Author: G K HALL
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780783817705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Bibliographic Guide to Maps and Atlases 1996
Author: G K HALL
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780783817705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780783817705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Subject Guide to Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3126
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3126
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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Universal Atlas of the World ...
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Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Editor & Publisher Market Guide
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Arizona's War Town
Author: John S. Westerlund
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever changed the lives of many northern Arizona citizens with the construction of the U.S. Army ordnance depot at Bellemont, ten miles west of Flagstaff. John Westerlund now tells how this linchpin in the war effort marked a turning point in Flagstaff's history. One of only sixteen munitions depots built between 1941 and 1943, the Navajo Ordnance Depot contributed significantly to the city's rapid growth during the war years as it brought considerable social, cultural, and economic change to the region. A clearing in the ponderosa pine forest called Volunteer Prairie met the military's criteria for a munitions depot—open terrain, a cool climate, plentiful water, and proximity to a railroad—and it was also sufficiently inland to be safe from the threat of coastal invasion. Constructing a depot of 800 ammunition bunkers, each the size of a 2,000-square-foot home, called for a force of 8,000 laborers, and Flagstaff became a boom town overnight as construction workers and their families poured in from nearby Indian reservations and as far away as the Midwest and South. More than 2,000 were retained as permanent employees—a larger workforce than Flagstaff's total pre-war employment roster. As Westerlund's portrait of wartime Flagstaff shows, prosperity brought unanticipated consequences: racism simmered beneath the surface of the town as ethnic groups were thrown together for the first time; merchants called a city-wide strike to protest emerging union activity; juvenile delinquency rose dramatically; Flagstaff women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers, altering local mores along with their own plans for the future; meanwhile, hundreds of sailors and marines arrived at Arizona State Teachers College to participate in the Navy's "V-12" program. Whether recounting the difficulty of 3,500 Navajo and Hopi employees adjusting to life off the reservation or the complaints of townspeople that Austrian POWs-transferred to the depot to ease the labor shortage-were treated too well, Westerlund shows that the construction and maintenance of the facility was far more than a military matter. Navajo Ordnance Depot remained operational to support wars in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf, and today Camp Navajo provides storage for thousands of deactivated ICBM motors. But in recounting its early days, Westerlund has skillfully blended social and military history to vividly portray not only a city's transitional years but also the impact of military expansion on economic and community development in the American West.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Few American towns went untouched by World War II, even those in remote corners of the country. During that era, the federal government forever changed the lives of many northern Arizona citizens with the construction of the U.S. Army ordnance depot at Bellemont, ten miles west of Flagstaff. John Westerlund now tells how this linchpin in the war effort marked a turning point in Flagstaff's history. One of only sixteen munitions depots built between 1941 and 1943, the Navajo Ordnance Depot contributed significantly to the city's rapid growth during the war years as it brought considerable social, cultural, and economic change to the region. A clearing in the ponderosa pine forest called Volunteer Prairie met the military's criteria for a munitions depot—open terrain, a cool climate, plentiful water, and proximity to a railroad—and it was also sufficiently inland to be safe from the threat of coastal invasion. Constructing a depot of 800 ammunition bunkers, each the size of a 2,000-square-foot home, called for a force of 8,000 laborers, and Flagstaff became a boom town overnight as construction workers and their families poured in from nearby Indian reservations and as far away as the Midwest and South. More than 2,000 were retained as permanent employees—a larger workforce than Flagstaff's total pre-war employment roster. As Westerlund's portrait of wartime Flagstaff shows, prosperity brought unanticipated consequences: racism simmered beneath the surface of the town as ethnic groups were thrown together for the first time; merchants called a city-wide strike to protest emerging union activity; juvenile delinquency rose dramatically; Flagstaff women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers, altering local mores along with their own plans for the future; meanwhile, hundreds of sailors and marines arrived at Arizona State Teachers College to participate in the Navy's "V-12" program. Whether recounting the difficulty of 3,500 Navajo and Hopi employees adjusting to life off the reservation or the complaints of townspeople that Austrian POWs-transferred to the depot to ease the labor shortage-were treated too well, Westerlund shows that the construction and maintenance of the facility was far more than a military matter. Navajo Ordnance Depot remained operational to support wars in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf, and today Camp Navajo provides storage for thousands of deactivated ICBM motors. But in recounting its early days, Westerlund has skillfully blended social and military history to vividly portray not only a city's transitional years but also the impact of military expansion on economic and community development in the American West.
Science and Health
Author: Mary Baker Eddy
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ISBN: 9781878641007
Category : Christian Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1622
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First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".
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ISBN: 9781878641007
Category : Christian Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1622
Book Description
First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".
Arizona Then & Now
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Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 1565794354
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When paired with the historic images of 19th and 20th century photographers, Arizona photographer Allen Dutton's modern-day images reveal the changes that have shaped the state's landscape during the past 100-plus years. To illustrate these sometimes drastic, sometimes subtle differences, Allen searched the state to locate the precise spots from which to rephotograph the scenes captured by his predecessors--endeavoring to achieve the same angles, perspectives, and lighting as in the early photographs.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 1565794354
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
When paired with the historic images of 19th and 20th century photographers, Arizona photographer Allen Dutton's modern-day images reveal the changes that have shaped the state's landscape during the past 100-plus years. To illustrate these sometimes drastic, sometimes subtle differences, Allen searched the state to locate the precise spots from which to rephotograph the scenes captured by his predecessors--endeavoring to achieve the same angles, perspectives, and lighting as in the early photographs.
The Beale Road
Author: Edward Fitzgerald Beale
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
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No fiction here! You want the real story on a cross country journey with inventory of men, mules, wagons, supplies, weapons and the great peril all faced? With notes added to clarify. A day to day journal written by Americas most unsung hero, with great accuracy, with occasional humor, as Edward Fitzgerald Beale led the camel expedition from Ft. Defiance to the Colorado river. His task: survey the possibility of the first wagon road across America's vast desert, locate water and forage, assess the Indian threat. And keep his men and animals alive. If you're a writer of the west, this is a MUST HAVE.
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Languages : en
Pages : 150
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No fiction here! You want the real story on a cross country journey with inventory of men, mules, wagons, supplies, weapons and the great peril all faced? With notes added to clarify. A day to day journal written by Americas most unsung hero, with great accuracy, with occasional humor, as Edward Fitzgerald Beale led the camel expedition from Ft. Defiance to the Colorado river. His task: survey the possibility of the first wagon road across America's vast desert, locate water and forage, assess the Indian threat. And keep his men and animals alive. If you're a writer of the west, this is a MUST HAVE.
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Men who Matched the Mountains
Author: Edwin A. Tucker
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Category : Forest rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Category : Forest rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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