in the American continent. OL8091608W