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Wallace G. Lewis details the ingenuity that inspired the establishment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, opening a window to how America reimagines, recreates, and remembers its own past. In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark will appeal to both scholarly and armchair historians interested in the Western frontier as experienced by both Lewis and Clark and those retracing their steps today.

Personalized portrait and pictorial chronicle of the men and events, campaigns and battlefields of the American Civil War.

Brief biographies and portraits of forty-two wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, and other relatives of Presidents who have served as White House hostesses, from Martha Washington to Barbara Bush.

"Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic"--Container.

The unfolding saga of hardships and affections, losses and triumphs, as a controversial experiment brings the ultimate predator back into the heart of the West. Get a view from the pack as these magnificent creatures are reintegrated within the parameters of the oldest national park in the United States, Yellowstone of Wyoming.

An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible...

Illustrations, photographs, and text describe the prominent figures and important events in the history of the world from prehistory through 2006. Includes time lines.