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  • Kiawah Island

    A History

    de Ashton Cobb ...
    Series series Brief History
    Hurricane Michael may have taken away some of the landmarks, but these images reveal the history of Florida's Mexico Beach, once known as the "Unforgettable Coast". As French interests in the Americas dwindled, records indicate very little activity around Mexico Beach until rumors of buried riches and sunken ships brought treasure hunters to the coast. In the early 1900s, businessman Felix du Pont ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Kiawah Island

    A History

    de Ashton Cobb ...
    Narrado por Christopher Douyard ...

    Completo

    4 hora 18 minutos

    Hurricane Michael may have taken away some of the landmarks, but this book reveals the history of Florida's Mexico Beach, once known as the "Unforgettable Coast."As French interests in the Americas dwindled, records indicate very little activity around Mexico Beach until rumors of buried riches and sunken ships brought treasure hunters to the coast. In the early 1900s, businessman Felix du Pont ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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    How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery

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  • Jay Gould: Ruthless Railroad Tycoon

    de Daniel Alef ...
    Biographical profile of Jay Gould railroad tycoon and baron of Wall Street. Jay Gould one of the richest and most hated men in America in the 1880s was an elusive slippery character difficult to assess and more difficult to understand. The secretive tycoon was brilliant and ruthless perhaps the quintessential "robber baron." In a fiery sermon delivered a week after Gould's death the Rev. G. ... Leer más

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  • Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Colossus of Roads

    de Daniel Alef ...
    Biographical profile of Cornelius Vanderbilt entrepreneur shipping and railroad magnate and one of the wealthiest and best known tycoons in American history. Uneducated and coming from a poor background Vanderbilt built an empire beginning with sailboats before graduating to steamships. His shipping interests extended from California to Europe generating substantial income for the gruff tall and ... Leer más

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  • The Devil's Half Acre

    The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail

    de Kristen Green ...
    The inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUsIn The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a path of liberation for thousands. She was forced to have ... Leer más

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  • Commodore

    The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

    Armed with a trove of previously unreleased archives, Edward J. Renehan Jr. offers a compelling portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who built large shipping and rail enterprises into cornerstones of the American economy, and amassed one of the greatest fortunes the world has ever known. This is the definitive biography of a man whose influence on American business was unsurpassed in his day -- or ... Leer más

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  • The Hudson: A History

    de Tom Lewis ...
    The Hudson River has always played a vital role in American culture. Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the great river uniquely connects America’s past with its present and future. This book traces the course of the river through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers and traders, artists and writers, entrepreneurs and industrialists, ecologists and preservationists-those ... Leer más

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  • The Underground Railroad for Kids

    From Slavery to Freedom with 21 Activities

    Series series For Kids series
    The heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad are vividly portrayed in this powerful activity book, as are the abolitionists, free blacks, and former slaves who helped them along the way. The text includes 80 compelling firsthand narratives from escaped slaves and abolitionists and 30 biographies of "passengers," "conductors," and ... Leer más

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  • If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving

    de Chris Newell ...
    Ilustraciones de Winona Nelson ...
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    What do you know about the thanksgiving feast at Plimoth?What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different?Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is ... Leer más

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  • George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour

    This account of the first president's trip to unite a young America "follows Washington's travels day-by-day with detailed information about each stop" ( Daily Herald).Newly elected president George Washington set out to visit the new nation aware that he was the singular unifying figure in America. The journey's finale was the Southern Tour, begun in March 1791. The long and arduous trek from the ... Leer más

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  • Shays' Settlement in Vermont

    A Story of Revolt and Archaeology

    "Reads very much like an adventure story . . . interweaving the history of the rebellion with the eventual discovery . . . of the Shaysite settlement." — Bennington Historical Society NewsThe ruins of Daniel Shays's fortified settlement reveal the hidden story of the famous rebellion. Shays and the Regulators founded the settlement deep in the Vermont wilderness after fleeing the uprising they led ... Leer más

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