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Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009. From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile. Diners, bellhops, and cabbies shouted out 'Hiya, Harry!' whenever they recognised the former president, and, out for his daily constitutional on the streets of New York, Harry even stumbled into the sidewalk shot of the newly launched "Today" show. Along the way there are brief detours into relevant topics, such as the post-war American auto industry, McCarthyism, the development of the nation's highway system, and the decline of Main Street America. By the end of the 2,500-mile journey, readers will have a new and heartfelt appreciation for America's last citizen-president. 262pp.. ISBN: 9781556527777. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HARRY TRUMAN AMERICAN HISTORY. more information

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Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2009. Recalling the state's shameful racist history of lynching, arson, denial of rights, false imprisonment, and other heinous crimes, this riveting narrative explores how Mississippi became a safe haven for the most violent and virulent racists, who were immune to prosecution for their crimes. This sanctuary of the then status quo emerged from the 1956 Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission's efforts to preserve segregation and 'Mississippi Values' by declaring the state outside the jurisdiction of the federal government. This title presents an analysis of the major crimes, the institutional collusion, delayed and never-delivered justice, and the state's attempts at atonement are interspersed with the authors' recollections of what they saw, heard, and experienced as whites - thus 'insiders' - during this troubled time. With commentary extending to the present day, this is both a well-researched history and an eyewitness record of living through an era of judicial, media, and economic terrorism directed against African Americans. 369pp.. ISBN: 9781556527630. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RACISM HISTORY AMERICA MISSISSIPPI. more information

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Huntington, NY, U.S.A.: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2002. This book presents tables that provide historical data, including service dates, party affiliation, and other information, for 15 House and Senate party leadership posts. Although party divisions appeared almost from the First Congress, the formally structures party leadership organisations now taken for granted are a relatively modern development. Constitutionally-specified leaders, namely the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate, can be identified since the first Congress. Other leadership posts, however, were not officially recognised until about the middle of the 19th century, and some are 20th century creations. The Senate was slower than the House to develop a separate, identifiable party leadership. Records of party conferences in the 19th century Senate are not available. Memoirs and other secondary sources reveal the identities of party conference or caucus chairmen for some, but not all, Congresses after about 1850; but these posts carried very little authority. It was not uncommon for Senators to publicly declare that within the Senate parties, there was no single leader. Rather, through the turn of the 20th century, individuals who led the Senate achieved their position through recognised personal attributes, including persuasion and oratorical skills, rather than election or appointment to official leadership posts. The development of Senate party floor leaders was, like in the House, one of slow evolution, linked for the most part to the post of conference chairman. Not until 1945 did Senate Republicans specify that the conference chairmanship and floor leader posts must be held by separate Senators. Among Senate Democrats, the floor leader is also chairman of the conference. A special section presents biographical sketches of each of the leaders. 171pp.. ISBN: 1590333306. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UNITED STATES CONGRESS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY POLITICAL. more information

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Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Press, 2007. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in Minnesota's history. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu.In "Creating Minnesota" Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of the state.. ISBN: 087351596X. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MINNESOTA_BIOGRAPHY MINNESOTA_HISTORY MINNESOTA_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT HISTORY. more information

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Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: Liberty Fund, Incorporated, 2004. Liberty and Order is an ambitious anthology of primary source writings: letters, circulars, debate transcriptions, House proceedings, and newspaper articles that document the years during which America's founding generation divided over the sort of country the United States was to become. The founders' arguments over the proper construction of the new Constitution, the political economy, the appropriate level of popular participation in a republican polity, foreign policy, and much else, not only contributed crucially to the shaping of the nineteenth-century United States, but also have remained of enduring interest to all historians of republican liberty. This anthology makes it possible to understand the grounds and development of the great collision, which pitted John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and others who called themselves Federalists or, sometimes, the friends of order, against the opposition party led by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and their followers, in what emerged as the Jeffersonian Republican Party. Editor Lance Banning provides the reader with original-source explanations of early anti-Federalist feeling and Federalist concerns.373pp.. ISBN: 0865974187. Paperback. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. UNITED STATES POLITICS GOVERNMENT POLITICAL SCIENCE GENERAL. more information

