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4) Immigrants in the Valley: Irish, Germans, and Americans in the upper Mississippi country, 1830-1860
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[1984]
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English
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Sumérgete en el encantador mundo de "Aventuras de Tom Sawyer" de Mark Twain, una novela clásica que te transportará a la América rural del siglo XIX. Este audiolibro sigue las travesuras de Tom Sawyer, un niño travieso y astuto que vive innumerables aventuras junto a su amigo Huckleberry Finn. Con la narrativa vivaz y humorística de Twain, te adentrarás en un mundo de juegos, misterios y desafíos mientras los niños exploran cuevas, cazan...
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2013.
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English
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When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an "empire for liberty" populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy commanded by wealthy planters, powered by steam engines, and dependent on the coerced labor of slaves. River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the...
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"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...
12) A journey through the West: Thomas Rodney's 1803 journal from Delaware to the Mississippi Territory
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Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
14) Tom Sawyer
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2005
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Standard full frame.
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English
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Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn explore the banks of the Mississippi River in this rousing re-telling of Mark Twain's great story. Tom and Huck find adventure and trouble as their lazy summer is interrupted by a thrilling steamboat robbery.
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[2020]
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First edition.
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English
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"An extraordinary story of faith and violence in nineteenth-century America, based on previously confidential documents from the Mormon Church. Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding...
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