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Darien: A Journey in Search of Empire
John H McKendrick · Birlinn
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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The Company of Scotland and its attempts to establish the colony of Caledonia on the inhospitable isthmus of Panama in the late seventeenth century is one of the most tragic moments of Scottish history. It could have been a triumph, but inadequate preparation and organization ensured it was a catastrophe... |
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Harford County Wills 1774-1800
Ralph H Morgan · Willow Bend Books
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
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Abraham Jarrett served as Register of Wills for Harford County, Maryland, from 1799 to 1813. Three ledgers containing wills are identified by his initials for the period 1774 to 1814. This publication covers wills for the period 1774 to 1800, which were recorded in two ledgers identified... |
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The Untold Civil War: Exploring the Human Side of War
James Robertson · National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Was Gettysburg a tactical success, or was the outcome determined by a far more mundane factor: access to fresh water? How did the need to spread information about the dead and wounded give rise to the U.S. Postal Service? Did President Lincoln really age so dramatically during the course... |
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Confederate Sailors, Marines and Signalmen from Virginia and Maryland
Robert J Driver · Heritage Books
Pages: 506
Format: Paperback
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This handy reference volume contains alphabetical listings of men from Virginia and Maryland who served as: Confederate Naval officers and sailors; Confederate Marine Corps officers and enlisted men; and Confederate Signal Corps officers, signalmen and te
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One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Kevin M. Kruse · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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We're often told that the United States is, was, and always has been a Christian nation. But in One Nation Under God, historian Kevin M. Kruse reveals that the idea of "Christian America" is an invention - and a relatively recent one at that.As Kruse argues, the belief that America... |
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Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century
Daniel Oppenheimer · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative, intimate look at the evolution of America's political soul through the lives of six political figures - from Whittaker Chambers to Christopher Hitchens - who abandoned the left and joined the right.In Exit Right, Daniel Oppenheimer tells the stories of six major political... |
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Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Mike Lankford · Melville House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Why did Leonardo Da Vinci leave so many of his major works uncompleted? Why did this resolute pacifist build war machines for the notorious Borgias? Why did he carry the Mona Lisa with him everywhere he went for decades, yet never quite finish it? Why did he write backwards, and was he really... |
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Fire Base Illingworth: An Epic True Story of Remarkable Courage Against Staggering Odds
Philip Keith · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fire Base Illingworth is an epic, never-before-told true story of a North Vietnamese Army attack and how the men of this nearly overrun Fire Base survived.In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to over-run... |
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Bastardy Cases in Baltimore County, Maryland, 1673 - 1783
Henry C Peden · Heritage Books
Pages: 203
Format: Book
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This volume covers 865 bastardy cases in Baltimore County, Maryland, taken from county court minutes and proceedings, levy lists, and extant records of Church of England, and from the Society of Friends (Quaker) Monthly Meeting Minutes. Many cases have be
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Strangers in Arms: Combat Motivation in the Canadian Army, 1943-1945
ENGEN ROBERT · McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages: 328
Format: eBook
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Why do soldiers fight? What keeps them going? What compels them to face death when their long-time comrades have fallen around them? Strangers in Arms addresses these questions in a groundbreaking study of the behaviour, morale, and motivations of Canadian infantrymen on the front lines... |
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A History of the Grandparents I Never Had
Ivan Jablonka · Stanford University Press
Pages: 334
Format: Print book
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Ivan Jablonka's grandparents' lives ended long before his began: although Matès and Idesa Jablonka were his family, they were perfect strangers. When he set out to uncover their story, Jablonka had little to work with. Neither of them was the least bit famous, and they left little... |
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Your Country, My Country: A Unified History of the United States and Canada
Robert Bothwell · Oxford University Press
Pages: 420
Format: Print book
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Canada: land of hockey, terrible weather, unfailing politeness-and little else, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United States is seen as a land of unparalleled opportunity and unparalleled failure, a country of heights and abysses. The straitlaced country in the north... |
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