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San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: Encounter Books, 2001. Drawing on new archival materials and detailing the events at ground level,traces the origins,development and brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred and violence in the fateful summer of 1906.337pp.. ISBN: 1893554236. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. RACISM RIOTS UNITED STATES SOUTHERN RACE RELATIONS AFRO AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS ATLANTA GA POLITICS GOVERNMENT HISTORY STATE LOCAL POLITICAL SCIENCE PROVINCIAL SOCIAL SOCIOLOGY GENERAL DISCRIMINATION. more information

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Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A.: McLean County Historical, 1996. Dedication by author on title page.282pp.. ISBN: 0943788099. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MEDICINE UNITED STATES MEDICAL CARE. more information

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Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company Inc. , 2007. The black experience in America - starting from its origins in western Africa up to the present day - is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure. The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. The most recent scholarship on the geographic, social, economic, and cultural journeys of African Americans, together with vivid portraits of key black leaders, complete this comprehensive reference. 804pp.. ISBN: 9780874850079. Revised Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN HISTORY MAYFLOWER. more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. In the American Southwest, no two events shaped modern Spanish heritage more profoundly than the San Diego Expositions of 1915-16 and 1935-36. Both San Diego fairs displayed a portrait of the Southwest and its peoples for the American public. The Panama-California Exposition of 1915-16 celebrated Southwestern pluralism and gave rise to future promotional events including the Long Beach Pacific Southwest Exposition of 1928, the Santa Fe Fiesta of the 1920s, and John Steven McGroarty's The Mission Play. The California-Pacific International Exposition of 1935-36 promoted the Pacific Slope and the consumer-oriented society in the making during the 1930s. These San Diego fairs distributed national images of southern California and the Southwest unsurpassed in the early twentieth century. By examining architecture and landscape, American Indian shows, civic pageants, tourist imagery, and the production of history for celebration and exhibition at each fair, Matthew Bokovoy peels back the rhetoric of romance and reveals the legacies of the San Diego World's Fairs to re-imagine the Indian and Hispanic Southwest. In tracing how the two fairs reflected civic conflict over an invented San Diego culture, Bokovoy explains the emergence of a myth in which the city embraced and incorporated native peoples, Hispanics, and Anglo settlers to benefit its modern development.316pp.. ISBN: 0826336426. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SAN DIEGO (CALIF.)_HISTORY. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1990. An introduction to the field of cultural studies, which charts the subject's development in both Britain and the USA. The text investigates the establishment of cultural history, and examines the contribution of structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, phenomenology and critical theory. Slightly twisted.212pp.. ISBN: 0415902843. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CULTURE HISTORY CIVILIZATION EDUCATION BRITAIN AMERICA. more information

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Michigan: Ladyslipper Press, 2005. Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travellers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response to historical accounts primarily from white men, this collection begins with American Indian myths and stories and continues through writings by women pioneers and travellers. More than three dozen selections of autobiography, fiction, newspaper accounts, and poetry chronicle the real danger and the physical and mental challenges of living in the environment of the Great Lakes.. ISBN: 0970260601. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE_MIDDLE WEST. more information

