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    True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

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    Myths and Mysteries of Oklahoma reveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hovers over the Sooner State. This book offers residents, travelers, history buffs, and ghost hunters a refreshingingly lively collection of stories about Oklahoma's unsolved murders, legendary villains, lingering ghosts, terrifying myths, and haunted places. ... Read more

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  • A Word for Nature

    Four Pioneering Environmental Advocates, 1845-1913

    The careers and ideas of four figures of monumental importance in the history of American conservation — George Perkins Marsh, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Wesley Powell — are explored in A Word for Nature. Robert Dorman offers lively portraits of each of these early environmental advocates, who witnessed firsthand the impact of economic expansion and industrial revolution on fragile ... Read more

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  • It Happened in Oklahoma

    Stories of Events and People that Shaped Sooner State History

    Series series It Happened In Series
    This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Sooner State. Read all about the Trail of Tears in Tahlequah. Find out why George W. McLaurin was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma in 1950. Try to solve the mystery of Karen Silkwood's suspicious death in 1974. ... Read more

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  • Alfalfa Bill

    A Life in Politics

    In this masterful biography, Robert L. Dorman traces the career of William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray from his hardscrabble childhood in post–Civil War Texas to his remarkable ascendancy as a nationally known political figure in the mid-twentieth century. The first comprehensive portrait of Murray to be published in fifty years, Alfalfa Bill is both the exploration of a larger-than-life personality ... Read more

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  • Revolt of the Provinces

    The Regionalist Movement in America, 1920-1945

    Series series H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
    “A work of remarkable scope and depth of learning. [Dorman’s] principal contribution is wise, imaginative, and often revelatory readings of published texts.” — Journal of Southern History“[Dorman] skillfully recreates — and acutely analyzes — the fascinating story of one of American political and cultural history’s forgotten but most appealing alternatives.” — Journal of American History“Dorman ... Read more

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  • Colorado

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