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What Are They Reading in College? English Lit 1800s – 1900s

The novels and poems below were found at the Open Syllabus website.  Open Syllabus has collected lists of books & other readings assigned in over 6 million classes at 4,700 colleges in the U.S. and many other countries.  I’ve used the Open Syllabus “Galaxy” visualization to create the list below of books & poems used

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What Are They Reading in College? College Basic Skills Course Books

The books below were found at the Open Syllabus website.  Open Syllabus has collected lists of books & other readings assigned in over 6 million classes at 4,700 colleges in the U.S. and many other countries.  I’ve used the Open Syllabus “Galaxy” visualization to create the list below of books used in many college “Basic

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Aviation History Articles – Digital Collections & Articles Aviation

Aviation history articles about the Berlin airlift, Airplane passenger service in 1919, the U.S. Army Air Force in the UK in WW2, the Future of Trans-Atlantic Flight as seen in 1919, and American women in aviation.history. Plus copies of the Wright Brothers’ early patents, issues of an early British aviation magazine, and a link to

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Characteristics of a Historian – Variety of Historian Occupations

In addition to the characteristics of a historian, here is information about historians’ occupations and careers, along with links to historians’ professional organizations. Characteristics of a Historian Writing of the essential characteristics of a historian, or what makes a good historian, digital historian and teacher T. Mills Kelly wrote that, “Almost every historian has his

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Railroad History – U.S. Railroad Digital Collections

Railroad history digital collections. Links to 5 varied digital collections for railroads in the 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in the U.S. 1. U.S. Railroad maps, 1828 to 1900 2. Railroad Periodicals; 19th Century through 1930. 90 titles See our Encyclopedia Britannica all volumes pdf 3. Railroad Transportation & Operations Online Book Collection at

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