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Colonial Food
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $9.95
Of the one hundred Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620, nearly half had died within months of hardship, starvation or disease. One of the colony’s most urgent challenges was to find ways to grow and prepare food in the harsh, unfamiliar climate of the New World. From the meager subsistence...
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Colonial Food
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Written by Ann Chandonnet
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Of the one hundred Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620, nearly half had died within months of hardship, starvation or disease. One of the colony’s most urgent challenges was to find ways to grow and prepare food in the harsh, unfamiliar climate of the New World. From the meager subsistence...
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The Eastern Frontier
Written by Charles Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
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Written by Charles Clark
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 1, 2013
Price: $24.99
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The Barbarous Years
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $35.00
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
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The Barbarous Years
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $17.99
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
Written by Bernard Bailyn
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $17.99
Bernard Bailyn gives us a compelling account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.
They were a mixed multitude—from England, the Netherlands, the German... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
A Rope of Sand
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position... Read more >
Written by Michael Kammen
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position... Read more >
Black Majority
Written by Peter Wood
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
African slaves, if taken together, were the largest single group of non-English-speaking migrants to enter the North American colonies in the pre-Revolutionary era. . . . And yet . . . most Americans would find it hard to conceive that the population of one of the thirteen original colonies was well... Read more >
Written by Peter Wood
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
African slaves, if taken together, were the largest single group of non-English-speaking migrants to enter the North American colonies in the pre-Revolutionary era. . . . And yet . . . most Americans would find it hard to conceive that the population of one of the thirteen original colonies was well... Read more >
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Great Issues in American History, Vol. I
From Settlement to Revolution, 1584-1776
Edited by Richard Hofstadter and Clarence L. Ver Steeg
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2012
Price: $13.99
This first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western... Read more >
From Settlement to Revolution, 1584-1776
Edited by Richard Hofstadter and Clarence L. Ver Steeg
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2012
Price: $13.99
This first volume of Great Issues in American History -- three volumes of documents that cover the history of America from its settlement to the present -- gives us a generous sampling from the major political controversies in the Colonial period. Included are such documents as Richard Hakluyt's "Discourse of Western... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Uncommon Ground
Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800
Written by Leland Ferguson
Format: eBook, 232 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $24.95
Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation for the multicultural adjustments that became colonial... Read more >
Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800
Written by Leland Ferguson
Format: eBook, 232 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $24.95
Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation for the multicultural adjustments that became colonial... Read more >
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America at 1750
A Social Portrait
Written by Richard Hofstadter
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2012
Price: $9.99
Demonstrates how the colonies developed into the first nation created under the influences of nationalism, modern capitalism and Protestantism.
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A Social Portrait
Written by Richard Hofstadter
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2012
Price: $9.99
Demonstrates how the colonies developed into the first nation created under the influences of nationalism, modern capitalism and Protestantism.
From the Paperback edition. Read more >
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The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $17.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by David Rickman
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: November 22, 2011
Price: $13.95
A classic Men-at-Arms title detailing a major chapter in American military history. North American colonial history can broadly be divided into 'New France', 'New England' and 'New Spain. The latter covered a vast expanse of land from California to the whole of the south-west and south including modern-day Florida, Arizona, Nevada... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $30.50
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $30.50
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $12.99
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $12.99
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $50.00
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $50.00
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
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1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $25.00
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
Written by Charles C. Mann
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $25.00
From the author of 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas—a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs.
More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically... Read more >
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Founding Mothers & Fathers
Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society
Written by Mary Beth Norton
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $14.99
Much like A Midwife's Tale and The Unredeemed Captive, this novel is about power relationships in early American society, religion, and politics--with insights into the initial development and operation of government, the maintenance of social order, and the experiences of individual men and women.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society
Written by Mary Beth Norton
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2011
Price: $14.99
Much like A Midwife's Tale and The Unredeemed Captive, this novel is about power relationships in early American society, religion, and politics--with insights into the initial development and operation of government, the maintenance of social order, and the experiences of individual men and women.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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War on the Run
The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
Written by John F. Ross
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $18.00
Often hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions in colonial America that are still the stuff of soldiers’ legend. The child of marginalized Scots-Irish immigrants, Rogers learned to survive... Read more >
The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
Written by John F. Ross
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $18.00
Often hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions in colonial America that are still the stuff of soldiers’ legend. The child of marginalized Scots-Irish immigrants, Rogers learned to survive... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Making Haste from Babylon
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $17.95
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Loyalists
Revolution Exile Settlement
Written by Christopher Moore
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2011
Price: $13.99
In 1783 and 1784, some fifty thousand Americans felt that they could not support the revolution against Britain. They were called Loyalists – and there would be no place for them in the new United States.
As they streamed into the Canadian colonies to the north, they changed forever the face of... Read more >
Revolution Exile Settlement
Written by Christopher Moore
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2011
Price: $13.99
In 1783 and 1784, some fifty thousand Americans felt that they could not support the revolution against Britain. They were called Loyalists – and there would be no place for them in the new United States.
As they streamed into the Canadian colonies to the north, they changed forever the face of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Forts of Colonial North America
British, Dutch and Swedish colonies
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
The second in a two-volume study of forts in colonial North America, this title offers a detailed look at various types of fortifications built between the times of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War, when France ceded... Read more >
British, Dutch and Swedish colonies
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Donato Spedaliere
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $18.95
The second in a two-volume study of forts in colonial North America, this title offers a detailed look at various types of fortifications built between the times of the earliest British settlements in North America in the late 16th century until the end of the Seven Years War, when France ceded... Read more >
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In Small Things Forgotten
An Archaeology of Early American Life
Written by James Deetz
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2010
Price: $11.99
History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and... Read more >
An Archaeology of Early American Life
Written by James Deetz
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2010
Price: $11.99
History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Americans: The Colonial Experience
Written by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2010
Price: $13.99
Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution." - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2010
Price: $13.99
Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution." - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Making Haste from Babylon
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $11.99
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Written by Nick Bunker
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $11.99
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Hugh Williamson
Physician, Patriot, and Founding Father
Written by George F. Sheldon
Format: Trade Paperback, 361 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $39.00
Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) was a physician, a member of the educated intelligentsia in colonial America, and a signer of the US Constitution. Although he is one of the lesser-known Founding Fathers, he has been likened to Benjamin Franklin for his breadth of interest spanning science, medicine, government public policy, and Hamiltonian... Read more >
Physician, Patriot, and Founding Father
Written by George F. Sheldon
Format: Trade Paperback, 361 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $39.00
Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) was a physician, a member of the educated intelligentsia in colonial America, and a signer of the US Constitution. Although he is one of the lesser-known Founding Fathers, he has been likened to Benjamin Franklin for his breadth of interest spanning science, medicine, government public policy, and Hamiltonian... Read more >
