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University of Nebraska Press
Language
English
Description
"In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national parks, "without a man or a gun along." It was the era of the flapper, but this book tells the story of a group of farm girls who met while attending Iowa's Teacher's College and who shared a "yen to see some things." A blend of oral and written history,...
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Publisher
WESANNE Publications
Language
English
Description
Legendary actresses of the past are brought front and center in this lively, entertaining book...From the Victorian era of the 1800s through the turn-of-the -century, famous stars like Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt, Maude Adams and Lillie Langtry provided the glitz and glitter of yesterdays's stage.
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Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The West, especially the Intermountain states, ranks among the whitest places in America, but this fact obscures the more complicated history of racial diversity in the region. In Making the White Man's West, author Jason E. Pierce argues that since the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the American West has been a racially contested space. Using a nuanced theory of historical 'whiteness,' he examines why and how Anglo-Americans dominated the region...
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