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Touching America's history : from the Pequot War through World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Meredith Mason, 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
United States > History.
United States > Antiquities.
Material culture > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : history through things you can touch
  • Axe head, adze head
  • A compass, a rifle, and the opening of the West
  • Yr Most obt Servt, G. Washington
  • Daguerreotype and sword
  • Shavings from a scaffold
  • Diaries from Indian Country
  • Travels of an English pistol
  • A court-martial in the Philippines
  • A medal from General Pershing
  • The czar of Halfaday Creek and Hitler's toilet bowl.