Cultural Literature
Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of John Wesley Hardin
*Includes pictures.*Includes quotes from Hardin's autobiography about his life and notorious events.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I never killed anyone who didn’t need killing." – John Wesley HardinSpace may be the final frontier, but no frontier...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wild Bill Hickok
Discusses Wild Bill's most famous shootouts and his murder, explaining what's fact and what's legend. Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Wild Bill was a strange character. Add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wyatt Earp
*Includes 30 pictures of Wyatt Earp and important people, places, and events in his life.*Explains the background surrounding the Gunfight at the OK Corral and a detailed description of how the fight went down.*Discusses lesser known facts about Earp's life,...
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Legends of the West: Tombstone, Arizona
"The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the crimson days in the annals of Tombstone, a day when blood flowed as water, and human life was held as a shuttle cock, a day to be...
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Legends of the West: Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp
Includes pictures of important people and places.Explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as...
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Leonor de Aquitania: La vida y legado de la más famosa reina de la Europa medieval
Junto a la efigie de la tumba del rey Enrique II en la abadía Fontevraud en Francia yace un curioso féretro cincelado en la forma de una joven mujer en reposo. La otrora vibrante pintura de la efigie se está...
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Leopold and Loeb: The History and Legacy of One of 20th Century America's Most Notorious Crimes and Trials
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the crime and trial, including the confessions*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"A superman ... is, on account of certain superior qualities inherent in him, exempted from the ordinary laws...
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Let Us Die Like Men: The Lives and Legacies of George H. Thomas and John Bell Hood
*Includes pictures of Hood, Thomas, and important people, places, and events.*Includes maps of major battles they fought in.*Includes quotes from Hood's memoir describing his fighting in major battles like Antietam and Gettysburg.*Discusses the relationship between Thomas and Hood."[Ulysses S. Grant...
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Life Aboard the RMS Titanic: The Maiden Voyage Before the Sinking of the World's Most Famous Ship
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts by passengers describing what life on the Titanic was like*Includes a bibliography for further reading “Titanic started a voyage through history when it sailed away. One century later, there is still no port at sight.” - Marina...
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Light-Horse Harry Lee and Robert E. Lee: The Lives and Military Careers of the Revolutionary War Hero and His More Famous Son
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe proud Virginian entered the war in uncertain times, and there were understandable doubts about how well he could lead soldiers, but through a combination of skill and luck, he...
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Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Life of the Revolutionary War General and Father of Robert E. Lee
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The rank of men, as established by the concurrent judgement of ages stands thus: heroes, legislators, orators, and poets. The most useful and, in my opinion, the most honourable is the legislator,...
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Little Phil: The Life and Career of General Philip Sheridan
"A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping." (Abraham Lincoln describing Phil Sheridan) In the most...
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Little Powell: The Life and Career of A.P. Hill
Of all the eccentric and enigmatic men who led during the Civil War, perhaps none had as mixed a record as Confederate Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill, better known as A.P. Hill. Hill was a well known and highly respected...
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Little Turtle's War: The History and Legacy of the 18th Century Conflict Between the United States and Native Americans in the Northwest Te
When the American Revolution ended, the United States and Britain reached an impressively comprehensive peace in the Treaty of Paris. Among the important terms of the treaty, Britain recognized the colonies as free and relinquished territorial claims to them. The...
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Liver-Eating Johnson: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Mountain Man
To possess and develop western North America became a high priority for the United States government even before its Constitution had been complete. For President Thomas Jefferson, the vast terrain of plains, mountains, and extensive coastlines offered both long-term prosperity...
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Londinium and Hadrian's Wall: The History of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Landmarks in Britain
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of the landmarks*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe famous conqueror from the European continent came ashore with thousands of men, ready to set up a new kingdom in England....
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Londinium: The History of the Ancient Roman City that Became London
The famous conqueror from the European continent came ashore with thousands of men, ready to set up a new kingdom in England. The Britons had resisted the amphibious invasion from the moment his forces landed, but he was able to...
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Lord Byron: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Romantic Poet
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“I am such a strange mélange of good and evil that it would be difficult to describe me.” – Lord Byron“Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” – Lady Caroline Lamb’s...
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Los antiguos cananeos: la historia de las civilizaciones que vivieron en Canaan antes de los israelitas
“Y fue el término de los cananeos desde Sidón, en dirección a Gerar hasta Gaza; en dirección de Sodoma y Gomorra, Adma, y Zeboim, hasta Lasa.” - Génesis 10,19 “Y queda dicho: Os sacaré de la aflicción de Egipto, a...
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Los antiguos libios y nubios: la historia y el legado de los vecinos más destacados del antiguo Egipto en África
Durante los varios siglos en que el antiguo Egipto se irguió como una de las más grandes civilizaciones, si no la más grande, del mundo antiguo, los conflictos con sus enemigos jugaban a menudo un rol central en textos jeroglíficos...
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