Sir Richard Francis Burton podía pasar por auténtico hombre renacentista: soldado, explorador, etnólogo, arqueólogo, poeta, traductor y uno de los primeros lingüistas de su tiempo. Como aficionado destacó en el camp...
The first paperback edition of the classic biography of the founder of the Mormon church, this book attempts to answer the questions that continue to surround Joseph Smith. Was he a genuine prophet, or a gifted fabulist who became enthralled by the produc...
In 1929, Stratton Nottingham published abstracts of the Northampton County marriage bonds which quickly became the standard source for Northampton County marriages. Nottingham's work, covering the years 1706 to 1854, was based on marriage bonds but...
In this biography of the chief architect of Reconstruction after the Civil War, Fawn Brodie seeks to explain the basis for his actions, the nature of his economic radicalism, and the emotional forces that resulted in his becoming one of the most controver...