Las artes decorativas medievales

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

Esta es la segunda de la serie Clyde Thomas que tiene lugar en el sudeste asiático en el invierno y la primavera de 1967-1968. Clyde después de dejar Moonbeam en el Haight Ashbury, se vuelve a alistar en el ejército y regresa a Vietnam como parte de la 716ª Policía Militar en Saigón. Llega un mes antes de la Ofensiva del Tet, con la esperanza de limpiar los demonios de su alma. Pero poco a poco cae en un mundo más oscuro del que había dejado. Una novela impactante y profundamente estimulante que captura la política y la cruda realidad de la guerra, en un lugar que a nadie en Estados...

Known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks," Springfield was founded in 1829 and became the seat of Greene County in 1835. Beginning in 1870, Springfield served as a railroad hub that connected the Ozarks culturally and financially to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and points along the East Coast. In 1938, Route 66 became part of the city's history when the legendary highway came through the public square on College Street. Built on land donated by Springfield founder John Polk Campbell, the square continues to be a vital part of the city's culture and economy. Postcard History Series:...

El segundo volumen de la Asociaci n Mexicana de Archivos y Bibliotecas Privados, A. C. incluye una revisi n de los siguientes documentos: "Sumario de las indulgencias y perdones", del Centro de Estudios de Historia de M xico Condumex; "Joyas de la colecci n Mariano Cuevas", de la Biblioteca Eusebio Francisco Kino, entre otros.