Bøger af Ethan Allen Hitchcock

In 1841, US government authorities sent Major Ethan Allen Hitchcock to Indian Territory to investigate numerous charges of fraud and profiteering by various contractors. This study explains the politics behind Hitchcock's mission and his accomplishments in advancing ethnographic knowledge.

Swedenborg, a hermetic philosopher: - Being a sequel to Remarks on alchemy and the alchemists. Showing that Emanuel Swedenborg was a hermetic philosopher and that his writings may be interpreted from the point of view of hermetic philosophy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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Also includes a chapter of the Palmerin of England with interpretations, and remarks upon the Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Contents: prefatory remarks; Story of the Red Book with explanatory notes; The Six Swans and interpretation; The White Dove and interpretation; Dumling and the Toad and interpretation; The Fox's Brush and interpretation; The Flail from the Clouds; The Hedgehog and the Hare; Faithful John and interpretation; The Goose Girl at the Well, with notes; Chapter from the Palmerin of England and interpretation; Remarks on the Arabian Nights' Entertainments.