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Brave companions : portraits in history David McCullough
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks CT 214 .M34 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCullough, David G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 240 p. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992.
- Summary:
- A collection of portraits of men and women who changed history includes discussions of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederic Remington, Louis Agassiz, Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and others.
- Contents:
- I. PHENOMENA. Journey to the top of the world
- The American adventure of Louis Agassiz
- The unexpected Mrs. Stowe
- II. THE REAL WEST. Glory days in Medora
- Remington
- III. PIONEERS. Steam road to El Dorado
- The builders
- The treasure from the carpentry shop
- Long-distance vision
- IV. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Cross the Blue Mountain
- The lonely war of a good angry man
- Miriam Rothschild
- South of Kankakee : a day with David Plowden
- V. ON WE GO. Washington on the Potomac
- Extraordinary times
- Recommended itinerary
- Simon Willard's clock.
- Notes:
- "A Touchstone book."
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0671792768 (pbk.)
- 9780671792763 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 27006373
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