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Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1999. The story of Italian immigrants to Western Pennsylvania told in their own words. Lists names of families. Illustrated with many b/w photographs. 213pp. Slight rubbing to d/j at bottom corners. . ISBN: 0936340029. D/J in Protective Wrapper. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. USA ITALIAN AMERICANS PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRANTS HISTORY SOCIAL. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. This is the enormously entertaining story of how a fraudulent surgeon made a fortune by inserting goats' testes into impotent American men. So-called 'Doctor' John Brinkley became a world renowned authority on sexual rejuvenation in the 1920s, with famous politicians and even royalty asking for his services. His nemesis was Dr Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, but it took him fifteen years to destroy Brinkley in a dramatic courtroom showdown. In the meantime, despite mounting evidence that his quack treatments killed many patients, Brinkley became a millionaire and his pioneering use of radio not only kick-started country music as a national force in America, but invented the whole concept of radio advertising. He was the first politician to campaign from the air, when he ran for governor of Kansas. 324pp.. ISBN: 9780297845669. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. AMERICAN HISTORY BIOGRAPHY KANSAS BRINKLEY FRAUD. more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 1989. In 1863, John Mahlon Marlin's dream was simply to make small, single-shot, derringer-type pistols. But within twenty years, his dream had grown into a corporation that would eventually be called The Marlin Firearms Company, and Marlin was one of the foremost names in the firearms industry, In this comprehensive book, learn about the men who built the Marlin empire, the guns that are now known for their classic beauty and intrinsic value, and the many products Marlin manufactured as sidelines to the firearms business.696pp.. ISBN: 0811708772. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. CONNECTICUT_HISTORY FIREARMS_HISTORY USA GUNS. more information

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Illinois, USA: Harlan Davidson Inc, 2002. 107pp.. ISBN: 0882959697. Reprint. Paperback. As New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SOURCES HISTORY RESEARCH WRITING. more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. Base of front d/j a little rubbed.. ISBN: 0297795465. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICAN FREANCE DESPATCHES HISTORICAL. more information

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Wheeling, IL, U.S.A.: Davidson (Harlan) Inc,US, 2005. In his sweeping coverage of the Mississippi story - from prehistoric times to the present day - Professor Busbee deftly combines narrative and topical chapters to address major political, economic, social, and cultural developments. Having taught Mississippi history in college classes for more than thirty years, Dr. Busbee approaches this unflinching account by asking why Mississippi - with its rich natural and human resources - continues to compare unfavourably with other states in such critical areas as per capita income, adult literacy, and public health. "How and why," he asks, "did all of us who call Mississippi home get where we are? What past mistakes might we hope to correct and what innovative approaches might we take to enhance the future of the state?" The book seeks answers to these meaningful questions through a careful assimilation of information gleaned from a multitude of secondary and primary sources. It also includes original maps and tables as well as a multitude of photographs, selected sources by chapter, a Selected Bibliography of Mississippi History, a series of appendices, and a full subject index. In sum, this innovative survey provides a great new resource for all instructors of Mississippi history, a common base of information for students pursuing knowledge and meaning in the study of their state's past, and a comprehensive and engaging read for anyone interested in knowing more about the fascinating history of the Magnolia State. 445pp. . ISBN: 0882952277. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. USA SOUTHERN STATES MISSISSIPPI HISTORY. more information

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Wheeling, IL, U.S.A.: Davidson (Harlan) Inc,US, 2005. In his sweeping coverage of the Mississippi story - from prehistoric times to the present day - Professor Busbee deftly combines narrative and topical chapters to address major political, economic, social, and cultural developments. Having taught Mississippi history in college classes for more than thirty years, Dr. Busbee approaches this unflinching account by asking why Mississippi - with its rich natural and human resources - continues to compare unfavourably with other states in such critical areas as per capita income, adult literacy, and public health. "How and why", he asks, "did all of us who call Mississippi home get where we are? What past mistakes might we hope to correct and what innovative approaches might we take to enhance the future of the state?" The book seeks answers to these meaningful questions through a careful assimilation of information gleaned from a multitude of secondary and primary sources. It also includes original maps and tables as well as a multitude of photographs, selected sources by chapter, a Selected Bibliography of Mississippi History, a series of appendices, and a full subject index. In sum, this innovative survey provides a great new resource for all instructors of Mississippi history, a common base of information for students pursuing knowledge and meaning in the study of their state's past, and a comprehensive and engaging read for anyone interested in knowing more about the fascinating history of the Magnolia State. 445pp.Slight bump to top right front board corner. . ISBN: 0882952366. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New/No d/j as Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. USA SOUTHERN STATES MISSISSIPPI HISTORY. more information

