Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a breathtaking elegy to the waning days of human spaceflight as we have known itIn the 1960s, humans took their first steps away from Earth, and for a ti
True stories of daring helicopter rescues as told by the men who flew them. Twenty two missions flown by youthful helicopter crews in service to their country and to their fellow comrades during the V
Tampa's architecture is quite diverse and reflects the city's history and ethnic culture. Depending upon the part of the city you are visiting, the architecture can vary widely. While the downtown boa
Dissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. It focuses on those who, from colonial days to the present, dissented against the ruling
A maritime history reveals the essential roles of common sailors, slaves, pirates and outlaws in shaping the era of the tall ship. By the award-winning author of The Slave Ship.
Detailing the clandestine campaign of Operation Condor—a secret military plan implemented in 1975 by six Latin American countries ruled by right-wing military dictatorships to eliminate their politica
History of South Callaway, Missouri, originally published in the Mokane Herald-Post in 1903, detailed stories of hundreds of Callaway County pioneers includes genealogy tracing three or four generatio
John Reed was an early 20th century journalist best known for writing Ten Days That Shook The World about the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. He also wrote this work about the history of Mexico a
The GHOST SHIP was launched in 1940, prior to World War II, she helped supply the Pacific Islands with men and material, one of those was the “Alamo of the Pacific” Wake Island. She was anchored north
This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies spanning the breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan, to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Azt
The author of Fordlandia documents an extraordinary early 19th-century event that inspired Herman Melville's Beneto Cereno, tracing the cultural, economic and religious clashes that occurred aboard a
"Times Are Altered with Us : American Indians from Contact to the New Republic offers a concise and engaging introduction to the turbulent 300-year-period of the history of Native Americans and their
Sean Harvey explores the morally entangled territory of language and race in this intellectual history of encounters between whites and Native Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Mis
This insightful guide explores the pre-Columbian native civilizations that thrived in North America, revealing a diverse range of cultures, languages, and customs. Particularly interesting is the exam
Native American culture has been passed on for centuries through the arts and crafts of each group. The Ojibwe made dream catchers, and fringed tunics were made and worn by the Sioux. Readers learn to
This four-volume work provides a detailed, multicultural survey of established as well as "neW" American religions and investigates the fascinating interactions between religion and ethnicity, gender,
Presenting an accessible introduction to Argentina's complex history, this book enables readers to better understand how Argentina's history follows and diverges from other South American nations.
