The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 720
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 482
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJournal of the Civil War Era
Author: William A. Blair
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2014-06-01
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1469615983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Journal of the Civil War Era Volume 4, Number 2 June 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Tom Watson Brown Book Award John Fabian Witt Civil War Historians and the Laws of War Articles Chandra Manning Working for Citizenship in Civil War Contraband Camps Michael F. Conlin The Dangerous Isms and the Fanatical Ists: Antebellum Conservatives in the South and the North Confront the Modernity Conspiracy Nicholas Guyatt "An Impossible Idea?" The Curious Career of Internal Colonization Review Essay John Craig Hammond Slavery, Sovereignty, and Empires: North American Borderlands and the American Civil War, 1660-1860 Book Reviews Books Received Professional Notes Jill Ogline Titus An Unfinished Struggle: Sesquicentennial Interpretations of Slavery and Emancipation
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 1248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Notorious Isaac Earl and His Scouts
Author: Gordon L. Olson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0802868010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile large armies engaged in epic battles in the eastern theater of the Civil War, a largely unchronicled story was unfolding along the Mississippi River. Thirty "Special Scouts" under the command of Lieutenant Isaac Newton Earl patrolled the river, gathering information about Confederate troop activity, arresting Rebel smugglers and guerillas, and opposing anti-Union insurrection. Gordon Olson gives this special unit full book-length treatment for the first time in The Notorious Isaac Earl and His Scouts. Olson uses new research in assembling his detailed yet very readable account of Earl, a dynamic leader who rose quickly through Union Army ranks to command this elite group. He himself was captured by the Confederates three times and escaped three times, and he developed a strategic -- and later romantic -- relationship with a Southern woman, Jane O'Neal, who became one of his spies. In keeping the river open for Union Army movement of men and supplies to New Orleans, Earl's Scouts played an important, heretofore unheralded, role in the Union's war effort.
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Dept
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 1192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnitting America
Author: Susan Strawn
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2011-05-13
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1610602498
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology.” —Melanie Falick This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.
Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves
Author: Kirk Savage
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780691009476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States originated as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a half million soldiers, some once slaves themselves. Historian Kirk Savage explores how that history of slavery and its violent end was recognized in public--specifically in the sculptural monuments that dominated streets, parks, and town squares in 19th-century America. 67 photos.
Neither Ballots Nor Bullets
Author: Wendy Hamand Venet
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780813913421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis account of women's abolitionist activity during the Civil War offers new evidence of the extent of women's political activism and insightfully reveals the historical significance of this activism. Through the Woman's National Loyal League, women were introduced into the political sphere from which they had previously been barred. The work of women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony opened new avenues for feminist activism after the war. In her analysis Wendy Hamand Venet examines how the rift in the league influenced the feminist movement positively by impelling its leaders to distinguish their cause from other political concerns and place it in the spotlight.
Baseball's First Inning
Author: William J. Ryczek
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-11-29
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0786482834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of America's pastime describes the evolution of baseball from early bat and ball games to its growth and acceptance in different regions of the country. Such New York clubs as the Atlantics, Excelsiors and Mutuals are a primary focus, serving as examples of how the sport became more sophisticated and popular. The author compares theories about many of baseball's "inventors," exploring the often fascinating stories of several of baseball's oldest founding myths. The impact of the Civil War on the sport is discussed and baseball's unsteady path to becoming America's national game is analyzed at length.
