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From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or "workampers." Building on her groundbreaking Harper's cover...
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English
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Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vastness. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores, whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south, the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by...
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University of California Press
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©2011
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English
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Presents a comprehensive, historical atlas of Washington and Oregon that traces the history of how the states became fully realized through exploration, and contains original maps, illustrations, and geographical data.
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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What's the connection between Ken Kesey and Nancy's Yogurt? How about the difference between a hoedad and a webfoot? What became of the Pixie Kitchen and the vanished Lambert Gardens?
The Oregon Companion is an A–Z handbook of over 1000 people, places, and things. From Abernethy and beaver money to houseboats, railroads, and the Zigzag River, an intrepid public historian separates fact from fiction — with his sense of humor
...14) Hawai`i
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English
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Learn about Hawai'i, such as its history, places of interest, and distinct culture.
16) Me on the map
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world.
18) Georgia
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The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Learn interesting facts about the state of Georgia, such as its history, places of interest, and great historical figures.
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