Category: Biographies

Asa Gray

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: mc1909

Condition: Good

The leading American botanist of the nineteenth century, Asa Gray helped organize the main generalizations of the science of plant geography. The manual of botany that carries his name is still in use today. Friend and confidant of Charles Darwin, Gray became the most persistent and effective American protagonist of Darwin's views. Yet at the same time, he believed that religion and Darwin's theory of natural selection could coexist. A. Hunter Dupree's authoritative biography offers the first full-length interpretation of one of America's most important men of science. 505 pages, indexed.
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The Texas Almanac for 1857

By: A.H. Belo Corporation

Price: $25.00

Seller ID: mctx4152

Binding: Library

Condition: Good

In January, 1857, the crude press of The Galveston News brought forth what publisher Willard Richardson later described as "an untried experiment".
That venture was the first edition of the Texas Almanac. This book is a facsimile reprint of that publication which became one of the most influential volumes ever published in Texas. 160 pages.
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The Search for David: A Study of the Pruit Family

By: A.R. Pruit M.D.

Price: $125.00

Seller ID: fhp2018

Binding: Library

Condition: New, Signed

A comprehensive history of the Pruit family; dating back to the 1600's. 241 pages, indexed. Names include: Amstutz, Coffelt, Guilliams, Meador, Rowe, Tchinski,
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The Huguenots, or The Early French in New Jersey

By: Albert F. Koehler

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: mcnj2004

ISBN-13: 9780806346373

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used Library, Fair

A collection of brief biographical sketches, detailing the history and lives of early French immigrants in New Jersey. 51 pages, full name index.

Names include: Bertolf, Demarest, Gascoyne, LaGrange, Rougnion, Tillou,
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Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley Pa 1776-1876

By: Alfred Nevin

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Fulton Publishing : 1876

Seller ID: mcpa2105

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Used

Selected biographies of prominent men prepared by themselves or commissioned by them.
Index. 450 p. &
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Some Kentuckians Move West: Creekmores, Blakeleys, and Related Families

By: Anna Harman Bowman

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: fhc2022

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used Library, Fair

A collection of family histories and biographical sketches about the Creekmores, Blakelys, and other related families. The primary reason for this publication is the genealogical record. 105 pages, full name index. Names include: Breeden, Dolson, Hockensmith, Mague, Parshall, Whisnon,
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Women's Slave Narratives

By: Annie L. Burton

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Dover Publications : 2006

Seller ID: aa2206

ISBN-13: 9780486445557

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The moving testimonies of five African-American women comprise this unflinching account of slavery in the pre-Civil War American South. Covering a wide range of narrative styles, the voices provide authentic recollections of hardship, frustration, and hope — from Mary Prince's groundbreaking account of a lone woman's tribulations and courage, the spiritual awakening of "Old Elizabeth," and Mattie Jackson's record of personal achievements, to the memoirs of Kate Drumgoold and Annie L. Burton.A compelling, authentic portrayal of women held as slaves in the antebellum South, these remarkable stor...
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More than Petticoats: Remarkable Connecticut Women

By: Antonia Petrash

Price: $20.00

Publisher: TwoDot : 2003

Seller ID: wo2214

ISBN: 978-0762723713

Binding: Soft cover

Despite being the third smallest state, Connecticut can claim more than its share of remarkable women who have made lasting social, political, and cultural contributions to both their own state and to their nation. Connecticut women have broken the rules to make their own and in the process improved their world, and ultimately ours, forever.

Index. 163 p. &
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Men Who Made Sewanee

By: Arthur Ben and Elizabeth N. Chitty

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Universary Press, Universary of the South : 1981

Seller ID: tnf2300

Binding: Hard cover

Profiles those men who were influential in founding and leading the Universary of the South.
First edition by Moultrie Guerry.

Index. 163 p. &
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Women Short-Changed by History

By: Barbara Venton Montgomery, Ph. D.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: : 2008

Seller ID: wbm9991

ISBN-13: 9780788409912

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: New

103 pages, free shipping media mail. Stories of five women: Pocahontas, Lucy Terry Prince, Mary Edwards Walker, Sarah Josepha Hale, Victoria Claflin Woodhull
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Life & Times Along Muddy: A Scrapbook History of Early Pettis County and Sedalia, Mo.

By: Becky Carr Imhauser, Betty Wasson Singer

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: mcmop2000

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New, Signed

"Life & Times Along Muddy" tells the stories of communities along Pettis County's Muddy Creek, including Mt. Herman, Bothwell Lodge, and Georgetown. It also chronicles the development of early Sedalia.
Plus: Mt. Herman Revisited--Photos, obituaries and genealogical data about people buried in Mt. Herman Cemetery and their friends and family members buried at other locations. 292 pages, indexed.

