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History Hunting History Hunting James W. Cortada James Cortada recounts his adventures over the past 50 years in this compelling blend of memoir and practical introduction to historical research. Each chapter opens with research stories retold with… OL16184486W
Writing the Stalin era Writing the Stalin era Golfo Alexopoulos,Kiril Tomoff,Julie Hessler "This book weaves together elements of biography, historiography, and historical writing to explore the writings and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick, the University of Chicago's eminent scholar of Sovie… OL16938544W
Henry Adams Henry Adams Elizabeth Stevenson xiv, 425 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm OL1828350W
Fire and light Fire and light James MacGregor Burns Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian James MacGregor Burns explores the most daring and transformational intellectual movement in history, the European and American Enlightenment In this … OL19970764W
The education of Henry Adams The education of Henry Adams Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams. As he approached his seventieth birthday when "the mind wakes to find itself looking blankly into the void of death," A… OL24220W
The progressive historians--Turner, Beard, Parrington The progressive historians--Turner, Beard, Parrington Richard Hofstadter The ideas and contributions of the three major interpretative historians of the U.S. in the twentieth century. OL2465561W
The Education of Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams Henry Adams Few books have so firmly established their place in American literature as The Education of Henry Adams. When it was first published in 1918, it became an instant bestseller and went on to win the Pu… OL6949081W