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A Queer History of the United States
Written by Michael Bronski
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-4465-0 (0-8070-4465-2)
*2011 ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award
The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.
In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and interracial marriage. Transgender evangelist Jemima Wilkinson, in the early... Read more >
Written by Michael Bronski
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-4465-0 (0-8070-4465-2)
*2011 ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award
The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.
In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and interracial marriage. Transgender evangelist Jemima Wilkinson, in the early... Read more >
Inventing New England
Regional Tourism in the Nineteenth Century
Written by Dona Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: November 17, 1997
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-799-4 (1-56098-799-5)
Quaint, charming, nostalgic New England: rustic fishing villages, romantic seaside cottages, breathtaking mountain vistas, peaceful rural settings. In Inventing New England, Dona Brown traces the creation of these calendar-page images and describes how tourism as a business emerged and came to shape the landscape, economy, and culture of a region.
By the... Read more >
Regional Tourism in the Nineteenth Century
Written by Dona Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: November 17, 1997
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-799-4 (1-56098-799-5)
Quaint, charming, nostalgic New England: rustic fishing villages, romantic seaside cottages, breathtaking mountain vistas, peaceful rural settings. In Inventing New England, Dona Brown traces the creation of these calendar-page images and describes how tourism as a business emerged and came to shape the landscape, economy, and culture of a region.
By the... Read more >
The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe
or, How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped
Written by James D. Bulloch
Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $29.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64022-6 (0-679-64022-3)
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain, a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between the States and willing to secretly provide... Read more >
or, How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped
Written by James D. Bulloch
Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $29.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-64022-6 (0-679-64022-3)
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis sent merchant marine James D. Bulloch to Europe to clandestinely acquire arms and ships for the Confederate navy. His first stop was Britain, a country hedging its bets on who would win the War Between the States and willing to secretly provide... Read more >
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America's Jubilee
A Generation Remembers the Revolution After 50 Years of Independence
Written by Andrew Burstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 8, 2002
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70918-0 (0-375-70918-5)
In America’s Jubilee noted historian Andrew Burstein presents an engrossing narrative of life in the year 1826–a pivotal year in our nation’s history.
Burstein reveals a nation full of ambition as the reins of democracy are passed from the last Revolutionary War heroes to the first new generation of leaders. We follow... Read more >
A Generation Remembers the Revolution After 50 Years of Independence
Written by Andrew Burstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 8, 2002
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70918-0 (0-375-70918-5)
In America’s Jubilee noted historian Andrew Burstein presents an engrossing narrative of life in the year 1826–a pivotal year in our nation’s history.
Burstein reveals a nation full of ambition as the reins of democracy are passed from the last Revolutionary War heroes to the first new generation of leaders. We follow... Read more >
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The Passions of Andrew Jackson
Written by Andrew Burstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71404-7 (0-375-71404-9)
Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and a man of the people, but he was much more—a man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Now, with the first major reinterpretation of his life in a generation, historian Andrew Burstein brings back Jackson with all... Read more >
Written by Andrew Burstein
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71404-7 (0-375-71404-9)
Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and a man of the people, but he was much more—a man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Now, with the first major reinterpretation of his life in a generation, historian Andrew Burstein brings back Jackson with all... Read more >
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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4270-8 (1-4000-4270-4)
In Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, Richard Lyman Bushman, an esteemed American cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, tells how Smith formed a new religion from the ground up. Moving beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud, the book explores the inner workings of his personality—his personal piety... Read more >
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4270-8 (1-4000-4270-4)
In Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, Richard Lyman Bushman, an esteemed American cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, tells how Smith formed a new religion from the ground up. Moving beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud, the book explores the inner workings of his personality—his personal piety... Read more >
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Joseph Smith
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7753-3 (1-4000-7753-2)
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a... Read more >
Rough Stone Rolling
Written by Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7753-3 (1-4000-7753-2)
Founder of the largest indigenous Christian church in American history, Joseph Smith published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three and went on to organize a church, found cities, and attract thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Richard Bushman, an esteemed cultural historian and a... Read more >
Mellon
An American Life
Written by David Cannadine
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-38679-3 (0-307-38679-1)
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government... Read more >
An American Life
Written by David Cannadine
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-38679-3 (0-307-38679-1)
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government... Read more >
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Lincoln
A Life of Purpose and Power
Written by Richard Carwardine
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9602-2 (1-4000-9602-2)
As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise to greatness is as complex as it is compelling.
