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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In search of your British & Irish roots In search of your British & Irish roots Angus Baxter Whether you conduct your research in person or by mail, this celebrated manual will guide you in finding your ancestors in Britain or Ireland. Noted genealogist Angus Baxter provides detailed instruc… OL15837258W
The English in America The English in America Edwin H. Cates Includes information on the reasons for English colonization in America, the colonial period, English immigration from the Revolution to the present, and famous English-Americans in many fields. OL180094W
O my America! O my America! Sara Wheeler Traces the steps of six women--author Fanny Trollope, actress Fanny Kemble, economist Harriet Martineau, homesteader Rebecca Burlend, traveler Isabella Bird, and novelist Catherine Hubback--who came … OL18174699W
No man's land No man's land Ruth Fowler If starting a company is difficult, leading a company once the business has caught fire is infinitely more so. Thousands each year approach the dangerous transition that Doug Tatum calls No Man's Lan… OL2754567W
Lost years Lost years Christopher Isherwood The English writer Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 and spent the war years working in Hollywood film studios, teaching English to European refugees, and converting to Hinduism. By… OL51188W
An American journal, 1839-40 An American journal, 1839-40 Richard Champion Rawlins "Richard Champion Rawlins, a twenty-year-old Liverpool cotton broker, sailed to the United States in 1839 to collect his family's share of the estate of his grandfather, Richard Champion, one of whos… OL6213084W