Stamp World

Alexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fact his masterpiece, Democracy in America, was the product of a young man’s open-minded experience of America at a time of rapid change...

"Hawaii...a collection of volcanic islands that is an enchanting tropical paradise. The Big Island: Volcanoes National Park with nature's spectacular display of unharnessed power. The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) provides scientists and businesses unique opportunities in developing sustainable aquaculture and renewable energy sources, from seahorses to Kona Kampachi...

"The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere....An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews...

Unearthing Ancient America describes a medallion left in Michigan by Buddhist missionaries from India a thousand years ago, a 5th Century Christian church in Connecticut, the Grand Canyon's underground city, a Roman statuette washed up at New Jersey, secret maps of America Columbus used for his first voyage to the New World, an Inca skeleton in Norway's Viking grave, Florida's own Stonehenge, and thirty other articles by twenty-three investigators describing the impact made by overseas' visitors to our continent centuries before its official discovery...

The Grizzly Bear: (aka Brown Bear) can range 6-7 feet in length, weigh 200-850 lbs, live approximately 20-25 years and can travel at 35 mph! Features include: Stan Price State Wildlife Sanctuary at Pack Creek with Bush pilot & wilderness guide Butch Laughlin, Humback Whales near Point Adolphus and Denali National Park where Grizzly Bears enjoy a smorgasbord of feasting opportunities including wild blueberries on the menu!

In his dazzling new memoir, Richard Rodriguez reflects on the color brown and the meaning of Hispanics to the life of America today. Rodriguez argues that America has been brown since its inception-since the moment the African and the European met within the Indian eye...

Castle Rock Organic Dairy, Milwaukee, Barbershop Harmony Society and Voices Only, Trek Bicycle Co, Wisconsin Dells and Noah's Ark Waterpark, Circus World Museum, Door County with Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and White Gull Inn Fish Boil, Carr Valley Cheese, Apostle Island Cruises, Log Rolling w/ Judy Scheer Hoeschler, Eagle River Beer Fest and Muskie Tournament.

The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. The skies were filled with birds, seas and rivers teemed with fish, and the forests and grasslands were a hunter’s dream, with populations of game too abundant and diverse to even fathom...