ISBN : 9781582182643 Author : Twain, Mark Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : The Mississippi River and Mark Twain are practically synonymous in American culture. Known as America's river, the popularity of Twain's steamboat and steamboat pilots the on the ever-changing Mississippi has endured prominently over the years. Although Mark Twain used his childhood […]
ISBN : 9781582182490 Author : Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel L.) Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : The Innocents Abroad began as a series of travel letters written mainly for the Alta California , a San Francisco newspaper that sponsored Mark Twain's participation in his trip to Europe and the Holy Land in 1867 aboard […]
ISBN : 9781582182452 Author : Grinnel, George Bird Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : Written at the turn of the Century when the figures of the real West were the Indian, the explorer, the soldier, the miner, the ranchman, the trapper, and the railroad builder, The Story of the Indian is an attempt by […]
ISBN : 9781582182407 Author : Hubert, Phillip G., Jr Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : In Men of Achievement Philip Hubert writes about the famous inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Elias Howe, Samuel Morse, Charles Goodyear, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as many others. Although it reviews their inventions […]
ISBN : 9781582182339 Author : Seaver, James E. Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : Taken captive at the early age of thirteen by Seneca Indians, Mary Jemison was trained in the wilderness to the ordinary duties of the Indian female. Embued with the sentiments and lifestyle of the Seneca's, she essentially transformed into a […]
ISBN : 9781582182360 Author : Hitchcock, Ripley Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : The Louisiana Purchase by Ripley Hitchcock brings to life the journals of Lewis and Clark on their mission to explore the greatest land purchase in history. In a transaction that doubled the size of the United States, this book investigates not […]
ISBN : 9781582182278 Author : Goss, Warren Lee Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : During the Civil War tens of thousands of soldiers died in prisons. In Andersonville Prison Pen alone over 11,000 soldiers of the 33,000 died of starvation, exposure and consumption or other disease. In The Soldier's Story Goss, a member of […]
ISBN : 9781582182247 Author : Peters, DeWitt C. Publisher : Digital Scanning, Inc. Description : Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures is an authentic record of the life and times of Christopher Kit Carson and his companions in the American West. Derived from Carson's own narrative, as well as the observations of the author and others, […]
ISBN : 9781588431202 Author : Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe Publisher : Hunter Publishing Description : This beautiful region on the East Coast is a sailor's dream destination, a seafood lover's delight. This Alive! guide offers perhaps the only comprehensive coverage of the area, including all the travel information you need, as well as the best places […]
ISBN : 9781588431172 Author : Readicker-Henderson, Lynn; Readicker-Henderson, Ed Publisher : Hunter Publishing Description : The far north was once a land feared by many, traveled by few. Now it's the kind of place people travel hundreds of miles to visit. This quiet sanctuary of quiet rivers and lakes that come in all shades of […]