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Flirting with danger : the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, socialite spy.

Authors : Wallach, Janet, 1942-, author

Subjects: Espionage, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century; Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th centurySoviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936; Baltimore (Md.) -- BiographyUnited States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division -- History...

Availability: 7 Holdings

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The house of Dudley : a new history of Tudor England.

Authors : Paul, Joanne, author

Subjects: Nobility -- England -- Biography; Nobility -- England -- History -- 16th century; HistoryGreat Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- BiographyDudley family

Availability: 5 Holdings

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Revolver : Sam Colt and the six-shooter that changed America.

Authors : Rasenberger, Jim

Subjects: Colt revolver -- History; Gunsmiths -- Biography; Inventors -- BiographyHartford (Conn.) -- History; West (U.S.)Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co -- History...

Availability: 6 Holdings

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Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade.

Authors : White, Jonathan W., 1979-, author

Subjects: Ship captains -- United States -- Biography; Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades; Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860; New York (N.Y.) -- BiographyOaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887; Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family

Availability: 6 Holdings

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King : a life.

Authors : Eig, Jonathan, author

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- BiographyUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Availability: 15 Holdings

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Ride the devil's herd : Wyatt Earp's epic battle against the West's biggest outlaw gang.

Authors : Boessenecker, John, 1953-, author

Subjects: Peace officers -- Southwest, New -- Biography; Law enforcement -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century; Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryCochise County (Ariz.) -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryEarp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Freedom's detective : the Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the man who masterminded America's first war on terror.

Authors : Lane, Charles, 1961-

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); BiographiesUnited States. Secret Service -- Biography; United States. Secret Service -- History -- 19th century; Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- HistoryWhitley, Hiram C.

Availability: 7 Holdings

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The Duchess Countess : the woman who scandalized eighteenth-century London.

Authors : Ostler, Catherine

Subjects: Countesses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Mistresses -- Great Britain -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History -- 1714-1837Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788; Kingston, Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of, 1711-1773 -- Relations with women

Availability: 5 Holdings

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The bonanza king : John Mackay and the battle over the greatest riches in the American West.

Authors : Crouch, Gregory, 1966-

Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- Nevada -- Biography; Silver mines and mining -- Nevada -- History; Gold mines and mining -- Nevada -- HistoryComstock Lode (Nev.) -- History -- 19th century; Virginia City (Nev.) -- History -- 19th centuryMackay, John William, 1831-1902

Availability: 2 Holdings

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Jell-O girls : a family history.

Authors : Rowbottom, Allie

Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises -- History; BiographiesJell-O Company -- History; General Foods Corporation. Jell-O Division -- HistoryRowbottom, Allie -- Family; Woodward family

Availability: 6 Holdings

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