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Brave companions : portraits in history / David McCullough.
A collection of portraits of men and women who changed history includes discussions of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederic Remington, Louis Agassiz, Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and others.
Record details
- ISBN: 0671792768
- ISBN: 9780671792763
- Physical Description: xv, 240 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2007?]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in hardback by Simon & Schuster in 1992. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. PHENOMENA. Journey to the top of the world -- The American adventure of Louis Agassiz -- The unexpected Mrs. Stowe -- II. THE REAL WEST. Glory days in Medora -- Remington -- III. PIONEERS. Steam road to El Dorado -- The builders -- The treasure from the carpentry shop -- Long-distance vision -- IV. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Cross the Blue Mountain -- The lonely war of a good angry man -- Miriam Rothschild -- South of Kankakee : a day with David Plowden -- V. ON WE GO. Washington on the Potomac -- Extraordinary times -- Recommended itinerary -- Simon Willard's clock. |
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| Subject: | United States > Biography. |
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| Tyrone-Snyder Public Library | 920.073 McCu (Text) | 1OTYR00049879N | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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