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When the luxury liner Ile de France sailed into New York harbor for the first time in 1927, she brought to America the first great, coordinated example of what the French then called LArt Moderne.

Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (History, Arizona | 2021 Military Writers Society of America Silver Medal for History | 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Bronze Winner for Western Non-FictionWhen the U.

In the 19th century, Daniel Waggoner and his son, W.

In 1869, more than twenty years after Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.

**2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Silver Winner for Western Biographies and Memoirs**Two Native American leaders who left a lasting legacy, Geronimo and Sitting Bull.

In San Francisco, CA, in 1858, a young African American man was freed from the claims of a white man who sought to return him to slavery in Mississippi.

On August 23, 1877, a scout named Jack Bean watched 600 Nez Perce Indians head into the new Yellowstone National Park.

The Surprising Story of the Plucky Drivers, Shrewd Owners, and Ruthless Robbers Who Snubbed the RulesAs pervasive as stagecoaches (popularly known as shake-guts) were in the early years of America, it shouldn't be surprising that women who possessed a significant dose of grit and an ounce of entrepreneurial spirit engaged in one way or another in stagecoach enterprises.

When Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the US Army, General Miles made a number of promises for the surrender terms that were in fact false.

In 1854, traveling was full of danger.

Promises of gold brought the first waves of European-Americans to Colorado in the 1859s.

In this captivating Western novel, a wagon train scout runs afoul of a band of Apaches, who are determined to hunt him down, no matter the cost.

Katharine Hepburn: grande dame of American actresses, fierce individualist, and living legend.

Jackie Robinson famously said that a life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives.

As settlements and civilization moved West to follow the lure of mineral wealth and the trade of the Santa Fe Trail, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Southwest.

Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest.

Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountains.

Throughout the Gold Rush years and beyond, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of nineteenth-century Colorado.

**2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Silver Winner for Western Non-Fiction**When the last spike was hammered into the steel track of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, Western Union lines sounded the glorious news of the railroad's completion from New York to San Francisco.

The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blache, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy.

';I will always be somebody.

In 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable.

A book of brief essays, illustrative art, and photography from often obscure historical and ethnological studies of Apache history, life, and culture in the last half of the nineteenth century.

Young Martha Jane Cannary began life as a camp follower and street urchin.

During the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, Sgt.

By 1900, the tale of the 300 Texians who died in the 1836 battle of the Alamo had already become legend.

In 1948 most white people in the North had no idea how unjust and unequal daily life was for the 10 million African Americans living in the South.

Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birminghams much-loved Real Lace.

From the earliest days of the western frontier, women heeded the call to go west along with their husbands, sweethearts, and parents.

Idahos Remarakble Women 2 tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of fifteen pioneering women, all born before 1900, who made a profound impact on Idaho.

Clashes between white and Indian societies are erupting into war when Sarah Wakefield is taken captive in 1862.

In this reprint of a classic Indian Captivity Narrative from the 19th century, Nelson Lee recounts his adventures and his narrow escape from the Comanches in tales nearly too tall to be true.

The Definitive Guide to Ancient and Contemporary Rock Art!

Colorado Territory in 1864 wasnt merely the wild west, it was a land in limbo while the Civil War raged in the east and politics swirled around its potential admission to the union.

It began as poisonous rotgut in Medieval RussiaIvan the Terrible liked it, Peter the Great loved itbut this grain alcohol \u201cwithout distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color\u201d has become our uncontested king of spirits.

I love a martiniBut two at the most.

A Sweet Taste ofHistory captures the grandeur of the sweet tablethe grand finale course of an 18th century meal.

Discover the nation's capital from behind the scenes.

When the luxury liner Ile de France sailed into New York harbor for the first time in 1927, she brought to America the first great, coordinated example of what the French then called LArt Moderne.

Colorado Territory in 1864 wasnt merely the wild west, it was a land in limbo while the Civil War raged in the east and politics swirled around its potential admission to the union.

Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage.

Balleneros, loberos y guaneros en Patagonia y Malvinas es una investigación original y pionera sobre historia ambiental e introducción de especies biológicas en el mar patagónico, costas e islas como causa de la navegación.

A Powerful Defense of The Protestant Tradition.

A Powerful Defense of The Protestant Tradition.

"e;Why limit happy to an hour?

In den letzten Jahren seines Lebens hat der französische Aufklärer Denis Diderot eine Reihe von Erzählungen vorgelegt, die als "Summe" seines moralphilosophischen Denkens gelten können.

Aus Überzeugung für Freiheit und Würde des Menschen!

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE OLD BRITISH TALES OF THE BUSH - 5 Intriguing Books of Australia (Illustrated)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

What does it mean to be a Canadian?