The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's PastModeled after those bedside books of prayer and contemplation that millions turn to for daily spiritual guidance and growth, the national bestseller The Intellectual Devotional—offering secular wisdom and cerebral nourishment—drew a year's worth of readings from seven different fields of knowledge. In The Intellectual Devotional: American History, authors David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim have turned to the rich legacy of American history for their selections. From Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to Martin Luther King Jr., from the Federalist Papers to Watergate, the giant figures, cultural touchstones, and pivotal events in our national heritage provide a bountiful source of reflection and education that will refresh knowledge, revitalize the mind, and open new horizons of intellectual discovery. |
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... eventually escaping. 2. In a later expedition to North America in 1614, Smith explored the coastline of the region north of Virginia, which he dubbed New England. 3. Smith claimed that Pocahontas, the young teenage daughter of the ...
... eventually escaping. 2. In a later expedition to North America in 1614, Smith explored the coastline of the region north of Virginia, which he dubbed New England. 3. Smith claimed that Pocahontas, the young teenage daughter of the ...
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... , Moby-Dick. 3. Descendants of the Pequots, confined to a tiny reservation in Connecticut, eventually opened the world's largest casino, Foxwoods, in 1993. ADDITIONAL FACTS 1. The 1840 census listed one slave in Pequot War ...
... , Moby-Dick. 3. Descendants of the Pequots, confined to a tiny reservation in Connecticut, eventually opened the world's largest casino, Foxwoods, in 1993. ADDITIONAL FACTS 1. The 1840 census listed one slave in Pequot War ...
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... eventually took on distinct guises in the two regions. To describe the differences, historians distinguish between a “slave society” and a “society with slaves.” A “slave society” was one in which slavery dominated the major forms of ...
... eventually took on distinct guises in the two regions. To describe the differences, historians distinguish between a “slave society” and a “society with slaves.” A “slave society” was one in which slavery dominated the major forms of ...
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... eventually resettled near present-day Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Today, thousands of abandoned Pueblo sites are scattered throughout the Four Corners region of the Southwest. The best known are found at Mesa Verde National ...
... eventually resettled near present-day Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Today, thousands of abandoned Pueblo sites are scattered throughout the Four Corners region of the Southwest. The best known are found at Mesa Verde National ...
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... eventually turned the tide on the Wampanoag, and the war ended with the near obliteration of the tribe. The Wampanoag, who inhabited the forests of eastern Rhode Island and the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts, were the first indigenous ...
... eventually turned the tide on the Wampanoag, and the war ended with the near obliteration of the tribe. The Wampanoag, who inhabited the forests of eastern Rhode Island and the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts, were the first indigenous ...
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The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete ... David S. Kidder,Noah D. Oppenheim No preview available - 2007 |
The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete ... David S. Kidder,Noah D. Oppenheim No preview available - 2007 |
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