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    Debunking the Yule Log Myth

    Robert E. May

    In this book historian Robert May takes readers on a detective caper as he corrects the historical record centered around enslaved people and a mythical freedom that the burning of…

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    John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader

    Robert E. May

    The premier secessionist of antebellum Mississippi, John A. Quitman was one of the half-dozen or so most prominent radicals in the entire South. In this full-length biography, Robert May reveals…

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    Manifest Destiny’s Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America

    Robert E. May

    America’s notorious filibusters weretthe adventurers who organized or participated in private military attacks on nations with which the United States was formally at peace. Condemned abroad as pirates, the filibusters…

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    The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim

    Considers why the Confederacy never received foreign aid and traces the Civil War’s impact on European and Latin nations and dependencies.

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    Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

    Robert E. May

    In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about Christmas, and overlooking evidence…

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    Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America

    Robert E. May (Purdue University, Indiana)

    This book reinterprets the causes of the American Civil War. Using Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas’s famed rivalry as a prism, Robert E. May shows that when Lincoln and fellow…

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    Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America

    Robert E. May (Purdue University, Indiana)

    This book reinterprets the causes of the American Civil War. Using Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas’s famed rivalry as a prism, Robert E. May shows that when Lincoln and fellow…

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    Howard Pyle: Imagining an American School of Art

    Jill P. May,Robert E. May

    A portrait of the artist and his influence on American popular culture

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    Spearheading Environmental Change: The Legacy of Indiana Congressman Floyd J. Fithian

    Jill P. May,Robert E. May

    Describes the life of a four-term United States congressman, focusing on his role in the emerging environmental movement in late twentieth-century America. Spearheading Environmental Change highlights Floyd Fithian’s legislative efforts…

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    Spearheading Environmental Change: The Legacy of Indiana Congressman Floyd J. Fithian

    Jill P. May,Robert E. May

    Describes the life of a four-term United States congressman, focusing on his role in the emerging environmental movement in late twentieth-century America. Spearheading Environmental Change highlights Floyd Fithian’s legislative efforts…

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    Pirate Tales

    Robert E. and Jill P. May, TASCHEN

    This literary anthology recalls the exploits of Long John Silver, Henry Morgan, and those inspired by piracy's Golden Age. Retelling classics of adventure literature, from Robinson Crusoe to The Mysterious…

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    The Cowboy Capitalist: John Hays Hammond, the American West, and the Jameson Raid in South Africa

    Charles Van Onselen

    Originally published in 2017 by Jonathan Ball Publishers, South Africa, a division of Media24 (Pty) Ltd.

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    The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861

    Robert E. May

    A path-breaking work when first published in 1973, this book remains the standard work on attempts by the South to spread American slavery into the tropics - Cuba, Mexico and…

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    Victorian Cape May

    Robert E. Heinly

    Elegant remnants of the Victorian era grace almost every corner of Cape May. Wealthy locals built opulent homes like the Emlen Physick Estate and the George Allen House, while grand…

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    Victorian Cape May

    Robert E Heinly

    Elegant remnants of the Victorian era grace almost every corner of Cape May. Wealthy locals built opulent homes like the Emlen Physick Estate and the George Allen House, while grand…

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    Nichols and May: Interviews

    In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols and Elaine May soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and TV. After their 1962 breakup, both went on…

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    Nichols and May: Interviews

    In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols and Elaine May soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and TV. After their 1962 breakup, both went on…

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    The Story of … KING: That Others May Live

    ROBERT, E. METZ

    “KING” is a fascinating story of a career Air Force officer whose personal goals are motivated by greed and ambition to overcome financial distress and to achieve professional success. A…

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    Biochemistry of Brain and Behavior: Proceedings of a Symposium held at The University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin May 25-26, 1970

    Geller and Jarvik begin with a discussion of short term and long term memory storage processes, and describe the induction of retrograde amnesia by various agents as evidence for these…

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    Research and Regional Welfare: Papers Presented at a Conference on Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 9-11, 1945

    These papers were presented during a Conference on Research and Regional Welfare, part of the Sescuicentennial Celebration of the university. The subjects covered include nutrition and public health, the humanities…

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    The Newland (Newlon) Family, a Brief Genealogy and History of the Family Whose Various Branches May Use Either of These Spellings and of Other Failies, Related, or Unrelated, Who May Spell or Pronounce Their Name Similarly

    A fascinating genealogical study tracing the history of the Newland Newlon family and related branches, including a wide range of unique and often surprising family stories. Author Robert E. Newland…

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    The Newland (Newlon) Family, a Brief Genealogy and History of the Family Whose Various Branches May Use Either of These Spellings and of Other Failies, Related, or Unrelated, Who May Spell or Pronounce Their Name Similarly

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

    This work is in the public…

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    The City of Cork, How It May Be Improved. Lecture, Etc. [with a View and Plan.]

