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Authors: Ginger Strand
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-05-06 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Strand reveals the hidden history of America's most iconic natural wonder, Niagara Falls, illuminating what it says about our history, our relationship with the
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Authors: Ginger Strand
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-05-06 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshap
Niagara
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Pages: 509
Authors: Pierre Berton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-31 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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A sweeping history of this natural wonder, from its geological beginnings to the present. "The noble cataract reflects the concerns, failings, and fancies of th
Killer on the Road
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Authors: Ginger Strand
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-04 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet’s largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before th
Inventing a Nation
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Gore Vidal
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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This New York Times bestseller offers “an unblinking view of our national heroes by one who cherishes them, warts and all” (New York Review of Books). In In