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Book Synopsis Pioneer to the Past (Abridged, Annotated) by : Charles Breasted
Download or read book Pioneer to the Past (Abridged, Annotated) written by Charles Breasted and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenging and exciting life of James Henry Breasted spanned the most important years of the early western exploration of ancient Egypt. He was at the center of turbulent and world-changing events, including World War I and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter. An immensely talented scholar, he explored the Nile Valley and its antiquities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, recording inscriptions and participating in digs with men like Petrie. At his side was his wife, as well as his son Charles, who wrote this admiring work about the life and times of his father. James Breasted was consulted with by such men as General Allenby during WWI. When Howard Carter discovered Tut's tomb in 1922, one of the first men he and his patron, Lord Carnarvon, contacted was Breasted. He not only saw the tomb shortly after its discovery, his effort to mediate between Carter and the Egyptian government when Carter was later locked out of the tomb is detailed here. You cannot understand ancient Egypt or modern Egyptology without knowing about Breasted's remarkable life. He was the founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated) by : John Carr
Download or read book Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated) written by John Carr and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When John Carr published this book in 1891, he had already been a Californian for over forty years. His true tales of gold prospecting, gun fights, encounters with Indians, rough characters of the West, and politicos are amusing and highly entertaining. He knew many of the early big players in the state and provides an interesting view of the west during the American Civil War. Among his other employments, he sat as a police judge in Eureka, California and spent time in Tombstone, Arizona, during its wild west period. At the end of the book he provides short biographies of notables he knew. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) by : Mary Osborne Douthit
Download or read book Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) written by Mary Osborne Douthit and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this book is to record woman’s part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain." So wrote Mary Douthit, herself a pioneer woman. She continued: "In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man’s equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country. These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs." Seldom will you find a book that brings so many personal stories of early western pioneers together in one volume. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis James Russell Lowell: A Biography (Abridged, Annotated) by : Horace Elisha Scudder
Download or read book James Russell Lowell: A Biography (Abridged, Annotated) written by Horace Elisha Scudder and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, bittingly satirical, erudite, and passionate, James Russell Lowell was one of the great literary and intellectual, giants of the 19th century. Though his name today is less well-known than Hawthorne, Poe, Longfellow, and Emerson, he was their contemporary, peer, and friend. He was the editor of "The Atlantic Monthly" who set the early tone and style for that magazine. A Harvard graduate and prolific essayist and poet, he was later a U.S. diplomat to Spain and England. This two volume, long out-of-print set will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Lowell's wonderful intelligence and wit are on display throughout. You will see why "The Atlantic" became the important magazine that it still is. His friend and biographer, Horace Scudder was also editor of "The Atlantic." For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Kaleidoscopic Lives (Abridged, Annotated) by : Joseph Henry Taylor
Download or read book Kaleidoscopic Lives (Abridged, Annotated) written by Joseph Henry Taylor and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Taylor's classic memoir of pioneer life in Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas has long been cited in other books. He knew many of the soldiers and Indians of the 1870s and 1880s and newspaperman Taylor writes of them in witty and affectionate prose. Here is Custer, Chief Gall, General Stanley, and many others. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the westward expansion that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Glimpses of Fifty Years (Abridged, Annotated) by : Frances E. Willard
