" In this exquisite collection, Armitage X-rays the weary but ironic soul of his nation, with its "Songs about mills and mines and a great war, / lines about mermaids and solid gold hills, / songs from broken hymnbooks and cheesy films ...

Captain John Smith was one of the most insightful and colorful writers to visit America in the colonial period.

... BELL , Rudolph M. Party and faction in American politics ; the House of ... Harper & Row [ 1973 ] x , 313 p . 21 cm . ISBN 0-06- 043655-7 Includes ... Goodloe Harper of South Carolina [ by ] Joseph W. Cox . Port Washington , N.Y. ...

H.L. Mencken's account of his censorship court case in 1926 with the New England Watch and Ward Society and its spokesman, J. Frank Chase.

During the 18th century, transportation to the colonies became Britain's foremost criminal punishment.

Admiral Gorshkov has transformed the Soviet fleet into a world sea power for the first time in Russian history.

Provides new insights into the common heritage between Texas and Mexico. An entertaining book, richly layered in fact and lore.

Originally published in 1961, this third edition contains all of the original text and illustrations plus sixteen additional pages of plates, corrections, and minor text revisions.