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Author : TEE LOFTIN SNELL
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wild Shores AMERICA'S BEGINNINGS written by TEE LOFTIN SNELL and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Woodard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143122029
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book American Nations written by Colin Woodard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who during presidential elections, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North America According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of any hotly contested election in our history.
Author : M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441195947
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Early Visions and Representations of America written by M. Carmen Gomez-Galisteo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Europeans first arrived in America, they had a number of preconceptions, prejudices, expectations and hopes about what life in the New World would be like. This book examines the different visions and representations of America conveyed in the writings of Spanish conquistador Á?lvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and the Pilgrim leader William Bradford, taking both writers within their respective literary and historical contexts. Anthologies of American literature have consistently ignored Spanish-language achievements on the grounds of a restrictive interpretation of American literature based on linguistic boundaries. Consequently, Spanish-language texts such as Cabeza de Vaca's or the account by the Hidalgo de Elvas, to name but two examples, have been marginalized in the narrative of American literary history. In seeking to redress this neglect, Galisteo contributes to scholarship which seeks to analyze Early America as a whole, including not only Anglo American perspectives but also the Spanish American aspect of the colonization process.
Author : Joy L. Lowe
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810847446
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Colonial America in Literature for Youth written by Joy L. Lowe and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Colonial America is defined as the years from 1607 when Jamestown was founded to 1776 when the American Revolution began, following the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The focus of the book is on the English settlements that fought for independence from England and became the United States of America.
Author : Charles L. Cutler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806132464
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (324 download)
Download or read book O Brave New Words! written by Charles L. Cutler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American loanwords are a crucial, though little acknowledged, part of the English language. This book shows how the more than one-thousand current loanwords were adopted and demonstrates how the changing relationships between Indians and European settlers can be traced in the rate of loanword borrowing and the kinds of words adopted. Appalachian: from the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, from the Muskogean name of the Apalachee tribe of Florida Moose: Eastern Abenaki mos; Papoose: Narragansett papoos, child; Squash: Narragansett askutasquash; Texas: from a Caddo word, meaning "friends" or "allies."
Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466861320
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Wild Shore written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling author’s debut novel “presents a believable post-apocalyptic setting . . . delivered in an engaging story” (Speculiction). The Wild Shore is the first novel in Kim Stanley Robinson’s highly-acclaimed Three Californias Trilogy. 2047: For the small Pacific Coast community of San Onofre, life in the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack is a matter of survival, a day-to-day struggle to stay alive. But young Hank Fletcher dreams of the world that might have been, and might yet be—and dreams of playing a crucial role in America’s rebirth. “Beautifully written . . . with a vivid depth rarely encountered in science fiction.” —The Washington Post “Part Huck Finn and part Our Town . . . A well-written, engaging rite of passage.” —Publishers Weekly “There’s a fresh wind blowing in The Wild Shore.” —Ursula K. Le Guin “A thoughtful novel.The Wild Shoreis built around a fascinating concept and it takes its themes seriously.” —Fantasy Literature
Author : Kurt Andersen
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588366871
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Fantasyland written by Kurt Andersen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
Author : John Gimlette
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307596656
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Wild Coast written by John Gimlette and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are among the least-known places in South America: nine hundred miles of muddy coastline giving way to a forest so dense that even today there are virtually no roads through it; a string of rickety coastal towns situated between the mouths of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers, where living is so difficult that as many Guianese live abroad as in their homelands; an interior of watery, green anarchy where border disputes are often based on ancient Elizabethan maps, where flora and fauna are still being discovered, where thousands of rivers remain mostly impassable. And under the lens of John Gimlette—brilliantly offbeat, irreverent, and canny—these three small countries are among the most wildly intriguing places on earth. On an expedition that will last three months, he takes us deep into a remarkable world of swamp and jungle, from the hideouts of runaway slaves to the vegetation-strangled remnants of penal colonies and forts, from “Little Paris” to a settlement built around a satellite launch pad. He recounts the complicated, often surprisingly bloody, history of the region—including the infamous 1978 cult suicide at Jonestown—and introduces us to its inhabitants: from the world’s largest ants to fluorescent purple frogs to head-crushing jaguars; from indigenous tribes who still live by sorcery to descendants of African slaves, Dutch conquerors, Hmong refugees, Irish adventurers, and Scottish outlaws; from high-tech pirates to hapless pioneers for whom this stunning, strangely beautiful world (“a sort of X-rated Garden of Eden”) has become home by choice or by force. In Wild Coast, John Gimlette guides us through a fabulously entertaining, eye-opening—and sometimes jaw-dropping—journey.
Author : George Capaccio
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1627128859
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (271 download)
Download or read book The Countryside in Colonial America written by George Capaccio and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial America was largely rural. Learn the dangers and delights of daily life in the countryside during the founding of the United States.
Author : Robert M Overstreet
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440248680
Total Pages : 1122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide written by Robert M Overstreet and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Guide to Indian Arrowheads! Long considered the Bible of arrowhead collecting, The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide is an encyclopedic guide to projectile points found in the contiguous United States, as well as Alaska. Featuring more than 12,000 images of points from 10 distinct geographical regions, readers gain an understanding of arrowhead types, manufacturing, grading, materials and values. A substantial and massive reference unmatched in the marketplace, The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide is the most respected book on the subject. • Hands-on reference to everything arrowheads all in one book: arrowhead types, manufacturing, grading materials, values • 12,000 actual size photographs covering hundreds of point types • Special sections on how to grade, identify and catalog your points • Covers arrowheads found from throughout the United States including Alaska
Author : Michael L. Nunnally
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604460
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book American Indian Wars written by Michael L. Nunnally and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 3, 1513, ships commanded by Juan Ponce de Leon were attacked by a group of Calusa Indians in one of the first hostile encounters recorded between Europeans and American Indians. Over the next four centuries, fundamental differences would cause these two disparate cultures to clash numerous times with untold loss of life and property. From the 1500s through 1901, this comprehensive reference book details individual armed conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans. Chronologically arranged entries include information such as origin of the European party, Indian tribe involved (if known), location of the skirmish and number of casualties. The establishments of various forts are also given within the chronology. An appendix provides a brief summary of related events after 1901.
Author : Carolyn Lawton Harrell
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865540903
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Kith and Kin written by Carolyn Lawton Harrell and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Lawton (1723-1757) immigrated from England to Charleston County, South Carolina during or before 1737, married three times, and moved in 1744 to Edisto Island, Colleton County, South Carolina. Descen- dants and relatives lived in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and elsewhere.
Author : Jeannette Rector Hodgdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A First Course in American History written by Jeannette Rector Hodgdon and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry T. Conserva
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 0759649723
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Earth Tales written by Henry T. Conserva and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents 239 selected stories on the relationship between space (geography) and time (history) in human affairs. The stories represent an infinitely small sampling of the myriad interrelationships of space and time.
Author : Laurie Carlson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569767815
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)
Download or read book Colonial Kids written by Laurie Carlson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives instructions for preparing foods, making clothes, and creating other items used by European settlers in America, thereby providing a description of the daily life of these colonists.
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Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Writings on American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Flores
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465098533
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Coyote America written by Dan Flores and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote. In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.
