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This is an encyclopedic listing and summary of all American and Canadian treaties with Native American tribes up to 2008. It also incudes general thematic and regional essays, complete texts of treaties, historical chronologies and bios of important figures in the subject.

A narrative of the Old West and Wyatt Earp's career, much of it quoted directly from Wyatt's interviews with the author. Photos of Earp, Dodge City, OK Corral and more add to the narrative.

King Ranch, located in South Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville near Kingsville, is the largest ranch in Texas.[3] The King Ranch comprises 825,000 acres (3,340 km2; 1,289 sq mi)[4] and was founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis. It includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with portions extending into Brooks, Jim Wells, Nueces, and Willacy Counties. The ranch does not consist of one single contiguous plot of land, but rather four large sections called divisions. The divisions are the Santa Gertrudis, the Laureles, the Encino and the Norias. Only the first two of the four divisions border each other, and that border is relatively short.[5] The ranch was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.The King Ranch, by artist/author Tom Lea, is a two-volume definitive work that covers not only the history of the ranch, but also that of the region—most notably the Rio Grande Valley. As this is a set of… Read More

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeFeaturing a foreword by Battle Cry of Freedom author James McPhersonA vibrant portrait of Civil War-era Washington, D.C. that is "packed and running over with the anecdotes, scandals, personalities, and tragi-comedies of the day" (The New Yorker)1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. Reveille in Washington focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincoln's evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the… Read More

Provides new English translations and the original librettos of Mozart's seven most popular operas.

For over 150 years, Harper's Magazine has explored the American experience with a fiercely independent spirit and spectacular writing. That experience is available in this magnificent illustrated volume, spanning the decades and encompassing writing from Melville and Twain to Normal Mailer, David Mamet, and Annie Dillard. This beautiful volume includes reports, poetry, fiction, commentary, critiques of contemporary society and politics, speeches, humor - plus more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and other artwork, originally published in the magazine.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings assembled and mounted by Mr. Lincoln as a manuscript for publication. Contains the texts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, speeches, and correspondence of Lincoln and Douglas published in newspaper accounts (primarily the Chicago Press & Tribune and the Chicago Times) between June 17 and Oct. 15, 1858. The title, captions, most notes and corrections said to be in Lincoln's hand. Other manuscript notations added by the publishers and printers. Cf. David C. Mearns' introduction in The Illinois political campaign of 1858: a facsimile of the printer's copy ... Library of Congress, 1958, p. 1-24.Because the book is oversized, an adjustment to the shipping charge may be necessary.

Lucan was a Roman poet born at Corduba, in Spain. His success as a poet aroused the jealousy of Nero, who forbade him to recite in public. In consequence Lucan joined in the failed conspiracy of Piso against Nero, and was compelled to take his own life. This is his chief work, a heroic poem descent the struggle between Caesar and Pompey. "Rowe has vigorously and diligently preserved Lucan's ambitions." Nicholas Rowe was an English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715. His poems and plays were well-received in his lifetime and his translation of this book is generally regarded as the best in English.

NY: Knopf, 1985. Good/Good. Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, a classic study of race relations and school busing in Boston, Massachusetts, as seen through the eyes of three families: one upper-middle-class white, one working-class white, and one African-American.