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Pineapple Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Cathedrals of War tells the story of Florida's coastal fortifications from Amelia Island on the Florida/Georgia border, to Key West, the Dry Tortugas, an atoll midway between Key West and Havana, Cuba and Pensacola on Florida's west coast. Covering the colonial era to the Civil War to the late 1880s, this book explains the specific locations, designs of the forts, the strategy behind their construction, military necessity, and purpose that led to...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Fans of Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World will enjoy this fun, interactive Community Helpers picture book that introduces children to everyone who works together within the local government. Welcome to Trusty Town Hall! Everyone here helps keep the town of Honey Hill running smoothly. Marco's father is running for mayor. Sadie and her grandma are collecting materials from the recycling center to create an art installation. Chloe's visiting her mom,...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. Examines the mundane but necessary ways that people interact with their government, and asks why it's frequently so complicated - standing in line at the DMV, applying for home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole.
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The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time. Their legends and stories are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in violence and tragic loss. Tales of Indians wrapped in buffalo robes and a ghostly lady delivering white roses to an officer's desk are woven with historical facts, placing the reader in the midst of the action. Photographs...
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This story of Taos, New Mexico covers some four centuries of history. It is the story of a village that never gave up despite periods of drought, violence from unfriendly Indians and other hazards of frontier life. At one time, Taos was even the site of a short-lived but bloody rebellion against the United States government. Grant tells this and other fascinating true stories of a settlement that was home to trappers and explorers and later to artists...
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L. Bradford Prince was one of seven territorial governors who attended the January 15th inauguration of New Mexico's first state governor, William C. McDonald, in New Mexico's long-awaited statehood year, 1912. Within a year of that auspicious occasion, Prince published "A Concise History of New Mexico," a condensation and revision of his "Historical Sketches" of 1883. His purpose in 1913 was to provide a "little volume" that might be of use in the...
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"I first saw New Mexico as a kid, in 1950," the author says. "At once I fell under its hypnotic spell, as have so many others. My commitment to become a writer about things New Mexican was born shortly thereafter. From more than a half century of prowlings along the byways of the state, I've managed to glean a fair knowledge of its peoples and culture."What continues to impress me is that history in New Mexico lies so close to the surface. Here one...
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The Short History of Roads and Highways – Indiana Edition relates the history of roads from the first primitive ridgeways to the modern interstate highway.Ancient HighwaysThe Silk Highway and the Roman roads formed an important part of the ancient world's transportation system. The Roman roads were so well engineered that many are still used today. The Silk Road played an indispensable role in the trade between Asia and Europe.Indian TrailsIn the...
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What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The authors present the known facts and circumstances of these and other mysteries.
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English
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When Dallas turned 150 years old in 1991, Rose-Mary Rumbley celebrated the occasion by writing The Unauthorized History of Dallas-a history that takes the scenic route.
Rose-Mary, whose German immigrant forbears began arriving in Dallas after the Civil War, accumulates history almost by osmosis. And, she finds humor in ever snaggle-toothed story.
Her peephole history includes a collection of stories accumulated by her family, many originally published...
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Alice Bullock says, "We can't go back." Thomas Wolfe said it and has been, quoted, ever since. Yet it bears repetition, especially today and in reference to Alice Bullock's Mountain Villages of New Mexico. Times change and as Bullock laments in this book of memoirs, commentaries and anecdotes, it is too late to do much about it except what she herself has done: write it down. We can't go back...we can only, hopefully, remember. And that, is what this...
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Entertaining historical vignettes focus on the human-interest aspects of real people and actual events of frontier Texas. Included are stories about the early colonists, the Indians, the cowboys, the gunslingers, the lawmen, the entrepreneurs, and the statesmen. Subjects such as the conflicts with Mexico, the railroads, the Civil War, and the cattle drives are also included. The vignettes, short and well written in an easily readable style, bring...
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Learn the history of the Hoosier State's smallest county with this historical guide to Ohio County and Rising Sun, Indiana. The book covers the early settlement, involvement in the underground railroad and events of Ohio County. The book includes a time line of events as well.Ohio County HistoryEstablished in 1844 by the Indiana Legislature, Ohio County is the state's smallest county. It also has the oldest continuously operating court house in Indiana.Rising...
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A History of Dearborn County serves as a great historical resource for home school students and Indiana history buffs. It includes information on museums, historical markers, National Register of Historic Sites and other areas of historical interest in Dearborn County, Indiana. The guide is a great help in planning field trips as local parks and nature preserves are included in the book, as well. Readers will discover historical information on Dearborn...
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By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the frontier West was like, reveal the roles they played...
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The remote, unforgiving landscape and colossal-and unpredictably unstable-mountain ranges of Alaska have kept at bay many a faint-hearted outsider, but the lure of this territory's beauty, as well as its rich and vast resources, continues to entice adventuresome natives and outsiders alike. It Happened in Alaska goes behind the scenes to tell its story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped The Land of the...
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The vast space of the American West that has been designated as the state of Montana is such a diverse and varied landscape that it's been said it could easily be sliced up into several smaller states. And with its smorgasbord of industry, history, culture and the various worldviews held by its residents, getting a bead on Montana's personality is a challenge. That may be because Montana, in fact, has several fairly distinct personalities. This book...
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Idaho's Remarakble Women 2 tells the history of the Gem State through the stories of fifteen pioneering women, all born before 1900, who made a profound impact on Idaho. Meet Sacajawea, Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide; Jo Monaghan, who lived as a man for nearly forty years; Margaret Cobb Ailshie, who ran Idaho's biggest newspaper; and Nell Shipman, an actress, writer, and early filmmaker. Each woman in her own way displayed remarkable courage, hope,...
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