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Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Bradys and the Yellow Giant; Or, The Clew in the Joss House and Other Stories
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Bradys' Singular Search; Or, The Mystery of the Mississippi Steamer
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Happy Days
Author: Twentieth-century Western Writers
Author: Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Lists writers of western fiction, with a biography, a bibliography of the writer's works, and a critical essay on each writer. Sometimes comments by the author himself are included.
The Way to the West
Author: Elliott WestPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826316530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Elegantly assembles the environmental, social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Great Plains in the 19th century.
The Last Indian War
Author: Elliott WestPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199831033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of desperate struggle and shattered hope, of short-sighted government action and a doomed flight to freedom. To tell the story, West begins with the early history of the Nez Perce and their years of friendly relations with white settlers. In an initial treaty, the Nez Perce were promised a large part of their ancestral homeland, but the discovery of gold led to a stampede of settlement within the Nez Perce land. Numerous injustices at the hands of the US government combined with the settlers' invasion to provoke this most accomodating of tribes to war. West offers a riveting account of what came next: the harrowing flight of 800 Nez Perce, including many women, children and elderly, across 1500 miles of mountainous and difficult terrain. He gives a full reckoning of the campaigns and battles--and the unexpected turns, brilliant stratagems, and grand heroism that occurred along the way. And he brings to life the complex characters from both sides of the conflict, including cavalrymen, officers, politicians, and--at the center of it all--the Nez Perce themselves (the Nimiipuu, "true people"). The book sheds light on the war's legacy, including the near sainthood that was bestowed upon Chief Joseph, whose speech of surrender, "I will fight no more forever," became as celebrated as the Gettysburg Address. Based on a rich cache of historical documents, from government and military records to contemporary interviews and newspaper reports, The Last Indian War offers a searing portrait of a moment when the American identity--who was and who was not a citizen--was being forged.
The History Of Randolph County, Illinois, Including Old Kaskaskia Island
Author: E. J. MontaguePublisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789354366543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Caught between Worlds
Author: Joe SnaderPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. Using both new and canonical texts, Snader shows that foreign captivity was a favorite topic in eighteenth-century Britain. An adaptable and expansive genre, these narratives used set plots and stereotypes originating in Mediterranean power struggles and relocated in a variety of settings, particularly eastern lands. The narratives' rhetorical strategies and cultural assumptions often grew out of centuries of religious strife and coincided with Europe's early modern military ascendancy. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Some Early Records of the Macarthurs of Camden
Author: Elizabeth Macarthur Macarthur-OnslowPublisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
John Macarthur, of Camden, New South Wales, introduced the merino sheep into Australia and founded the Australian wool trade.