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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
R. E. Lee R. E. Lee Douglas Southall Freeman,Richard Harwell Douglas Freeman's biography, in its 4 volumes and 2421 pages, is not only comprehensive, but remains to this day the best life of Lee ever published, even if sometimes producing the impression the ma… OL1863304W
Creating the American Mind Creating the American Mind J. Hoeveler,J. David. Hoeveler,J. David Hoeveler "The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and t… OL3284568W
In search of York In search of York Robert B. Betts,James J. Holmberg "The sole African American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark's enigmatic body servant York has inspired numerous myths about his character and exploits. He was supposed to be a … OL5919960W
Las Tejanas Las Tejanas Teresa Palomo Acosta,Ruthe Winegarten "Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten have gathered and distilled a wide range of information to create this important resource. They offer one of the first detailed accounts of Tejanas' lives i… OL5954102W
Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Linda Marinda Heywood,John K. Thornton 331 readable pages of well organized, very well researched African History describing the complicated relationships amongst Angolan Kings, Queens and Lords; Congolese Christian Kings; Catholic Jesuit… OL7796311W