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Crazy Horse and Custer: the parallel lives of two American warriors
Par Stephen E Ambrose. 1996
Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota stories and storytellers
Par Teresa R Peterson. 2022
"Through five generations at Pejuhutazizi K'api, The Place Where They Dig the Yellow Medicine, the family of Tasina Susbeca Win…
has told stories-stories of events from long ago, stories from their own lives, cultural stories, and oral history from 1862 and before. These stories bring people together, transmit traditions, teach how to behave, and deliver heroes (especially those who do not appear in school or history books). They reconcile, providing opportunity to make things right, and they reveal place, as this land we walk on is full of narrative and significance; they entertain, bringing delight to listeners. Finally, stories provide belonging, as they offer connections and nurture humanity. Tasina Susbeca Win, known as Susbe, was probably born in the 1850s. She told stories to her son-in-law, Fred Pearsall, in the 1910s; Fred wrote them down for his daughters in the 1950s. Susbe's great-grandson Walter LaBatte grew up at Pejuhutazizi (also known as the Upper Sioux Community) in the 1950s, listening to elders and remembering their stories-and then lived his own adventures and became a storyteller. This stunning collection of stories is gathered here by Fred's great-grandaughter Teresa Peterson, who tells her own story of listening, learning, and belonging." -- Provided by publisherFinal battle: why the next election could be the last
Par David Horowitz. 2022
"Democrats have conducted a sustained assault on the spirit of compromise that binds the union together and set the nation…
on the path to a one-party state. Final Battle exposes the real threat that Democrats pose to freedom. The rise of socialism and critical race theory, coupled with threats to the Electoral College and Senate, an independent judiciary, and the integrity of the electoral system, now threaten to destroy the traditions that bring Americans together - the heart of our democracy. Attacks on these quintessentially American customs codified by the Founding Fathers undermine the possibility of bipartisan solutions to common problems like viral pandemics and civil disorders. Americans now speak in different and antagonistic political languages, and the two parties are so polarized that the American way of life itself is at risk. In his devastating exposé of the Democrats' nefarious goals, New York Times bestselling author David Horowitz reveals the hallmarks of their strategies, including: The double standard in justice: Antifa and BLM versus January 6; Citizenship as disposable: granting noncitizens privileges like voting, welfare, and healthcare; So-called "cancel culture" and collusion in the defamation of conservative voices "Empires and states rise and fall while everybody is watching. Although the watchers may be surprised when the actual collapse occurs, with the hindsight provided by the end itself, everybody can see how it fell." Read Final Battle before it's too late!" -- Provided by publisherThe Biddle Street Bridge: The Bittersweet Life Of Growing Up In East Baltimore Circa 1950's
Par Fred L Miller. 1999
Saving Lake Tahoe: an environmental history of a national treasure
Par Michael J Makley. 2014
For thousands of years Lake Tahoe's natural beauty remained largely untouched. With the advent of the mining boom starting in…
the 1850s, within a mere half century, the Tahoe Basin's forests and fisheries were destroyed; the lake's pristine clarity dramatically reduced. By the 1960's the lake and forests had begun to heal, however, the burgeoning tourist trade brought hundreds of millions of visitors annually which again threatened the lake's delicate ecosystem. This history traces the environmental saga of Lake Tahoe from the mid-1800s to the present, exploring the conflicts between private property and ecological concerns, and detailing the governmental response to conserving the lake. AdultMore than petticoats: Remarkable Nevada women (More than petticoats series)
Par Jan Cleere. 2005
The book presents the compelling histories of fourteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable…
wagons, on temperamental mules and in early Model T's to leave a legacy of courage and celebration as they broke records, hearts, and rules while conquering unchartered ground. AdultHard work and a good deal: the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota
Par Barbara W Sommer. 2008
Salina, Utah massacre, July 8, 1945
Par Mike Rose. 2013
The war with Germany had been over for 2 months, yet more than 371,000 German soldiers were being held in…
prisoner of war camps in the US. A few would not make it home. Nine German soldiers lie in graves in Salt Lake City, victims of a U.S. Army private who, for reasons known only to himself, climbed onto a guard tower and opened fire with a machine gun into the German prisoners of war sleeping below. AdultLongview Farm: biography of a dream come true
Par Teresa Thornton Mitchell. 2011
Utah roadside history: a compilation of monuments, markers and historic sites
Par Gary L Gregerson. 1995
The journey West: the pioneer journals of Horace K. Whitney with insights by Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Par Horace K Whitney. 2018
Driven out: the forgotten war against Chinese Americans
Par Jean Pfaelzer. 2007
"The brutal and systematic "ethnic cleansing" of Chinese Americans in California and the Pacific Northwest in the second half of…
