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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann · Doubleday
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover
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From New Yorker staff writer David Grann, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage... |
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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations
John P Avlon · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 354
Format: Print book
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"A vivid portrait ... A thoughtful consideration of Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington's Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a "parting friend" to his fellow citizens about the forces he feared... |
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Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War
Daniel J Sharfstein · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 613
Format: Hardcover
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The epic clash of two American legends -- their brutal war and a battle of ideas that defined America after Reconstruction.Oliver Otis Howard thought he was a man of destiny. Chosen to lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War, the Union Army general was entrusted with the era's most... |
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Official Guide to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Kathleen M Kendrick · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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This fully illustrated guide to the Smithsonian's newest museum takes visitors on a journey through the richness and diversity of African American culture and the history of a people whose struggles, aspirations, and achievements have shaped the nation. Opened in September 2016, the National... |
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H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil
Adam Selzer · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
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America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of a murderer who has become one of America's... |
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Tom Clavin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The instant New York Times bestseller!Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before... |
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