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The folk song describing the journey from Albany to Buffalo on the Erie Canal in the 1850's.

Most likely the Erie Canal would never been built but for the strong-minded De Witt Clinton.

An illustrated history of the day-to-day lives and customs of the various Indian tribes inhabiting North America before the arrival of the Europeans.

Tbe 836 illustrations range from photographs by Mathew Brady and sketches by Winslow Homer to hitherto unknown paintings and drawings.

A collection of nearly one hundred personal reminiscences in which everyday men and women recount singular moments in which they witnessed historic events.

Surveys the golden era of steamboats, from 1800-1875. Photographs and text describe the Mississippi River, and the captains and passengers of the steamboats.

Follows the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

The events from the moment of President Kennedy's assassination to his burial three days later.

Our Navy from its inception to the smashing of the axis powers in WW II; a story of the ships, their Captains and battles, with contemporary drawings, paintings, prints and photographs.

Story of the building of the ships and the battles fought by them, including an account of "the famous battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862"--Foreword.

History of flight.