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Huntington, NY, U.S.A.: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2002. Of the 152 nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court between 1789 and 2001, 32 were not confirmed by the Senate. The 32 nominations represent 27 individuals who failed to be confirmed the first time they were nominated, however, three were later nominated again and confirmed. The Supreme Court nominations discussed here were not confirmed for a variety of reasons, including Senate opposition to the nominating President, nominee's views, or incumbent Court; senatorial courtesy; perceived political unreliability of the nominee; perceived lack of ability; interest group opposition; and fear of altering the balance of the Court. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has played an important role in the confirmation process, particularly since 1868. These nominations have been the subject of extensive legal, historical, and political science writing, a selected list of which is included in this report. Calls for change in the Supreme Court also have been directed at three other aspects of the Supreme Court appointment process: the involvement of outside interest groups; the overall length of time taken by the process; and the process by which the Senate as a whole decides whether to confirm or reject the President's nominee. This new book also examines recess appointments of federal judges and professional qualifications for appointment to the federal judiciary. 159pp.. ISBN: 1590333888. Cloth/Laminated Boards. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. JUDICIAL POWER UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT LAW CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS. more information

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Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1997. 142pp.. ISBN: 155652322X. Paperback. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ACTIVITY PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION UNITED USA COLONIAL LIFE HISTORY. more information

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East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.: Michigan State University Press, 2002. During the Second World War, Dwight D. Eisenhower formulated an ideology that encompassed deeply held ideas about human nature, society, and political life. From the day the war ended, Eisenhower promoted this ideology; he considered the production of words as an end in itself, essential to the real business of governing. During his years as Army Chief of Staff, president of Columbia University, Allied Commander in Europe, and candidate for President of the United States, Eisenhower continuously emphasised the inspirational value of the spoken word. This book reveals how one man helped construct the sense of national and global insecurity that pervaded American life for decades. 366pp. . ISBN: 087013616X. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. EISENHOWER DWIGHT D DAVID 1890 1969 GENERALS BIOGRAPHY UNITED STATES ARMY POLITICS GOVERNMENT 1945 1953 1961 AUTOBIOGRAPHY MILITARY PRESIDENTS HEADS STATE HISTORY 20TH CENTURY RUSSIA COLD WAR. more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Once neglected, racial minorities are now the focus of intense interest among historians of the American West, who have come to recognise the roles of African American, Chinese, and Mexican people in shaping the frontier. Racial Frontiers is both a highly original work, particularly in its emphasis on racial minority women, and a masterful synthesis of the literature in this young field. De Leon depicts a US West populated by settlers anticipating opportunities for upward mobility, jockeying for position as they adapted to new surroundings, and adjusting to new political and economic systems. Minority groups discarded unworkable political traditions that had followed them from their homelands and sought to participate in a democracy that they trusted would see to their well-being. Many embraced capitalism in preference to the economic systems they had left behind but refused to give up their cultural traditions. The result was a US West of many colours. Known as a skilled writer, De Leon tells countless stories of the lives of men and women to guide the readers through his narrative. Personal histories and revealing quotations illustrate the struggles and victories of the newcomers, enriching our understanding of the settlement of the trans-Mississippi West since the middle of the nineteenth century. 150pp.. ISBN: 0826322719. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY USA AFRICAN CHINESE MEXICAN WEST MINORITIES SOCIAL 19TH CENTURY. more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998. This is the definitive biography of America's foremost frontiersman, with little-known information on Boone's family, long hunting, the fur trade, and the trans-Allegheny West. Small chip to top left corner front d/j.596pp.. ISBN: 0811709795. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BOONE, DANIEL, 1734-1820 USA WEST BIOGRAPHY. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1979. Taking off from Bakke the authors retrace the history of the conflict of ideas over equality from the arguments of Thomas Jefferson and the Lincoln-Douglas debates to the post-Civil War introduction of Jim Crow laws down to Brown vs Board of Education and the civil rights revolution of the 1950s. Annotated and suggested reading list.243pp. Slight rubbing at head of cover spine. Two small indentations to rear d/j and some faint dust-marking.. ISBN: 0465014348. Cloth. Very Good/Good/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. EQUALITY LAW CIVIL RIGHTS AFFIRMATIVE DISCRIMINATION BAKKE CASE. more information

