Author: Carey Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780156903363
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: Carey Roberts
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780156903363
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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From Tom Lee to Robert E. Lee, who made the fateful decision to turn from the nation he loved to defend the state he loved more, the Lees of Virginia dominated both their local and our national landscape.

Author: Vandelia L. Vanmeter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080275
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Portrayals of America's people, places, and events in historical fiction integrate literature with history and make an exciting supplement to U.S. history classes. This book helps educators and students locate the best in classic and contemporary fiction in this subject area. Arranged in major chronological divisions of U.S. history, the annotated entries include standard bibliographic information, time period, subject, location, research base (if known), and whether the title is more appropriate for mature students or younger secondary students. VanMeter often lists prequels and sequels or notes when a title is more than 600 pages long. Extensive indexing provides access to entries on a wide variety of topics, from women, immigrants, and ethnic groups to military, political, and social events.

Author: Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 880

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Author: Philip S. Radcliffe
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475968183
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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This is a picture of life in the fifties in the midwest by someone who was really there. Phil went on to learn about technology and use it to solve industrial problems. In the process there were a lot of discoveries about people, economics, politics and faith. A breadth of experience over a dynamic period in US history.

Author: Stephen Hess
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351532146
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 787

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This is the 30th anniversary edition of a book that was hailed on publication in 1966 as "fascinating" by Margaret L. Coit in the Saturday Review and as "masterly" by Henry F. Graff in the New York Times Book Review.The Constitution could not be more specific: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States." Yet, in over two centuries since these words were written, the American people, despite official disapproval, have chosen a political nobility. For generation after generation they have turned for leadership to certain families. They are America's political dynasties. Now, in the twentieth century, surprisingly, American political life seems to be largely peopled by those who qualify, in Stewart Alsop's phrase, as "People's Dukes." They are all around us?Kennedys, Longs, Tafts, Roosevelts.Here is the panorama of America's political dynasties from colonial days to the present in fascinating profiles of sixteen of the leading families. Some, like the Roosevelts, have shown remarkable staying power. Others are all but forgotten, such as the Washburns, a family in which four sons of a bankrupt shopkeeper were elected to Congress from four different states. America's Political Dynasties investigates the roles of these families in shaping the nation and traces the whole pattern of political inheritance, which has been a little considered but unique and significant feature of American government and diplomacy. And in doing so, it also illuminates the lives and personalities of some two hundred often engaging, usually ambitious, sometimes brilliant, occasionally unscrupulous individuals.

Author: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0748132961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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1772: Althought George III reigns over a peaceful England, his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence and a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland and his beloved wife Jemimas work unstintingly to bring Morland Palace back to its former glory. Their seven children often bring them heartache, but they are sustained by their love of each other. The Mordland adventurer, Charles, emingrates to Maryland in persuit of the heiress Eugenie, but finds himself in the midst of the American claim for indepdence. Meanwhile, Henry, the family's bastard offshoot, pursues pleasure relentlessly but pennilessly until he finds a niche for himself in the fashionable Parisian salons, whilst outside revolution creeps closer...

Author: J. Kent McGaughy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742533851
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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In bridging the gap between Lee's private interests and public career, J. Kent McGaughy seeks to overturn many of the misconceptions about Lee and shows that, throughout his life, he remained dedicated to his family and public service.

Author: Lynda G. Adamson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313089337
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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This publication will fill a gap in the bibliographic reference shelf by identifying historical novels for both adult and young adult readers. ^IAmerican Historical Fiction^R contains over 3,000 titles set in states and historical regions of the United States. Entries are organized by time period. The newest titles, as well as old favorites, are covered. The volume is indexed by author, title, genre, subject, and geographic setting.

Author:
Publisher: 五洲传播出版社
ISBN: 9787801136305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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