the nineteenth century is a shocking--and virtually unexplored--chapter of American history. Driven Out unearths this forgotten episode in our nation's past. Drawing on years of groundbreaking research, Jean Pfaelzer reveals how, beginning in 1848, lawless citizens and duplicitous politicians purged dozens of communities of thousands of Chinese residents--and how the victims bravely fought back. In town after town, as races and classes were pitted against one another in the raw and anarchistic West, Chinese miners and merchants, lumberjacks and field workers, prostitutes and merchants' wives, were gathered up at gunpoint and marched out of town, sometimes thrown into railroad cars along the very tracks they had built. Here, in vivid detail, are unforgettable incidents such as the torching of the Chinatown in Antioch, California, after Chinese prostitutes were accused of giving seven young men syphilis, and a series of lynchings in Los Angeles bizarrely provoked by a Chinese wedding. The first Chinese Americans were hanged, purged, and banished. Chinatowns across the West were burned to the ground. But the Chinese fought back: They filed the first lawsuits for reparations in the United States, sued for the restoration of their property, prosecuted white vigilantes, demanded the right to own land, and, years before Brown v. Board of Education, won access to public education for their children. Chinese Americans organized strikes and vegetable boycotts in order to starve out towns that tried to expel them. They ordered arms from China and, with Winchester rifles and Colt revolvers, defended themselves. In 1893, more than 100,000 Chinese Americans refused the government's order to wear photo identity cards to prove their legal status--the largest mass civil disobedience in United States history to that point. Driven Out features riveting characters, both heroic and villainous, white and Asian. Charles McGlashen, a newspaper editor, spearheaded a shift in the tactics of persecution, from brutality to legal boycotts of the Chinese, in order to mount a run for governor of California. Fred Bee, a creator of the Pony Express, became the Chinese consul and one of the few attorneys willing to defend the Chinese. Lum May, a dry goods store owner, saw his wife dragged from their home and driven insane. President Grover Cleveland, hoping that China's 400,000 subjects would buy the United States out of its economic crisis, persuaded China to abandon the overseas Chinese in return for a trade treaty. Quen Hing Tong, a merchant, sought an injunction against the city of San Jose in an important precursor to today's suits against racial profiling and police brutality. In Driven Out, Jean Pfaelzer sheds a harsh light on America's past. This is a story of hitherto unknown racial pogroms, purges, roundups, and brutal terror, but also a record of valiant resistance and community. This deeply resonant and eye-opening work documents a significant and disturbing episode in American history." -- Provided by publisherMissouri's mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, cadavers and macabre medicine
Par Victoria Cosner. 2015
The life of the notorious St. Louis physician Joseph Nash McDowell (1805-1868) is recounted in this entertaining short narrative. Woven…
into the book are overviews of the practice of grave robbing, of medicine on the early American frontier, and of nineteenth-century embalming techniques, making for a lively look at one of Missouri's most infamous residents. Adult. Some strong language. Some violenceAfter such knowledge: memory, history, and the legacy of the Holocaust
Par Eva Hoffman. 2004
Sixty years after the Holocaust, the author explores the difficult process of preserving and authentic version of its tragic events.…
As the Holocaust recedes in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the next generation. How should they, in turn, convey its knowledge to others? Eva Hoffman--a child of Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust probes these questions through personal and broader explorationMissouri, the heart of the nation
Par William E Parrish. 2004
Combining a chronological overview with topical development, this team of esteemed authors presents in engaging detail the rich and varied…
history of Missouri, a state that has played a pivotal role in the history of the nation, from the pre-Columbian period to the present. AdultVigilante days: frontier justice along the Niobrara
Par Harold Hutton. 1978
Covering a period of 15 to 20 years during the late 1800s and mostly focusing on the activities of noted…
horse thief, Kid Wade, Hutton expands his scope to include all vigilante activity in the lower and middle Niobrara region. This volume tries to present an unbiased factual study. Hutton does not depict the vigilance committees as always right or always wrong, nor does he attempt to glamorize or create sympathy for the thievesThe sun: a mystery
Par Courtney White. 2018
Dr. Bryce Miller, a young doctor in Boston, inherits a large, historic ranch in northern New Mexico from a wealthy…
uncle she barely knew. Then, a body is found murdered on the ranch. Is it a warning meant for her? Meanwhile, she must choose among a colorful cast of potential buyers who want to turn the working cattle ranch into something entirely different. AdultWalking in Baltimore: an intimate guide to the Old City
Par Frank R Shivers. 1995
Mencken called Baltimore "a perfect lady". Outsiders called it "mobtown". Baltimore's unique charm may have something to do with the…
city's wonderful mix of opposites. You are invited to 12 tours to explore the city's rich past and lively presentCrab's Hole: a family story of Tangier Island
Par Anne Hughes Jander. 1994
James K. Polk, 49 years old, was seen by some to be colorless, methodical, and plodding, but the dark horse…
candidate defeated the magnetic Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election. Later Polk was seen to be honest, conscientious, limited in vision, but incapable of deceit or double dealing, with a strict integrity and intense singleness of purpose. Adult