History
The Discovery of the Five Great Lakes
by Sara Stafford
The Great Lakes’ history has taken on additional importance as foreign
marine life has threatened their unique fishing resources, and pollution has
intruded on their purity.
The History of Playing Cards: Anecdotes for Their Use in
Conjuring, Fortune Telling & Card Sharping
by Rev. Ed. S. Taylor
The History of Playing Cards offers a comprehensive look at the history and
usage of cards, tracing their movements through India, China, the Middle East,
and through Europe, with a heavy emphasis on cards in France and England.
Taylor included a great deal of illustrations, highlighting cards from the 15001800s.
California Chinese Chatter
by Albert Dressler
California Chinese Chatter contains telegrams sent in 1874 between Chinese citizens living in Downieville, California, and a court transcript of the
murder trial of Ah Jake. It offers a unique view of the difficulties that Chinese
immigrants had in the United States, particularly in the midst of so much
racism that eventually led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Vigilante Days and Ways: The Pioneers of the Rockies
by Nathaniel Pitt Langford
Vigilante Days and Ways highlights the bloody history of the area by
focusing on the activity of criminals, and the equally bloody means of
enacting justice when the criminals were captured, either by law or by
vigilantes.
Baghdad and Points East
by Robert J. Casey
Cited for bravery in World War I, Robert Casey then spent twenty-seven
years as a columnist for the Chicago Daily News. His search for stories
took him to Indochina and Cuba, the Pitcairn Islands and London during
the Blitz, the D-Day invasion, and the liberation of Paris.
The Wisdom of Thomas Starr King: Thomas Starr King’s
Substance and Show
Thomas Starr King left a brilliant career in Boston to go to San Francisco
in 1860, where his convincing oratory was credited with keeping California
firmly on the Union side in the Civil War. Along ݥѠ