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Flirting with danger : the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, socialite spy.

Authors : Wallach, Janet, 1942-, author

Subjects: Espionage, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century; Spies -- United States -- History -- 20th centurySoviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936; Baltimore (Md.) -- BiographyUnited States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division -- History...

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Revolver : Sam Colt and the six-shooter that changed America.

Authors : Rasenberger, Jim

Subjects: Colt revolver -- History; Gunsmiths -- Biography; Inventors -- BiographyHartford (Conn.) -- History; West (U.S.)Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co -- History...

Availability: 6 Holdings

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The devil's half acre : the untold story of how one woman liberated the South's most notorious slave jail.

Authors : Green, Kristen (Journalist), author

Subjects: African American women -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Biography; Enslaved women -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Biography; Slave trade -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th centuryVirginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) -- History -- 19th centuryLumpkin, Mary F.

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade.

Authors : White, Jonathan W., 1979-, author

Subjects: Ship captains -- United States -- Biography; Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades; Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860; New York (N.Y.) -- BiographyOaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887; Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family

Availability: 6 Holdings

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King : a life.

Authors : Eig, Jonathan, author

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- BiographyUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Availability: 15 Holdings

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Ride the devil's herd : Wyatt Earp's epic battle against the West's biggest outlaw gang.

Authors : Boessenecker, John, 1953-, author

Subjects: Peace officers -- Southwest, New -- Biography; Law enforcement -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century; Outlaws -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryCochise County (Ariz.) -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, New -- History -- 19th centuryEarp, Wyatt, 1848-1929

Availability: 7 Holdings

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Freedom's detective : the Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the man who masterminded America's first war on terror.

Authors : Lane, Charles, 1961-

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); BiographiesUnited States. Secret Service -- Biography; United States. Secret Service -- History -- 19th century; Ku Klux Klan (19th century) -- HistoryWhitley, Hiram C.

Availability: 7 Holdings

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The Duchess Countess : the woman who scandalized eighteenth-century London.

Authors : Ostler, Catherine

Subjects: Countesses -- Great Britain -- Biography; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Mistresses -- Great Britain -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History -- 1714-1837Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788; Kingston, Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of, 1711-1773 -- Relations with women

Availability: 5 Holdings

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The bonanza king : John Mackay and the battle over the greatest riches in the American West.

Authors : Crouch, Gregory, 1966-

Subjects: Capitalists and financiers -- Nevada -- Biography; Silver mines and mining -- Nevada -- History; Gold mines and mining -- Nevada -- HistoryComstock Lode (Nev.) -- History -- 19th century; Virginia City (Nev.) -- History -- 19th centuryMackay, John William, 1831-1902

Availability: 2 Holdings

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The girls who fought crime : the untold true story of the country's first female investigator and her crime-fighting squad.

Authors : Eder, Mari K., author

Subjects: Women detectives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Women's rights -- New York (State) -- New York; Women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New YorkNew York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th centuryFoley, Mae

Availability: 12 Holdings

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