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Research Library

"If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research," Albert Einstein






Much of our research is done online, using articles found on the internet to form small portable resources which we carry in binders at the event for quick checks of facts, dates and everything else we just can't seem to stuff into our heads even for one weekend. Thus the list below consists of the books we consulted before the event and upon which we based much of our portrayal.

General Histories and Treatises
  • Bellew, Sir George, Britain's Kings and Queens: 63 Reigns in 1100 Years
    (London: Pitkin "Pride of Britain" series, 1966, 32 pgs)

  • Bruce, George, revised by Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles, 3rd edition
    (New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1981, 303 pgs)

  • Carey, John, ed., Eyewitness to History
    (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987, 706 pgs)

  • Eggenberger, David, An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1985, 533 pgs)

  • Kennedy, Michael, M.D. A Brief History of Disease, Science & Medicine
    (California: Asklepiad Press, 2004, 510 pgs)

  • Montague-Smith, Patrick W., The Royal Line of Succession with Genealogical Tables
    (London: Pitkin "Pride of Britain" series, 1966, 24 pgs)

  • Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    (New York: Dover Publications, 2002, 99 pgs)



The Roman Defeat, Teutoberg Forest, 9 ce
  • Clunn, Tony, The Quest For the Lost Roman Legions: Discovering the Varus Battlefield
    (Favas Beatie Publisher, 2005, 384 pgs)

  • Cowan, Ross, Roman Legionary, 58 B.C. - A.D. 69
    (Osprey Publishing, 2003, 64 pgs)

  • Murdoch, Adrian, Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoberg Forest
    (Sutton Publishing, 2008, 234 pgs)

  • Ross, Anne, and Robins, Don, The Life and Death of a Druid Prince
    (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989, 176 pgs)



Swiss Wars of Independence, 14th Century
This presentation is intended for "Marching Through Time" in April, 2007.
  • Angst, Walter, A Panoply of Colors: The Cantonal Banners of Switzerland and the Swiss National Flag
    (Silver Spring, Maryland: Pelinicus Books, Swiss Benevolent Society, 1992, 80 pgs)

  • Angst, Walter, Progressive Rebels: The Founding Fathers of the Swiss Confederation
    (Silver Spring, Maryland: Pelinicus Books, Swiss Benevolent Society, 1995, 168 pgs)

  • Halbrook, Stephen. Target Switzerland
    (Perseus Books Group, 2000, 352 pgs)

  • Miller, Douglas, and Embleton, Gerry, The Swiss At War: 1300-1500
    (Osprey Publishing, 1979, 40 pgs)



Cyprians
  • Lowery, Thomas P., M.D. The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex In the Civil War
    (Stackpole Books, 1994, 209 pgs)

  • Tannahill, Reay, Sex In History
    (New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1982, 480 pgs)

  • Wiley, Bell Irvin, The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier in the Confederacy
    (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1943, 444 pgs)

  • Wilds, Ellen S., Far From Home: The Diary of Lt. William H. Peel, 1863-1865
    (Mississipi: Pioneer Publishing, 2005, 392 pgs)

  • Zacks Richard, History Laid Bare
    (HarperCollins Publishers, 1994, 463 pgs)



Crossroads Trading Post

Over the next year RTL will be studying all of the following in order to present a complete picture of the life of a variety of tribes, as well as the details of the Battle of Little Big Horn in June 1876. This presentation is intended for either late in 2007 or early 2008.

  • Andrews, Ted. Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small
    (Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1993, 383 pgs)

  • Black Elk, Nicholas, and Neihart, John G., Black Elk Speaks
    (London and Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979, 230 pgs)

  • Blaisdale, Bob, ed., Great Speeches by Native Americans
    (New York: Dover Publications, 2000, 218 pgs)

  • Fox, Richard Allan, Jr., Archeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle
    (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993, 411 pgs)

  • Garrett, J.T. and Michael Tlanusta, Cherokee Full Circle: A Practical Guide to Ceremonies and Traditions
    (Vermont: Bear & Company, 2002, 191 pgs)

  • Holmes, Ruth Bradley, and Smith, Betty Sharp. Beginning Cherokee
    (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976, 332 pgs)

  • Michano, Gregory F., Lakota Noon, The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat
    (Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1997, 336 pgs)

  • Parker, Arthur C. The Indian How Book
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1975, 335 pgs)

  • Reed, Marcelina. Seven Clans of the Cherokee Society
    (North Carolina: Cherokee Publications, 1993, 32 pgs)

  • Seton, Ernest Thompson. Sign Talk of the Cheyenne Indians and Other Cultures
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1918, 232pgs)

  • Spence, Lewis. The Myths of the Norh American Indians
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1989, 393 pgs)

  • Stanley-Miller, Pamela, North American Beadwork Patterns
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1995, 64 pgs)

  • Tomkins, William. Indian Sign Language
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1969, 106 pgs)

  • Turner, Alta R., Finger Weaving: Indian Braiding
    (North Carolina: Cherokee Publications, 1989, 48 pgs)

  • O'Bryan, Aileen. Navaho Indian Myths
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1993, 187 pgs)

  • Spence, Lewis. The Myths of the Norh American Indians
    (New York: Dover Publications, 1993, 187 pgs)

Herbology
  • Bishop, Carol. The Book of Home Remedies and Herbal Cures
    (Jonathan James Publisher, 1979, 233 pgs)

  • Foster, Steven, and Caras, Roger, Peterson's Field Guides: Venomous Animals & Poisonous Plants
    (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994, 244 pgs)

  • Hiller, Malcolm. The Little Scented Library: Fragrant Herbs
    (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992, 40 pgs)

  • Turner, Nancy J, and Szczawinski, Adam F., Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America
    (Oregon: Timber Press, 1991, 311 pgs)



Red Cross, WW1
  • Barry, John M., The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
    (Vikinig Adult, 2004, 560 pgs)

  • Pierce, R. V., M.D. The People's Common Sense Medical Advisor
    (World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1918, 1008 pgs)

  • various M.D.s The Household Physician
    (Philadelphia: Physicians Publishing Company, 1905, 1434 pgs)





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