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The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians

history

non-fiction

native-american-history

american-history

Ralph K. Andrist - 1964

This compelling narrative explains how Native Americans found themselves time and again betrayed by the ever-expanding white nation of the East, fighting for lands on the edge of the shrinking frontier.

Long considered a classic, this edition features an introduction by Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."A vivid, swiftly paced account of the dispossession of the Plains Indians during the half century after 1840—The New York Times Book Review,

Topics in Algebra

I.N. Herstein - 1964

New edition includes extensive revisions of the material on finite groups and Galois Theory.

New problems added throughout.

The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages

Beryl Smalley - 1964

Cliffsnotes on Thackeray's Vanity Fair (Cliffs Notes)

Mildred R. Bennett - 1964

This satirical novel of manners will fascinate the careful reader.

The story of the various fortunes of two women in 19th-century England is filled with sly irony and tongue-in-cheek humor, yet it offers the leisurely reader a chance to find subtle meanings.

Linguistics and Style

academics

criticism

linguistics

Nils Erik Enkvist - 1964

Dickens' Hard Times (Cliffs Notes)

Josephine J. Curto - 1964

These concise supplements to selected works of literature help students, from middle school to college, understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author(s).

Major features of these bestselling guides: -- Written by expert teachers and scholars-- Character maps, genealogies, maps, and illustrations-- Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries

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