German Settlement in Missouri

Robyn Burnett, Ken Luebbering

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• German immigrants came to America for two main reasons: to seek opportunities in the New World, and to avoid political and economic problems in Europe... Lees meer

Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri

Robert L Dyer

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between Co... Lees meer

Orphan Trains to Missouri

Michael D Patrick, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• As an "orphan train" crossed the country, it left part of its cargo at each stop, a few children in one small town and a few in another. Even though f... Lees meer

Language and Masculinity

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers
• Feminist linguistics has come of age. Yet, in more than two decades of research, male speaking patterns have largely been taken for granted. This is t... Lees meer

The People of the River's Mouth

Michael E Dickey

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• The Missouria people were the first American Indians encountered by European explorers venturing up the Pekitanoui River--the waterway we know as the ... Lees meer

Hoecakes, Hambone, and All That Jazz

Rose M Nolen

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• Many African Americans in Missouri are the descendants of slaves brought by the French or the Spanish to the Louisiana Territory in the 1700s or by Am... Lees meer

Jane Froman

Ilene Stone

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• Once asked to name the ten best female singers, the renowned musical producer Billy Rose replied, "There is Jane Froman and nine others." A legend in ... Lees meer

Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar

Margot Ford McMillen

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• Paris, Tightwad, Peculiar, Neosho, Gasconade, Hannibal, Diamond, Quarantine, Zif, and Zig. These are just a few of the names Margot Ford McMillen cove... Lees meer

The Ioway in Missouri

Greg Olson

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers
• Although their ancestors came from the Great Lakes region and they now live in several midwestern states, the Ioway (Baxoje) people claim a rich histo... Lees meer

Quinine and Quarantine

Loren Humphrey

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers
• Presenting a fascinating overview of medicine in Missouri from the early days of epidemics to present-day technological advances, Quinine and Quaranti... Lees meer

The Trail of Tears Across Missouri

Joan Gilbert

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• As settlers moved beyond the eastern seaboard during the early nineteenth century, the government forced thousands of American Indians from their ance... Lees meer

Stories from the Heart

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers
• Winner, Distinguished Literary Achievement Award, Governor's Humanities Award in Exemplary Community Achievement given by the Missouri Humanities Coun... Lees meer

The Osage in Missouri

Kristie C Wolferman

• Paperback | Engels | Missouri Heritage Readers | nr. 1
• On November 10, 1808, the American militia and the chiefs from the Little Osage and Big Osage nations celebrated. Fort Osage, built on a Missouri Rive... Lees meer