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87) The minutemen
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundredmiles south and east over frozen, often-treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops occupying Boston. The result was the British surrender of Boston and the first...
Author
Publisher
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone I ever heard, and everything I ever read, told me that all the slaves were black, and all the whites subjected to forced labor were indentured servants, or convict laborers, or impressed sailors. Everyone was wrong. Nobody told me about white slavery in colonial America. If I had trusted the experts, the authorities, I would have missed this story altogether"--p. [vi].
"Picking up where he left off in [...] Without indentures : index to...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The year 2022 will mark the bicentennial of the birth of Olmsted; a national celebration is being planned by several organizations. This book celebrates 200 of the more than 6,000 landscapes that he and his successors created, many of which are extant, kept up, open to the public, and beloved as major cultural sites. Olmsted designed many of America's most beloved parks and landscapes during his remarkable 40-year career, including New York's Central...