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All shall be well; and all shall be well; and all manner of things shall be well All shall be well; and all shall be well; and all manner of things shall be well Tod Wodicka Meet Burt Hecker: a mead-drinking, tunic-wearing medieval re-enactor from upstate New York. He prefers oat gruel to French fries because potatoes were unavailable in Europe before 1200 AD; and, at w… OL12283919W
Settler and creole reenactment Settler and creole reenactment Vanessa Agnew,Jonathan Lamb,Daniel Spoth "Explores the uncalculated and incalculable elements in historical re-enactment--unexpected emotions, unplanned developments--and locates them in countries where settlers were trying to establish nat… OL15907495W
Knight Knight Michael Prestwich An insider's guide: how to become a knight, wield a sword, join a Crusade, and make your fortune. OL15974829W
The horse that leaps through clouds The horse that leaps through clouds Eric Enno Tamm Two epic journeys along the Silk Road, past and present, offer a riveting and cautionary tale about the breathtaking rise of China. On July 6, 1906, Baron Gustaf Mannerheim boarded the midnight train… OL16214073W
History and imagination History and imagination Ronald V. Morris "In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define dem… OL16342718W
Honeyed words Honeyed words J. A. Pitts Sarah Beauhall is a blacksmith who spends her free time fighting in a medieval reenactment group, but her world falls apart when she discovers that dragons are actually real and living among us as sh… OL17768158W
The final reveille The final reveille Amanda Flower Kelsey Cambridge becomes a prime suspect when the tight-fisted nephew of her living history museum's main benefactor is murdered on the grounds amid a Civil War reenactment. OL20000723W
The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck Spanning 2,000 miles and traversing six states from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, the Oregon Trail is the route that made America. In the fifteen years before the Civil War, when 400,000 pioneers us… OL20002635W
Park sovetskogo perioda Park sovetskogo perioda Ė. Akopov A "New Russian" takes his father to visit a high tech amusement park that is based on life in the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1950s. OL24845622W
Civil War women Civil War women Barbara Brackman 9 projects adapted from period quilts. Excellent reference book for Civil War re-enactors. OL2652925W
24hr trench 24hr trench Andrew Robertshaw During the Great War millions of men lived in the trenches of the Western Frotn. It is difficult for us to understand how they coped in such a confined space with the constant terror of enemy attack.… OL27680453W
Tender is the knight Tender is the knight Jamaica Layne "Assembly-line forewoman and Dayton, Ohio resident Lisa Marie Smith's life just got a lot more medieval. Lisa's co-worker and best friend, Pegeen Palmer forcibly drags her to an event showcasing Pege… OL27710582W
The Western dare The Western dare Roz Denny Fox Professor Nolan Campbell is doubtful, but his sharp-tongued sister, Sherry, wants to prove that today's women can handle anything. She dares Camp to recruit a group of women to reenact the kind of wa… OL28960986W