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Reachable stars patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America / by Lankford, George E., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Four ethnoastronomies -- The star husband -- The morning stars -- The morning star of the Winnebago -- Stars in the north : bears, biers, and boats -- The star cluster -- The star women -- The path through the stars -- The starry hand -- The serpent in the stars -- Some ethnoastronomical insights.…”
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Black star African American activism in the international political economy / by Bandele, Ramla M., 1949-

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Star struck : an encyclopedia of celebrity culture /

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Lone Star Confederate a gallant and good soldier of the 5th Texas Infantry / by Campbell, Robert, b. 1844

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The star-entangled banner one hundred years of America in the Philippines / by Delmendo, Sharon, 1964-

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William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / by Hallas, Herbert C., 1937-

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Texas divided : loyalty and dissent in the lone star state, 1856-1874 / by Marten, James Alan

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The fate of Texas the Civil War and the Lone Star State /

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The true story of Pocahontas the other side of history / by Custalow, Linwood

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Hollywood left and right how movie stars shaped American politics / by Ross, Steven Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : movie stars and politics -- The first political movie star : Charlie Chaplin -- The man who brought Hollywood into the Republican Party : Louis B. …”
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Lyndon B. Johnson portrait of a president / by Dallek, Robert

“…Lone star rising.…”
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Frederick Douglass selected speeches and writings / by Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Table of Contents: “…From 1841 to the founding of The north star -- pt. 2. From the founding of The north star to the Compromise of 1850 -- pt. 3. …”
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Distorted mirrors Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century / by Davis, Donald E., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…China -- Missionary diplomacy -- Pragmatist in China -- Red star over China -- The novelist and the ambassador -- The president and the generalissimo -- Luce's man in Chungking -- Gurus -- Old conclusions, new beginnings.…”
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At the font of the marvelous exploring oral narrative and mythic imagery of the Iroquois and their neighbors / by Wonderley, Anthony Wayne, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : oral narrative of the Iroquois and their neighbors -- Iroquois star lore : what does it mean? -- War in the west : nineteenth-century Iroquois legends of conquest -- Killer lizards, Eldritch fish, and horned serpents -- Old good twin : Sky Holder during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- The story of Windigo -- The friendly visitor : an Iroquois stone giant goes calling in Algonquian country -- Mythic imagery in Iroquoian archaeology.…”
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Death blow to Jim Crow the National Negro Congress and the rise of militant civil rights / by Gellman, Erik S.

Table of Contents: “…: the Congress splits in Washington -- Finding the north star in New York : home front battles during the Second World War -- The world's "firing line" : South Carolina's postwar internationalism -- Conclusion : gone with what wind?.…”
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What hath God wrought the transformation of America, 1815-1848 / by Howe, Daniel Walker

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: The defeat of the past -- The continental setting -- From the jaws of defeat -- An era of good and bad feelings -- The world that cotton made -- Awakenings of religion -- Overthrowing the tyranny of distance -- The improvers -- Pursuing the millennium -- Andrew Jackson and his age -- Battles over sovereignty -- Jacksonian democracy and the rule of law -- Reason and revelation -- Jackson's third term -- The new economy -- The Whigs and their age -- American renaissance -- Texas, Tyler, and the telegraph -- Westward the star of empire -- The war against Mexico -- The revolutions of 1848 -- Finale: A vision of the future.…”
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Broken glass Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union / by Belohlavek, John M.

Table of Contents: “…The view from High Street, 1800-1826 -- Foreign adventures and congressional ventures, 1827-1834 -- Whig star rising : the politics of antislavery, 1835-1837 -- Battling the British Lion and the American Fox, 1837-1840 -- Tyler and the Corporal's Guard, 1841-1843 -- The road to China, 1843-1844 -- The warrior of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1848 -- The doughface Democrat, 1848-1853 -- The powerbroker : attorney general, 1853-1857 -- The most unpopular man in New England, 1857-1861 -- From Massachusetts exile to Washington insider, 1861-1869 -- The diplomat reemerges, 1869-1879.…”
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Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear tales from native North America / by Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Northeast -- The dream fast, Anishinabe -- White weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois -- Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- The Southeast -- How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- The wild boy, Caddo -- The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek) -- The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- The Southwest -- The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, diné (Navajo) -- The bear boy, Pueblo -- The ghost society, Yuki -- The Northwest -- The light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.…”
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Virginia at war, 1861

Table of Contents: “…Davis -- The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia / Michael Mahon -- The tarnished thirty-fifth star / C. Stuart McGehee -- Diary of a Southern refugee during the War, 1861 / Judith Brockenbrough McGuire.…”
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Henry Clay and the War of 1812 / by King, Quentin Scott, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Youth -- Kentucky lawyer -- Kentucky legislator -- In defense of a vice president -- Apprenticeship for high office -- Burr trial/British impressment -- Restless politician -- The western star -- Mr. Speaker -- Irresolution and intrigue -- Embargo -- Politics and diplomacy -- Coercion charge -- Declaration of war -- War in the west -- Battle action and election -- Political reaction -- War effort adrift -- Remember the River Raisin -- Diplomacy renewed -- The disastrous spring of 1813 -- The congressional summer -- In the eye of a hurricane -- Resignation -- In transit to Europe -- Idling at Gottenburg -- Gathering of the commissioners -- Sine qua non -- Rupture -- Negotiating to negotiate -- Washington under attack -- Washington ablaze -- British policy is delay -- Wellington inserts himself -- Treaty of Ghent -- Post-war contentions -- Battle for New Orleans -- Last days in Europe.…”
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