Download or read book Glimpses of Fifty Years (Abridged, Annotated) written by Frances E. Willard and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-01-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Woman, like man, should be freely permitted to do whatever she can do well." So said Frances E. Willard, who lived her life in the firm belief of this principle and who was instrumental in the passage of two amendments to the U.S. Constitution. A passionate advocate for women's rights, prohibition, and underprivileged people, she was devoted to making federal aid to education, free school lunches, unions, the eight-hour work day, work relief for the poor, municipal sanitation and boards of health, national transportation, anti-rape laws, and protections against child abuse a reality. This long-forgotten and out-of-print book is available for the first time for e-readers. In Willard's own words she describes her life as an educator, temperance reformer, and suffragist. She was an educator and later president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union She traveled extensively and even climbed the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Her sexual orientation is still debated today but she states in this volume: "The loves of women for each other grow more numerous each day and I have pondered much why these things were. That so little should be said about them surprises me, for they are everywhere... In these days when any capable and careful woman can honorably earn her own support, there is no village that has not its examples of 'two hearts in counsel,' both of which are feminine." She had many passionate attachments to other women and she discusses this in her book. Willard was the first woman whose statue was included in the Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol building. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Book Synopsis The Oldest Pioneer: Autobiography of Charles Peters (Abridged, Annotated) by : Charles Peters
Download or read book The Oldest Pioneer: Autobiography of Charles Peters (Abridged, Annotated) written by Charles Peters and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the age of 90, when he wrote this memoir, Charles Peters had lived an extraordinary life. Born in the Azores, an immigrant to America at 10, he caught the Gold Fever in 1849 and headed to California. He spent the rest of his long life there, prospecting for gold and ranching.As you'll see in his book, he became something of an encyclopedia on California mining. He packed this book full of wonderful tales as well as a great many fun facts about gold, mining, and the luck of the Chinese. If it hadn't been for an accidental drowning at 96, he may well have made it to a much greater age. He had the genes for it.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis A Life's Voyage (Abridged, Annotated) by : Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton
Download or read book A Life's Voyage (Abridged, Annotated) written by Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ambrose Fulton’s ninety-two years, seventy of which he chronicled here, he lived enough for any ten men. A sailor, miller, real estate man, and Iowa pioneer, it seems the role he enjoyed the most was social commentator and historian. In that role he provides us with not only a look at pioneer Iowa but at the tumultuous years through which he lived, including the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution. He was well-read and well-traveled and he entertains as he takes you on his life's voyage. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis William Wetmore Story and His Friends (Abridged, Annotated) by : Henry James
Download or read book William Wetmore Story and His Friends (Abridged, Annotated) written by Henry James and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry James' masterful biography of the life of American sculptor, William Story, is a long-forgotten treasure. He includes excerpts of letters from Story's large circle of prominent friends, including Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, James Russell Lowell, Charles Sumner, and others. James, knowing his subject was not a significant figure, chose to make the book more about a reminiscence of Italy (where he had met Story) and the far more prominent people who were friends of Story's. The biography then became by turns a fascinating look at art, Europe, and Americans abroad as only Henry James could have written it. Includes Volume I and Volume II. Well-received when published in 1903, for the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis A Ranchman's Recollections (Abridged, Annotated) by : Frank S. Hastings
Download or read book A Ranchman's Recollections (Abridged, Annotated) written by Frank S. Hastings and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 1985 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not the memoir of just any old cowboy. This is Notre Dame-educated Frank Hastings, at one time known to nearly every cattleman in the United States. Hastings early 20th century book on the ranching and packing industries is all at once fascinating, well-written, and often humorous. Born during the American Civil War, he has a boy's memories of that period but the meat of this book, so to speak, is the cattle industry and early ranching. He relates wonderful stories not only of the cattle industry but of famous people he knew, cowboys, Civil War stories, the origins of famous breeds, and more. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above. Buy it today!
