Author: Walter Prescott Webb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers

Author: Walter Havighurst
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Biography of the famous sharpshooter.

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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 666

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Author: Matthew Kerns
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493055429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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Texas Jack: America’s First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. “Texas Jack” Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he became first a cowboy and then a trail boss, jobs that would inform the rest of his life. Jack lead cattle on the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails to New Mexico, California, Kansas and Nebraska. In 1868 he met James B. “Wild Bill” Hickok in Kansas and then William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in Nebraska at the end of the first major cattle drive to North Platte. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline.

Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1010

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Author: Walter Johnson
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541646061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis. From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike—a legacy of resistance that endures. A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.

Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 950

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Author: Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities
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Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Author: Devra G. Kleiman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226440117
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on Wild Mammals in Captivity as the essential reference for their work. Now the book reemerges in a completely updated second edition. Wild Mammals in Captivity presents the most current thinking and practice in the care and management of wild mammals in zoos and other institutions. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from studies of animal behavior; advances in captive breeding; research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition; and new thinking in animal management and welfare. In this edition, more than three-quarters of the text is new, and information from more than seventy-five contributors is thoroughly updated. The standard text for all courses in zoo biology, Wild Mammals in Captivity will, in its new incarnation, continue to be used by zoo managers, animal caretakers, researchers, and anyone with an interest in how to manage animals in captive conditions.

Author: Great Britain. Commissioners on Charities and the Education of the Poor
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 858

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