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English
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In the Treaty of Paris, Great Britain recognized the new United States of America. They also ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first...
6) Women 88
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A series of seven five-minute shorts directed by women, made to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary in 1988, depicting Australian women’s achievements and contributions to the social and welfare development of our country. The programs look at the sombre history of Aboriginal women since European colonisation through dance, voice and photographs. The previously unsung praises of women who pioneered the outback are orchestrated, and the stories of...
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One thousand White women trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Follows May Dodd as she travels to the Cheyenne, becomes the bride of Little Wolf, chief of that tribe, and struggles with living in and being loyal to two different worlds.
9) Pearl
Author
Series
Dakotah treasures volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Running from a marriage her father arranged, Pearl ends up at Dove house where the future looks bright when Pearl meets Carl, but then news arrives that Pearl's father is coming to take her back to Chicago.
Series
Southern California anthologies volume 4th
Publisher
Historical Society of Southern California
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Author
Series
Dreamcatcher series volume 1
Publisher
Multnomah Books
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Jane Herbert is 12 years old when tragedy strikes and sets her on a lifelong search for forgiveness and love. Her wounds need healing - both in her heart and between she and her mother. Jane finds the love of her life in a dreamer 16 years her senior and longs for children. Together they build bridges over rivers and troubled relationships, making peace with their Indian neighbors. On that journey, they discover that to pursue one's dreams with strength,...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
It is the mid 1830s and a growing flow of American pioneers into Mexican Texas has sown the seeds of revolution. In the midst of the turmoil are the Lewis brothers - Andrew, Michael, and James - scions of Mordecai Lewis, who crossed the Sabine River into Texas a decade past. Now the news along the Texas frontier is of a young general, a self-styled "Napoleon of the West," named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who wants to stamp out any gringo talk of...
16) The bear woman
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Publisher
Coach House Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Blending autofiction and the essay, The Bear Woman takes us on a journey of feminism and literary detective work that spans centuries and continents. In the 1540s, a young French noblewoman, Marguerite de la Rocque, was abandoned by her guardian in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with her maidservant and her lover. In present-day Stockholm, an author and mother of three becomes captivated by the image of Marguerite sheltered in a dark cave all alone after...
Author
Series
Oklahoma western biographies volume 29
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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