An account of the May 1999 tornado outbreak in Oklahoma describes the particular devastation wrought by an F5 twister whose winds were the fastest ever recorded, drawing on first-person interviews to recount the experiences of its victims.
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An account of the May 3, 1999, tornado outbreak in Oklahoma, including the story of the F5 tornado "whose 300 mph winds were the fastest ever recorded on the planet." Includes material on Ted Fujita and Gary England.
"The Oklahoma State Constitution traces the historical formation and constitutional development of the state of Oklahoma. In it, Danny Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer provide article-by-article commentary and analysis on the intent, politics, social and economic pressures, and th…
"The Oklahoma State Constitution traces the historical formation and constitutional development of the state of Oklahoma. In it, Danny Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer provide article-by-article commentary and analysis on the intent, politics, social and economic pressures, and th…
"The Oklahoma State Constitution traces the historical formation and constitutional development of the state of Oklahoma. In it, Danny Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer provide article-by-article commentary and analysis on the intent, politics, social and economic pressures, and th…
"Historian Jerry Thompson uncovers the lawless life and times of his grandfather Joe Lynch Davis, a man at the center of systematic cattle rustling, feuding, gun battles, a bloody range war, bank robberies, and train heists in early 1900s Indian Territory and Oklahoma"--
Given by Eugene Edge III.
Louisiana: crossroads of the Atlantic world
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Louisiana: crossroads of the Atlantic world
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Louisiana: Crossroads of the Atlantic World offers an exceptional collaboration among American, Canadian, and European historians who explore colonial and antebellum Louisiana's relations with the rest of the Atlantic world. Studying the legacy of each period of Louisiana histor…
Sarah Rector was once famously hailed as "the richest black girl in America." Set against the backdrop of American history, her tale encompasses the creation of Indian Territory, the making of Oklahoma, and the establishment of black towns and oil-rich boomtowns. Rector acquired…
Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.
A'Sarah Rector was once famously hailed as 'the richest black girl in America.'' Set against the backdrop of American history, her tale encompasses the creation of Indian Territory, the making of Oklahoma, and the establishment of black towns and oil-rich boomtowns. Rector acqui…
Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society.
"Examines how key aspects of the Gilded Age contributed to the push for homesteading and townsite development in central Indian Territory that escalated in the 1870s, crystallized in the 1880s, and ended with the Run of '89; and examines the first stirrings of urbanization in th…
The story of central Oklahoma is profoundly American, showing the region to have been a crucible for melding competing national interests and visions of the future. Boomers, businessmen, cattlemen, soldiers, politicians, pundits, and African and Native Americans squared off--som…
"Examines how key aspects of the Gilded Age contributed to the push for homesteading and townsite development in central Indian Territory that escalated in the 1870s, crystallized in the 1880s, and ended with the Run of '89; and examines the first stirrings of urbanization in th…