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National Tribune Civil War Index, Volume 1: 1877-1903 A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943

Sauers Richard A.

ISBN: HB: 9781611213645, Casemate, Savas Beatie, September 2018
360 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1 image

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans' newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publish...

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National Tribune Civil War Index, Volume 2: 1904-1943 A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943

Sauers Richard A.

ISBN: HB: 9781611213652, Casemate, Savas Beatie, September 2018
360 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1 image

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans' newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publish...

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National Tribune Civil War Index, Volume 3: Author, Unit, and Subject Index A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943

Sauers Richard A.

ISBN: HB: 9781611213669, Casemate, Savas Beatie, September 2018
504 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1 image

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans' newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publish...

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Military

Union Soldiers in the American Civil War Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages

Herdegen Lance J.

ISBN: PB: 9781611213393, Casemate, Savas Beatie, September 2018
168 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 90 illus.

Some Confederates called him a "Bluebelly", "Mudsill", and even a "Lincolnite" (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply "Billy Yank". Author Lance Herdegen tells his fascinating multi-faceted s...

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Hubert Humphrey The Conscience of the Country

Offner Arnold A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300222395, Yale University Press, August 2018
512 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 35 black&white illus.

Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978) was one of the great liberal leaders of postwar American politics, yet because he never made it to the Oval Office he has been largely overlooked by biographers. His career encompassed three well?known high points: the civ...

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This Land Is Your Land The Story of Field Biology in America

Lannoo Michael J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226580890, ISBN: HB: 9780226358475, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 46 halftones, 9 line drawings, 1 table

Field biology is enjoying a resurgence due to several factors, the most important being the realization that there is no ecology, no conservation, and no ecosystem restoration without an understanding of the basic relationships between species and th...

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Women Studies

Wildcat Women Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry

Williams Carla

ISBN: PB: 9781602233546, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones, 2 maps

Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats".Wildcat Women" is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's Nor...

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General

Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation

Fisher Williamson Abigail

ISBN: PB: 9780226572659, ISBN: HB: 9780226572512, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration...

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Grounds for Dreaming Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement

Flores Lori A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300240146, Yale University Press, July 2018
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 31 black&white illus.

Known as "The Salad Bowl of the World", California's Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. A sweeping critical history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for the...

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American Farmer in the Eighteenth Century A Social and Cultural History

Bushman Richard L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300226737, Yale University Press, July 2018
400 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 8 black&white illus.

In the eighteenth century, three-quarters of Americans made their living from farms. This authoritative history explores the lives, cultures, and societies of America's farmers from colonial times through the founding of the nation. Noted historian R...

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