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Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988. 183pp.. ISBN: 0813910099. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. USA COLUMBIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY WASHINGTON D.C. 19TH CENTURY. more information

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Gretna, LA, U.S.A.: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc, 2002. The purpose of these two final volumes is to round out this historical account by focusing on the Southern men and women who have contributed in a marked degree to the life and development of the South and the nation. Written from a sympathetic point of view, volume XI and XII constitute a quick reference to these leaders. Limitations of space may have led to the omission of some figures that another collection might have included. No attempt at glorification is made, and accuracy of social and historical setting is a priority. Character, personality, and individuality have always been treasured in the South. Those qualities are celebrated here. Volume XII lists entries for individuals with last names starting with the letters from K to Z., including Robert E. Lee, Meriwether Lewis and Jeb Stuart. 576pp.PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK NUMBER REFERS TO VOLUME 11,VOLUME 12 BIOGRAPHY K-Z IS ALSO AVAILABLE SEE OUR LISTING BOOK NUMBER #006490.. ISBN: 1565549619. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. HISTORY NORTH AMERICA SOUTHERN STATES THE SOUTH BIOGRAPHY. more information

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Gretna, LA, U.S.A.: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc, 2002. The purpose of these two final volumes is to round out this historical account by focusing on the Southern men and women who have contributed in a marked degree to the life and development of the South and the nation. Written from a sympathetic point of view, volume XI and XII constitute a quick reference to these leaders. Limitations of space may have led to the omission of some figures that another collection might have included. No attempt at glorification is made, and accuracy of social and historical setting is a priority. Character, personality, and individuality have always been treasured in the South. Those qualities are celebrated here. Volume XII lists entries for individuals with last names starting with the letters from K to Z., including Robert E. Lee, Meriwether Lewis and Jeb Stuart.587pp. .PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK NUMBER REFERS TO VOLUME 12,VOLUME 11,BIOGRAPHY A-J IS ALSO AVAILABLE SEE OUR LISTING BOOK NUMBER #006491.. ISBN: 1565549627. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. HISTORY NORTH AMERICA SOUTHERN STATES THE SOUTH BIOGRAPHY. more information

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Gretna, LA, U.S.A.: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc, 2002. Biographies of leading Southern writers are explored, with emphasis on antebellum writers. Samples of their writing, including some complete short stories, are included. Among the writers represented are Edgar Allan Poe, William Gilmore Simms, John Pendleton Kennedy, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Joel Chandler Harris, George Washington Cable and many others. 444pp.Slight bump to head of spine. . ISBN: 1565549589. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY NORTH AMERICA THE SOUTH SOUTHERN STATES FICTION LITERATURE. more information

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Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2003. Against a backdrop of European unrest, immigration to America flourished in the nineteenth century for European Jews as for other groups. Two waves of immigration brought Jews to New Mexico, the first largely of German men in the 1840s and 1850s and the second of Eastern Europeans with the coming of the railroad to New Mexico in the 1880s. This book lights the drama that unfolded for these young Jewish merchants, tradesmen, in cases labourers, who were linked in their homeland through a complex web of intermarriage and who built quite successfully on their cultural and social relationships to become among New Mexico's most prominent, productive citizens. 100pp.. ISBN: 0890134669. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. JEWS_UNITED STATES_HISTORY JEWS_EUROPE ASHKENAZIM. more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. This book, originally published in 1989 and long unavailable, is reissued in conjunction with the completed multi-volume translation of the official correspondence of don Diego De Vargas, late seventeenth-century governor and re-coloniser of New Mexico. These personal letters not only illuminate their author but the history of New Mexico as don Diego experienced it. Like the Journals of don Diego de Vargas, this volume reflects years of document collection, translation, and annotation by the Vargas Project directed by John L Kessell. Slight dent to right hand edge front board.596pp.. ISBN: 0826311121. Third Printing. Cloth/Gilt. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. DIEGO DE VARGAS LETTERS NEW SPAIN NEW MEXICO AMERICA HISTORY. more information

