Author: Royal Brunson Way
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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The Rock River Valley
Author: Royal Brunson Way
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Bulletin
Making the Heartland Quilt
Author: Douglas K. Meyer
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 080933514X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This book reconstructs the settlement patterns of thirty-three immigrant groups and confirms the emergence of discrete culture regions and regional way stations. Meyer argues that midcontinental Illinois symbolizes a historic test-strip of the diverse population origins that unfolded during the Great Migration.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 080933514X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This book reconstructs the settlement patterns of thirty-three immigrant groups and confirms the emergence of discrete culture regions and regional way stations. Meyer argues that midcontinental Illinois symbolizes a historic test-strip of the diverse population origins that unfolded during the Great Migration.
Transportation as a Factor in the Development of Northern Illinois Previous to 1860 ...
Author: Judson Fiske Lee
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings Vol. 2 1859-1865 (LOA #46)
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as well as its greatest political leader. His clear, beautiful, and at times uncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation’s understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume, along with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832–1858, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. Over 550 speeches, messages, proclamations, letters, and other writings—including the Inaugural and Gettysburg addresses and the moving condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby—record the words and deeds with which Lincoln defended, preserved, and redefined the Union.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as well as its greatest political leader. His clear, beautiful, and at times uncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation’s understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume, along with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832–1858, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. Over 550 speeches, messages, proclamations, letters, and other writings—including the Inaugural and Gettysburg addresses and the moving condolence letter to Mrs. Bixby—record the words and deeds with which Lincoln defended, preserved, and redefined the Union.
Stark County and Its Pioneers
Author: Eliza Hall Shallenberger
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Category : Stark County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stark County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The most essential writings of America’s heroic Civil War president, complete with detailed notes, a chronology of Lincoln’s life and political career, and an introduction by the novelist Gore Vidal. Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers. The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598531336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The most essential writings of America’s heroic Civil War president, complete with detailed notes, a chronology of Lincoln’s life and political career, and an introduction by the novelist Gore Vidal. Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhetoric of unsurpassed grandeur, the writings collected in this volume are at once a literary testament of the greatest writer ever to occupy the White House and a documentary history of America in Abraham Lincoln's time. They record Lincoln's campaigns for public office; the evolution of his stand against slavery; his electrifying debates with Stephen Douglas; his conduct of the Civil War; and the great public utterances of his presidency, including the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Library of America Paperback Classics feature authoritative texts drawn from the acclaimed Library of America series and introduced by today's most distinguished scholars and writers. The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832- 1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, volumes number 45 and 46 in the Library of America series. They are joined in the series by a companion volume, number 192s, The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on his Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now.
Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Author: Hugh Davis Graham
Publisher:
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Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Violence in America: A 150-year study of political violence in the United States
Author: Hugh Davis Graham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Violence in America
Author: Hugh Davis Graham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violence
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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