Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 6
Language
English
Description
A stubborn iconoclast fights a lonely battle on behalf of a species nearly everyone hates; America's "Last Frontier" becomes a testing ground for the future of the park idea; and in unprecedented numbers, American families create unforgettable memories, passing on a love of the parks to the next generation.Following World War II, the parks are overwhelmed as visitation reaches 62 million people a year. A new billion-dollar campaign - Mission 66 -...
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 3
Language
English
Description
In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916. Its first director, Stephen Mather, a wealthy businessman and passionate...
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 2
Language
English
Description
By the end of the 19th century, widespread industrialization has left many Americans worried about whether the country - once a vast wilderness - will have any pristine land left. At the same time, poachers in the parks are rampant, and visitors think nothing of littering or carving their names near iconic sites like Old Faithful. Congress has yet to establish clear judicial authority or appropriations for the protection of the parks. This sparks...
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 4
Language
English
Description
While visiting the parks was once predominantly the domain of Americans wealthy enough to afford the high-priced train tours, the advent of the automobile allows more people than ever before to visit the parks. Mather embraces this opportunity and works to build more roads in the parks. Some park enthusiasts, such as Margaret and Edward Gehrke of Nebraska, begin "collecting" parks, making a point to visit as many as they can. In North Carolina, Horace...
Author
Series
Ken Burns volume 5
Language
English
Description
In the midst of an economic catastrophe and then a world war, the national parks provide a source of much-needed jobs and then much-needed peace; the park idea changes to include new places and new ways of thinking; and in Wyoming, battle lines are drawn along the front of the Teton Range.To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a "golden age" for the parks through...
Author
Series
Vietnam War volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Vietnam War brought America to its knees, at the cost of 58,000 American lives. It was a course chartered by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, but it quickly became known as Lyndon Johnson's war.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 6
Language
English
Description
From within Chrysler Corporation's engineering department came a group of car crazies who just wanted to go drag racing. They built a racing team that is legendary today.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 5
Language
English
Description
Ford went drag racing in 1964 with their new Fairlane and their NASCAR 427 engine. Talk about a ringer! The result was the most mind-boggling car the NHRA stock classes had ever seen.
Author
Series
Truthseekers volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Pyramids of Giza are one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world. Join us as we explore the mysteries of the Great Pyramid.
Author
Series
Truthseekers volume 11
Language
English
Description
Explore with us the mystery of Easter Island. This remote island in the South Pacific was once home to an ancient civilization, but the people vanished, leaving a mysterious stone structure.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 5
Language
English
Description
There’s this road race, see, this SCCA Trans Am series? And the Camaro is perfect for it. All they needed was a 500-horsepower 302 cubic-inch engine!
Author
Series
Inventions That Shook the World volume 6
Language
English
Description
The 1950s heralded the end of vacuum tubes and the rise of mobile technologies when two Japanese inventors shrink cabinet-size radios down to something small enough to fit in your pocket, and the space race officially begins when the Soviet Union launches a satellite called Sputnik.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 11
Language
English
Description
Buick quietly re-entered the supercar wars in the late eighties with a turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6 engine in an all-black Regal. The car was so outrageously fast that it’s now among the most collectible cars of all time.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 9
Language
English
Description
Chevrolet’s SS designation originally adorned the high-performance Impalas, but the most popular Super Sport was by far the Chevelle. All it took was the 396 “rat motor” to turn this little grocery-getter into a pavement-pounder!
Author
Series
Hitler Chronicles volume 9
Language
English
Description
Hitler invades Poland, and Great Britain and France declare war immediately. despite all warnings, this is unexpected for Hitler, but the allies passivity encourages him to advance.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 12
Language
English
Description
Today's Super Sport Camaros and Firebird Firehawks built by SLP outperform the sixties musclecars in every way, from handling and comfort to safety and straight-line acceleration.
Author
Series
Hitler Chronicles volume 10
Language
English
Description
Hitler breaks the pact with Stalin and invades Russia. He wants to eradicate the entire population and gain territories in eastern Europe for the Ayran race. Germany has reached the summit of its military power.
Author
Series
Hitler Chronicles volume 11
Language
English
Description
Hitler personally arranges for a euthanasia program, underestimating the resistance of the Church. The killing of the mentally ill has to be slowed down, but the extinction of Jews is expanded to an industrial scale.
Author
Series
American Muscle Car volume 2
Language
English
Description
Somewhere inside Ford and Chevy, someone thought a half-car/half-pickup truck was a good idea. As it turned out, it was a great idea, and with big-block engines, the El Camino and the Ranchero were memorable muscle machines.
Author
Series
American Experience volume 4
Language
English
Description
Geronimo - As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance.
Search More Libraries
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by SWAN libraries can be requested from other WorldCat libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request