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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
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
Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 Steven C. High "This book examines the consequences of the famous Anglo-American destroyers-for-bases deal of September 1940, which saw fifty aged US destroyers exchanged for extensive army and navy base sites in T… OL16985404W
A pictorial history of Martin County, Kentucky A pictorial history of Martin County, Kentucky Turner Publishing Company Staff A pictorial history of Martin County, located in eastern Kentucky, which gives a great deal of attention to local families. OL19151800W
Cosmology, calendars, and horizon-based astronomy in ancient Mesoamerica Cosmology, calendars, and horizon-based astronomy in ancient Mesoamerica Susan Milbrath,Anne S. Dowd ""This book is an interdisciplinary tour-de-force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing examples of how… OL19665203W
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
The golden leaf The golden leaf Charlotte Cosner "Through the rise and fall of empires, ideologies, and economies, tobacco grown on the tiny island of Cuba has remained an enduring symbol of pleasure and extravagance. Cultivated as one of the first… OL20010554W
1850 U. S. Census and Historical Facts 1850 U. S. Census and Historical Facts Robert J. McSwain, Jr. In 1820, the first U. S. Census was taken in Perry County, Mississippi. However, this census only listed the name of each head of household only. It would be some 30 years later before each family me… OL20659618W
To hell on a fast horse To hell on a fast horse Mark L. Gardner A sheriff . . .An outlaw . . .A legendary showdown.Billy the Kid—a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney—was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. … OL2759893W
The Philadelphia Negro The Philadelphia Negro Lawrence Bobo,Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Elijah Anderson,W. E. B. Du Bois,Isabel Eaton In 1897 a young sociologist who was already marked as a scholar of the highest promise submitted to the American Association of Political and Social Sciences a "plan for the study of the Negro proble… OL28609W
Colonial New Jersey Colonial New Jersey John T. Cunningham Traces the history of New Jersey from its discovery in 1498 to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. OL2954229W
Cuba in pictures Cuba in pictures Nathan A. Haverstock Text and photographs introduce the land, history, government, people, and economy of the island country ninety miles off the Florida coast. OL2959784W
Nicaragua in pictures Nicaragua in pictures Nathan A. Haverstock Brief text and photographs introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the Central American country largest in area. OL2959785W
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
Colonial Virginia Colonial Virginia Harold B. Gill Traces the history of Virginia from the landing of the first settlers in 1607 to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in 1781. OL4638705W
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
The Maine woods The Maine woods Henry David Thoreau,Jeffrey S. Cramer,Richard F. Fleck The Maine Woods is a characteristically Thoreauvian book: a personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Thoreau's ev… OL55721W
Guatemala in pictures Guatemala in pictures James Nach Describes the geography, history, economy, government, culture, and people of the northernmost Central American country. OL6353629W
Hello, West Indies Hello, West Indies Morris Weeks Introduces the diverse history, people, and present-day problems of the West Indies. OL6669730W
Las venas abiertas de America Latina Las venas abiertas de America Latina Galeano,Diego López,Eduardo Galeano,Galeano E. Since its U.S. debut almost fifty years ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural… OL698173W
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