Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
 From Amazon.com: Having chronicled the Civil War and baseball, among other subjects, filmmaker Ken Burns collaborates with historian Dayton Duncan to craft this moving portrait of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-6. The story is one of individual [... more]
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The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and ...
Junk: What a sorry mess of a book. This a shallowly researched retelling of the lives of these fighters, based on outdated secondary sources. In fact, it reads like apologia for Crook. It is well known today that only 500-750 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors [... more]
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New ...
From Amazon.com: Texas A & M University professor H.W. Brands enhances his reputation as one of America's great popular historians with The Age of Gold, which tells the story of the California gold rush through rollicking narrative and intelligent [... more]
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Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
This is a basic reference, not an intro to the Colorado Rive: This is a review of a 1961 paperback edition that I purchased in Madison, WI at a used book shop for five dollars in December of 1998. The book is extremely well illustrated, although, not [... more]
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Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the ...
well researched and interesting, though of limited scope: OK-I'm going on the wild assumption that you're checking out this book because of your interest in Lewis and Clark. Be warned, the subject matter in Christian's book is somewhat tangentially [... more]
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Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the ...
well researched and interesting, though of limited scope: OK-I'm going on the wild assumption that you're checking out this book because of your interest in Lewis and Clark. Be warned, the subject matter in Christian's book is somewhat tangentially [... more]
CDN$16.50
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Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark, 1834-1839
Author: F. Chardon Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 978.4843 EAN: 9780803263758 ISBN: 0803263759 Number Of Pages: 458 Publication Date: 1997-01-01 [... more]
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 2: Diaries and Letters from ...
Straightforward, commendable: Meaningful, first-hand chronicles from six westward women pioneers of 1850. As editor Dr. Holmes notes, Anna Maria Morris was the wife of a military commander and as a result was "treated with attention and care". [... more]
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Covered Wagon Women, Volume 5: Diaries and Letters from ...
Author: Kenneth Holmes Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 978 EAN: 9780803272941 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0803272944 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 1997-01-01 [... more]
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Archaeology, History, And Custer's Last Battle
How many shells are left at Gettysburg?: Fox gives a compelling argument which takes some of the indisputable facts into account--bullets, bones, and other artifacts in the ground. Unfortunately, he attempts to posit a theory of battle movement and troop [... more]
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The Life of Daniel Boone
To In depth for the most part: Wanted to read this book as a celebration of Daniels life Yet I found it to be long statements made directly following his death It is told that none ventured into writing of this man during his life I guess that makes it [... more]
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Seizing Destiny: How America Grew from Sea to Shining Sea
An appetite for acreage: The swift spread of the United States across the continent - and beyond - seems almost inevitable from today's perspective. In an incredibly short period, even if measured only from the conclusion of the War for Independence, [... more]
CDN$44.00
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