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The Lucky Ones by Mae Ngai
epub |eng | | Author:Mae Ngai

During the early 1910s, Mary Tape made a few trips to the Pacific Northwest to visit Mamie in Portland and Frank in Seattle. Joseph does not seem to have accompanied ...
( Category: Ethnic & National December 9,2018 )
Pearl Harbor Ghosts by Thurston Clarke
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Thurston Clarke

CHAPTER 16 THE ARIZONA OPENS LIKE A FLOWER Trace the paths of the Japanese fighters and bombers over a map of Oahu and the island begins to resemble an insect ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
In a Far Country by John Taliaferro
epub |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:John Taliaferro

The Bear had spent most of September and the beginning of October policing the tumult of gold miners and supplies at St. Michael, now nicknamed Fort Get There. The revenue ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Escape on the Pearl by Mary Kay Ricks
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Kay Ricks

When the insurrection of the Southern slaves shall take place, as take place it will unless speedily prevented by voluntary emancipation, the great majority of the colored men of the ...
( Category: Africa December 9,2018 )
Masters of Chaos by Linda Robinson
epub |eng | 2011-02-27 | Author:Linda Robinson

CHAPTER 9 WESTERN IRAQ The Battle of the War Pigs What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy. —SUN TZU ON MARCH 19, as soon ...
( Category: Engineering December 9,2018 )
Self-Defense for Gentlemen and Ladies by Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery
epub |eng | | Author:Colonel Thomas Hoyer Monstery

At the words “One” and “Two” the distance is gained; at the word “Three” the blow is delivered, as the right foot touches the ground. Single and double advance and ...
( Category: World December 9,2018 )
The Bonfire by Marc Wortman
epub |eng | | Author:Marc Wortman

ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13, an ashen Johnston gathered his generals. He had learned that an entire Union division had crossed the Oostanaula at Lay’s Ferry several miles to ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Ghost Towns of the Southwest by Jim Hinckley & Kerrick James
epub |eng | 2010-12-08 | Author:Jim Hinckley & Kerrick James

William O. “Buckey” O’Neill was a product of the western frontier. He was intelligent, colorful, flamboyant, and fearless. These attributes served him well as a newspaperman, politician, and sheriff of ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Stone by Stone by Robert Thorson
epub |eng | 2009-12-08 | Author:Robert Thorson

A few stone walls were built above well-drained, frost-free foundations. Here, the recommended procedure was to lay out a straight line, excavate a shallow trench to remove the fine-grained material ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology December 9,2018 )
Exploring Stone Walls by Robert Thorson
epub |eng | 2009-09-25 | Author:Robert Thorson

Curved trace in an ornate wall, Newport, Rhode Island Several other types of ends are less aesthetic. A pinhead refers to the widening of a wall segment at its open ...
( Category: Earth Sciences December 9,2018 )
The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland by Logan Marshall
epub |eng | 2014-03-31 | Author:Logan Marshall

HOW THE ST. LAWRENCE GULF AND RIVER ARE GUARDED BY WIRELESS STATIONS The black dots represent government owned and operated wireless stations under the station name. The “N. M.’s” and ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Men of Fire by Jack Hurst
epub |eng | | Author:Jack Hurst

I was surprized to hear that you were to be left behind—and so was Gen Grant . . . He left to Gen McClernand and Gen Smith the [question of ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
The House of Worth by Karen M. DePauw
epub |eng | 2015-12-08 | Author:Karen M. DePauw

INTRODUCTION TO SKETCHES KAREN M. DEPAUW WHEN THE HOUSE OF WORTH FOUND ITSELF dealing with an ever-increasing foreign clientele, they had to adapt from in-house customer consultations to by-mail presentation ...
( Category: Graphic Design December 9,2018 )
Lincoln for President by Bruce Chadwick Chadwick
epub |eng | 2009-12-08 | Author:Bruce Chadwick Chadwick

Indiana Indiana, too, was a big question mark. Lincoln faced different problems in Indiana, his neighboring state. There, Frémont had been beaten by Buchanan in 1856, 50 percent to 40 ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Another Year Finds Me in Texas by Vicki Tongate
epub |eng | 2016-12-08 | Author:Vicki Tongate [Tongate, Vicki Adams]

CHAPTER 8 JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1864 Cousin Sammy left us this morn about half past 9 ~ Mr Wiley came to tell us a last fare-well. All had gone before 11, leaving ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )

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