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Mining for Michigan: The History of Mining along the Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula
Copper mining is as ubiquitous to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as the automobile industry is to the Lower. Centuries before the first white man set foot in the New World, local natives used rocks to pound copper free from...
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Mistérios do Sul: Fantasmas, lendas e fenômenos inexplicáveis em Dixie
O sul da América deu origem a muitas das grandes histórias e lendas do país. Desde os primeiros tempos coloniais, tem sido um lugar de mistério, repleto de colônias desaparecidas e aparições estranhas na floresta, mas a longa e orgulhosa...
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Monticello: The History of Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estate
"[A]nd our own dear Monticello, where has Nature spread so rich a mantle under the eye? Mountains, forests, rocks, rivers. With what majesty do we there ride above the storms! How sublime to look down into the workhouse of nature,...
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Motor City: The History of the Fur Trade Outpost that Became Detroit
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsFew cities epitomize the best and worst of the United States like Detroit, which started as a remote trading post and grew into an industrious town before exploding into a...
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Mount Vernon and Monticello: The History of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Famous Estates
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the estates' histories and construction made by Washington and Jefferson*Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading*Includes a table of contentsFor about as long as George Washington has been famous, so has his most famous residence,...
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Mount Vernon: The History of George Washington's Famous Plantation
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Mount Vernon and its construction written by George Washington *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “I can truly say I had rather be at Mount Vernon with...
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Mysteries of the South: Ghosts, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena in Dixie
*Includes pictures*Profiles mysteries like the Lost Colony of Roanoke, ghosts like the Bell Witch of Tennessee, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe American South has given birth to many of the nation’s...
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Mysterious New England: A History of the Region's Mysteries, Hauntings, and Strange Creatures
New England has always had a special place in the national memory. The states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont have a long history as some of the earliest colonies in the New World. Their rich...
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NASA's Pioneer and Voyager Missions: The History and Legacy of the First Space Probes to Explore the Outer Solar System and Beyond
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingToday the Space Race is widely viewed poignantly and fondly as a race to the Moon that culminated with Apollo 11 “winning” the Race for the United States. In fact, it encompassed a much...
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Nat Love: The Life and Legacy of the Former Slave Who Became the Wild West's Most Famous Black Cowboy
“Mounted on my horse my...lariat near my hand, and my trusty guns in my belt...I felt like I could defy the world.” (Nat Love) The American mountain man, with his myriad of practical skills, could endure isolation in a way...
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Nathan Hale and John André: The Lives and Deaths of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spies
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes by both men about the war *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading For over 230 years, American schoolchildren have been taught about the story of Nathan Hale, or at least a legend of...
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Nathan Hale and the Culper Ring: The History of the Continental Army's Most Famous Spy and Spy Ring during the American Revolution
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading For over 230 years, American schoolchildren have been taught about the story of Nathan Hale, or at least a legend of it, and in the process the myth of...
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Nathan Hale: The Life and Legacy of the Revolutionary War's Most Famous Spy
*Includes pictures *Includes some of Hale's letters during the war *Includes accounts about Hale's final words *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Arapaho
One of the most influential Native American tribes on the Great Plains was the Arapaho, a group so renowned among neighboring Native Americans that it's believed their name came from a Pawnee word for "trader. Like other notable Plains tribes,...
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