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From 1936 to 1938, the Works Projects Administration (WPA) commissioned writers to collect the life histories of former slaves. This work was compiled under the Franklin Roosevelt …

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators - past …

Jan Van Eyck si affermò come figura emblematica del movimento primitivo fiammingo. Meticoloso e perfezionista, utilizzò alla perfezione l''innovativa tecnica della pittura a olio, …

Discover the fascinating stories behind 38 queer icons, all of them ground-breakers, risk-takers and game-changers. Whether they are activists, sportspeople, scientists or …

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is the definitive biographical reference work in Canadian history. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this …

Macmillan published the first edition of this text in 1985. It is a detailed reference to world leaders, monarchs, presidents and their equivalents, executive leaders plus other …

This is a story about one man's struggle to overcome class discrimination, poverty, and abandonment in order to achieve success, wholeness, and recognition. It does not always make …

This is a comprehensive glossary of terms describing the history, culture and customs of 19th century America as represented in Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. There are over 200 …

There is a great deal of information on the native peoples of the United States, which exists largely in national publications. Since much of Native American history occurred …