In this superb, prize-winning biography, acclaimed historian Richard Carwardine... Read more >
A Life of Purpose and Power
Written by Richard Carwardine
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9602-2 (1-4000-9602-2)
As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise to greatness is as complex as it is compelling.
In this superb, prize-winning biography, acclaimed historian Richard Carwardine... Read more >
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The Mind of the South
Written by W.J. Cash
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 10, 1991
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-73647-9 (0-679-73647-6)
Ever since its publication in 1941, Cash's pioneering study of Southern history, society, and manners has been recognized both as a pathbreaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of great eloquence and sweeping insight. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies... Read more >
Written by W.J. Cash
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 10, 1991
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-73647-9 (0-679-73647-6)
Ever since its publication in 1941, Cash's pioneering study of Southern history, society, and manners has been recognized both as a pathbreaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of great eloquence and sweeping insight. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies... Read more >
This Hallowed Ground
A History of the Civil War
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-94708-6 (0-307-94708-4)
First published in 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton’s classic account of the Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle in one brilliant volume.
Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep... Read more >
A History of the Civil War
Written by Bruce Catton
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-94708-6 (0-307-94708-4)
First published in 1955, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton’s classic account of the Civil War simultaneously captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle in one brilliant volume.
Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep... Read more >
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Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Written by Ron Chernow
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7730-4 (1-4000-7730-3)
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—history’s first billionaire and the patriarch of America’s most famous dynasty—is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul “etched with uncommon objectivity... Read more >
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Written by Ron Chernow
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7730-4 (1-4000-7730-3)
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—history’s first billionaire and the patriarch of America’s most famous dynasty—is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul “etched with uncommon objectivity... Read more >
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The Plantation Mistress
Written by Catherine Clinton
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: February 12, 1984
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-72253-5 (0-394-72253-1)
This pioneering study of the much-mythologized Southern belle offers the first serious look at the lives of white women and their harsh and restricted place in the slave society before the Civil War. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of hundreds of planter wives and daughters, Clinton sets before us in... Read more >
Written by Catherine Clinton
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: February 12, 1984
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-72253-5 (0-394-72253-1)
This pioneering study of the much-mythologized Southern belle offers the first serious look at the lives of white women and their harsh and restricted place in the slave society before the Civil War. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of hundreds of planter wives and daughters, Clinton sets before us in... Read more >
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The Murder of Helen Jewett
Written by Patricia Cline Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 29, 1999
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74075-9 (0-679-74075-9)
A 1998 New York Times Notable Book of the Year
In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story... Read more >
Written by Patricia Cline Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 29, 1999
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-74075-9 (0-679-74075-9)
A 1998 New York Times Notable Book of the Year
In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story... Read more >
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Eyewitness to America
500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
Edited by David Colbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: July 28, 1998
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76724-4 (0-679-76724-X)
Three hundred eyewitnesses--some famous, some anonymous--give their personal accounts of the great moments that make up our past, from Columbus to cyberspace, and infuse them with a freshness and urgency no textbook can duplicate. David Colbert has brought together a multitude of voices to create a singularly rich American narrative. Here are... Read more >
500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
Edited by David Colbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 720 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: July 28, 1998
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76724-4 (0-679-76724-X)
Three hundred eyewitnesses--some famous, some anonymous--give their personal accounts of the great moments that make up our past, from Columbus to cyberspace, and infuse them with a freshness and urgency no textbook can duplicate. David Colbert has brought together a multitude of voices to create a singularly rich American narrative. Here are... Read more >
Jefferson Davis, American
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72542-5 (0-375-72542-3)
With elegant writing and an impressive depth of research, William J. Cooper, Jr. gives us a fully realized biography of this complex figure.
Jefferson Davis emerges as a man devoted to the ideals of America, as he understood them. The son a veteran of the American Revolution, a graduate of West Point... Read more >
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-72542-5 (0-375-72542-3)
With elegant writing and an impressive depth of research, William J. Cooper, Jr. gives us a fully realized biography of this complex figure.
