Lost to time : unforgettable stories that history forgot
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New York, NY : Sterling Pub., [2010].
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x, 291 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 24 cm
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
904 SANDLE 2010
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Published
New York, NY : Sterling Pub., [2010].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-278) and index.
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In this fascinating collection of historical vignettes, author Martin W. Sandler restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time. Though barely known today, these are major historical stories, from Ziryab, an eighth-century black slave whose influence on music, cuisine, fashion, and manners still reverberates, to Cahokia, a 12th century city north of the Rio Grande, which at its zenith contained a population greater than any contemporary European city, to the worst peacetime maritime disaster ever, the explosion and sinking of the Sultana on the Mississippi in 1865, and the deadliest fire in U.S. history, in Peshtigo, Wis. These tales are far from trivia; they illuminate little-known American and foreign achievements, ingenuity, heroics, blunders, and tragedies that changed the course of history and resonate today.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sandler, M. W. (2010). Lost to time: unforgettable stories that history forgot . Sterling Pub..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sandler, Martin W. 2010. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot. Sterling Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sandler, Martin W. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot Sterling Pub, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sandler, Martin W. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot Sterling Pub., 2010.
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