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The Lobster Coast: rebels, rusticators, and the struggle for a forgotten frontier
Par Colin Woodard. 2004
Even before the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, European settlers were eking out a living by lobstering on the rocky…
coast of Maine. This riveting history reveals an increasingly difficult struggle to hold onto their communities and conserve a cultural and environmental heritage in the face of uncontrolled developmentAction!: how movies began
Par Meghan McCarthy. 2022
"Meghan McCarthy tells the story of the history of movies and the creators who made them. In fascinating detail, she…
shows how early photography capturing motion became silent films, which led to the first color films." -- Provided by publisher"Wherever humans have gone in the New World, dogs have been their companions, from the time people crossed the Bering…
Land Bridge some twenty thousand years ago. In this remarkable history of the interaction between humans and dogs, Mark Derr looks at the ways in which we have used canines--as sled dogs and sheepdogs, hounds and Seeing Eye dogs, guard dogs, show dogs, and bomb-sniffing dogs--as he tracks changes in American culture and society. From the Spanish conquest of the Americas to the English colonial period, from the age of revolution to slavery, from World War II to the Vietnam War, Derr weaves a remarkable tapestry of heroism, betrayal, tragedy, kindness, abuse, and unique companionship. The result is an enlightening perspective on American history through the eyes of humanity's best friend." -- Provided by publisherJulia de Burgos: la creación de un ícono Puertorriqueño
Par Vanessa Pérez Rosario. 2022
"Vanessa Pérez-Rosario examines poet and political activist Julia de Burgos's development as a writer, her experience of migration, and her…
legacy in New York City, the poet's home after 1940. Pérez-Rosario situates Julia de Burgos as part of a transitional generation that helps to bridge the historical divide between Puerto Rican nationalist writers of the 1930s and the Nuyorican writers of the 1970s. Becoming Julia de Burgos departs from the prevailing emphasis on the poet and intellectual as a nationalist writer to focus on her contributions to New York Latino/a literary and visual culture. It moves beyond the standard tragedy-centered narratives of de Burgos's life to place her within a nuanced historical understanding of Puerto Rico's peoples and culture to consider more carefully the complex history of the island and the diaspora. Pérez-Rosario unravels the cultural and political dynamics at work when contemporary Latina/o writers and artists in New York revise, reinvent, and riff off of Julia de Burgos as they imagine new possibilities for themselves and their communities." -- GoodreadsMedicine Trail: the Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Par Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel. 2000
Contrary to the analysis in other books, the Mohegan/Mohican nation did not vanish with the death of Chief Uncas more…
than three hundred years ago. In this remarkable life story of one of its most beloved matriarchs, 100-year-old medicine woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon Medicine Trail tells of the Mohegans' survival into this century. Adult. UnratedThe Quanah Route: a Texas short line railroad
Par Charles C Britton. 1990
A brief history of one Texas shortline railroad, the Quanah, Acme, and Pacific. Born in the 1890s, this railroad was…
designed as a frieght hauler between tiny towns of northwest central Texas and the Panhandle"Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as…
his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Drawn together by college basketball in a time of momentous change, Smith and Scott helped transform a university, a community, and the racial landscape of sports in the South. But there is much more to this story than is commonly told. In Game Changers, Art Chansky reveals an intense saga of race, college sport, and small-town politics. At the center were two young men, Scott and Smith, both destined for greatness but struggling through challenges on and off the court, among them the storms of civil rights protest and the painfully slow integration of a Chapel Hill, far less progressive than its reputation today might suggest. Drawing on extensive personal interviews and a variety of other sources, Chansky takes listeners beyond the basketball court to highlight the community that supported Smith and Scott during these demanding years, from assistant basketball coach John Lotz to influential pastor the Reverend Robert Seymour to pioneering African American mayor Howard Lee." - Provided by publisher. Adult. UnratedA day in the life of President Kennedy
Par Jim Bishop. 1964
An hour-by-hour record of a typical day in the white house for President Kennedy and his family. Written by the…
last writer to have worked with the President, it is also a record of a day in the office with White House staff. Adult. UnratedOn the beaten path: an Appalachian pilgrimage (Off The Beaten Path Ser.)
