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Pioneer to the Past (Abridged, Annotated)

2016-01-20 History
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Release : 2016-01-20
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Book Synopsis Pioneer to the Past (Abridged, Annotated) by : Charles Breasted

Download or read book Pioneer to the Past (Abridged, Annotated) written by Charles Breasted. This book was released on 2016-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenging and exciting life of James Henry Breasted spanned the most important years of the early western exploration of ancient Egypt. He was at the center of turbulent and world-changing events, including World War I and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter. An immensely talented scholar, he explored the Nile Valley and its antiquities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, recording inscriptions and participating in digs with men like Petrie. At his side was his wife, as well as his son Charles, who wrote this admiring work about the life and times of his father. James Breasted was consulted with by such men as General Allenby during WWI. When Howard Carter discovered Tut's tomb in 1922, one of the first men he and his patron, Lord Carnarvon, contacted was Breasted. He not only saw the tomb shortly after its discovery, his effort to mediate between Carter and the Egyptian government when Carter was later locked out of the tomb is detailed here. You cannot understand ancient Egypt or modern Egyptology without knowing about Breasted's remarkable life. He was the founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated)

2016-02-02 History
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Release : 2016-02-02
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Book Synopsis Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated) by : John Carr

Download or read book Pioneer Days in California: (Abridged, Annotated) written by John Carr. This book was released on 2016-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When John Carr published this book in 1891, he had already been a Californian for over forty years. His true tales of gold prospecting, gun fights, encounters with Indians, rough characters of the West, and politicos are amusing and highly entertaining. He knew many of the early big players in the state and provides an interesting view of the west during the American Civil War. Among his other employments, he sat as a police judge in Eureka, California and spent time in Tombstone, Arizona, during its wild west period. At the end of the book he provides short biographies of notables he knew. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the movement that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Western Women (Abridged, Annotated)

2016-11-04 History
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Release : 2016-11-04
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Book Synopsis Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) by : Mary Osborne Douthit

Download or read book Western Women (Abridged, Annotated) written by Mary Osborne Douthit. This book was released on 2016-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this book is to record woman’s part in working out the plan of our Western civilization; no other civilization, perhaps, bearing so conspicuously the imprint of her hand and her brain." So wrote Mary Douthit, herself a pioneer woman. She continued: "In patience, courage, and endurance, woman proved man’s equal. In her ability to cope with strenuous conditions, she was again his recognized peer. In property rights woman enjoys far greater privileges here than in the older portions of our country. These Northwestern States are among the few in the nation that make the mother a legal custodian of her children, and entrust her with the property of minor heirs." Seldom will you find a book that brings so many personal stories of early western pioneers together in one volume. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

James Russell Lowell: A Biography (Abridged, Annotated)

2016-05-12 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2016-05-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis James Russell Lowell: A Biography (Abridged, Annotated) by : Horace Elisha Scudder

Download or read book James Russell Lowell: A Biography (Abridged, Annotated) written by Horace Elisha Scudder. This book was released on 2016-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, bittingly satirical, erudite, and passionate, James Russell Lowell was one of the great literary and intellectual, giants of the 19th century. Though his name today is less well-known than Hawthorne, Poe, Longfellow, and Emerson, he was their contemporary, peer, and friend. He was the editor of "The Atlantic Monthly" who set the early tone and style for that magazine. A Harvard graduate and prolific essayist and poet, he was later a U.S. diplomat to Spain and England. This two volume, long out-of-print set will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Lowell's wonderful intelligence and wit are on display throughout. You will see why "The Atlantic" became the important magazine that it still is. His friend and biographer, Horace Scudder was also editor of "The Atlantic." For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Kaleidoscopic Lives (Abridged, Annotated)

2016-07-25 History
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Release : 2016-07-25
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Book Synopsis Kaleidoscopic Lives (Abridged, Annotated) by : Joseph Henry Taylor

Download or read book Kaleidoscopic Lives (Abridged, Annotated) written by Joseph Henry Taylor. This book was released on 2016-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Taylor's classic memoir of pioneer life in Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas has long been cited in other books. He knew many of the soldiers and Indians of the 1870s and 1880s and newspaperman Taylor writes of them in witty and affectionate prose. Here is Custer, Chief Gall, General Stanley, and many others. Every memoir of the American West provides us with another view of the westward expansion that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

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