Book Synopsis An Artilleryman's Civil War Diary (Abridged, Annotated) by : Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Download or read book An Artilleryman's Civil War Diary (Abridged, Annotated) written by Jenkin Lloyd Jones and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-01-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Great anxiety is expressed by all to reach home by the Fourth of July, which at present looks very probable. But, dear Journal, I cannot write, I feel too good." Jenk Jones would make it home on the 3rd of July, 1865. After three long years away from home with the 6th Wisconsin Artillery Battery, his reunion with family was, to him, indescribably joyful. Much had changed but the bonds remained the same. Along the way he'd seen horror and bloodshed, heartbreak, lost friends, and final victory. He was at Vicksburg and other major battles and kept "Mr. Journal" throughout, with the exception of his time in quarantine for smallpox. He recorded the ecstasy of news that Richmond had fallen, followed by Lee's surrender soon after. He writes of the sorrow he and his comrades felt at the news of Lincoln's assassination and how they all felt they'd lost a family member. Frontline diaries of the Civil War bring an immediacy to a long-ago event and connect us to these everyday men and women who lived it. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Across the Plains (Abridged, Annotated) by : Robert Louis Stevenson
Download or read book Across the Plains (Abridged, Annotated) written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 1937-01-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed Scottish writer and traveler, Robert Louis Stevenson not only journeyed across the American Great Plains, he married an American and saw a good deal of of the broad continent. In this volume, Stevenson turns his wonderful prose and biting wit on such topics as Americans, race relations, the illness that had plagued him his entire life, self-examination, the perils of life as an artist, dreams and more. He sees an America that Americans don't see and relates it in the most charming and entertaining of ways. It's not all about America. He also writes of his love of the artist communities of Southern France and the Fife area of his native Scotland. This is the author of Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped as you've never read him before. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Tales of the Oregon Trail (Abridged, Annotated) by : Charles Dawson
Download or read book Tales of the Oregon Trail (Abridged, Annotated) written by Charles Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over forty years, Charles Dawson lived in pioneer Nebraska in the area through which the westward expansion took place on the Oregon Trail. He saw the hardy pioneers make their way towards the land of their dreams. He was one of them.Indians, outlaws, frontier soldiers, and more were all a part of daily life along the Oregon Trail. Here is Dawson's classic memoir of the Old West during America's great migration.Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the westward expansion that changed the country forever.Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Paul J. Crutzen: A Pioneer on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change in the Anthropocene by : Paul J. Crutzen
Download or read book Paul J. Crutzen: A Pioneer on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change in the Anthropocene written by Paul J. Crutzen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains texts by the Nobel laureate Paul J. Crutzen who is best known for his research on ozone depletion. It comprises Crutzen’s autobiography, several pictures documenting important stages of his life, and his most important scientific publications. The Dutch atmospheric chemist is one of the world’s most cited scientists in geosciences. His political engagement makes him a tireless ambassador for environmental issues such as climate change. He popularized the term ‘Anthropocene’ for the current geological era acknowledging the enduring influence of humankind on planet Earth. This concept conceives humans to be a geologic factor, influencing the evolution of our globe and the living beings populating it. The selection of texts is representing Paul Crutzen ́s scientific oeuvre as his research interests span from ozone depletion to the climatic impacts of biomass burning, the consequences of a worldwide atomic war – the Nuclear Winter - to geoengineering and the Anthropocene.
Book Synopsis Frontier Days by : Judge William L. Kuykendall
Download or read book Frontier Days written by Judge William L. Kuykendall and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From service in the Civil War to presiding over the trial of Wild Bill Hickok's killer to raising sheep, Judge W.L. Kuykendall lived a frontier life full of real adventure and close calls. When elected judge by the citizens of Deadwood for the trial of Hickok's killer, Kuykendall told the town..."While willing to assume the responsibility, I refused to serve unless all those present agreed to be present with their revolvers when the court convened to see that a proper jury committee was selected and to remain through the trial and see the proceedings through to the end. Officers and everybody except the prisoner were armed, and the theater was packed with men." That's frontier justice for you. He went on to preside over the trials of other desperadoes and has a fascinating collection of stories of frontier days. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire by : Bayard Taylor
Download or read book Eldorado: Adventures in the Path of Empire written by Bayard Taylor and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author, Bayard Taylor (1825 – 1878) led a remarkable life and left a fascinating legacy. His travel books are known for their keen details, humor, and adventure. His poetry still stands up and his translations were at one time considered some of the finest. In 1849, Taylor made a trip to California and Mexico. Throughout the journey he kept detailed accounts of adventures, mishaps, happy times, and interesting characters he met along the way. In the tradition of classic travel writers, Taylor takes you along to a fascinating world that no longer exists. Gold prospecting in California and surviving robbers in Mexico were just part of the exciting adventures Taylor encountered. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Book Synopsis Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) by : Mary Osborne Douthit
Download or read book Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) written by Mary Osborne Douthit and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this book is to record woman's part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain."So wrote Mary Douthit, herself a pioneer woman. She continued:"In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man's equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country. These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs."Seldom will you find a book that brings so many personal stories of early western pioneers together in one volume.