Par Robert Alden Rubin. 2000
Every year, a couple thousand would-be "thruhikers" set out to walk the entire 2,000-mile length Georgia- to Maine Appalachian Trail.…
About one of every 10 actually makes it. Robert Rubin's chances did not look good. Thirty-eight years old, dispirited, and burned out, he dreamed of leaving mortgage, wife, and cul-de-sac life behind for a journey that would take half a year-- or might never end. What awaited Rubin was not the solo trek he'd imagined, but a strange vagrant culture of pilgrims and dropouts with its own rules and rituals."The North Cascades Highway: a roadside guide to America's Alps
Par Jack McLeod. 2013
The North Cascades Highway winds through the wilderness areas of northwestern Washington. The dramatic geologic history of the route is…
described along with information about manmade and natural features along the highway. Adult. UnratedTwelve Mormon homes: visited in succession on a journey through Utah to Arizona (Utah, the Mormons, and the West #04)
Par Elizabeth Wood Kane. 1974
Represents a valuable historical picture of home and community life in several Utah towns visited by Elizabeth and Thomas Kane…
in the course of a trip with Brigham Young from Salt Lake City to St. George in 1872. It also gives important insights into the character and personality of Brigham Young in his declining years, and a view of polygamy through the eyes of a cultured Easterner. LDS nonfiction. AdultFrom the ashes: America reborn (Ashes #35)
Par William W Johnstone. 1998
"For the first time since the inception of his fictional Tri-States network 15 years ago, bestselling author William W. Johnstone…
delivers a complete guide to the first 24 books in his "Ashes" series. Here is Ben Raines on the IRA, the IRS, racism, the justice system, welfare, the military, politicians, prison reform, capital punishment, and the government. This definitive guide also offers a detailed synopsis of every novel, maps of each journey, and more." -- Provided by publisherMen against granite
Par Mari Tomasi. 2003
Collected interviews of fifty-two Barre, VT residents who had connection to the granite industry. In the early decades of the…
20th century, quarrying and carving Barre stone was the lifeblood of the local economy, providing many with income, but often at a fearsome cost - the health and even the lives of many workers. AdultLeonard Calvert and the Maryland adventure
Par Ann Jensen. 1998
The lighthouse keeper's daughter: the remarkable true story of American heroine Ida Lewis
Par Lenore Skomal. 2010
The History of Morehouse Missouri: Missouri And Nodaway County
Par Paul C Ferrell. 2000
The History of Morehouse Missouri is about the history of a small, post-Civil War timber town located in the Wool…
Swamp of Southeast Missouri. A biographical over-shot that brings the history of the Morehouse area together in understandable, documented explanations. Adult. Some violenceSimon Girty, turncoat hero: the most hated man on the early American frontier
Par Phillip W Hoffman. 2009
Simon Girty has been portrayed as a turncoat for much of history. In this revealing biography, the author details Girty's…
capture at age 15 by Indians in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War, his training as an interpreter, and his role during the American Revolution. 2008Every farm tells a story: a tale of family values
Par Jerold W Apps. 2018
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Par Mari Sandoz. 2022
Mari Sandoz's beautifully written account of the battle in which General George Armstrong Custer staked his life and lost it…
reveals on every page the author's intimate knowledge of her subject. The character of the Sioux, the personality of Custer, the mixed emotions of Custer's men, the plains landscape all emerge with such clarity that the reader is transported to that spring in 1876 when the Army of the Plains began its fateful march toward Yellowstone. The background of the tragedy is here: the history of bad blood and broken treaties between the Indigenous nations and the United States, the underlying reason for Custer's expedition and for the convocation of Indians on the Little Bighorn that particular year. Sandoz's final book was the first analysis of Custer's motives and political ambitions to shed light on an old mystery that was hotly disputed by the general's admirers. Historian Elaine Marie Nelson introduces this iconic work to a new generation and details the long, challenging road this book took to publication. Sandoz raced against time to complete the volume while undergoing cancer treatments, and the book was published just three months after her death. The Battle of the Little Bighorn is widely considered the apex of her writing. AdultDaughters of Arraweelo: stories of Somali women
Par Ayaan Adan. 2022
Somali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life. In their own words,…
these are stories of mothers and daughters, teachers and social workers, scientists and medical professionals, lawyers and politicians--all Somali women who have made their marks on Minnesota. -- ?c Adapted from publisher's description