America's Oddest Fads
America's Oddest Fads

Author: M. H. Seeley

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1482457504

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Fads come and go, but they’re almost always weird. From troll dolls to pet rocks and even goldfish swallowing, there are plenty of weird fads hidden in American history. Full-color photographs introduce readers to one of America’s earliest fads—drawing panoramas of towns—as well as some of the weirder phenomena like flagpole sitting or dance contests. With full-color photographs highlighting these odd toys, games, and hobbies, readers learn some of the reasons behind these trends in American history.

America's Oddest Jobs
America's Oddest Jobs

Author: Therese M. Shea

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1482457555

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Some of the weirdest occupations on the planet can be found right in our backyards. For every golf course near our homes, for example, there might be someone diving in its ponds searching for golf balls. Some people even collect snake venom or teach dogs how to surf! Curious readers get to explore the many odd jobs that dot the American landscape through colorful photographs and graphics that highlight some of the strangest things people do for a living.

America's Oddest Fads
America's Oddest Fads

Author: M. H. Seeley

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1482457490

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Fads come and go, but they’re almost always weird. From troll dolls to pet rocks and even goldfish swallowing, there are plenty of weird fads hidden in American history. Full-color photographs introduce readers to one of America’s earliest fads—drawing panoramas of towns—as well as some of the weirder phenomena like flagpole sitting or dance contests. With full-color photographs highlighting these odd toys, games, and hobbies, readers learn some of the reasons behind these trends in American history.

Beneath the American Renaissance
Beneath the American Renaissance

Author: David S. Reynolds

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0199782849

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The award-winning Beneath the American Renaissance is a classic work on American literature. It immeasurably broadens our knowledge of our most important literary period, as first identified by F.O. Matthiessen's American Renaissance. With its combination of sharp critical insight, engaging observation, and narrative drive, it represents the kind of masterful cultural history for which David Reynolds is known. Here the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson receive striking, original readings set against the rich backdrop of contemporary popular writing. Now back in print, the volume includes a new foreword by historian Sean Wilentz that reveals the book's impact and influence. A magisterial work of criticism and cultural history, Beneath the American Renaissance will fascinate anyone interested in the genesis of America's most significant literary epoch and the iconic figures who defined it.

The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History

Author: Adam Selzer

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2009-12-22

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0385736509

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Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt? Hmmm. I thought so. Well, you really need this book. Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and give you material to throw your teachers off-balance for entire class periods. Identify their lies! Point out their half-truths! And possibly, just possibly, gain some extra credit for yourself.

America
America

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1910

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13:

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America in An Arab Mirror
America in An Arab Mirror

Author: K. Abdel-Malek

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-02-10

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 023012058X

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This distinguished anthology presents for the first time in English travel essays by Arabic writers who have visited America in the second half of the century. The view of America which emerges from these accounts is at once fascinating and illuminating, but never monolithic. The writers hail from a variety of viewpoints, regions, and backgrounds, so their descriptions of America differently engage and revise Arab pre-conceptions of Americans and the West. The country figures as everything from the unchanging Other, the very antithesis of the Arab self, to the seductive female, to the Other who is both praiseworthy and reprehensible.