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Pageant In The Wilderness The Story Of The Escalante Expedition To The Interior Basin, 1776


Free Download Herbert Eugene Bolton, Arlington R Mortensen, "Pageant In The Wilderness: The Story Of The Escalante Expedition To The Interior Basin, 1776"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1258197359, 1258091798 | EPUB | pages: 308 | 3.6 mb
Father Escalante, who was born in Treceno, Cantabria, Spain around 1750, became a Franciscan in the Convento Grande in Mexico City at the age of 17. In 1774, he came to present-day New Mexico in the Mexican province. He was first stationed at Laguna pueblo and then in January 1775 assigned as a minister to the Zuni.

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The American Pageant


Free Download Lizabeth Cohen, "The American Pageant"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1111349533 | PDF | pages: 1154 | 220.5 mb
THE AMERICAN PAGEANT enjoys a reputation as one of the most popular, effective, and entertaining texts in American history. The colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and trademark wit bring American history to life. The Fifteenth edition includes markedly deeper explorations of the cultural innovations, artistic movements, and intellectual doctrines that have engaged and inspired Americans and shaped the course of American history. Additional features of THE AMERICAN PAGEANT help readers understand and master the content: part openers and chapter-ending chronologies provide a context for the major periods in American history, while other features present primary sources, scholarly debates, and key historical figures for analysis.

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