Howes, Kelly King

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Roaring twenties reference library

2006
Presents a collection of entries that chronicles cultural, political, economic, technological and historical events during the 1920s, showing how Americans of various social backgrounds lived, including brief biographies, primary sources, and information on organized crime, immigration, the Great Depression, and more.
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Characters in 19th-century literature

1993
Presents essays on over 2,200 literary characters from 200 works of 19thcentury literature.

Reconstruction era

2005
This book covers the political and social aspects of Reconstruction, including carpetbaggers and scalawags, amnesty for white Southerners, "Black Codes," attempts to restore the old order in the South, and much more.

War of 1812

2002
Presents a chronological overview of the events of the War of 1812, accompanied by fifteen biographies of individuals associated with the war.

World War II

1999
Presents biographical profiles of thirty-one individuals who played significant roles in the Second World War, including Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hirohito, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, and Adolph Hitler; and also includes a time line and a glossary.

Mexican American War

2003
A comprehensive overview of the Mexican-American War, including biographies and full or excerpted memoirs, speeches, and other source documents.

The roaring twenties biographies

2006
Presents a collection of biographical profiles of twenty-five notable men and women of the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and more.

The roaring twenties almanac and primary sources

2006
Presents a collection of entries that provide information on the 1920s in the U.S., including the political, economic, technological, and social events during the decade, and provides full and excerpted documents that offer a range of perspectives the period. Includes sidebar boxes and illustrations.

Harlem Renaissance

2001
Presents overviews of several aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including its beginnings, fiction, poetry, performing and visual arts, nightlife, and its end, reprinting many primary works of Harlem Renaissance artists and thinkers; profiles fifteen figures from the movement; and includes reference materials including a time line, glossary, and further resource list.
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