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Army Life in a Black Regiment

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

Army Life in a Black Regiment — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narrativesUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental historiesUnited States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
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Arnold Böcklin

Schmid, Heinrich Alfred, 1863-1951; Böcklin, Arnold, 1827-1901 [Illustrator]

Arnold Böcklin — German source edition. Subject: Biography.

BiographyPainters -- Switzerland
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Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression

Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861; Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865 [Editor]

Atrocious Judges : Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression — English source edition. Subject: Judges -- England -- Biogr...

Judges -- England -- BiographyPolitical questions and judicial power -- England -- HistoryJudicial corruption -- England -- History
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Auf dem Mississippi; Nach dem fernen Westen

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Richter, Albert B., 1845-1898 [Illustrator]; Schrödter, H., 1872-1957 [Illustrator]

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Mississippi River -- Description and travelMississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryWest (U.S.) -- Description and travel
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Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published

Monk, Maria, 1816-1849

Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published — English source edition. Subject: Monk, Ma...

Monk, Maria, 1816-1849Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal -- BiographyEx-nuns -- Québec (Province) -- Biography
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Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War

Brown, George William, 1812-1890

Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pers...

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narrativesUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865Brown, George William, 1812-1890
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Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827; Kerst, Friedrich, 1870-1961 [Editor]; Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923 [Editor]

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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827Composers -- Germany -- Biography
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