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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Born in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803251663
ISBN
9780803251663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. The majority of the stories of the Alamo fight have been partly legendary, partly hearsay and at best fragmentary. This book reveals the chronicle of the siege of the Alamo in a different light. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 244 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803257795
ISBN
9780803257795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. "John Myers Myers has written Doc's story with a skill that matches the sureness of a bullet from Doc's gun."-Dallas Times Herald. "As for the general reader, he'll eat this up and beg for more."-San Francisco Chronicle. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803257818
ISBN
9780803257818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. The Earp brothers of Tombstone and the famous fight at the OK Corral are well known to American history and even better known to American legend. This is a biography of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp. Num Pages: 247 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258389
ISBN
9780803258389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258563
ISBN
9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 photographs, 8 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259669
ISBN
9780803259669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 54 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803259676
ISBN
9780803259676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

paperback. In the late nineteenth century, the Texas Rangers and Canada's North-West Mounted Police were formed to bring the resource-rich hinterlands at either end of the Great Plains under governmental control. This book presents a comparative history of these two most famous constabularies in the world. Num Pages: 293 pages, 25 Illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260023
ISBN
9780803260023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Provides a historical overview of the post-1900 American West. This book offers a comprehensive account of the modern West, delineating the changes and resulting complexities that characterize the 20th-century West. It considers the ways in which urban, service, and computer-related industries replaced rural, extractive and agricultural economies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 maps, 47 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260221
ISBN
9780803260221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261518
ISBN
9780803261518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But, the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Custer's life spans two great eras of American history. This work offers an account of life and legend of this controversial figure. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803262669
ISBN
9780803262669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803263253
ISBN
9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.34

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Combining Stewart's letters with Susanne K George's extensive research, this book presents a candid portrait of Elinore, the illness, disappointments, and grinding hard work that lay behind her genial public persona; the family, neighbors, and correspondents who peopled her letter-stories and shared her life. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270428
ISBN
9780803270428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.76

Paperback. Explores the complexities of some of the most provocative episodes of Vichy's curious persistence in France's national consciousness. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270947
ISBN
9780803270947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Sees the Virginia campaign of spring 1864 as Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee saw it: a single, massive operation stretching hundreds of miles. The story of the campaign is also the story of the demise of two great armies. Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War. Num Pages: 283 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271197
ISBN
9780803271197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 photograph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271357
ISBN
9780803271357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. A masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future Num Pages: 440 pages, 63 illustrations, 10 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271371
ISBN
9780803271371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

Paperback. John Jacob Astor's dream of empire took shape as the American Fur Company. At Astor's retirement in 1834, this corporate monopoly reached westward from a depot on Mackinac Island to subposts beyond the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. This book focuses on eighteen men who represented the American Fur Company and its successors. Num Pages: 142 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272699
ISBN
9780803272699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803272774
ISBN
9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Contains the diaries and letters of six Oregon-bound women, as well as the journal of an English Mormon woman who described her experience all the way from Liverpool to Salt Lake City. The words of these pioneer women convey their exhilaration, courage, exhaustion, and terror in traveling so far into the unknown. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272873
ISBN
9780803272873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Presents eye-witness accounts collected at the time of the surrender and death of the Lakota Sioux resistance warrior. Interviews collected in this book describe in stark detail the surrender and death of Crazy Horse from the perspective of Indian and mixed-blood contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803273252
ISBN
9780803273252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Eaten by tuberculosis, sustained by alcohol, John Henry "Doc" Holliday walked the streets. This dentist could be deadly when the drink wore off and someone crossed him. He was a gentleman and murderer, married to a prostitute but devoted only to the memory of his mother. This book presents a picture of Doc Holliday and his frontier world. Num Pages: 305 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780803276086
ISBN
9780803276086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.88

Paperback. Shows how urban liberals joined in uneasy alliance with agrarian interests to install Francisco Madero as president and how his attempts to bring constitutional democracy to Mexico were doomed by counter-revolutionary forces. This title illuminates on all levels, local and national, the complex history of an era. Num Pages: 620 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 943.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803277700
ISBN
9780803277700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.42

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