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Black Elk's Religion: The Sun Dance and Lakota Catholicism (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Black Elk was one of the greatest religious thinkers produced by native North America, and the Sun Dance the central religious ritual of his Lakota tradition. This work on his life and his influence offers an in-depth analysis of the man and his cultural impact.
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Duties Beyond Borders: On Limits and Possibilities of Ethical International Politics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing... Læs mere
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A Traveler Disguised: The Rise of Modern Yiddish Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In an exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh, this work shows the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and explores the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the 19th century.
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Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825-1863 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This is a historical study of acculturation in New York City. It documents the ""Americanisation"" of foreign enclaves within the city, showing the effects... Læs mere
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An Oneida Indian in Foreign Waters: The Life of Chief Chapman Scanandoah, 1870-1953 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Chief Chapman Scanandoah (1870-1953) was a decorated Navy veteran who served in the Spanish-American War, a skilled... Læs mere
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The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty: Wilderness Guide, Pilot, and Conservationist (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Deep Woods (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This autobiography of Frank O'Connor, one of the great Irish writers, covers his life, from his birth in a Cork slum in 1903 to his release from imprisonment as a revolutionary in 1923.
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Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A biography of one of the most significant figures in the history of American aviation. It also provides a documented history of the development of the field of aviation and those involved in it through the first three decades of the 20th century.
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A Journey Into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635: The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz Van Den Bogaert (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A detailed journal/daily log of a 1634 expedition of three individuals into Fort Orange (now Albany,... Læs mere
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North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The North Star was both an astronomical reference guiding slaves north to freedom, and a symbol of the moral enterprise that sought to end slavery. This work begins with a history of slavery in upstate New York and ends with John Brown's execution and burial in the Adirondacks.
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Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This memoir celebrates the Sicilian life in America, while providing a sociological portrait of the immigrant experience in the US. The author reminisces... Læs mere
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