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Lewis & Clark: Camping by the Pacific

by NoahBrooks From Tidewater to the SeaWith Faces turned HomewardCamping by the Pacific Next in importance to the building of a winter camp was the fixing of a place…

Camping by the Pacific

Chapter 17 Chapter 19 Camping by the Pacific Next in importance to the building of a winter camp was the fixing of a place where salt could be made. Salt is absolutely necessary…

The Largest States in the U.S. by Area

The United States of America is a country of immense geographical diversity, with a landscape that spans from snow-capped mountains to sun-kissed beaches, arid deserts to lush forests. The country's…

1999 Sundance Award Winners

Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: Forty Shades of Blue Grand Jury Prize—Documentary Competition: Why We Fight World Cinema Grand Jury Prize—Dramatic Competition: The Hero (Angola/…

Idaho

  Idaho State Information Capital: Boise Official Name: State of Idaho Organized as a territory/republic: March 3, 1863 Entered Union (rank): July 3, 1890 (43rd state) Present constitution…

United Kingdom Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note United Kingdom Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense and Foreign Relations U.S.-United Kingdom Relations PEOPLEThe…

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich

(Encyclopedia) Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr IsayevichSolzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevichəlyĭksänˈdər ēsīˈəvĭch sôlˌzhənētˈsĭn [key], 1918–2008, Russian writer widely regarded as one of the greatest and most…

lily

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the…

little magazine

(Encyclopedia) little magazine, term used to designate certain magazines that have as their purpose the publication of art, literature, or social theory by comparatively little-known writers. The…

Communist party, in China

(Encyclopedia) Communist party, in China, ruling party of the world's most populous nation since 1949 and most important Communist party in the world since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991.…