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Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective...
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"In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield expands her trailblazing exploration of the Silk Road and broadens her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively...
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Relates the story of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century man who solved the problem of establishing the East-West position of a ship at sea.
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Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.
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A fascinating look at the brave belles of Missouri! Wives, sisters, daughters, lovers, friends, and mothers--they risked their lives and their freedom to give aid and comfort to their menfolk. In spite of the danger, they persevered in feeding,...