Jefferson Davis emerges as a man devoted to the ideals of America, as he understood them. The son a veteran of the American Revolution, a graduate of West Point... Read more >
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We Have the War Upon Us
The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4200-5 (1-4000-4200-3)
Winner of the Jefferson Davis Award
In this carefully researched book William J. Cooper gives us a fresh perspective on the period between Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, during which all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed. Here... Read more >
The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
Written by William J. Cooper
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4200-5 (1-4000-4200-3)
Winner of the Jefferson Davis Award
In this carefully researched book William J. Cooper gives us a fresh perspective on the period between Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, during which all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed. Here... Read more >
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Seafaring Women
Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Written by David Cordingly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75872-0 (0-375-75872-0)
For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by... Read more >
Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
Written by David Cordingly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: March 12, 2002
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75872-0 (0-375-75872-0)
For centuries, the sea has been regarded as a male domain, but in this illuminating historical narrative, maritime scholar David Cordingly shows that an astonishing number of women went to sea in the great age of sail. Some traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains; others were smuggled aboard by... Read more >
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Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage
The First Peoples of Alaska
Edited by Aron A. Crowell, Rosita Worl, Paul C. Ongtooguk and Dawn D. Biddison
Format: Hardcover, 312 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-1-58834-270-6 (1-58834-270-0)
Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than 200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native peoples. Based on a collaborative exhibition created by Alaska Native communities, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the... Read more >
The First Peoples of Alaska
Edited by Aron A. Crowell, Rosita Worl, Paul C. Ongtooguk and Dawn D. Biddison
Format: Hardcover, 312 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 18, 2010
Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-1-58834-270-6 (1-58834-270-0)
Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than 200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native peoples. Based on a collaborative exhibition created by Alaska Native communities, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the... Read more >
Theodore Roosevelt
A Strenuous Life
Written by Kathleen Dalton
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76733-6 (0-679-76733-9)
“Delivers insight not found elsewhere. . . . The best explanation of Roosevelt's moralism, and the most thorough account of how it informed his politics.” —H.W. Brands, The Boston Globe
He inherited a sense of entitlement (and obligation) from his family, yet eventually came to see his own class as suspect. He... Read more >
A Strenuous Life
Written by Kathleen Dalton
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76733-6 (0-679-76733-9)
“Delivers insight not found elsewhere. . . . The best explanation of Roosevelt's moralism, and the most thorough account of how it informed his politics.” —H.W. Brands, The Boston Globe
He inherited a sense of entitlement (and obligation) from his family, yet eventually came to see his own class as suspect. He... Read more >
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Frontier Medicine
From the ATlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Written by David Dary
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-45542-0 (0-307-45542-4)
In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since 1492, when New World settlers first began combining European remedies with the traditional practices of the native populations. It’s a story filled with colorful characters, from quacks and con artists to heroic healers and ingenious medicine men, and... Read more >
From the ATlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Written by David Dary
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-45542-0 (0-307-45542-4)
In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since 1492, when New World settlers first began combining European remedies with the traditional practices of the native populations. It’s a story filled with colorful characters, from quacks and con artists to heroic healers and ingenious medicine men, and... Read more >
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Sherman's March
The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March through Georgia and the Carolinas
Written by Burke Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 12, 1988
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-75763-6 (0-394-75763-7)
Sherman’s March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman’s devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through... Read more >
The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March through Georgia and the Carolinas
Written by Burke Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 12, 1988
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-75763-6 (0-394-75763-7)
Sherman’s March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman’s devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through... Read more >
Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings
Written by Jefferson Davis
Edited by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7208-5 (0-8129-7208-2)
Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States).
Elected president of the Confederacy and later accused of participating in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln... Read more >
Written by Jefferson Davis
Edited by William J. Cooper
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7208-5 (0-8129-7208-2)
Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States).
Elected president of the Confederacy and later accused of participating in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln... Read more >
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Democracy in America, Vol. 1
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 11, 1990
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-72825-2 (0-679-72825-2)
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the United States to investigate the country’s prison system. Instead, he wrote this study of democracy in its infancy—a study that embraces America’s history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture. Here are glimpses of a vanished America, from town meetings in New England... Read more >
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 11, 1990
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-72825-2 (0-679-72825-2)
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the United States to investigate the country’s prison system. Instead, he wrote this study of democracy in its infancy—a study that embraces America’s history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture. Here are glimpses of a vanished America, from town meetings in New England... Read more >
Democracy in America, Vol. 2
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 11, 1990
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-72826-9 (0-679-72826-0)
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the United States to investigate the country's prison system. Instead, he wrote this study of democracy in its infancy--a study that embraces America's history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture. Here are glimpses of a vanished America, from town meetings in New England... Read more >
Written by Alexis De Tocqueville
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 11, 1990
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-72826-9 (0-679-72826-0)
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the United States to investigate the country's prison system. Instead, he wrote this study of democracy in its infancy--a study that embraces America's history, geography, politics, legal system, economy, and culture. Here are glimpses of a vanished America, from town meetings in New England... Read more >
