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Hidden Heritage

Wegars, Priscilla
Hidden Heritage
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, large numbers of people from mainland China emigrated to the United States and other countries seeking employment. Over the years, numerous archaeological and historical investigations of the overseas Chinese have taken place. This work presents the results of some of those studies.

CHF 130.00

As Rugged as the Terrain: CCC "Boys," Federal Convicts, a...

Wegars, Priscilla / Hendricks, Dick
As Rugged as the Terrain: CCC "Boys," Federal Convicts, and World War II Alien Internees Wrestle with a Mountain Wilderness
In 1893 this site, at turbulent Canyon Creek, was a footnote in the saga of the ill-fated Carlin hunting party. Next, in 1933, it housed nearly 200 tent-dwelling Civilian Conservation Corps recruits, most of whom were 'city slickers' from New YorkState whose antics provide a colourful tableau of young men on their own and far from home. In 1935 the site became Federal Prison Camp No. 11, a roadbuilding facility for convicts mostly from the Lea...

CHF 31.50