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  • Daniel Boone

    The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History“A richly textured portrait of a fascinating, complex man . . . Faragher's work is unique.” —San Francisco ChronicleIn the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America's famous frontier hero.Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scra... ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • California

    An American History

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    A concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation“A masterful history.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Faragher takes the reader on a captivating journey through myriad twists and turns of California’s multicultural history, enlivened by stories of people who rarely penetrate our traditional state chronicles.”—Carlos E. Cortés, University of California, ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland

    The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    "Altogether superb; a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewIn 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Eternity Street

    Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    "[A] fascinating account of the twisted threads of murder, ethnic violence and mob justice in 19th century Southern California." —Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside: A History of Murder in America, in the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Women and Men on the Overland Trail

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    This classic book offers a lively and penetrating analysis of what the overland journey was really like for midwestern farm families in the mid-1800s. Through the subtle use of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and even folk songs, John Mack Faragher dispels the common stereotypes of male and female roles and reveals the dynamic of pioneer family relationships. This edition includes a new preface in ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Big Bone Lick

    The Cradle of American Paleontology

    de Stanley Hedeen ...
    Shawnee legend tells of a herd of huge bison rampaging through the Ohio Valley, laying waste to all in their path. To protect the tribe, a deity slew these great beasts with lightning bolts, finally chasing the last giant buffalo into exile across the Wabash River, never to trouble the Shawnee again. The source of this legend was a peculiar salt lick in present-day northern Kentucky, where giant ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Sugar Creek

    Life on the Illinois Prairie

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    Series series The Lamar Series in Western History
    The fascinating story of the birth and development of a rural American community from its origins at the turn of the nineteenth century to the years that followed the Civil War. Drawing on newspapers, account books, and reminiscences, the author of the prize-winning Women and Men on the Overland Trail vividly portrays the lives of the prairie’s inhabitants—Indians, pioneers, farming men and women ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

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    A Great and Noble Scheme

    The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    Narrado por Paul Heitsch ...

    Completo

    17 hora 52 minutos

    In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality—to live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England—had been one of the ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Daniel Boone

    The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer

    de John Mack Faragher ...
    Narrado por Grover Gardner ...

    Completo

    12 hora 56 minutos

    In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America’s famous frontier hero, while illuminating the American hero-making process itself. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone’s own hand, and a treasure trove of reminiscences gathered by nineteenth-century ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    Lee

    A Biography

    de Clifford Dowdey ...
    Narrado por Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Completo

    33 hora 47 minutos

    General Robert E. Lee is well known as a major figure in the Civil War. However, by removing Lee from the delimiting frame of the Civil War and placing him in the context of the Republic’s total history, Dowdey shows the “eternal relevance” of this tragic figure to the American heritage. With access to hundreds of personal letters, Dowdey brings fresh insights into Lee’s background and personal ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    Darkest Year, The

    The American Home Front, 1941-1942

    de William K. Klingaman ...
    Narrado por Stefan Rudnicki ...

    Completo

    12 hora 53 minutos

    The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman’s narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war.For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Genius Plague

    de David Walton ...
    Narrado por Nick Thurston ...

    Completo

    14 hora 34 minutos

    The contagion is in your mind.In this science fiction thriller, brothers are pitted against each other as a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors.Neil Johns has just started his dream job as a code breaker for the NSA when his brother Paul, a mycologist, goes missing on a trip to collect samples in the Amazon jungle. Paul returns with ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook