Dee Alexander Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (1970) Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn. Arkhipelag GULag, 1918-1956 / The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (1973-75) Michael Herr. Dispatches (1977) Art Spiegelman. Maus:...
As part of my work as a reference archivist at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), I often find myself delving into the many documents in the Second World War collection. Many people around the world are interested in the history of Canadians in this conflict and, more specifically, in the...
This discovery reminds me of the actions of well-known photographer Edward S. Curtis, who travelled through North America photographing Native American peoples. (Note: We use the term “First Nations” in Canada, but “Native American” is used in the United States of America). Curtis often m...
Over the course of my work experience at Balliol College Library, I have completed a variety of numerous tasks that I believe will be beneficial within and outside the workplace. The one task that I had completed at the beginning of each day was to move books from one shelf to another, ...
Senator George P. McLean’s crowning achievement was overseeing passage of one of the country’s first and most important wildlife conservation laws, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The MBTA, which is still in effect today, has saved billions of birds from senseless killing and likely ...
history of North American shorebirds. This elegantly written book begins by introducing readers to the unrivaled splendor of shorebirds and goes on to cover topics ranging from their biology and habitats to courtship and breeding, flight, the perils of migration, and conservation. Detailed accounts ...
Ellis, Franklin & Samuel Evans.History of Lancaster County with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Everts & Peck, 1883. Only the writers of historical fiction understand howawesomethese forgotten books from the nineteenth century can be! This resource helped me flesh ...
Post WW1, British universities were encouraged by the Royal Society of Medicine to accept ‘American and colonial soldiers’ as post-graduate students, but St. George’s seemed unenthused by this appeal, feeling that it placed an increasing administrative burden on an institution that already was...
John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever — the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty seconds. Some recall him as the father of our cou...
Ellis, Carleton Reinhold Publishing Corporation 1940 0001319 The Routes of English Elmes, Simon BBC Education 1999 0001320 The Routes of English Elmes, Simon BBC Education 1999 0001321 The Routes of English Elmes, Simon BBC Education 1999 9781901710243 0000964 Crime, Police, and Penal Policy ...