Author: David Sievert Lavender
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803280038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, c1988.
The Way to the Western Sea
Author: David Sievert Lavender
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803280038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, c1988.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803280038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, c1988.
The Freeman
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Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Pages : 634
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The Search for the Western Sea
Author: Lawrence Burpee
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1596052066
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 813
Book Description
Dreamers they were, sailing out into the west in quest of they knew not what-puppets in the game of destiny. What splendid courage it must have needed to sail in their little cockle-shells of vessels over that untravelled sea, with its dangers all the more terrifying because unknown... -Lawrence J. Burpee, in the Introduction From the discovery of Hudson Bay and the search for the mythical Northwest Passage to the first overland journey to the Pacific, Canadian historian Lawrence Burpee makes the story of the exploration of northwestern North America come alive in this classic book, first published in 1908. Meet Samuel Hearne, who survived Indian massacres to discover the mouth of the Coppermine River in 1771 and proved the nonexistence of a water passage across the continent; the adventurous La V rendrye family of explorers; path-finding fur trader Peter Pond; astronomer and surveyor David Thompson; and others who contributed to the European settlement of North America. LAWRENCE J. BURPEE (1873-1947), a beloved popularizer of Canadian history, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In addition to authoring numerous books of North American exploration, including Pathfinders of the Great Plains and The Discovery of Canada, he was also the founding editor of Canadian Geographical Journal and among the founders of the Canadian Historical Association. He served on the board of the Boy Scouts of Canada and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the National Geographic Society.
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1596052066
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 813
Book Description
Dreamers they were, sailing out into the west in quest of they knew not what-puppets in the game of destiny. What splendid courage it must have needed to sail in their little cockle-shells of vessels over that untravelled sea, with its dangers all the more terrifying because unknown... -Lawrence J. Burpee, in the Introduction From the discovery of Hudson Bay and the search for the mythical Northwest Passage to the first overland journey to the Pacific, Canadian historian Lawrence Burpee makes the story of the exploration of northwestern North America come alive in this classic book, first published in 1908. Meet Samuel Hearne, who survived Indian massacres to discover the mouth of the Coppermine River in 1771 and proved the nonexistence of a water passage across the continent; the adventurous La V rendrye family of explorers; path-finding fur trader Peter Pond; astronomer and surveyor David Thompson; and others who contributed to the European settlement of North America. LAWRENCE J. BURPEE (1873-1947), a beloved popularizer of Canadian history, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In addition to authoring numerous books of North American exploration, including Pathfinders of the Great Plains and The Discovery of Canada, he was also the founding editor of Canadian Geographical Journal and among the founders of the Canadian Historical Association. He served on the board of the Boy Scouts of Canada and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the National Geographic Society.
Beside the Syrian Sea
Author: James Wolff
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1908524995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Jonas works for the UK secret service as an intelligence analyst. When his father is kidnapped and held for ransom by ISIS gunmen in Syria, he takes matters into his own hands and begins to steal the only currency he has access to: secret government intelligence. He heads to Beirut with a haul of the most sensitive documents imaginable and recruits an unlikely ally – an alcoholic Swiss priest named Father Tobias. Despite barely surviving his previous contact with ISIS, Tobias agrees to travel into the heart of the Islamic State and inform the kidnappers that Jonas is willing to negotiate for his father’s life. When the British and American governments realise they may be dealing with betrayal on a scale far greater than that of Edward Snowden, they try everything in their power to stop Jonas, and he finds himself tested to the limit as he fights to keep the negotiations alive and play his enemies off against each other. As the book races towards a thrilling confrontation in the Syrian desert, Jonas will have to decide how far he is willing to go to see his father again.
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1908524995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Jonas works for the UK secret service as an intelligence analyst. When his father is kidnapped and held for ransom by ISIS gunmen in Syria, he takes matters into his own hands and begins to steal the only currency he has access to: secret government intelligence. He heads to Beirut with a haul of the most sensitive documents imaginable and recruits an unlikely ally – an alcoholic Swiss priest named Father Tobias. Despite barely surviving his previous contact with ISIS, Tobias agrees to travel into the heart of the Islamic State and inform the kidnappers that Jonas is willing to negotiate for his father’s life. When the British and American governments realise they may be dealing with betrayal on a scale far greater than that of Edward Snowden, they try everything in their power to stop Jonas, and he finds himself tested to the limit as he fights to keep the negotiations alive and play his enemies off against each other. As the book races towards a thrilling confrontation in the Syrian desert, Jonas will have to decide how far he is willing to go to see his father again.
The Course of Empire
Author: Bernard De Voto
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395924983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto's monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395924983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Tracing North American Exploration from Balboa to Lewis and Clark, Devoto tells in a classic fashion how the drama of discovery defined the American nation. The Course of Empire is the third volume in historian Bernard Devoto's monumental trilogy of the West. Entertaining and incisive, this is the dramatic story of three hundred years of exploration of North America leading up to 1805.
Continent's End
Author: George Sterling
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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The Baptist Home Mission Monthly
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Gleanings from the Golden State ...
Author: Elvira Haskins Holloway
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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A California Troubadour
Author: Clarence Thomas Urmy
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Wayside Pictures, Hymns, and Poems
Author: John Harris
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Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Languages : en
Pages : 266
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