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Teaching with Voices of a People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove
Written by Gayle Olson-Raymer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-58322-934-7 (1-58322-934-5)
Voices of a People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, an embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience lies.
In this teaching guide, Gayle Olson-Raymer provides insight into... Read more >
by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove
Written by Gayle Olson-Raymer
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-58322-934-7 (1-58322-934-5)
Voices of a People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, an embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience lies.
In this teaching guide, Gayle Olson-Raymer provides insight into... Read more >
Mathew Brady and the Image of History
Written by Mary Panzer
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: June 17, 2004
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-143-3 (1-58834-143-7)
Modern memory of the Civil War owes much to the lens of Mathew Brady, one of the most famous and paradoxical figures in American photography. During a career that spanned the 1840s to the 1890s, Mathew Brady consciously set out to capture the pivotal moments of the second half of the... Read more >
Written by Mary Panzer
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: June 17, 2004
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-143-3 (1-58834-143-7)
Modern memory of the Civil War owes much to the lens of Mathew Brady, one of the most famous and paradoxical figures in American photography. During a career that spanned the 1840s to the 1890s, Mathew Brady consciously set out to capture the pivotal moments of the second half of the... Read more >
Resistance
A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side
Edited by Clayton Patterson
Foreword by Jeff Ferrell
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-58322-745-9 (1-58322-745-8)
This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC’s Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America’s strangest and most beloved neighborhoods.
Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human... Read more >
A Radical Social and Political History of the Lower East Side
Edited by Clayton Patterson
Foreword by Jeff Ferrell
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-58322-745-9 (1-58322-745-8)
This collection of writings and images documents the political history of NYC’s Lower East Side, describing the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists, and immigrants that populated and politicized one of America’s strangest and most beloved neighborhoods.
Current and former residents of the neighborhood explore the social, political, and human... Read more >
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Wealth and Democracy
A Political History of the American Rich
Written by Kevin Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0534-3 (0-7679-0534-2)
One of BusinessWeek's Top 10 Business Books of 2002
From one of America’s most prominent economic commentators and The New York Times bestselling author of The Politics of Rich and Poor, this timely mixture of history and forecast provides a well-documented warning that the coupling of financial wealth and political power may... Read more >
A Political History of the American Rich
Written by Kevin Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $18.99
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0534-3 (0-7679-0534-2)
One of BusinessWeek's Top 10 Business Books of 2002
From one of America’s most prominent economic commentators and The New York Times bestselling author of The Politics of Rich and Poor, this timely mixture of history and forecast provides a well-documented warning that the coupling of financial wealth and political power may... Read more >
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Remembering War the American Way
Written by G. Kurt Piehler
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-145-7 (1-58834-145-3)
Wars do not fully end when the shooting stops. As G. Kurt Piehler reveals in this book, after every conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, Americans have argued about how and for what deeds and heroes wars should be remembered.
Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to Embalmer’s... Read more >
Written by G. Kurt Piehler
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: May 17, 2004
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-145-7 (1-58834-145-3)
Wars do not fully end when the shooting stops. As G. Kurt Piehler reveals in this book, after every conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, Americans have argued about how and for what deeds and heroes wars should be remembered.
Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to Embalmer’s... Read more >
Polk's Folly
An American Family History
Written by William R. Polk
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 17, 2001
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49151-8 (0-385-49151-4)
Growing up in Texas in the late 1930s, listening to his grandmother's memories of her childhood amidst the Civil War, Polk became fascinated by tales of his family's engagement in monumental moments of our nation's history. Beginning when Robert Pollok fled Ireland in the 1680s, Polk's saga includes an Indian trader... Read more >
An American Family History
Written by William R. Polk
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 17, 2001
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49151-8 (0-385-49151-4)
Growing up in Texas in the late 1930s, listening to his grandmother's memories of her childhood amidst the Civil War, Polk became fascinated by tales of his family's engagement in monumental moments of our nation's history. Beginning when Robert Pollok fled Ireland in the 1680s, Polk's saga includes an Indian trader... Read more >
The Military Error
Baghdad and Beyond in America's War of Choice
Written by Thomas Powers
Format: Trade Paperback, 140 pages
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-299-5 (1-59017-299-X)
Why did George W. Bush invade Iraq? What were the real motives, the overarching policy decisions that drove events from September 11 until the war began?
