Discovering America's Past: Customs, Legends, History & Lore of Our Great NationReader's Digest Association, 1993 - 400 ページ Featuring special sections on bizarre, delightful, and amazing aspects of our nation's unique past, these 450+ surprising but absolutely true stories examine America's history, not through its great moments, but by way of the foibles and folkways that built its character. 700 illus. and photos. |
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... River . Aur trader Manuel Lisa was set on making F — money but ended up making enemies instead . Detractors claimed his own men so despised him that Lisa did not dare to turn his back on them . According to one of the trappers who ...
... River . Aur trader Manuel Lisa was set on making F — money but ended up making enemies instead . Detractors claimed his own men so despised him that Lisa did not dare to turn his back on them . According to one of the trappers who ...
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... rivers of the East . Almost everyone he met along the way insisted it could sion from Louisville to Cincinnati . Back in Louisville , while they waited for the river to rise high enough to smooth out the treacherous Falls of the Ohio ...
... rivers of the East . Almost everyone he met along the way insisted it could sion from Louisville to Cincinnati . Back in Louisville , while they waited for the river to rise high enough to smooth out the treacherous Falls of the Ohio ...
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... river had its share of snags large or small , but the worst of them all was the impass- able monster known as the Great Raft of the Red River , an ancient snarl of toppled trees , knotted roots , and mud in northwestern Louisiana . Born ...
... river had its share of snags large or small , but the worst of them all was the impass- able monster known as the Great Raft of the Red River , an ancient snarl of toppled trees , knotted roots , and mud in northwestern Louisiana . Born ...
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