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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This collection of speeches by historian David McCullough reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, as many Americans engage in self-reflection following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, McCullough has collected some of his...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves divided into two sections of 21 and 25 plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families...
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