To a large extent, we still don’t know. But by now we do know in some detail, as Thomas Powers carefully explains in the essays collected... Read more >
Baghdad and Beyond in America's War of Choice
Written by Thomas Powers
Format: Trade Paperback, 140 pages
Publisher: New York Review Books
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-299-5 (1-59017-299-X)
Why did George W. Bush invade Iraq? What were the real motives, the overarching policy decisions that drove events from September 11 until the war began?
To a large extent, we still don’t know. But by now we do know in some detail, as Thomas Powers carefully explains in the essays collected... Read more >
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith
Religion in American War and Diplomacy
Written by Andrew Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7858-5 (1-4000-7858-X)
Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
Finalist for the Cundhill Prize in History
A richly detailed, profoundly engrossing story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women—from presidents to preachers—who have plotted the country’s course in the world.
Ever since John Winthrop... Read more >
Religion in American War and Diplomacy
Written by Andrew Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 832 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7858-5 (1-4000-7858-X)
Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
Finalist for the Cundhill Prize in History
A richly detailed, profoundly engrossing story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women—from presidents to preachers—who have plotted the country’s course in the world.
Ever since John Winthrop... Read more >
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith
Religion in American War and Diplomacy
Written by Andrew Preston
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $37.50
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4323-1 (1-4000-4323-9)
A richly detailed, profoundly engrossing story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women—from presidents to preachers—who have plotted the country’s course in the world.
Ever since John Winthrop argued that the Puritans’ new home would be “a city upon a hill,” Americans’... Read more >
Religion in American War and Diplomacy
Written by Andrew Preston
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $37.50
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4323-1 (1-4000-4323-9)
A richly detailed, profoundly engrossing story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women—from presidents to preachers—who have plotted the country’s course in the world.
Ever since John Winthrop argued that the Puritans’ new home would be “a city upon a hill,” Americans’... Read more >
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The Boston Italians
A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day
Written by Steve Puleo
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5037-8 (0-8070-5037-7)
In this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land recreated the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters of the North End. Focusing on this first and crucial... Read more >
A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day
Written by Steve Puleo
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8070-5037-8 (0-8070-5037-7)
In this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land recreated the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters of the North End. Focusing on this first and crucial... Read more >
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A Tolerable Anarchy
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9584-1 (1-4000-9584-0)
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Written by Jedediah Purdy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9584-1 (1-4000-9584-0)
In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence and emancipation to war and economic uncertainty. Working from portraits of famous American lives, like Frederick Douglas and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Purdy asks crucial questions... Read more >
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At the Abyss
An Insider's History of the Cold War
Written by Thomas Reed
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-89141-837-5 (0-89141-837-7)
“The Cold War . . . was a fight to the death,” notes Thomas C. Reed, “fought with bayonets, napalm, and high-tech weaponry of every sort—save one. It was not fought with nuclear weapons.” With global powers now engaged in cataclysmic encounters, there is no more important time for this essential... Read more >
An Insider's History of the Cold War
Written by Thomas Reed
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-89141-837-5 (0-89141-837-7)
“The Cold War . . . was a fight to the death,” notes Thomas C. Reed, “fought with bayonets, napalm, and high-tech weaponry of every sort—save one. It was not fought with nuclear weapons.” With global powers now engaged in cataclysmic encounters, there is no more important time for this essential... Read more >
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The Supreme Court
Written by William H. Rehnquist
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 5, 2002
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70861-9 (0-375-70861-8)
The Supreme Court begins with the personal story of William Rehnquist's introduction to the Court as a law clerk to Justice Robert Jackson in 1952. From there it describes the Court's early evolution and function in our small, young democracy. Finally, it explains how the Court operates today.
Using biographical sketches... Read more >
Written by William H. Rehnquist
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 5, 2002
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70861-9 (0-375-70861-8)
The Supreme Court begins with the personal story of William Rehnquist's introduction to the Court as a law clerk to Justice Robert Jackson in 1952. From there it describes the Court's early evolution and function in our small, young democracy. Finally, it explains how the Court operates today.
