Showing posts with label High School History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High School History. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Greek Sculpture/Google Books

Title Greek Sculpture: A Collection of Sixteen Pictures of Greek Marbles, with Introduction and Interpretation
Riverside Art Series
Author Estelle May Hurll
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901
Length 97 pages
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists/Google Books

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
Author Elbert Hubbard
Publisher The Roycrofters, 1902
Overview

A little wordy and eccentric, but interesting back stories. If you are studying the Arts and Crafts movement, Hubbard was influential in the United States.

More about The Roycrafters here.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Colonial Virginia/Google Books

Title Colonial Virginia
Authors Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, Travis Butler Thames
Length 388 pages
Publisher Times-Dispatch Company, 1907
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Outlines of History/Google Books

Title Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps: Embracing: Part I. Ancient History, Part II. Modern History
Author Marcius Willson
Publisher Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co., 1874
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Story of the Moors in Spain/Google Books

The Story of the Moors in Spain
Authors Stanley Lane-Poole, Arthur Gilman
Publisher G. P. Putnam's sons, 1886
Length 285 pages
Overview

Germany /Google Books

Germany
Story of the Nations
Authors Sabine Baring-Gould, Arthur Gilman
Publisher Unwin, 1886
Length 447 pages
Overview

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Saturday, May 15, 2010

George Washington: The Man/Google Books

George Washington: the man
The Riverside literature series
Author Henry Cabot Lodge
Publisher Houghton Mifflin company, 1917
Length 94 pages
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ivanhoe: Condensed for Use in Schools/Google Books

Ivanhoe: condensed for use in schools, with an introduction and explanatory notes
Author Sir Walter Scott
Publisher Univ. Pub. Co., 1897
Length 208 pages
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Story of Archer Alexander from Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863/Google Books

Quite interesting; however, parents should preview this book first for comfort level, as the language is old fashioned(19th century). Some references are pejorative by today's standards.

The story of Archer Alexander from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863
Author William Greenleaf Eliot
Publisher Cupples, Upham, 1885
Length 123 pages
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

A Short History of Ancient Times: for Colleges and High Schools

A short history of ancient times: for colleges and high schools
Author Philip Van Ness Myers
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1906
Length 388 pages
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Friday, March 12, 2010

The Age of Charlemagne/ Google Books

The Age of Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

Author Charles Luke Wells
Publisher Christian Literature Co., 1898
Length 472 pages
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World/Google Books

Captain Cook's voyages round the world
Authors James Cook, Margaret Bertha Synge
Publisher Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1897
Length 512 pages
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

A Short History of Scotland/Google books

A short history of Scotland
Author Peter Hume Brown
Publisher Oliver and Boyd, 1908
Length 618 pages
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Storied West Indies/Google Books

The Storied West Indies
Appletons' home reading books
Author Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher D. Appleton and company, 1900
Length 291 pages

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