1700s in America is a rare vision of the American colonies and American Revolution written by 18th-century German historian Christian M. Sprengel. In a narrative that objectively analyzes both pros and cons, Sprengel describes the early struggles of the American colonies and the decisions that brought them together to fight for freedom, calling the war "the most noteworthy event of our days." He tells us the economics and sociology of the colonies, listing products and profits, headcounts and "heathens." He relates both the cruelties of war and the great hopes of a new government built upon democracy. The book contains a rare map of America in 1783, drawings of coins circulated in 1700s America, 18 dramatic copperplate engravings of the revolution’s events, and drawings of the colonies’ flag, revolutionary attire, and important statesmen, along with their biographies. 
1700s in America illuminates the strength of our country’s early settlers in a new voice from a distant past, a German historian from the 18th-century who describes the birth of a nation from a European perspective.

1700s In America: The Historical Genealogical Calendar Of Worldwide Events For The 1784 World's Fair At Leipzig

History

C.M. Sprengel

Americas

Southeast Missouri State Univ Pr

Matthews: The Historic Adventures of a Pioneer Family is the first full-length biography of the Matthews family in Southeast Missouri, which brings to life the individuals whose ambitions and perseverance have made an indelible mark on the region. Spanning more than two hundred years and eight generations, the story of the Matthews family is an account of the birth of a nation, the settlement of the Louisiana Territory, and the subsequent growth and development of Southeast Missouri. Described in detail are events that have taken place in the lives of Matthews family members, capturing their personalities, their public achievements, and their private tragedies. 
At the heart of the story is C.D. Matthews. Born a poor farm boy in the 1840s, he risked his life supplying corn and wheat to the South during the Civil War and went on to amass a fortune in banking, lumber, railroads, and land. As his holdings and his family grew, so did the region and nation around him, all part of the same expanding story—the good times and bad, the wild days, the tame, and the unforeseen.

Matthews: The Historic Adventures Of A Pioneer Family

Literature & Fiction

Matthews, Edward C., III

Contemporary

Around noon, November 22, 1915, everyone in Stoutland, Missouri, who could walk or ride rushed to view the mortal remains of one of the area's most prosperous farmers and leading citizens. Hidden in a brush pile on nearby Rouse Hill, the victim's body displayed the marks of a determined and vicious killer. Six years later, a dozen lawyers, four doctors, one hundred witnesses, four jury trials, a Missouri Supreme Court decision, and the only eyewitness a Missouri fox-trotter horse named "Sam" had not resolved the brutal murder of Jasper Jacob "Jap" Francis. Alan Terry Wright's suspenseful tale of greed, fraud, political influence, and cold-blooded murder will keep you riveted. His descriptions of the predawn killing, carried out in pitch darkness on a public road, and the agony of Sam, Francis's prized horse, tied by the killer and left to starve, are both frightening and moving. The accused killer, Charlie Blackburn, nearly lynched by townsfolk, died in his bed in a California nursing home in 1964 at the advanced age of 91. The victim, Jasper Francis, had been dead for 49 years. Wright s account of a young girl's unwitting visit to the murder scene in 1928 is chilling. Her return there as a feisty 84-year-old accompanies events so bizarre and puzzling they verge on the paranormal. Recent interviews with the accused killer s family, the opinion of a renowned medical examiner, and the report of a handwriting expert shed important new light on this nearly forgotten case. Wright s skillful weaving of the story line with gently humorous vignettes of backwoods living sets this book apart from typical "true crime" stories. His love for the history and lore of Missouri helps craft a tale that rings with authenticity.

Murder on Rouse Hill: Based upon the True Story of the 1915 Slaying of Jasper Jacob "Jap" Francis Near the Tiny Ozark Railroad Town of Stoutland, Missouri

Wright, Alan Terry

Bootheel Man

When Allison Culbertson takes the case of Joey Red Horse, an Osage Indian charged with stealing a sacred artifact from the Heartland Mound Builder Museum, she finds herself in the middle of a courtroom battle pitting contemporary American Indians against a private museum over legal rights to the bones of 'Bootheel Man,' a Native American who lived, fought, and loved Cahokia and Southeast Missouri in the year 1050. Morley Swingle combines the historical mystery of the disappearance of 30,000 souls who inhabited Cahokia ten centuries ago with a contemporary murder mystery and legal thriller in a suspenseful story combining history, law, and fiction.

Swingle, Morley

When Allison Culbertson takes the case of Joey Red Horse, an Osage Indian charged with stealing a sacred artifact from the Heartland Mound Builder Museum, she finds herself in the middle of a courtroom battle pitting contemporary American Indians against a private museum over legal rights to the bones of 'Bootheel Man,' a Native American who lived, fought, and loved Cahokia and Southeast Missouri in the year 1050. Morley Swingle combines the historical mystery of the disappearance of 30,000 souls who inhabited Cahokia ten centuries ago with a contemporary murder mystery and legal thriller in a suspenseful story combining history, law, and fiction.

Perfect-bound, vinyl cover. About a Little Girl  contains an original poem by William Carlos Williams, essays by Michael Lund and Robert W. Hamblin, and afterwords by Suzy Williams Sinclaire and Daphne Williams Fox.Literature, at its best, reminds us of what it means to be human, connected to families and communities. -About a little girl- is a poem about a family's doctor's concern, professional and personal, for a sick child and her family; and the gift of the poem to the mother of the little girl was a gracious act of friendship. The Lund family's gift of the poem to Southeast perpetuates such feelings, and all of us involved in the production of this book have come to share them as well. We hope that reading the book will draw others into an ever-widening circle of friendship like that begun years ago when a kind and sympathetic family physician was moved to write a poem about a beautiful little girl.

About a Little Girl: A William Carlos Williams Poem and Its Legacy

LUND, Michael

Hamblin, Robert W.

History & Criticism

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1700s In America: The Historical Genealogical Calendar Of Worldwide Events For The 1784 World's Fair At Leipzig

Matthews: The Historic Adventures Of A Pioneer Family

Murder on Rouse Hill: Based upon the True Story of the 1915 Slaying of Jasper Jacob "Jap" Francis Near the Tiny Ozark Railroad Town of Stoutland, Missouri

Bootheel Man

Bootheel Man

About a Little Girl: A William Carlos Williams Poem and Its Legacy