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Fifty Famous People (Yesterday's Classics) by Baldwin James
epub |eng | 2010-11-14 | Author:Baldwin, James [Baldwin, James]

The boy obeyed. The chief tore out the lining and found the gold hidden beneath it. "Why did you tell us where to find it?" he asked. "No one would ...
( Category: Civil War June 8,2017 )
The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley
epub, pdf |eng | 2006-06-07 | Author:Douglas Brinkley [Douglas Brinkley]

VIII The Baton Rouge Advocate, which considered itself the state’s newspaper, felt an obligation to cover every stricken community in its pages. One especially harrowing story, written by Sandy Davis, ...
( Category: State & Local June 8,2017 )
The Awakening of Europe (Yesterday's Classics) by Synge M. B
epub |eng | 2010-11-12 | Author:Synge, M. B. [Synge, M. B.]

CHAPTER XXIX The Founding of Quebec "Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's past." —T. MOORE, (Canadian Boat Song). WHILE Henry Hudson was ...
( Category: Colonial Period June 7,2017 )
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat
epub |eng | 2009-07-30 | Author:Timothy R. Pauketat [Pauketat, Timothy R.]

The Cherokee twins, also called Thunderers, kill their Corn Mother, as did the twins of the Natchez, as well as those of a host of Mesoamerican peoples. Most famously, the ...
( Category: State & Local June 7,2017 )
The Loyal Son by Daniel Mark Epstein
epub |eng | 2017-05-29 | Author:Daniel Mark Epstein

This letter must have put the fear of God in Joseph Galloway and his friend the governor of New Jersey, arriving when it did, only days before the carnage at ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding June 4,2017 )
All the Agents and Saints by Elizondo Griest Stephanie;
epub |eng | 2017-06-01 | Author:Elizondo Griest, Stephanie;

Notes 1. With more than 16,000 members, New York has the fastest growing Amish population in the nation. In the North Country, many belong to the ultraconservative Swartzentruber community, which ...
( Category: Travel June 2,2017 )
Farewell Speeches by Barack Obama
epub |eng | 2017-09-11 | Author:Barack Obama

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE PUBLISHERS WOULD like to thank the ownership and staff of the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who first had the idea for this book, and whose manager, ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents May 27,2017 )
Detroit the Dream is Now by Michel Arnaud
epub |eng | | Author:Michel Arnaud

( Category: Photo Essays May 25,2017 )
Take a Walk by Sue Muller Hacking
epub |eng | 2017-03-20 | Author:Sue Muller Hacking

But They’re Such Fun to Feed! Most park authorities prohibit the feeding of waterfowl. Here’s why: Human food is junk food to waterfowl, with none of the nutrients they need. ...
( Category: Pacific May 25,2017 )
Apollo 8 by Jeffrey Kluger
epub |eng | | Author:Jeffrey Kluger

TEN December 21, 1968 Technically, Gene Kranz did not need to be present at Mission Control in Houston on the day Apollo 8 launched. The official manning list—the roster of ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight May 24,2017 )
Twenty-Six Seconds by Alexandra Zapruder
epub |eng | 2016-11-14 | Author:Alexandra Zapruder

The dramatic high point of the conference was the showing of a “bootleg” copy of what is known as “the Zapruder film.” This is an amateur movie made by Abraham ...
( Category: State & Local May 22,2017 )
Uncovering Trump by David A. Fahrenthold
epub |eng | 2017-04-03 | Author:David A. Fahrenthold [Fahrenthold, David A.]

A section of the Trump Foundation's 2013 tax filing, in which the foundation said it had not engaged in political activity. In fact, it had sent a check to a ...
( Category: Executive Branch May 22,2017 )
The Not-So-Secret Service by Vincent Palamara
epub |ara, eng | 2017-04-05 | Author:Vincent Palamara

(Social) media appearances, books and contradictions For her part, Lisa McCubbin, co-author (for Blaine and Hill) of The Kennedy Detail, Mrs Kennedy & Me, Five Days in November, and Five ...
( Category: National May 22,2017 )
JFK’s War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated by Douglas Horne
epub |eng | 2014-09-10 | Author:Douglas Horne [Horne, Douglas]

( Category: United States May 22,2017 )
Buffalo Unbound by Laura Pedersen
epub |eng | 2015-04-09 | Author:Laura Pedersen

Ridin’ on the Thruway As riots and deteriorating conditions in the city sent people fleeing to the suburbs, we became entranced by lawns and briquettes and also slaves to the ...
( Category: State & Local May 21,2017 )

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