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James Lincoln Collier

James Lincoln Collier

Liz Sonneborn

James Lincoln Collier feels that, through Carrie, he was able to correct a flaw in the other two Arabus books. In writing the trilogy, the Colliers set out to create a historically accurate picture of African American life in the late eighteenth century.
The Bloody Country

The Bloody Country

James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Fifteen-year-old Ben Buck and his family spent four years clearing the wilderness to build a new home in Pennsylvania. They fought the Indians and the British, and made sacrifices most people wouldn't have been strong enough to make.
Christopher Columbus: To the New World

Christopher Columbus: To the New World

James Lincoln Collier

"An exploration of the life and momentous voyages of the Italian-born explorer"--Provided by publisher.
Steam Engines

Steam Engines

James Lincoln Collier

"Follows the development of the steam engine"--Provided by publisher.
Who is Carrie?

Who is Carrie?

James Lincoln Collier

Carrie has been a kitchen slave in Sam Fraunces's tavern in New York City for as long as she can remember. But after she narrowly escapes a kidnapper, Carrie becomes more curious about her mysterious past.
The Automobile

The Automobile

James Lincoln Collier

Discusses the history of cars, from the earliest models developed in Europe to the current global states of automobile design, production, and use, including the positive and negative effects of automobiles on society and the environment.
Jazz: The American Theme Song

Jazz: The American Theme Song

James Lincoln Collier

Questioning everything we think we know about jazz--its origins, its innovative geniuses, the importance of improvisation and spontaneous inspiration in a performance--and the jazz world, these ten provocative essays on the music and its ...
Jump Ship to Freedom

Jump Ship to Freedom

James Lincoln Collier

Even if Daniel can manage to jump ship in New York, will he be able to travel the long and dangerous road to freedom?
Louis Armstrong: An American Genius

Louis Armstrong: An American Genius

James Lincoln Collier

... S. Frederick Starr, and Richard Winder of the Milne Boys' Home for generously sharing with me insights of their own. ... Joe Sully of Associated Booking Corporation, Milt Gabler, John Hammond, Dr. Alexander Schiff, and Dr. Gary Zucker.
My Brother Sam is Dead

My Brother Sam is Dead

James Lincoln Collier

My Brother Sam Is Dead is a stirring, probing tale full of action and suspense, putting listeners right into the heart of the Revolutionary War.
Monthly Bulletin

Monthly Bulletin

Ohio State Library

The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln; by James Henry Lea. B-L638 . The boyhood of Lincoln: by Eleanor Atkinson. B-L638 . The boy's life of Abraham Lincoln; by Helen Nicolay. B-L638 . The death of Lincoln; the story of Booth's plot, his deed and ...
Chipper

Chipper

James Lincoln Collier

Orphaned and homeless, twelve-year-old Chipper Carey is a street-wise gang member in 1890s New York City, until a con man introduces him to a wealthy woman who is seeking her long-lost nephew and Chipper must decide where his loyalties lie.
Personal Recollections Of Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War ...

Personal Recollections Of Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War ...

James R. Gilmore

At that moment, James R. Gilmore made a suggestion to Abraham Lincoln to take to Confederate President Jefferson Davis a set of accords by which the North would be willing to have peace.
Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home

Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home

Matthew Pinsker

The members formed an all-star cast of Lincoln and Civil War— era scholars and included Jean Baker, James Basker, David Blight, Gabor Boritt, David Donald, Allen Guelzo, Harold Holzer, David Long, Phillip Paludan, Gary Scott, and ...
Lincoln in Indiana

Lincoln in Indiana

Brian R. Dirck

Lincoln in Indiana offers a fascinating account of Lincoln's boyhood in Indiana, setting the relationships, values, and environment that fundamentally shaped Lincoln's character within the context of frontier and farm life in early ...
Morton: A Cross-Canada Rail Journey

Morton: A Cross-Canada Rail Journey

David Collier

The book opens in media res as Collier finds out about his grandmother s death.
From Duty to Desire: Remaking Families in a Spanish Village

From Duty to Desire: Remaking Families in a Spanish Village

Jane Fishburne Collier

Collier's findings as recorded here are perhaps surprising and altogether fascinating. Photos.
The Annotated Lincoln

The Annotated Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment.
In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts

In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts

Abraham Lincoln

A collection of writings includes images of a variety of handwritten speeches, letters, and childhood notebooks, accompanied by commentary by James M. McPherson, Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, John Updike, Toni Morrison, and other ...
John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the ...

John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the ...

Arthur Freeman

This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier’s activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures.
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

James M. McPherson

Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight ...
Warships of the World to 1900

Warships of the World to 1900

Lincoln P. Paine

Lincoln Paine has done for ships, condensing vast mountains of historiography into accurate, accessible and readable volumes. Paine's encyclopedias should be a part of every serious library of maritime history." -James L. Nelson, author of  ...
Robert Collier Copywriting Course - Masters of Marketing ...

Robert Collier Copywriting Course - Masters of Marketing ...

Robert Collier

WHAT is there about some letters that makes them so much more effective than others?
House of Commons Papers

House of Commons Papers

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

William Thomas Birch 53 Collier Injuries to body. 2 Charles Boden ... 62 Collier Fractured skull. 3 John Henry Turner ... 49 Collier Both legs fractured. 4 Thomas Walter Turner 21 Filler Fractured skull and right leg fractured. 5 Bernard Newton ...
Ships of Discovery and Exploration

Ships of Discovery and Exploration

Lincoln P. Paine

Lincoln Paine has done for ships, condensing vast mountains of historiography into accurate, accessible and readable volumes. Paine's encyclopedias should be a part of even, serious library of maritime history." -James L. Nelson, author of  ...

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