Using biographical sketches... Read more >
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Colonial Encounters in a Native American Landscape
The Spanish and Dutch in North America
Written by Nan A. Rothschild
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-138-9 (1-58834-138-0)
A unique comparative study of colonial encounters between the Spanish in New Mexico and the Dutch in New York.
Nan A. Rothschild examines the process of colonialism in two separate areas of 17th-century North America seeking to answer several key questions: Where did each group live vis-à-vis the other? How entangled were... Read more >
The Spanish and Dutch in North America
Written by Nan A. Rothschild
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-138-9 (1-58834-138-0)
A unique comparative study of colonial encounters between the Spanish in New Mexico and the Dutch in New York.
Nan A. Rothschild examines the process of colonialism in two separate areas of 17th-century North America seeking to answer several key questions: Where did each group live vis-à-vis the other? How entangled were... Read more >
Magnificent Failure
Free Fall from the Edge of Space
Written by Craig Ryan
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-141-9 (1-58834-141-0)
Locked in a desperate Cold War race against the Soviets to find out if humans could survive in space and live through a free fall from space vehicles, the Pentagon gave civilian adventurer Nick Piantanida’s Project Strato-Jump little notice until May Day, 1966. Operating in the shadows of well-funded, high-visibility Air... Read more >
Free Fall from the Edge of Space
Written by Craig Ryan
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-141-9 (1-58834-141-0)
Locked in a desperate Cold War race against the Soviets to find out if humans could survive in space and live through a free fall from space vehicles, the Pentagon gave civilian adventurer Nick Piantanida’s Project Strato-Jump little notice until May Day, 1966. Operating in the shadows of well-funded, high-visibility Air... Read more >
Fair America
World's Fairs in the United States
Written by Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling and Kimberly Pelle
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: March 17, 2000
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-384-2 (1-56098-384-1)
Since their inception with New York’s Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world’s fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of... Read more >
World's Fairs in the United States
Written by Robert W. Rydell, John E. Findling and Kimberly Pelle
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: March 17, 2000
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56098-384-2 (1-56098-384-1)
Since their inception with New York’s Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-nineteenth century, world’s fairs have introduced Americans to “exotic” pleasures such as belly dancing and the Ferris Wheel; pathbreaking technologies such as telephones and X rays; and futuristic architectural, landscaping, and transportation schemes. Billed by their promoters as “encyclopedias of... Read more >
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Storm Kings
The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Written by Lee Sandlin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37852-1 (0-307-37852-7)
From the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology.
While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For... Read more >
The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Written by Lee Sandlin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37852-1 (0-307-37852-7)
From the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology.
While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For... Read more >
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Dead Certainties
Unwarranted Speculations
Written by Simon Schama
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 2, 1992
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73613-4 (0-679-73613-1)
Schama uses two true "tales" --each involving a violent death, each linked to a great, tragic Boston Brahmin dynasty--that together use fact and fiction, document and imaginative reconstruction, to ponder how history is made. The first is that of General James Wolfe, killed at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second... Read more >
Unwarranted Speculations
Written by Simon Schama
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 2, 1992
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73613-4 (0-679-73613-1)
Schama uses two true "tales" --each involving a violent death, each linked to a great, tragic Boston Brahmin dynasty--that together use fact and fiction, document and imaginative reconstruction, to ponder how history is made. The first is that of General James Wolfe, killed at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second... Read more >
Taking Charge
The Electric Automobile in America
Written by Michael Schiffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-076-4 (1-58834-076-7)
The tumultuous history of inventors and corporations who have tried to bring the electric car to the market.
Amazingly, in 1900 28 percent of all cars were electric. By 1920 the electric car had all but vanished and gas-powered cars dominated the market. In Taking Charge, Schiffer deftly explores how cultural factors... Read more >
The Electric Automobile in America
Written by Michael Schiffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-58834-076-4 (1-58834-076-7)
The tumultuous history of inventors and corporations who have tried to bring the electric car to the market.