Names include: Bodenhammer, Dorsey, Fristoe, Knutz, Parkhurst, Ream
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The Chronicles of Tombstone

By: Ben T. Trawick

Price: $18.00

Seller ID: mc1878

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable, some loose pages

An historical account of the many criminals, characters, and shady ladies who gravitated to Tombstone, AZ in the late 19th century. Illustrated with B&W photos, some rather grainy but fascinating nonetheless. 175 pages.
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The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass., 2 Volumes

By: Benjamin W. Dwight

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New England Historic Genealogical Society : 1997

Seller ID: fhs2209

Binding: Hard cover

A history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. from 1630 to 1871.

768 p. &
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A History of St. Mary Parish

By: Bernard Broussard

Price: $75.00

Publisher: : 1977

Seller ID: mcla2017

Condition: Like New

196 pages, free shipping media mail. When the first Europeans visited Louisiana during the early 1700's they found 15,000 Indians living within the present boundaries of the state, but by the time of the settlement of the Louisiana colony a century and a half later, the total had a declined to an estimated 12,000 to 13,000.
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The Reverend Uncle Bert

By: Bernice Dittmer

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: fhw2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

It is a rare individual who becomes a legend in his own time. The Reverend B.M.G. Williams seems to have accomplished just that. His familiar title, Uncle Bert, implies an existing warm relationship, yet few people remain who knew him when he first arrived in El Paso, Texas, in 1894. It is for this reason that Bernice Dittmer's thoroughly researched biography of B.M.G. Williams provides yeoman service. She tells his story with loving care, reaching far back into his English heritage to give us information never before made public. 322 pages, indexed. Names include: Bonules, Coisbe, Howlan...
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Houston Women : Invisible Threads in the Tapestry

By: Betty Trapp Chapman

Price: $30.00

Publisher: B.T. Chapman : 2000

Seller ID: tx2107

ISBN-13: 9781578641123

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: New

Betty Trapp Chapman weaves the extraordinary story of women - artists and reformers, wives and mothers, lawyers and astronauts, politicians and philanthropists - who founded civic groups, cultivated the arts, educated the young, toiled in the work place, and effected political change.

Index. 192 p. &
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The Johnson County War

By: Bill O'Neal

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: mcwy1800

ISBN-13: 9781571688767

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

In the early 1890s Wyoming's northern rangeland was torn by the Johnson County War, a violent western collision that pitted cattle barons and powerful politicians against homesteaders and rustlers. The range war, riddled with lynchings, ambushes, and an invasion by Texas hired gunmen, culminated in a valiant last stand and siege involving hundreds of combatants. These explosive events have captivated novelists, filmmakers, and historians for more than a century, inspiring such classics as "The Virginian" and "Shane." "The Johnson County War" is the first comprehensive historical account of the...
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From Oklahoma To Eternity; The Life of Wiley Post And the Winnie Mae

By: Bob Burke

Price: $22.00

Publisher: : 1998

Seller ID: fhp2015

ISBN-13: 9781885596079

Condition: Like New

224 pages including index. Free shipping media mail. Wiley Post was obsessed with flying. He dreamed of flying around the world, alone, in a tiny airplane made of thin plywood and wire. The saga of his accomplishments in the world of aviation is filled with great risk, romance, and iron-willed determination.
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Rooster: The Life and Times of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit

By: Brett Cogburn

Price: $10.00

Seller ID: mcr2099

ISBN-13: 9780758274946

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Like New

Immortalized in the classic novel and films, the real "Rooster" Cogburn was as bold, brash, and bigger-than-life as the American West itself. Now, in this page-turning account, Cogburn's great-great-grandson reveals the truth behind the fiction--and the man behind the myth. . .He was born in 1866 in Fancy Hill, Arkansas, the descendant of pioneers and moonshiners. Six foot three, dark eyed, and a dead shot with a rifle, Franklin "Rooster" Cogburn was as hard as the rocky mountain ground his family settled. The only authority the Cogburn clan recognized was God and a gun. And though he never pa...
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The Lees of Virginia: Biography of a Family

By: Burton J. Hendrick

Price: $50.00

Publisher: : 1935

Seller ID: fhl2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

"The family of Lee has more men of merit in it than any other family," wrote John Adams in the year 1779. It is no exaggeration to say that the Lees have been the most representative family of the South. The life that developed in Virginia -- the political rule and social dominance of a few rich plantation families -- was unknown elsewhere in the colonies. The extent to which this system contributed to the birth of our nation is set forth in this comprehensive and illuminating volume. 455 pages, full name index.

