The great sweepstakes of 1877 : a true story of southern grit, gilded age tycoons, and a race that galvanized the nation / / Mark Shrager |
Autore | Shrager Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 798.4009752/6 |
ISBN | 1-4930-1889-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Champion; Chapter 2 The Home Team; Chapter 3 The Harpers; Chapter 4 The Lorillards (Part 1); Chapter 5 Working Men; Chapter 6 The Buildup; Chapter 7 The Great Sweepstakes; Chapter 8 The Aftermath; Chapter 9 The Rematch; Chapter 10 The Lorillards (Part 2); Chapter 11 The End of Rancocas; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Acknowledgments; Notes and Sources; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798036303321 |
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The great sweepstakes of 1877 : a true story of southern grit, gilded age tycoons, and a race that galvanized the nation / / Mark Shrager |
Autore | Shrager Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 798.4009752/6 |
ISBN | 1-4930-1889-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Champion; Chapter 2 The Home Team; Chapter 3 The Harpers; Chapter 4 The Lorillards (Part 1); Chapter 5 Working Men; Chapter 6 The Buildup; Chapter 7 The Great Sweepstakes; Chapter 8 The Aftermath; Chapter 9 The Rematch; Chapter 10 The Lorillards (Part 2); Chapter 11 The End of Rancocas; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Acknowledgments; Notes and Sources; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823924503321 |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 | ||
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The greatest escapes of World War II / / Robert Barr Smith and Laurence J. Yadon |
Autore | Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/724 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons
Prisoner-of-war escapes - Europe - History - 20th century Prisoner-of-war escapes - Pacific Area - History - 20th century Escaped prisoners of war Prisoners of war |
ISBN | 1-4930-2663-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Chapter One. Tom, Dick, and Harry; Chapter Two. Before Their Very Eyes; Chapter Three. The Ruth-Lee; Chapter Four. After Midnight; Chapter Five. Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Good-Bye; Chapter Six. The Wizards of MI9; Chapter Seven. The Man Who Wouldn't Quit; Chapter Eight. Deliverance from Evil; Chapter Nine. Dedee's Way; Chapter Ten. Night Crossing; Chapter Eleven. Twelve Iron Men; Chapter Twelve. Come What May; Chapter Thirteen. Operation Jericho; Chapter Fourteen. Ming, the Dog Who Knew; Chapter Fifteen. Fighting Man; Chapter Sixteen. Operation Halyard
Chapter Seventeen. Schloss Colditz and Other DelightsChapter Eighteen. If at First You Don't Succeed; Chapter Nineteen. The Magicians; Afterword; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798574703321 |
Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933->
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2017 | ||
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The greatest escapes of World War II / / Robert Barr Smith and Laurence J. Yadon |
Autore | Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/724 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons
Prisoner-of-war escapes - Europe - History - 20th century Prisoner-of-war escapes - Pacific Area - History - 20th century Escaped prisoners of war Prisoners of war |
ISBN | 1-4930-2663-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Chapter One. Tom, Dick, and Harry; Chapter Two. Before Their Very Eyes; Chapter Three. The Ruth-Lee; Chapter Four. After Midnight; Chapter Five. Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Good-Bye; Chapter Six. The Wizards of MI9; Chapter Seven. The Man Who Wouldn't Quit; Chapter Eight. Deliverance from Evil; Chapter Nine. Dedee's Way; Chapter Ten. Night Crossing; Chapter Eleven. Twelve Iron Men; Chapter Twelve. Come What May; Chapter Thirteen. Operation Jericho; Chapter Fourteen. Ming, the Dog Who Knew; Chapter Fifteen. Fighting Man; Chapter Sixteen. Operation Halyard
Chapter Seventeen. Schloss Colditz and Other DelightsChapter Eighteen. If at First You Don't Succeed; Chapter Nineteen. The Magicians; Afterword; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815688103321 |
Smith Robert B (Robert Barr), <1933->
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The greatest sniper stories ever told / / edited by Tom McCarthy |
Autore | McCarthy Tom <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 356/.162 |
Soggetto topico |
Sniping (Military science) - History
Snipers - History Snipers |
