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|  | Heshel's Kingdom by Dan Jacobson
The orthodox rabbi Heshel Melamed`s sudden death by heart attack in 1919 set his widow and children free to leave Lithuania, the country that he insisted be their home. In light of the Holocaust twenty years later, his death became, ironically, a gift of life: Heshel Melamed`s family left Europe before the war and settled safely in South Africa. In Heshel`s Kingdom, Dan Jacobson recounts his journey in the 1990s to post-Communist Lithuania where he searched for traces of his grandfather Heshel`s world. More than a genealogical narrative, however, this deeply personal memoir becomes at times a philosophical tableau of secularism, religion, family, and modern Judaism. Jacobson meditates on his grandfather, communes with history`s darkness -- and, where possible, its illumination -- and attempts to understand the individual mortal soul`s reflection in human kinship. AUTHOR: Dan Jacobson
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | In the Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman
A factual account of the world's first cowboys--the vaqueros, or cowherders, who were first established in Spanish Mexico in the 1500s. Readers will learn how the vaqueros invented such cowboy-related standards as the lasso and the rodeo. Many years later it was the vaqueros who taught the American cowboys such things as how to herd cattle on the open range and how to tame wild horses. Illustrated with photographs. AUTHOR: Russell Freedman
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Chesapeake by Barbara Noel
This guide to rail-trails in Chesapeake highlightes the top trails-those that are most popular, detailed narratives, maps, photos, and sidebars noting historical sites, wildlife viewing and wheelchair access. AUTHOR: Barbara Noel
PUBLISHER: Globe Pequot Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | A Time to Stand by Walter Lord
Description not available.An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths AUTHOR: Walter Lord
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Atlas of Ancient America by Elizabeth Benson, Micheal Coe, Snow
This superbly illustrated book is an engrossing historical and geographical reference to the Americas before Columbus. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Benson, Micheal Coe, Snow
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Wonder of America by Derric Johnson
Familiar American history is told with a twist and a charm. This collection of more than 100 short stories inspires and amuses the reader with both serious and humorous tales of an amazing America full of amazing opportunities. Each story educates, enlightens, and makes readers smile as they say, I didn`t know that.... AUTHOR: Derric Johnson
PUBLISHER: Honor Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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