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“john leyburn”

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  • THE FALL OF RICHMOND

    by John Leyburn ...
    Contemporaneous essay by a resident describing the fall of the city. ... Read more

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  • The Winning of the American West

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  • Hatchet Men

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    Richard Dillon, one of California’s premier historians, tells the compelling story of San Francisco’s exotic pre-1906 Chinatown when vicious hoodlum gangs held sway. Chinatown, as demonstrated by Dillon’s fast-paced narrative, became a cauldron of chaos teeming with thugs, prostitutes, gamblers, and warlords preying on scores of helpless victims. .As the Tong Wars ripped through San Francisco’s ... Read more

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  • Gas and Gas Making: The Manhattan Gas Company 1862, Illustrated

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  • Newport Beach

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  • Alabama

    A History

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  • The Life of Kings

    The Baltimore Sun and the Golden Age of the American Newspaper

    Edited by Frederic B. Hill, Stephens Broening ...
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  • The Streets Were Paved with Gold

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  • Cracker Culture

    Celtic Ways in the Old South

    by Forrest McDonald, Dr. Grady McWhiney ...
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    From the simplest slab of weathered stone to the most imposing mausoleum, every marker in a Texas cemetery bears witness to a life that—in ways small or large—helped shape the history and culture of the state. Telling the stories of some of these significant lives is the purpose of this book. Within its pages, you'll meet not only the heroes of the Texas Revolution, for example, but also one of ... Read more

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