ISBN | 1-4930-2208-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Down in the shit -- Gunny Mitchell comes to Casey's aid -- It's not about killing, it's about living, and somehow I lived -- Target practice: 1918 -- The hide site: three stories -- The long shot -- The sniper in the trenches -- The sharpshooters of Vermont: a Civil War account -- April fool's day -- The nastiest fight -- The sniper ethos and its dilemma. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798265503321 |
McCarthy Tom <1952->
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The greatest sniper stories ever told / / edited by Tom McCarthy |
Autore | McCarthy Tom <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 356/.162 |
Soggetto topico |
Sniping (Military science) - History
Snipers - History Snipers |
ISBN | 1-4930-2208-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Down in the shit -- Gunny Mitchell comes to Casey's aid -- It's not about killing, it's about living, and somehow I lived -- Target practice: 1918 -- The hide site: three stories -- The long shot -- The sniper in the trenches -- The sharpshooters of Vermont: a Civil War account -- April fool's day -- The nastiest fight -- The sniper ethos and its dilemma. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816421903321 |
McCarthy Tom <1952->
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016] | ||
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Harder ground : more woods cop stories / / Joseph Heywood |
Autore | Heywood Joseph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Soggetto topico |
Game wardens - Michigan
Women - Michigan |
ISBN | 1-4930-1682-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796913403321 |
Heywood Joseph
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015 | ||
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Harder ground : more woods cop stories / / Joseph Heywood |
Autore | Heywood Joseph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Soggetto topico |
Game wardens - Michigan
Women - Michigan |
ISBN | 1-4930-1682-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826464003321 |
Heywood Joseph
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Hemingway's guns : the sporting arms of Ernest Hemingway / / Silvio Calabi, Steve Helsley, Roger Sanger |
Autore | Calabi Silvio |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 813.52 |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-58667-160-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Hemingway's Guns; CONTENTS; Hemingway's Guns - A Foreword; Introduction; A Firearms Vocabulary; The Cuban Connection; The Model 12 Pumpguns; Guns for Girls & Boys-the .410s; Winchester Model 21 Shotguns; Two Browning Superposeds; Browning Automatic Shotguns; A Pair & a Single-Merkel Over/Unders; The Beretta S3 Over/Under; The Griffin & Howe .30-06 Springfield; Mannlicher-Schoenauer Rifles; The .577 Nitro Express (& Other Double Rifles); All Those Colt .22 Pistols; Winchester & Other .22 Rifles; A Thompson Submachine Gun; A Big-Bore Mauser, or Two; The W. & C. Scott & Son Pigeon Gun
Various: Adamy, Darne, Springfield, Arrizabalaga, "Alba" et al.More Questions, Always; With Gratitude; Citations; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798681303321 |
Calabi Silvio
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 | ||
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Hemingway's guns : the sporting arms of Ernest Hemingway / / Silvio Calabi, Steve Helsley, Roger Sanger |
Autore | Calabi Silvio |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 813.52 |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-58667-160-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Hemingway's Guns; CONTENTS; Hemingway's Guns - A Foreword; Introduction; A Firearms Vocabulary; The Cuban Connection; The Model 12 Pumpguns; Guns for Girls & Boys-the .410s; Winchester Model 21 Shotguns; Two Browning Superposeds; Browning Automatic Shotguns; A Pair & a Single-Merkel Over/Unders; The Beretta S3 Over/Under; The Griffin & Howe .30-06 Springfield; Mannlicher-Schoenauer Rifles; The .577 Nitro Express (& Other Double Rifles); All Those Colt .22 Pistols; Winchester & Other .22 Rifles; A Thompson Submachine Gun; A Big-Bore Mauser, or Two; The W. & C. Scott & Son Pigeon Gun
Various: Adamy, Darne, Springfield, Arrizabalaga, "Alba" et al.More Questions, Always; With Gratitude; Citations; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820513603321 |
Calabi Silvio
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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