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Gretna, LA, U.S.A.: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc, 2002. 677pp.. ISBN: 1565549554. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. HISTORY NORTH AMERICA USA SOUTHERN STATES SOUTH. more information

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Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. 315pp.Mildred Clark Cusey was a whore, a madam, an entrepreneur, and above all, a survivor. The story of Silver City Millie, as she referred to herself, is the story of one woman's personal tragedies and triumphs as an orphan, a Harvey Girl waitress on the Santa Fe railroad, a prostitute with innumerable paramours, and a highly successful bordello businesswoman. Millie broke the mould in so many ways, and yet her life's story of survival was not unlike that of thousands of women who went West only to find that their most valuable assets were their physical beauty and their personality. Petite at five feet tall with piercing blue eyes, Millie captured men's attention by her very essence and her unmistakable joie de vivre. Born to Italian immigrant parents near Kansas City, she and her sister were orphaned early and separated from each other. Millie learned hard lessons on the streets, but she never gave up and she vowed to protect and support her ailing older sister. Caught in a domestic squabble in her foster home, Millie wound up in juvenile court with Harry Truman as her judge. This would be only the first of many brushes in her life with prominent politicians. When doctors diagnosed her sister with tuberculosis and recommended she move West to a Catholic home in Deming, New Mexico, Millie moved with her. Expenses ran high and after a brief stint waiting tables as a Harvey Girl, Millie found that her meagre tips could easily be augmented by turning tricks. Thus, out of financial need and devotion to her sister, Mildred Cusey turned to a life of prostitution and a career at which she soon excelled and became both rich and famous. . ISBN: 0826327826. Third Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J In Protective Wrapper. PROSTITUTES WEST U S BIOGRAPHY BUSINESSWOMEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WOMEN STUDIES. more information

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London: Atlantic Books, 2008. In this most original examination of America's post-9/11 culture, Susan Faludi shines a light on the psychological response to the attacks on that terrible day. Turning her acute observational powers on the media, popular culture, and political life, Faludi unearths a societal drama shot through with baffling contradictions. Why, she asks, did Americans respond to an assault against American global dominance with a frenzied summons to restore 'traditional' manhood, marriage, and maternity? Why did they react as if the hijackers had targeted not a commercial and military edifice but the family home and nursery? Why did an attack fueled by hatred of Western emancipation lead them to a regressive fixation on 'Doris Day' womanhood and 'John Wayne' masculinity, with trembling 'security moms', swaggering presidential gunslingers, and the 'rescue' of a female soldier, Jessica Lynch, cast as a 'helpless little girl'?The answer, Faludi finds, lies in a uniquely American historical anomaly: the nation that in recent memory has been least vulnerable to domestic attack was forged in traumatizing assaults by nonwhite 'barbarians' on town and village. That humiliation lies concealed under a myth of cowboy bluster and feminine frailty, which is reanimated whenever threat and shame looms."The Terror Dream" is a brilliant and important new look at what 9/11 revealed about America.351pp. . ISBN: 9781843547792. Paperback. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 9/11 USA CURRENT AFFAIRS TERRORISM POLITICS. more information

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Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Overmountain Press, 1989. Beginning this volume with a chapter entitled "Prehistory," he goes on to chronicle the Indian troubles and other hardships suffered by those settling the frontier, their early government, development of trade and commerce, travel and the coming of the railroad, growth of churches and religion, as well as education and publications, and finally recording several pages of leftover bits of information under "Miscellany." His history of the oldest town in Tennessee was written in 1972, with financial aid through a Federal grant, and covers approximately the same period then under study for Jonesborough's preservation and restoration plans. In this "Second Edition", the original text remains intact, but more than one hundred photographs have been added along with a complete index. 203pp.N.B.Half inch closed tear to top left corner front d/j.. ISBN: 0932807380. Second Edition. Cloth. New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TENNESSEE HISTORY UNITED STATES STATE. more information

