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Total Pages : 6 pages
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Download or read book 50th anniversary celebration of the Pony Express, 1860-2010 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071701915
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Chase's Calendar of Events 2010 written by Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s most unique reference book! About the Book Founded in 1957, and now with more than 12,500 entries, Chase’s Calendar of Events has become the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available in the world on special days, weeks, and months (Chase’s is the only reference for these), special events, national and international holidays, federal and state observances, international religious celebrations, celebrity birthdays, astronomical phenomena, major sporting events and more. Included are important historical and biographical anniversaries as well as celebrity birthdays. Coverage is international in scope, with national/independence days/major holidays for every nation on earth. Extensive coverage in particular of US, Canada, United Kingdom.
Author : Jeff Garrett (Numismatist)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780794825614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (256 download)
Download or read book 100 Greatest U.S. Coins written by Jeff Garrett (Numismatist) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third edition of the best-selling and award-winning 100 Greatest U.S. Coins, numismatic author Jeff Garrett takes the reader on a personal guided tour of the nation's greatest coinage. "Each of the 100 Greatest was voted into place by leading coin dealers, researchers, and historians," says Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. Inside the reader will find prized and seldom-seen rarities - the unique and high-valued pieces that collectors dream about, like the 1913 Liberty Head nickel and the 1804 dollar (the "King of American Coins"). The book also explores more readily available and widely popular coins: pieces so beautiful or with such strange and facinating stories that everybody wants one. By Jeff Garrett. Hardcover, 144 Full Color Pages, Metallic-Foil Cover.
Author : Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071740279
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Chase's Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition written by Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chase’s Calendar of Events is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available in the world on special days, weeks, and months. Indispensable CD-ROM holds all the book’s 12,500 entries. Unique reference in the marketplace acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.
Author : Harold E. Hibler
Publisher : Coin & Currency Institute
ISBN 13 : 0871841029
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (718 download)
Download or read book So-Called Dollars written by Harold E. Hibler and published by Coin & Currency Institute. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When So-Called Dollars was published it was the first, and it is still the only book to deal comprehensively with its subject matter. The book begins with the legendary Erie Canal Completion issues of 1826 and proceeds to catalog 135 years of the Golden Age of American history, all the way up to 1961. Although there have been many propositions for reviving the book over the years, none were more than theoretical musings until two collectors, Tom Hoffman of Crystal Lake, IL and Jonathan Brecher of Cambridge, MA set the process in motion. They have been joined by two others, Dave Hayes and John Dean, to produce a remarkable new edition, of the sort that can only be the product of dedicated hobbyists who love their subject and see it as their obligation to share with others the knowledge gained from years of collecting. While the second edition holds true to the original in basic style and in substance, prices have skyrocketed and it offers much that is new. There are many more illustrations than in the first edition. In fact, virtually every type is now represented by a photograph. More historical information for the issues is presented in the text, which has been further expanded with additional listings of both previously unknown metal varieties and totally new items. The size of each item is now given in mm rather than in 16ths of an inch as in the 1963 edition. Each issue has been assigned a rarity rating of from R-1, indicating more than 5,000 known, to R-10, meaning unique. In addition, a loose-leaf price guide included in each book at no additional charge. The index has been expanded to include references to more subjects and places. Finally, there is a section of color plates. The Hibler & Kappen book remains the standard reference work on the subject with its HK numbers an instantly recognizable means of cataloging and identification.
Author : United States Postal Service Staff
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ISBN 13 : 9780963095244
Total Pages : pages
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Author : Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher : Lucia Marquand
ISBN 13 : 9781555953614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (536 download)
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Author : Christopher Corbett
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0767906934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Orphans Preferred written by Christopher Corbett and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “WANTED. YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS. NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT RIDERS. WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED.” —California newspaper help-wanted ad, 1860 The Pony Express is one of the most celebrated and enduring chapters in the history of the United States, a story of the all-American traits of bravery, bravado, and entrepreneurial risk that are part of the very fabric of the Old West. No image of the American West in the mid-1800s is more familiar, more beloved, and more powerful than that of the lone rider galloping the mail across hostile Indian territory. No image is more revered. And none is less understood. Orphans Preferred is both a revisionist history of this magnificent and ill-fated adventure and an entertaining look at the often larger-than-life individuals who created and perpetuated the myth of “the Pony,” as it is known along the Pony Express trail that runs from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. The Pony Express is a story that exists in the annals of Americana where fact and fable collide, a story as heroic as the journey of Lewis and Clark, as complex and revealing as the legacy of Custer’s Last Stand, and as muddled and freighted with yarns as Paul Revere’s midnight ride. Orphans Preferred is a fresh and exuberant reexamination of this great American story.
Author : Breanne Robertson
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ISBN 13 : 9781732003071
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
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Author : Christopher Corbett
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802197922
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Poker Bride written by Christopher Corbett and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson). “Once the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill launched our ‘national madness,’ the population of California exploded. Tens of thousands of Chinese, lured by tales of a ‘golden mountain,’ took passage across the Pacific. Among this massive influx were many young concubines who were expected to serve in the brothels sprouting up near the goldfields. One of them adopted the name of Polly Bemis, after an Idaho saloonkeeper, Charlie Bemis, won her in a poker game and married her. For decades the couple lived on an isolated, self-sufficient farm near the Salmon River in central Idaho. After her husband’s death, Polly came down to a nearby town and gradually spoke of her experiences. Journalist Christopher Corbett movingly recounts Polly’s story, integrating Polly’s personal history into the broader picture of the history of the mass immigration of Chinese. As both a personal and social history, this is an admirable book.” —Booklist “A gorgeously written and brilliantly researched saga of America during the mad flush of its biggest Gold Rush. Christopher Corbett’s genius is to anchor his larger story of Chinese immigration around a poor concubine named Polly. A tremendous achievement.” —Douglas Brinkley “Uses Bemis’s story as a platform for a larger discussion about the hardships of the Chinese experience in the American West.” —The Washington Post
Author : Merrill J. Mattes
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780912627571
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (275 download)
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Author : Hal Cannon
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9780879052089
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (52 download)
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Author : Rudolf Mrázek
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392682
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
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Author : Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241959608
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)
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Total Pages : 748 pages
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Total Pages : 342 pages
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Author : Alice Van Ommeren
Publisher : Community Heritage
ISBN 13 : 9781939300881
Total Pages : 224 pages
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