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Alabama: Poems (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Focuses on a boy from a rural, fundamentalist community who becomes a pacifist, feminist, and existentialist poet. Formed from interleaved strands of prose vignettes and lineated poetry,... Læs mere
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Tempest: Hurricane Naming and American Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An innovative study tracks the naming of hurricanes over six decades, exploring the interplay between naming practice and wider American culture. Liz Skilton blends gender studies with environmental history to analyse this often controversial tradition.
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In Tune: Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, and the Roots of American Music (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Born into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmie Rodgers established themselves... Læs mere
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Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Drawing on the drill manuals available to officers and a close reading of battle reports, Civil War Infantry Tactics demonstrates that linear tactics provided the best formations and maneuvers to use with the single-shot musket, whether rifle or smoothbore.
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Flora and Fauna of the Civil War: An Environmental Reference Guide (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Of the thousands of books written about the US Civil War, few mention the environment, and none address the topic as a principal theme.... Læs mere
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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A candid and humorous chronicle showing how one woman goes from casual observer to obsessive bird nerd as she traverses Louisiana’s avian paradise. In Adventures of a Louisiana Birder, readers follow Marybeth Lima across her adopted state in search of 300 species of birds.
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Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Based on years of exhaustive and meticulous research, David C. Keehn’s study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the... Læs mere
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Interrogating Travel: Guidance from a Reluctant Tourist (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Never in human history has travel been so accessible to so many. But amid an escalating climate crisis that threatens the homes of vulnerable people across the world, has the human cost of trekking the globe become too high?
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X in the Tickseed: Poems (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From discursive essay-poems to tightly constructed lyrics, Ed Falco’s X in the Tickseed examines a world that reveals itself through its mysteries, reflecting upon the ephemeral nature of all things.
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A Scar Where Goodbyes Are Written: An Anthology of Venezuelan Poets in Chile (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A bilingual anthology of poetry written by fifteen Venezuelan poets who are currently residing in Chile. Edited and translated... Læs mere
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River of Dreams: Imagining the Mississippi Before Mark Twain (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the Mississippi to Andrew Jackson and the rowdy river culture of the early nineteenth century, this book charts the Mississippi’s shifting importance in the making of America.
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