Bøker av Tim McNeese

Describes his early years and experiences, fleshing out the years of remote postings, accompanied by sporadic Indian fighting, often overlooked in other biographies.

William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist. He is also one of those most often overlooked figures of the American West. His larger claim to fame involves his repeated forays into the western lands of nineteenth-century America as a photographer. Jackson¿s life spanned multiple incarnations of the American West. In a sense, he played a singular role in revealing the West to eastern Americans. While others opened the frontier with the axe and the rifle, Jackson did so with his collection of cameras. He dispelled the geological myths through a lens no one could deny or match. His wet plate collodion prints not only helped to reframe the nation¿s image of the West, but they also enticed businessmen, investors, scientists, and even tourists to venture into the western regions of the United States. Prior to Jackson¿s widely circulated photographs, the American West was little understood and unmapped¿mysterious lands that required a camera and a cameraman to reveal their secrets and, ultimately, provide the first photographic record of such exotic destinations as Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, and the Rocky Mountains. Jackson¿s story was long and his life full, as he lived to the enviable age of 99. This biography presents the good, bad, and ugly of Jackson¿s life, both personal and professional, through the use primary source materials, including Jackson¿s autobiographies, letters, and government reports on the Hayden Surveys.

Though the United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the shape of the nation has shifted many times over the course of its history. This title tells the story of the purchase that opened up the possibility of American westward expansion.

The clashes between the Union and the Confederates are nearly countless, ranging from minor skirmishes to full-scale engagements that sometimes stretched across battlefields measuring miles in length. This book presents the story of the men who risked their lives for a personal cause and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Presents the lives and contributions made by the Civil War era's greatest leaders, representatives of both sides in the conflict, Northerners and Southerners. This title helps to learn about the intriguing leaders of the Civil War era, their convictions, and their decisions during this tumultuous time in American history.

When it was completed in 1825, the Erie Canal brought an increase in goods and capital, making New York the leading financial and commercial center in the nation. This book shows how this manmade waterway that extends from Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, to the Hudson River in Albany helped shape the future of the Empire State.

Series presents six rivers in a combined geographical & historical perspective. Documents how rivers were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, economic development & trade. This 2,300 mile river has played an incalculable role in the life of the Russian people. Ages 15+.

He read and wrote with the greatest of passions. And Jorge Luis Borges, the greatest of Argentine writers, created, through a 60-year-long career, one of the significant and enduring literary legacies of any writer of the 20th century. The reach of his poetry, his stories, and his essays was global.

Provides an illustrated history of the first permanent English colony in North America.

Galileo was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He is also noted for being the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope. In one year - 1610 - he made major discoveries relating to the moon, Milky Way, Jupiter's four large moons, sunspots, and the phases of Venus.

During the Revolutionary War, Alexander Hamilton led his troops as captain. After the war he worked to make the new national government stronger, and served as the First U.S Secretary of the Treasury. Ages 12-16 years.

Traces the history of the Missouri River from prehistoric through modern times, including how people have used it for exploration, commerce, and recreation.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Covers the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times onwards. This title chronicles the people and events that have shaped the nation. It is suitable for students.

Covers the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times onwards. This title chronicles the people and events that have shaped the nation. It is suitable for students.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Presents the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times.

Covers the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times onwards. This title chronicles the people and events that have shaped the nation. It is suitable for students.

In 1271, the ruler of the enormous Mongol Empire invited Marco Polo into his service, thus began Polo's 25 years of travel to the far corners of the Mongol empire. Ages 8+ years.

Examines the nature of selected political revolutions in the past three centuries and around the world. Identifies the causes of revolution and evaluates the effects of major political revolutions of the 18th century. Sidebar biographies highlight the roles played by selected individuals during these revolutions. Ages 15+.

During the 19th century, hardy pioneers used the Oregon Trail to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. This book focuses on the period of 1840-1859, when approximately 52,000 pioneers moved to Oregon, and nearly five times that opted to move to California or Utah.