Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Languages : en
Pages : 2
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William Ellis. February 29, 1904. -- Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1888
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1888
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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
Author: Karl Jacoby
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393253864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
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Winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award "An American 'Odyssey,' the larger-than-life story of a man who travels far in the wake of war and gets by on his adaptability and gift for gab." —Wall Street Journal A black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border. In The Strange Career of William Ellis, prize-winning historian Karl Jacoby weaves an astonishing tale of cunning and scandal, offering fresh insights on the history of the Reconstruction era, the US-Mexico border, and the abiding riddle of race in America.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393253864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award "An American 'Odyssey,' the larger-than-life story of a man who travels far in the wake of war and gets by on his adaptability and gift for gab." —Wall Street Journal A black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border. In The Strange Career of William Ellis, prize-winning historian Karl Jacoby weaves an astonishing tale of cunning and scandal, offering fresh insights on the history of the Reconstruction era, the US-Mexico border, and the abiding riddle of race in America.
Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia
Author: South Australia. Parliament
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
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Woman's Who's who of America
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Engineering and Mining Journal
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Annual Report of the Association for the Relief of Aged Indigent Females
Author: Association for the Relief of Aged Indigent Females (Boston, Mass.)
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Category : Old age homes
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Old age homes
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry
Author: Bernard Burke
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 2164
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 2164
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Journals of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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The Iron Age
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1798
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1798
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