Amazingly, in 1900 28 percent of all cars were electric. By 1920 the electric car had all but vanished and gas-powered cars dominated the market. In Taking Charge, Schiffer deftly explores how cultural factors... Read more >
Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War
Written by Jeff Shaara
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: April 29, 1998
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-42247-7 (0-345-42247-3)
When Michael Shaara’s classic novel of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, first appeared, it won the Pulitzer Prize and became an instant classic. Now Michael’s son, Jeff, picks up his father’s legacy, with a gripping novel that begins with the first rumors of war and ends where his father’s landmark book takes... Read more >
Written by Jeff Shaara
Format: Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: April 29, 1998
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-42247-7 (0-345-42247-3)
When Michael Shaara’s classic novel of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, first appeared, it won the Pulitzer Prize and became an instant classic. Now Michael’s son, Jeff, picks up his father’s legacy, with a gripping novel that begins with the first rumors of war and ends where his father’s landmark book takes... Read more >
The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War
Written by Jeff Shaara
Format: Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-43481-4 (0-345-43481-1)
In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara's son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father's vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this... Read more >
Written by Jeff Shaara
Format: Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-43481-4 (0-345-43481-1)
In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara's son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father's vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this... Read more >
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Written by Michael Shaara
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 28, 1996
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40727-6 (0-345-40727-X)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
The Killer Angels is a unique, sweeping, and unforgettable dramatic re-creation of the battle at Gettysburg which would ultimately shape America's destiny. Delving into the psyches of all the major players involved in the great battle—from the generals, to the soldiers, to the handful of Europeans "observing"... Read more >
Written by Michael Shaara
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 28, 1996
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40727-6 (0-345-40727-X)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
The Killer Angels is a unique, sweeping, and unforgettable dramatic re-creation of the battle at Gettysburg which would ultimately shape America's destiny. Delving into the psyches of all the major players involved in the great battle—from the generals, to the soldiers, to the handful of Europeans "observing"... Read more >
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Written by Michael Shaara
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: August 12, 1987
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-34810-4 (0-345-34810-9)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
The Killer Angels is a unique, sweeping, and unforgettable dramatic re-creation of the battle at Gettysburg which would ultimately shape America's destiny. Delving into the psyches of all the major players involved in the great battle—from the generals, to the soldiers, to the handful of Europeans "observing"... Read more >
Written by Michael Shaara
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: August 12, 1987
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-34810-4 (0-345-34810-9)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
The Killer Angels is a unique, sweeping, and unforgettable dramatic re-creation of the battle at Gettysburg which would ultimately shape America's destiny. Delving into the psyches of all the major players involved in the great battle—from the generals, to the soldiers, to the handful of Europeans "observing"... Read more >
See America First
Tourism and National Identity 1880-1940
Written by Marguerite Shaffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: September 17, 2001
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-56098-976-9 (1-56098-976-9)
In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birth of modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourism to the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems, print media, a national market, and a middle class with money and time to spend on leisure. Focusing on the See America First slogan... Read more >
Tourism and National Identity 1880-1940
Written by Marguerite Shaffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
On Sale: September 17, 2001
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 978-1-56098-976-9 (1-56098-976-9)
In See America First, Marguerite Shaffer chronicles the birth of modern American tourism between 1880 and 1940, linking tourism to the simultaneous growth of national transportation systems, print media, a national market, and a middle class with money and time to spend on leisure. Focusing on the See America First slogan... Read more >
Struggle for a Vast Future
The American Civil War
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-84603-213-4 (1-84603-213-X)
The American Civil War saw the country that was founded on the ideals of "liberty and union" torn apart and embroiled in some of the most bitter and bloodiest fighting mankind has witnessed. The war changed the face and character of America forever and the shockwaves of it resounded around the... Read more >
The American Civil War
Written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-84603-213-4 (1-84603-213-X)
The American Civil War saw the country that was founded on the ideals of "liberty and union" torn apart and embroiled in some of the most bitter and bloodiest fighting mankind has witnessed. The war changed the face and character of America forever and the shockwaves of it resounded around the... Read more >
