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The Galveston-Houston Packet by Andrew W. Hall
epub |eng | 2012-01-15 | Author:Andrew W. Hall

Leon Smith, commander of the “cottonclad” flotilla at the Battle of Galveston. From Lubbock’s Six Decades in Texas. On the hurricane deck of each boat, Smith arranged a pair of ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
The Comintern and the Global South: Global Designs/Local Encounters by Anne Garland Mahler Paolo Capuzzo
pdf |en | | Author: Anne Garland Mahler, Paolo Capuzzo

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A Brief History of Vampires by M.J. Trow
epub |eng | | Author:M.J. Trow

11 VLAD VOIVOD BATTLE FOR THE CROWN Vlad Ţepeş ruled Wallachia three times. Most of the stories attributed to him in the Saxon, Russian and Romanian tales belong to the ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Trails of Death by Fred Rosen
epub |eng | 2011-01-15 | Author:Fred Rosen

*** “Our whole relationship was very volatile,” Douglas said. “He was mental, squirrelly.” He acted that way with her kids too. Douglas claimed that Hilton got into an argument with ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
The Great Desert Escape by Keith Warren Lloyd
epub |eng | 2019-01-10 | Author:Keith Warren Lloyd [Lloyd, Keith Warren]

Later in the evening the wind began to rise, stirring the leaves of the shade trees in the prisoners’ gardens and carrying with it the rich, earthy scent of a ...
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Ohio's Grand Canal by Terry K. Woods
epub |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Terry K. Woods

5 The Flood ABANDONMENT AND FLOOD, 1911–1913 John I. Miller was appointed chief engineer of Public Works on July 3, 1911. The canals of Ohio were, according to his first ...
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Southern Appalachian Storytellers by Saundra Gerrell Kelley
epub |eng | 2019-01-09 | Author:Saundra Gerrell Kelley

John Thomas Fowler John Thomas Fowler was born and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and has one son, Taylor. He is a project scholar and consultant for the South ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Cleveland Calamities by Alan F. Dutka
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Alan F. Dutka

By the turn of the twentieth century, Cleveland’s fire department had developed into an organization professional in its appearance, attitude and performance. Courtesy of Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection. Nine ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Hidden History of Denver by Elizabeth Victoria Wallace
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Elizabeth Victoria Wallace

Forty years after the very successful River Front Rodeo, Chicago gangster Leland Varain—aka “Louis Alterie” (perhaps his favorite alias), “Diamond Jack” and “Two Gun Louis”—requested permission from C.D. Vail, manager ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Notorious San Juans by Carol Turner
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Carol Turner

Several neighbors, although obviously too late to help the little girl, testified on Mary Rose’s behalf at the inquest. A man named C.R. Brandenberry said: About eight or ten days ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
San Francisco Seals by Martin Jacobs
epub |eng | 2012-02-07 | Author:Martin Jacobs

FIVE THE DEPRESSION ERA The new Seals Stadium opened in 1931 with both the Seals and the Mission Reds as tenants. The Seals first game in their new ballpark was ...
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Morro Bay by Roger Castle
epub |eng | 2011-10-03 | Author:Roger Castle

Early underwater harvesting was hard work. The hard-hat diver of old put his catch into a small net. Then, wearing 150 pounds of equipment and weights, he would return to ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Legendary Locals of Carlsbad by Cynthia Mestad Johnson
epub |eng | 2016-01-15 | Author:Cynthia Mestad Johnson

Gina McBride Gina McBride founded the STARFISH Leadership Awards to honor those who have shown extraordinary commitments to worthwhile causes and have inspired, engaged, and led others to join in ...
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Tuscan Springs by Bryon Burruss
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Bryon Burruss

With its corrals on property, Tuscan Springs could accommodate visitors who owned their own horses or carriages (above), still the most popular form of transportation around 1900. But the resort ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )
Kit Carson's Autobiography by Kit Carson
epub |eng | 2013-08-27 | Author:Kit Carson [Carson, Kit]

1 Lindsay Carson, born about 1755 and possibly a native of Scotland, grew up in North Carolina. He served as a soldier in the Revolution, and subsequent to the death ...
( Category: Americas January 9,2023 )

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