    Robert C E Walker

    Title: The City of Cork, how it may be improved. Lecture, etc. [With a view and plan.]

    Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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    The Story of … KING: That Others May Live

    LT. COL. ROBERT E. METZ USAF-RET.

    “KING” is a fascinating story of a career Air Force officer whose personal goals are motivated by greed and ambition to overcome financial distress and to achieve professional success. A…

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    The Papers of General Nathanael Greene: Volume III: 18 October 1778-10 May 1779

    These volumes, published in conjunction with the Rhode Island Historical Society, represent the result of an exhaustive search for documents relating to the life and career of Revolutionary War general…

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    The Papers of General Nathanael Greene: Volume V: 1 November 1779-31 May 1780

    These volumes, published in conjunction with the Rhode Island Historical Society, represent the result of an exhaustive search for documents relating to the life and career of Revolutionary War general…

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    Natural Law and Contemporary Public Policy

    David Novak,Robert P. George,William E. May,John E. Coons

    Features prominent thinkers who demonstrate how natural law can be used to resolve a wide range of complex social, political, and constitutional issues by addressing controversial subjects that include the…

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    The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 6 No. 3) May/June

    Guy M Townsend,E F Bleiler,Robert Sampson, M.D.

    The Mystery Fancier, May/June 1982, Volume 6 Number 3, contains: Spy Series Characters in Hardback, Part XIi, by Barry Van Tilburg; Pirates in Candyland, by Bob Sampson; and Some Thoughts…

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    Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance: Voices from the Hanford Region

    Four scholars draw from oral histories to focus on experiences of non-white groups such as the Wanapum, Chinese immigrants, interned Japanese Americans, and African American migrant workers, whose lives were…

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    H Ring Spectra and Their Applications

    Robert R. Bruner,J. Peter May,James E. McClure,Mark Steinberger

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    Cyberethics: Social and Moral Issues in the Computer Age

    Robert M. Baird,Reagan M. Ramsower,Stuart E. Rosenbaum

    The transformation of society brought about by the wide dispersion of computers has given rise to moral dilemmas. This is a collection of twenty-six essays, which offer answers to the…

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    Papers Read Before The Lancaster County Historical Society May 1, 1908; History Herself, As Seen In Her Own Workshop; Notes On Amos And Elias E. Ellmaker An Old Diary Robert Bell, Printer A Revolutionary Letter. Minutes Of The May Meeting (Volume Xii) No.

    Papers Read Before The Lancaster County Historical Society May 1, 1908; History Herself, As Seen In Her Own Workshop; Notes On Amos And Elias E. Ellmaker An Old Diary Robert…

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    Ichthyology

    Karl F. Lagler,John E. Bardach,Robert R. Miller,Dora R. May Passino

    A text reference in ichthyology draws its examples primarily from the American fauna.

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    Computational Molecular Dynamics: Challenges, Methods, Ideas: Proceeding of the 2nd International Symposium on Algorithms for Macromolecular Modelling, Berlin, May 21-24, 1997

    The papers from this symposium on algorithms for macromolecular modelling bring together the views of computational scientists from the physics and chemistry fields, as well as computer scientists working on…

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    Swiftly Sterneward: Essays on Laurence Sterne and His Times in Honor of Melvyn New

    This collection of thirteen essays is in honor of the distinguished scholarly career of Melvyn New, Professor Emeritus of the University of Florida. The first eight essays offer various critical…

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    New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction: ‘Hearts Resolved and Hands Prepared

    Christopher D. Johnson

    ‘New Contexts for Eighteenth-Century British Fiction’ is a collection of thirteen essays honoring Professor Jerry C. Beasley, who retired from the University of Delaware in 2005. The essays, written by…

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    From Puzzles to Principles?: Essays on Aristotle’s Dialectic

    A discussion of whether Aristotle was a dialectic thinker. May Sim gathers together experts to offer a variety of interpretative possibilities. The contributors include Allan Back, J.D.G. Evans, Michael Ferejohn…

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