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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1994. Biography of the man generally credited with having revealed the structure of western geology to both the scientific community and the public at large during the great surveys of the late nineteenth century.443pp.. ISBN: 1570980047. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. EXPLORERS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY HISTORICAL TRAVEL PARKS GEOLOGY CAMPGROUNDS. more information

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Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books,U.S., 1992. This book offers a vivid account of the bloody, corruption-laden, yet engrossing history of land speculation in America, from pre-colonial times to the election of President Thomas Jefferson. Friedenberg conducts a fast-paced, eye-opening tour through the labyrinth of North American land deals, and in doing do exposes the real motives influencing some of the major events in our nation's history while placing the lives and careers of America's forefathers in a disturbing new light. Discover the powerful role that the desire for land played in carving out colonies in the New World and how greed sparked the French and Indian War and spawned an array of land companies created to make quick profits and displace Native Americans. Friedenberg explains how colonial merchants and traders were willing to risk revolution to achieve new western markets. He looks at the American Revolution through the eyes of those who speculated on land grants promised to soldiers and discusses how political intrigues among land company delegates at Congress influenced ratification of the Articles of Confederation and debate on the Constitution. He reveals the legacy of treason, fraud, treachery, and deceit as some of the most distinguished names in our early history sliced up the American pie. 423pp. . ISBN: 0879757221. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ECONOMICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE HISTORY USA PLUNDER. more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books,U.S., 2003. James B Fry (1827-1894) spent nearly his entire career on staff duty, retiring only in 1872 to devote himself to military writings, of which Army Sacrifices is one of the most important. Drawing on War Department records and participant recollections, Fry presented riveting vignettes of both pre- and post-Civil War engagements in the West, including the Fetterman Massacre, the battle of Beecher Island, and the death of General Edward R S Canby in the Lava Beds. 254pp. . ISBN: 0811728242. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HISTORY AMERICA MILITARY HISTORY WEST FRONTIER. more information

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. A unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to tell the extraordinary story of the grain that built the New World. Corn transformed the way the entire world eats, providing a hardy, inexpensive alternative to rice or wheat and cheap fodder for livestock and finding its way into everything from explosives to embalming fluid. Betty Fussell has given us a true American saga, interweaving the histories of the indigenous peoples who first cultivated the grain and the European conquerors who appropriated and propagated it around the globe. She explores corn's roles as food, fetish, crop, and commodity to those who have planted, consumed, worshiped, processed, and profited from it for seven centuries. 356pp.. ISBN: 0826335926. Paperback. Fine/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CORN HISTORY AMERICA. more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books,U.S., 2004. This comprehensive guide profiles 17 major amusement parks in the Garden State. Complete information on rides and attractions is accompanied by dozens of vintage photographs and postcard scenes. Featured parks: Steel Pier, Atlantic City; Keansburg Amusement Park, Keansburg; Clementon Amusement Park, Clementon; Jenkinson's Boardwalk, Point Pleasant Beach; Casino Pier, Seaside Heights; Playland, Ocean City; Bowcraft Amusement Park, Scotch Plains; Land of Make Believe, Hope; Storybookland, Cardiff; Funtown Pier, Seaside Park; Wild West City, Netcong; Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City; Morey's Piers, Wildwood; Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson; Fantasy Island, Beach Haven; Blackbeards Cave, Bayville. 228pp.. ISBN: 0811729737. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. USA AMUSEMENT PARKS TRAVEL GUIDES NEW JERSEY. more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books,U.S., 1999. A collection of the correspondence directed towards Harry Truman during his tenure as President. The letters are mostly composed by average Americans although examples from notables such as Winston Churchill and J Robert Oppenheimer are included.512pp. . ISBN: 0811704823. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavy Item Postage Quote. HISTORY NORTH AMERICA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY HARRY TRUMAN WINSTON CHURCHILL. more information

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New York: William Morrow & Co, 1984. 408pp.. ISBN: 0688019439. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN SOCIAL HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY. more information

