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The English Civil Wars 1642–1651 by Peter Gaunt
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Gaunt

Territory under parliamentary control from spring 1643 until the end of the war in summer 1646. As well as the parliamentary heartlands, naval dominance and control of the seas ensured ...
( Category: Radicalism February 28,2020 )
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut by Stephen Gencarella & STEPHEN GENCARELLA
epub |eng | 2019-07-01 | Author:Stephen Gencarella & STEPHEN GENCARELLA

A different story about Lover’s Leap at Derby appeared decades earlier in 1841, penned by “E. H. S.” This version was not an “Indian romance.” Instead, it tells of a ...
( Category: Running & Jogging February 28,2020 )
Spanish Papers by Washington Irving
epub |eng | 2016-07-30 | Author:Washington Irving [Irving, Washington]

CHAPTER V. The Battle of Covadonga. soon spread throughout Spain that the Christians of the Asturias were in arms and had proclaimed a king among the mountains. The veteran chief, ...
( Category: Historical February 28,2020 )
The Journals of Washington Irving (Extended Annotated Edition) by Washington Irving
epub |eng | 2014-01-08 | Author:Washington Irving [Irving, Washington]

Monday, 7th. --Tolerable night's rest. After breakfast called on Welles--found Wiggins there--talked about treas[ury] loan--called and bespoke boots in Mr. de Holder's--called on Lady Harvey--on Reid--ret[urne]d home--found frock coat sent ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 28,2020 )
The Crisis Years by Michael Beschloss
epub |eng | 2016-06-13 | Author:Michael Beschloss

In late September, avoiding known SAM sites, U-2s twice flew over eastern Cuba, the Isle of Pines, and a portion of western Cuba. These were supplemented by other missions along ...
( Category: Diplomacy February 28,2020 )
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy by Stephen Kantrowitz
epub |eng | 2015-01-02 | Author:Stephen Kantrowitz [Kantrowitz, Stephen]

Education and Citizenship When the delegates to the constitutional convention assembled in Columbia in late September 1895, all eyes focused on the committee on the suffrage, chaired by U.S. Senator ...
( Category: Legislative Branch February 28,2020 )
The Good State by A. C. Grayling
epub |eng | 2020-01-23 | Author:A. C. Grayling

The constitutions of the United States of America and the United Kingdom stand at opposite ends of a polarity, the one fixed almost to the point of fossilization, the other ...
( Category: Constitutions February 28,2020 )
The Gangs of Chicago by Herbert Asbury
epub |eng | 2013-07-20 | Author:Herbert Asbury [Asbury, Herbert]

CHAPTER VII “A REIGN OF TERROR IS UPON THE CITY” THE TWENTY years that elapsed between 1890 and 1910 formed one of the most spectacular periods of growth in the ...
( Category: Midwest February 28,2020 )
The Soldier from Independence by D. M. Giangreco
epub |eng | 2018-02-27 | Author:D. M. Giangreco [Giangreco, D. M.]

Very shortly after leaving Salisbury’s position behind, Truman’s column moved south past the fleeting position long since vacated by C Battery, commanded by his old friend Marks, then pastthe regimental ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 28,2020 )
In Praise Of Idleness and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Bertrand Russell [Russell, Bertrand]

VII The great majority of Socialists, in the present day, are disciples of Karl Marx, from whom they have taken over the belief that the only possible political force by ...
( Category: Humor February 28,2020 )
Osceola and the Great Seminole War: A Struggle for Justice and Freedom by Thom Hatch
epub |eng | 2012-07-17 | Author:Thom Hatch [Hatch, Thom]

Nine Jesup’s New Strategy After the battle, Osceola and his warriors rode triumphantly into their camp in the Wahoo Swamp. They were welcomed there by their loved ones, who had ...
( Category: Native American & Aboriginal February 28,2020 )
Titanic Hero by Arthur Rostron
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Rostron

9 HMS Tuber Rose In 1918 the Mauretania was commissioned and armed as an auxiliary cruiser, and once again I was on her bridge. The first voyage was made to ...
( Category: History February 28,2020 )
Chauvinism, Polish Style: The Case of Roman Dmowski (Beginnings: 1886-1905) by Krzywiec Grzegorz
epub |eng | | Author:Krzywiec, Grzegorz

explained: ‘Guided by a sense of […] responsibility and […] obligation, we have decided to deploy in our paper stricter control over Polish opinion and over the activities of political ...
( Category: Historical February 28,2020 )
Riel's Defence by Hansen Hans V.;
epub |eng | | Author:Hansen, Hans V.;

RIEL AND THE MÉTIS: MULTIPLICITY AND ABSENCE The (maybe not so) young woman resigns herself. If Riel wants to talk to her, that is his business. The guy has had ...
( Category: Historical February 28,2020 )
Becoming Ronald Reagan by Robert Mann
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Mann

12 Have You Reregistered as a Republican Yet? Through April 1962 Reagan was busy. His speeches attracted more attention, thanks to citizens and businesses who paid to broadcast his remarks ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 28,2020 )

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