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The Seed of a Nation

Rediscovering America

by Darrell Fields, Lorrie Fields ...

"Anyone who is losing hope for America must read The Seed of a Nation. The inspiration lives, the seed sprouts, the idea works" (Scott W. Boyd, Pennsylvania State Representative)."The Seed of a Nation is a thoroughly researched and fascinating account of William Penn's efforts to establish a 'Holy Experiment' in Pennsylvania—a vision of governance grounded in faith and operating on the principles ... Read more

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"Anyone who is losing hope for America must read The Seed of a Nation. The inspiration lives, the seed sprouts, the idea works" (Scott W. Boyd, Pennsylvania State Representative)."The Seed of a Nation is a thoroughly researched and fascinating account of William Penn's efforts to establish a 'Holy Experiment' in Pennsylvania—a vision of governance grounded in faith and operating on the principles
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American Indian Nations

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

by George Horse Capture, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Suzanne Shown Harjo, Stephen Greymorning, James Parker Shield, Ray Gardner, C Matthew Snipp, David Penney0, Jim Pepper Henry1, David Hurst Thomas2, Lisa Watt3, Earl Barlow4, Margaret Field5, Darrell RobesKipp6, Gerald Gipp7, James Shanley8, Mark Trahant9, Timothy Johnson0, Janine Pease1, Kevin Gover2, Walter Echo Hawk3, Richmond Clow4, Rebecca Tsosie5, James Nason6 ...

Series series Contemporary Native American Communities
American Indian Nations takes stock of Indian history, policy, and culture over the past 30 years. A distinctive contribution to the understanding and interpretation of current Indian affairs, policies, and community development, this dynamic commentary of contemporary issues brings together a Who's Who of tribal leaders, scholars, and activists. No other collection offers such a thought-provoking ... Read more

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American Indian Nations takes stock of Indian history, policy, and culture over the past 30 years. A distinctive contribution to the understanding and interpretation of current Indian affairs, policies, and community development, this dynamic commentary of contemporary issues brings together a Who's Who of tribal leaders, scholars, and activists. No other collection offers such a thought-provoking
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Top 10 Poets – The U S, The - Mid-West

Five poems each from poets born in the American Mid West

by Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hart Crane, Sara Teasdale, Vachel Lindsay, James Whitcomb Riley, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Katherine Chapman Tillman, Eugene Field, Ambrose Bierce ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe, Eric Meyers, Warren Keyes ...

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
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The Life of George Washington

All Five Volumes in a Single File

by John Marshall ...

The classic biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. Because of his significant role in the revolution ... Read more

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The classic biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. Because of his significant role in the revolution
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The Lakotas and the Black Hills

The Struggle for Sacred Ground

by Jeffrey Ostler ...

The story of the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homelands and their remarkable legal battle to regain itThe Lakota Indians counted among their number some of the most famous Native Americans, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Their homeland was in the magnificent Black Hills in South Dakota, where they found plentiful game and held religious ceremonies at charged locations like Devil ... Read more

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The story of the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homelands and their remarkable legal battle to regain itThe Lakota Indians counted among their number some of the most famous Native Americans, including Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Their homeland was in the magnificent Black Hills in South Dakota, where they found plentiful game and held religious ceremonies at charged locations like Devil
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The Wild Frontier

Atrocities During the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee

by William M. Osborn ...

The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California, has been almost completely eliminated from the histories we now read. In truth, it was a horrifying and appalling experience. Nothing like it had ever happened anywhere else in the world.In The Wild Frontier, William M. Osborn discusses ... Read more

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The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California, has been almost completely eliminated from the histories we now read. In truth, it was a horrifying and appalling experience. Nothing like it had ever happened anywhere else in the world.In The Wild Frontier, William M. Osborn discusses
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New York Burning

Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan

by Jill Lepore ...

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD WINNER • A revelatory study of the ways in which slavery both destabilized and created American politics.“Vivid and provocative; [Lepore] evokes eighteenth-century New York in all its moral and physical messiness.” —The New Yorker“A historical study that is both intellectually rigorous and broadly accessible. . . . The type of book that we need to ... Read more

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**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD WINNER • A revelatory study of the ways in which slavery both destabilized and created American politics.“Vivid and provocative; [Lepore] evokes eighteenth-century New York in all its moral and physical messiness.” —The New Yorker“A historical study that is both intellectually rigorous and broadly accessible. . . . The type of book that we need to
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The Wisdom of the Native Americans

Including The Soul of an Indian and Other Writings of Ohiyesa and the Great Speeches of Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle

Edited by Kent Nerburn ...

The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short ... Read more

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The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short
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American Holocaust : The Conquest of the New World

Columbus and the Conquest of the New World

by David E. Stannard ...

For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the U.S. Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an unending firestorm of violence. During that time the native population of the Western Hemisphere declined by as many as 100 million people. Indeed as ... Read more

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For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the U.S. Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an unending firestorm of violence. During that time the native population of the Western Hemisphere declined by as many as 100 million people. Indeed as
... Read more
Conquered into Liberty

Two Centuries of Battles along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War

by Eliot A. Cohen ...

Americans often think of the Civil War as the conflict that consolidated the United States, including its military values and practices. But there was another, earlier, and more protracted struggle between “North” and “South,” beginning in the 1600s and lasting for more than two centuries, that shaped American geopolitics and military culture. Here, Eliot A. Cohen explains how the American way of ... Read more

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Americans often think of the Civil War as the conflict that consolidated the United States, including its military values and practices. But there was another, earlier, and more protracted struggle between “North” and “South,” beginning in the 1600s and lasting for more than two centuries, that shaped American geopolitics and military culture. Here, Eliot A. Cohen explains how the American way of
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Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

by Michael F. Steltenkamp ...

Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American ... Read more

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Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American
... Read more
How the Post Office Created America

A History

by Winifred Gallagher ...

“’The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America,’ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”—Wall Street JournalA masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical ... Read more

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“’The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America,’ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”—Wall Street JournalA masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical
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