Illustrated History of Nebraska

Illustrated History of Nebraska PDF Author: Julius Sterling Morton
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Category : Nebraska
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Illustrated History of Nebraska

Illustrated History of Nebraska PDF Author: Julius Sterling Morton
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Category : Nebraska
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Seven Trails West

Seven Trails West PDF Author: Arthur King Peters
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789206787
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Major routes that linked the country to the Far West are explored by Peters, including the trail blazed by Lewis and Clark, the Santa Fe Trail, and others. Illustrations.

The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated

The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated PDF Author:
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Cattle Raising on the Plains

Cattle Raising on the Plains PDF Author: Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
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Category : Alfalfa
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949

American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949 PDF Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly PDF Author: John Bonner
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 785

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The Heart of California

The Heart of California PDF Author: Aaron Gilbreath
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149622308X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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2022 Oregon Book Award Finalist A vivid journey through California's vast rural interior, The Heart of California weaves the story of historian Frank Latta's forgotten 1938 boat trip from Bakersfield to San Francisco with Aaron Gilbreath's trip retracing Latta's route by car during the 2014 drought. Latta embarked on his journey to publicize the need for dams and levees to improve flood control. Gilbreath made his own trip to profile Latta and the productive agricultural world that damming has created in the San Joaquin Valley, to describe the region's nearly lost indigenous culture and ecosystems, and to bring this complex yet largely ignored landscape to life. The Valley is home to some of California's fastest growing cities and, by some estimates, produces 25 percent of America's food. The Valley feeds too many people, and is too unique, to be ignored. To understand California, you have to understand the Valley. Mixing travel writing, historical recreations, western history, natural history, and first-person reportage, The Heart of California is a road-trip narrative about this fascinating region and its most important early documentarian.

The Rockets' Red Glare

The Rockets' Red Glare PDF Author: Donald R. Hickey
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142140155X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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The thrilling stories and stunning illustrations of The Rockets' Red Glare are sure to capture the imagination of anyone interested in the fascinating history of the War of 1812.

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record PDF Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.

My Antonia

My Antonia PDF Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
ISBN: 1722525045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers, in particular. Written in the style of a memoir penned by Antonia’s tutor and friend, the book depicts one of the most memorable heroines in American literature, the spirited eldest daughter of a Czech immigrant family, whose calm, quite strength and robust spirit helped her survive the hardships and loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. The two form an enduring bond and through his chronicle, we watch Antonia shape the land while dealing with poverty, treachery, and tragedy. “No romantic novel ever written in America...is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” -H. L. Mencken Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. By the time of her death she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.