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Subject: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:09 PM Just stumbled across this site while working on genealogy. Scanned the titles; there are some which were written a long time ago and all avaible for reading right there. LOTS of interesting topics of American history, a lot of personal accounts; great for history buffs. Enjoy, just Click Here! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: DougR Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:16 PM I tried the blue clicky twice and got accused by my computer of committing an illegal act and was promptly tossed off the net. What's the webpage address, Mon Cherie? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:16 PM forgot to say watch out for popups, it is worth wading through them if you don't have the popup killer!*BG* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:17 PM Here you go, my sweet: http://mercury.spaceports.com/~centre/menu/history_usregional.html |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: mousethief Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:33 PM Cool site, Kat! Thanks! Alex |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: ard mhacha Date: 13 Aug 01 - 05:40 PM Great stuff Kats,Good reading on The Donner Party. Thanks, Slan Ard Mhacha. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: GUEST Date: 14 Aug 01 - 12:27 AM Great site kat. Wait until Sandy see this one! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Aug 01 - 12:32 AM Great! Tomorrow I will go through my bookmarks for other sites that offer complete history books and post them here if they are not on your posted site. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Sandy Paton Date: 14 Aug 01 - 12:43 AM I just spent the evening negotiating with a chap out on Whidbey Island (Puget Sound) for a book/CD swap. I'm buying one from him via eBay, and getting a 1908 book about smuggling from him on a barter deal. So what happens? Kat comes up with a site that could provide me with reading matter for the rest of my life! Even if I decide I can't snuggle down with a monitor (no, 'Spaw, not the kind you knew in the halls at school!), she points me toward some titles that I might find in old-fashioned BOOK form. I'm an addict, Kat, and you, m'luv, are an enabler! Tomorrow I meet with a chap who talked with my son at one of the folk festivals. He's giving up a bookstore due to illness, and says he has about 500 titles in folklore and folksong. Some have already been pledged to an auction house for a September sale, but I'm gonna look at the leavings. Wonder if he takes credit cards? Keep it up, Kat! You'll addict us all. Sandy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 12:59 AM Thanks, Sandy! At least Caroline will be happy that these ones are FREE!**BG** I had just sent you an email with the link; wanted to make sure you didn't miss this one. O, what hath I wrought?*smile* BTW, if you ever see an inexpensive copy of "Progressive Men of Western Colorado" 1905, let me know, willya, please? I just found a bio online from it. It's of my greatgrandfather! luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Art Thieme Date: 14 Aug 01 - 01:14 AM Kat, You are amazing ! Thanks so much. Mentally, I'm back there with those guys anyhow. Now I can stay on line forever. Love, Art |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Sandy Paton Date: 14 Aug 01 - 01:34 AM Gawdamighty, Kat, m'luv! You didn't jump at the one being offered by Bristlecone Books out there in beautiful Montrose, Colorado (gateway to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison)? It's only $585! Gopher it! Sandy (one good turn deserves another!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: DougR Date: 14 Aug 01 - 01:44 AM Thanks, kat! Great site! DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Mark Cohen Date: 14 Aug 01 - 04:28 AM Hey, Sandy, you should go out and visit the guy on Whidbey...it's a beautiful place! I used to own 5 acres there. I was planning on quitting medicine and living in a yurt. Then I got married....and now that that's over, I've had to settle for an apartment next to the ocean. But I still do love the Northwest. And I'm definitely NOT going to check kat's site...Mudcat is taking too much of my time as it is, since I didn't retire! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 09:48 AM Ah, c'mon, Mark, there's a great first-hand account of the Donner Party on there, that's in your old neck of the woods, ain't it?**BG** Glad you like it, Art, I thought of you and Sandy first thing when I saw it. Now about staying online forever. Rog tells me there is an article in ARRP's new magazine, "My Generation," this month, which is about people who want to be uploaded into a computer instead of passing on. I haven't read it, yet, but isn't it an interesting concept?:-) Sandy, ya know, darlin' I was all set to call my sis and ask her to drive over to Montrose and pick that right up for me, but then I mentioned it to Rog and well, um...oh hell, I couldn't believe that price!! Gawdamighty is right! I think I'll just find a library that has it and ask them to copy the pertinent page! Have fun reading! luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Kim C Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:44 AM Oh swell, all I need is something ELSE to take up my time! ;-) My computer is so slow, the popup killa takes forever to work... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: ard mhacha Date: 14 Aug 01 - 11:04 AM Kats, The person who was banished from the Donner Wagon Train, Patrick Reid and eventually led the rescue party came from my neck of the woods in County Armagh Ireland. Slan Ard Mhacha. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 11:19 AM HeyaArd, that is pretty neat! Thanks for telling me. I'll have to go read that one. My sister had a thing about teh Donner Party; she studied a ton of stories about it when she was in school. I'll be sure to tell her about this one. I just found the book I was looking for at a branch of the Denver Public Library, reference only, so I won't actually see it, but the very nice librarian is making me copies of the pertinent pages! Yea! Thanks, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: ard mhacha Date: 14 Aug 01 - 01:46 PM Kats Sorry that should be James Reid, Slan Ard Mhacha. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Aug 01 - 02:08 PM KatL, here are three that I didn't see on the list.
1. Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest, Joseph G. McCoy, 1874. Readable and opinionated but pretty accurate.
2. Vanished Arizona, by Martha Summerhayes. From the viewpoint of an Army wife, 1874 onwards.
3. Guide to the Life and Literature of the Southwest, J. Frank Dobie. When I bookmarked your site it came up spaceports so I changed it to History-spaceports, which may confuse me down the road. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: wildlone Date: 14 Aug 01 - 02:08 PM thanks kat, thats all I needed, how the heck am I going to get any sleep now? ***BG*** dave, [keeping history alive] |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Jim the Bart Date: 14 Aug 01 - 02:23 PM Thanks, Kat. Great site. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 04:05 PM You are all very welcome; it's a joy to share with friends whom I know will enjoy it as much as me. Dicho, thanks! As a joeclone, I took the liberty of putting in some line breaks so your addys are easier to read. Hope you do not mind.:-) I know, I changed the Spaceports title, too! Don't know the story behind that, but it would be confusing! Thanks for the correction, Ard. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Bardford Date: 14 Aug 01 - 04:13 PM For all you ether-bibliophiles, here's a link to more online books: The On-line Books Page Sorry, I know we all have work to do... Bardford |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 04:15 PM Oh great, Bardford! Thanks! dave/wildlone...sleep? You want sleep? How can you keep history alive if you're sleeping!?**BG** |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: annamill Date: 14 Aug 01 - 04:34 PM Kat, the site is wonderful if you can stand being bombarded with spam!! Gads! I had about 15 ads in about a minute. Most, if not all, from gambling sites. What is up with that? I will go back and spend some time when I have more time. Thank you. Annamill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:22 PM Add the stuff on Bartleby and others, there is quite a library out there. Now if I can get permission from my wife to buy a laptop to use in bed, I will be all set for winter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:41 PM LOL, Dicho! Annamil, download the popup killer and you'll never see those ads, again. Someone just had a thread about. Easy to use, hardly a minute to download and install. I'll find the addy for you and psot it here. Thanks, kat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: katlaughing Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:44 PM Here you go, annamil: POPUP KILLER |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Mountain Dog Date: 15 Aug 01 - 12:17 AM Kat, Thanks for the link (and Bardford, too!). As a history buff and a voracious reader, it's a real find! Be sure to check out the treasure trove available at Project Gutenberg, too. 1000's of out of print and interesting titles, all in "plain vanilla text". Find it at www.gutenberg.org (no time to blicky tonight, I'm afraid!)
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: sledge Date: 15 Aug 01 - 04:08 AM Cheers Kat, pure gold. With only a week left until I get home its even less likely that anyone will get any useful work out of me. Sledge |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: Greyeyes Date: 15 Aug 01 - 07:56 AM Top class Kat. I've had quick look at the UK section & am certainly looking forward to perusing "Certaine Reasons and Arguments of Policie, Why the King of England Should Enter Into Warre with the Spaniard". Sounds completely enthralling, and almost topical! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Over 600 FREE OLD History Bks ONLINE! From: DaveJ Date: 15 Aug 01 - 08:31 AM Thanks to Kat and Bradford....now I'll never get any work done. DaveJ |