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Category : Cherokee County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa, Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Harrison, with Accompanying Biographies of Each; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and Biographies of the Governors of the State...with Personal Histories of Many of the Early Settlers and Leading Families
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Category : Cherokee County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
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Category : Cherokee County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 639
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Secretaries and chiefs of staff of the United States Air Force
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428990461
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Iowa Official Register
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois
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Category : Morgan County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
A Patriot's History of the United States
Author: Larry SchweikartPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217782
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1373
Book Description
For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.
A History of Appalachia
Author: Richard B. DrakePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country, and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil, gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time, radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about the region's rural character.
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians
Author: John Hill WheelerPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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