Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
Pretty Boy Floyd: The Notorious Life and Death of the Depression Era Outlaw
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“If you'll gather 'round me, children, a story I will tell'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an Outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well.” – Woody Guthrie, “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd”...
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Patrice Lumumba: The Life and Legacy of the Pan-African Politician Who Became Congo's First Prime Minister
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men.” – Patrice LumumbaThe modern history of Africa was, until very recently,...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Republic of Turkey: The History of the Ottoman Empire's Collapse and the Establishment of a New State
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading “In human life, you will find players of religion until the knowledge and proficiency in religion will be cleansed from all superstitions, and will be purified and perfected by the enlightenment of...
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Mount Rushmore: The History and Legacy of America's Most Unique Monument
"America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller than these." (Simon Hoggart) In the 1920s plans...
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Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Life and Legacy of the Last Black Man to Play Major League Baseball Before Jackie Robinson
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingGiven his legacy, many Americans today believe Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, but that answer is wrong. As far back as the late 19th...
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Mad Anthony Wayne: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Revolutionary War General
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.” – Mad Anthony WayneThe American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school,...
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Leland Stanford: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became California's Governor and the West's Most Famous Robber Baron
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.” – StanfordFor many people, the Gilded Age and the...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Saladin
"It is equally true that his generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism, that flower of liberality and courtesy which had been the model of our old chroniclers, won him no less popularity in Frankish Syria than in the lands of...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Richard the Lionheart
*Includes medieval depictions of Richard and important people, places, and events in his life. *Explains his relationships with his famous parents, his famous allies, and his famous enemies, including Saladin. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the Frontier: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding the lives and deaths of the three frontier legends.*Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the debate over whether he actually gave it.*Includes pictures of Boone, Bowie,...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Hammurabi
*Includes pictures of the stele on which the Code of Hammurabi is inscribed.*Includes the Code of Hammurabi.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures,...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Constantine the Great
*Discusses the legends surrounding Constantine's conversion to Christianity*Includes excerpts from Eusebius's biography of Constantine.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“By keeping the Divine faith, I am made a partaker of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cleopatra
*Discusses some of the popular myths and legends surrounding Cleopatra's life, including her heritage, how she died, and more. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events in Cleopatra's life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cicero
"Genius is fostered by energy." (Cicero) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was one of the most famous Romans in his day, and posterity has been even kinder to him. Cicero was a legend in his own time for his oratory...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caligula
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Caligula and important people and places in his life.*Discusses the facts and legends surrounding Caligula's madness and the excesses of his turbulent reign.*Includes Suetonius' account of Caligula's life.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caesar Augustus
*Includes pictures of famous art depicting Augustus and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses Octavian's relationships and political intrigue with his most famous contemporaries, including Caesar, Cleopatra and Antony.*Includes a Table of Contents“Young men, pay heed to an...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Attila the Hun
*Includes Priscus' contemporary account of Attila and his Court. *Includes contemporary and medieval accounts of Attila's meeting with Pope Leo the Great and the Battle of Châlons. *Includes pictures of historic art depicting Attila and important people and events in...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Mary Read
*Includes historic illustrations of Mary Read and important people in her life.*Includes a profile of Mary Read from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Mary Read, separating fact from fiction.*Includes a Bibliography...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Howell Davis
*Includes historic illustrations of Howell Davis and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Howell Davis from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain William Kidd
*Includes historic illustrations of Kidd and important people and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Kidd from Captain Charles Johnson's pirate history.*Includes Kidd's own account of the controversial expedition that resulted in his trial. .*Discusses the legends and controversies...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Captain Henry Morgan
*Includes historic illustrations depicting Morgan and important events in his life.*Includes excerpts from an account of Morgan's piracy written by his ship's surgeon.*Analyzes Morgan's legacy and current efforts to find some of his sunken pirate ships.*Includes a Bibliography for further...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Calico Jack
*Includes historic illustrations of Calico Jack and important people in his life.*Includes a profile of Calico Jack from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Calico Jack, Anne Bonny and Mary Read.*Includes a...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart)
*Includes historic illustrations of Black Bart and other important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a profile of Black Bart from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table...
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Legendary Pirates: The Life and Legacy of Anne Bonny
Includes historic illustrations of Anne Bonny and important people in her life.Includes a profile of Anne Bonny from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".Discusses common legends about Anne Bonny and what is known and unknown...
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Latin American Revolutionaries: The Life and Legacy of Che Guevara
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known to the world as Che, has led two lives. In the first of these lives, the Argentine-born revolutionary was a remarkable and flawed doctor-turned-guerilla who left behind a highly controversial political legacy. In the...
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'Ndrangheta: The History of Italy's Most Powerful Organized Crime Syndicate
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe word “mafia,” Sicilian in origin, is synonymous with Italy, but Italy is home to several different mafias, with three being particularly notorious. While the Cosa Nostra of western Sicily...
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Latin American Revolutionaries: The Life and Legacy of Fidel Castro
*Includes pictures of Fidel and important people, places, and events.*Includes some of Fidel's quotes about Cuba, the Revolution, and America.*Includes a Bibliography of books about Castro and written by him.*Includes a Table of Contents."Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces...
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Lawrence of Arabia: The Life and Legacy of T.E. Lawrence
He was recognized by many as a curious scholar and archaeologist, brilliant linguist, British soldier, extraordinary adventurer, and avid writer, though he called himself an "ordinary man". He was a gifted translator, a shrewd diplomat, a brilliant tactician, and an...
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Le Mont Saint-Michel: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Island Commune
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of life on the island *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “This place Mont Saint-Michel's, in centuries of glows, and hundreds sounds of bells, in rising highs and lows. Where trust...
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Leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia: The Lives and Careers of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, and JEB Stuart
*Includes pictures of each general, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes an original introduction for each general.*Includes a Table of Contents*Includes a bibliography for each general.The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, and the men who led it,...
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