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London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Philadelphia's "Black Mafia" could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses. This book provides the first sociological analysis to date of Philadelphia's infamous "Black Mafia" which has organized crime (with varying degrees of success) in predominantly African-American sections of the city dating back to the late 1960's. Philadelphia's "Black Mafia" is a first step in developing both data and sophisticated theoretical propositions germane to the ongoing study of organized crime. It uses primary source documents, including confidential law enforcement files, court transcripts and interviews. It explores the group's activities in detail, depicting some of the most notorious crimes in Philadelphia's history, and thoroughly examines the organization of the Black Mafia and the group's alliances, conspiracies and conflicts. It also challenges many of the current historical and theoretical assumptions regarding organized crime.210pp.. ISBN: 1402013116. Cloth/Laminated Boards. New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CRIMINOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCE PHILADELPHIA BLACK MAFIA. more information

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Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. A historical study of the legal relationships between man and the land in Pecos, New Mexico. This study of land tenure is intended to enable the reader to understand the human need to occupy land and exploit the world's resources to secure a livelihood. The evolution of land tenure is also used to understand the multi-ethnic heritage of New Mexico. Annotated. 367pp.. ISBN: 0826307108. Second Printing. Cloth. As New/No Jacket as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NEW MEXICO HISTORY UNITED STATES STATE LOCAL PECOS GRANT 1800-1933. more information

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London: Methuen, 1982. Answering all the questions to the bizarre kidnapping of Patty Hearst in 1974. previous owners inscription on frp.head of d/j spine rubbed,page edges darkened.466pp.. ISBN: 0413504603. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. TERRORISM TRUE CRIME BIOGRAPHY USA PATTY HEARST SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY. more information

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East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.: Michigan State University Press, 2002. 95pp.Since 1970, a growing number of Asian Indians have called Michigan home. Here, Arthur W. Helweg shows how Asian Indians in Michigan contribute to the richness and diversity of Michigan's culture through participation in local institutions, while maintaining an ethnic identity rooted in India. . ISBN: 0870136216. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IMMIGRANTS UNITED STATES MICHIGAN HISTORY ETHNIC RELATIONS STATE LOCAL SOCIAL SCIENCE EMIGRATION IMMIGRATION DISCRIMINATION RACE. more information

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London: Nicholas Vane Ltd, 1962. The American Travel Series.D/J faded and slightly marked.192pp.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CANADA GREAT LAKES TRAVEL. more information

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London: Nicholas Vane Ltd, 1961. D/J faded. The American Travel series.192pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMERICA TRAVEL NEW YORK HISTORY. more information

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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. To examine the cultural context of fire in "combustible America" gathered more than 100 illustrations, most never before published, together with anecdotes and information from hundreds of original sources, including newspapers, diaries, company records, popular fiction, art and music.The result is an encyclopaedic history that ranges from stories of the tragic 'great fires' of the century to fire imagery in folktales and popular literature. Dealing more with technology than with fire in nature, the book provides a vast amount of information on fire manipulation and prevention in everyday life, discussing the people who worked with fire and against it. 281pp.. ISBN: 0691048096. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J in Protective Wrapper. USA FIRE ANTHROPOLOGY. more information

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 2006. Glass bottom boats, mermaids, underwater performances, petting zoos - Florida's tourist industry began with the attractions that developed around the state's natural springs. This quintessential roadside book tells the story of how Florida's natural wonders were first developed as tourist attractions, leading to the booming theme-park era of today. 153pp.. ISBN: 0811732665. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FLORIDA BOATS AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE PLEASURE CRUISES TOURISM. more information

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Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. The author sorts out the record on groups of orphans removed from the crowded city tenements to America's rural areas. Based on records, newspaper articles and first-hand accounts this book attempts to explain how the system of 'placing out' was established and how it functioned into the 1920s. Occasional b/w photographs, annotated and with bibliographical essay. 248pp. Slight rubbing to head and tail of cover spine and rubbing and slight creasing to head and tail of d/j spine.. ISBN: 0803223609. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D/J In Protective Wrapper. FOSTER HOME CARE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS CHILD 1853 -1929 USA. more information

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