Books

19 results found

Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
From the ground up	Goodwin Steinberg,Goodwin B Steinberg,Susan Wolfe	"Architect Goodwin Steinberg presents an insider's view of the development of Silicon Valley - what went right, what went wrong, and how conditions conspired to create the high technology capital of …	OL12029669W
Oil in Texas	Diana Davids Olien,Diana Davids Hinton,Roger M. Olien	"As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but of little commercial value. Oil and natural gas bubbled up in many a water well, but in quantities too small to attract industrial …	OL12392824W
Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15	Arsène Lacarrière Latour,Arsaene Lacarriaere Latour,Gene A. Smith	xlii, 358 p. : 24 cm	OL1979847W
Bloomington's C & A shops : our lives remembered	Michael G Matejka,Greg Koos	Includes index	OL19831771W
Plains Indians	Peter Chrisp,Kate Hayden	Describes the dwellings, family life, food, and customs of the Plains Indians. Includes related craft projects and activities.	OL2622031W
Iowa	Thomas Morain,Dorothy Schwieder,Lynn Nielsen	A textbook for fifth grade students which traces the history of Iowa from its earliest inhabitants to the coming of modern times.	OL2973452W
A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest	John Arthur Brown,Robert H. Ruby	Historical information concerning Indian tribes located in the Pacific Northwest. Major tribes described include the Cathlamet, Cowlitz, Klamath, Lummi, Nez Percé, Paiute, Puyallup, Shoshoni, Spokane…	OL2986681W
Digging and discovery	Diane Holliday,Bobbie Malone,Diane Young Holliday	Takes a look at Wisconsin's past through the various archaeological sites in the state.	OL3354247W
Chicago	James E. Davis,Sharryl Davis Hawke,Davis, James E.	Explores the history, cultural heritage, demographics, geography, and economic and natural resources of Chicago.	OL3859767W
Wichita	Eric James Allison,Howard Inglish	287 p. : 32 cm	OL3951607W
The Navaho	Dorothea Leighton,Lucy Wales Kluckhohn,Richard Kluckhohn,Clyde Kluckhohn	What are the Navaho today? How do they live together and with other races? What is their philosophy of life? Both the general reader and the student will look to this authoritative study for the answ…	OL4117412W
Chicago	Sarah Walton,Patricia Sullivan Ziff,Tom McNamee	447 p. : 32 cm	OL4324215W
Class and Community	Alan Dawley	"Dawley reflects on labor and class issues, poverty and progress, and the contours of urban history in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, during the rise of industrialism in the early nineteenth centur…	OL4613896W
MSU campus-- buildings, places, spaces	C. Kurt Dewhurst,Linda Oliphant Stanford,Linda O. Stanford	"Since its founding in 1855, Michigan State University has emerged from its modest "oak opening" in the wilderness to become a large campus park. This growth reflects the commitment of campus leaders…	OL5382836W
Fort Riley	Robert Smith undifferentiated,William McKale	143 p. : 23 cm	OL545309W
Malibu	Marian Hall,Nick Rodionoff	"Longtime Malibu resident Marian Hall relates the legend, lore and history of one of America's most beautiful coastal enclaves -- from the earliest explorers who communed with the Chumash Indians, to…	OL5824907W
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
Naval Air Station, Lakehurst	Kevin Pace,Ronald Montgomery,Rick Zitarosa	"Rare photographs and material from the archives of the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society chronicle more than eighty-five years of base activity."--P. [4] of cover.	OL5967714W
The decline of the Californios	Ramon A. Gutierrez,Leonard Pitt	Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstanc…	OL851810W