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Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn Samuel Curtis Upham Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round the Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talc… OL1618068W
The sunset land The sunset land Todd, John John Todd (1800-1873), a Congregationalist clergyman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, wrote widely and published several religious magazines. The sunset land (1870) contains Todd's experiences as a visi… OL1618232W
The future of the global church The future of the global church Johnstone, Patrick J. St. G. In The Future of the Global Church, Patrick Johnstone, author of six editions of the phenomenal prayer guide, Operation World, draws on his fifty years experience to challenge us with his bold vision… OL16495634W
Seventy-five years in California Seventy-five years in California William Heath Davis William Heath Davis (1822-1909) was the son of a Boston ship captain engaged in the Hawaiian trade and a Polynesian mother. He visited California twice on trading voyages before setting up business t… OL182411W
Racism Racism Gerald Newman,Eleanor Newman Layfield A look at the history of and societal factors involved in racism, as well as how to deal with prejudice against people based on skin color and its manifestations. OL1886432W
Civil rights Civil rights Thomas Sowell It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over… OL1935792W
Identity and institutions Identity and institutions Kristen P. Williams,Neal G. Jesse How can conflicts between various nationalist/ethnic groups be reduced? Combining theory with case studies of Spain and Ireland, Neal G. Jesse and Kristen P. Williams develop an argument favoring a s… OL20634959W
Ask What You Can Do for Your Country Ask What You Can Do for Your Country Nadejda K. Marinova xiii, 343 pages ; 25 cm OL21154318W
England for the English England for the English Richard Body 181 p. : 24 cm OL4371714W
Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the election of 1934 Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the election of 1934 Charles Reis Felix *Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the Election of 1934* is the story of an election for mayor in a Massachusetts mill town in 1934 as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old Portuguese boy, Seraphin. The inc… OL5848549W
Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California Sketches of travels in South America, Mexico and California L. M. Schaeffer A native of Frederick, Maryland, Luther Melanchthon Schaeffer sailed around the Horn to California in 1849. He spent most of the next two-and-a-half years in the gold fields, mining on the Feather Ri… OL7836374W
From East Prussia to the Golden Gate From East Prussia to the Golden Gate Frank Lecouvreur Frank Lecouvreur (1829-1901) was born Franz Lecouvreur in Ortlesburg, Prussia. Educated as an engineer, he left home for California in 1851. From East Prussia to the Golden Gate (1906) draws on Lecou… OL7856776W
Old Californian days Old Californian days James Steele James Steele visited California in the 1880s. Old Californian days (1889) is the book Steele based on that trip. He provides a sketch of the history of California before the Gold Rush and surviving r… OL803042W