Names include: Aylett, Grimaldi, Laud, McClellan, Peale, Shippen,
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History of Sumner County Kansas

By: Caldwell Messeger

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Curtis Media Corporation : 1987

Seller ID: chkss2100

ISBN-13: 9780881070965

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: New

History of Sumner County and the people who settled there.

Index. 292 p. &
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Recollections of an Old Soldier

By: Captain David Perry

Price: $30.00

Seller ID: fhp2020

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

David Perry was an American soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the founding of the United States – this autobiography recalls his early years, and his role in the conflict.Born in colonial Massachusetts on August 8th, 1741, Perry had a difficult childhood – the death of his mother when he was merely seven meant he was sent to live with his uncle to learn the trade of tanning and shoemaking. Like many boys of his time, he received basic militia and leadership training in the countryside of New England, and saw battle whilst a teenager. Perry's earliest memories of co...
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A Genealogy of the Eight Brewster Cousins of Northern Ohio and Their Descendants

By: Carl M. Brewster

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: fhb2026

Binding: Library

Condition: Fair

This volume is an informal attempt to trace back the family lines of "Eight Brewster Cousins" who grew up together in or near Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in the nineties. It is hoped that this compilation will enable their children and grandchildren to trace their connection to the line of Brewsters listed herein, and to learn something of their forefathers and their pioneer efforts. 55 pages, full name index. Names include: Dube, Hotchkiss, Mulcahy, Rideout, Shackson, Treppeer,
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Texas Ranger Biographies, Those who served 1910-1921

By: Charles H. Harris III, Frances E. Harris, Louis R. Sadler

Price: $45.00

Publisher: USA, Thomas-Shore, Inc. : 2009

Seller ID: mctx2034

ISBN-13: 9780826347480

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: new

Biographies of all 1,782 Rangers who served along the Texas-Mexico border during the era of the Mexican Revolution. @
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Jefferson Davis's Greatest General: Albert Sidney Johnson

By: Charles P. Roland

Price: $20.00

Seller ID: mccw1837

ISBN-13: 9781893114203

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

To Confederate president Jefferson Davis, America had no finer soldier than Kentucky-born Texan Albert Sidney Johnston. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Davis turned to Johnston to take control of the deteriorating situation in the Western Theater. With a widely dispersed and undermanned army, Johnston tried but failed to hold the line in Kentucky and Tennessee.After yielding Forts Henry and Donelson, and Nashville, the Confederates fell back into Alabama and Mississippi, where Johnston rallied his troops for a surprise attack against Federal forces in western Tennessee. 112 pages.
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The Gildart-Geldart Families

By: Charles R. Gildart

Price: $55.00

Seller ID: fhg2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used Library - Fair

When the late William B. Gildart of Albion, Michigan, died in 1918, he left a large amount of family historical material collected from a variety of sources over a period of twenty-five years. Through his research, the family was provided with the foundation of a genealogy, and it has been his intention to publish such a work, but new clans bringing important additions continued to be uncovered with the result that the project was still, at his death, in a formative state.This book has been written for local family benefit. With important collaboration by his nephew, Dr. Richard Gildart Fowler...
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Captain L. H. McNelly Texas Ranger

By: Chuck Parsons & Marianne E. Hall Little

Price: $60.00

Publisher: : 2001

Seller ID: st6002

ISBN-13: 9781880510759

Condition: As New

366 pages including index, free shipping media mail, "I have longed hoped that some day there would be a full length biography of this man, and now what you hold in your hands represents just that-the first complete biography of McNelly', Texas Ranger
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Extracted From: History of Essex County, Massachusetts:
Cities and Towns: Beverly

By: D. Hamilton Hurd

Price: $18.00

Seller ID: mcmae1800

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used library

A comprehensive history of Beverly, Massachusetts; extracted from "The History of Essex Co., Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men." Pages 674-769.

Names include: Abbot, Batchelder, Endicott, Kittredge, Peabody, Thorndike
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The Great Zamboni

By: D.B. Zane

Price: $18.00

Seller ID: mc2016

ISBN-13: 9780966815320

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

A history of the Zamboni machine used on ice rinks, as well as a biography of its creator, Frank J. Zamboni. 52 pages.
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Underwood Genealogy with 1996 Addendum

By: Dale C. Kellogg

Price: $40.00

Seller ID: fhu2000

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A history of the Underwood family of Pennsylvania and Ohio. 131 pages, full name index.

Names include: Biersbach, Dague, Hackett, Nooner, Trice, Zoerner,
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Category: Biographies