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Book cover for Alan H. Hartley: Lewis and Clark Lexicon of Discovery

Lewis and Clark Lexicon of Discovery

Alan H. Hartley
Paperback - $41.95

What is a cataplasm, and what do you do with one? Would you be insulted if someone called you "argillaceous?" Would you want someone to give you a clyster? Would you eat wappato? What does it mean when a canoe flacks? These are all words that were fa ...

Book cover for Edward Hayes: Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland

Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland

Edward Hayes
Paperback - $26.95

The course first to be taken for the discovery is to bear directly to Cape Race, the most southerly cape of Newfoundland; and there to harbour ourselves either in Rogneux or Fermous, being the first places appointed for our rendezvous, and the next h ...

Book cover for Allan P. Henneberry: Wreck Diving Tales

Wreck Diving Tales : Diving Nova Scotia's Shipwrecks

Allan P. Henneberry
Paperback - $32.95

The number of ships that have met their ends off Nova Scotia's rugged coast is almost limitless. Their stories and histories are at once both interesting and tragic, and in some cases, mysterious. Collected here are the accounts of just a few of thes ...

Book cover for Leandra Zim Holland: Feasting and Fasting with Lewis & Clark

Feasting and Fasting with Lewis & Clark

Leandra Zim Holland
Hardcover - $57.95

What did the Lewis and Clark Expedition live on??fresh bison on the High Plains, dried salmon in Columbia River country, dog and horse when necessary, vegetables offered by Indian hosts, portable soup, and salt pork carried from Philadelphia. Leandra ...

Book cover for Leandra Zim Holland: Feasting and Fasting with Lewis & Clark

Feasting and Fasting with Lewis & Clark

Leandra Zim Holland
Paperback - $41.95

Leandra Holland's narrative about what the expedition members are on their journey makes this book a rich treat as well as a solid reference for historians, researchers, and re-enactors. Extensive illustrations and a sprinkling of authentic recipes.

Book cover for Tony Hollihan: Mountain Men

Mountain Men : Alone Against the Wilderness

Tony Hollihan
Paperback - $18.95

Drawn West by the lure of adventure, the mountain man hunted bear in thick forests, trapped beaver in icy streams and battled Natives for life and land. These hardy adventurers, such as Kit Carson, Davey Crockett and Danial Boone, lived to look over ...

Book cover for Tony Horwitz: A Voyage Long and Strange

A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World

Tony Horwitz
Hardcover - $43.95



Book cover for Tony Horwitz: A Voyage Long and Strange

A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World

Tony Horwitz
Hardcover - $71.95



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