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The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
Written by Paul Collins
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $26.00
Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued – a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was done. Still our nation’s longest running “cold case,&rdquo...
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The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
Written by Paul Collins
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $12.99
Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued – a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was done. Still our nation’s longest running “cold case,&rdquo...
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The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $26.95
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $13.99
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
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The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $27.00
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
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The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $35.00
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis
Read by Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $17.50
A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.
The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
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A Study in the History of Political Ideas
Written by Carl L. Becker
Format: eBook, 316 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $12.99
The Declaration of Independence
Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets forth, where those views arose, and how they have been accepted or modified by succeeding generations. A book... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Richard Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
The commanders who led the opposing armies of the American War of Independence (1775–1783) came from remarkably different backgrounds. They included not only men from Britain and America, but from Germany, France and Spain as well. Some were from the great families of the "Old World," while others were frontiersmen or... Read more >
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The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
Written by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $26.95
The story of two Revolutionary–era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed
When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial debts... Read more >
The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
Written by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $26.95
The story of two Revolutionary–era teenagers who defy their Loyalist families to marry radical patriots, Henry Knox and Benedict Arnold, and are forever changed
When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial debts... Read more >
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Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Written by M. Andrew Holowchak
Format: Hardcover, 275 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $25.00
A penetrating critical perspective on the question of Thomas Jefferson's paternity that will make you rethink recent conventional wisdom. It is accepted by most scholars that Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children, a conclusion based on a 1998 DNA... Read more >
Exposing the Distorted History of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Written by M. Andrew Holowchak
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $12.99
A penetrating critical perspective on the question of Thomas Jefferson's paternity that will make you rethink recent conventional wisdom. It is accepted by most scholars that Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children, a conclusion based on a 1998 DNA... Read more >
The US Army's first victory
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Following the defeat at Wabash, in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. Having trained his new force, Wayne set out in 1793 to subdue the Ohio Indians... Read more >
Written by Rene Chartrand
Illustrated by Gerry Embleton
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
To celebrate the 450th title in the Men-at-Arms series, this book examines in depth the units and the uniforms of a still-controversial army: the many thousands of American colonists who chose to fight for King George during the Revolution. In addition to the better-known corps from the Atlantic seaboard, the author also... Read more >
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The US Army's First Victory
Written by John F. Winkler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $21.95
After the formidable Ohio Indians destroyed the US Army at Wabash in 1791, the Washington administration created a new US Army to defeat them. The famous Revolutionary War commander Major-General “Mad” Anthony Wayne organized and trained the new army, and then led it into the Ohio wilderness in 1794. To defeat... Read more >
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Written by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $20.00
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s genius overshadowing James Madison’s judgment and common sense... Read more >
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How and Why the Founders Created a Chief Executive
Written by Ray Raphael
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $16.00
The dramatic and penetrating story of the political maneuverings and personalities behind the creation of the office of the president, with ramifications that continue to this day.
For the first time, by focusing closely on the dynamic give-and-take at the Constitutional Convention, Ray Raphael reveals how politics and personalities cobbled together a...
Washington crosses the Delaware
Written by David Bonk
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Following the battle of White River and the fall of Forts Washington and Lee during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), George Washington withdrew his army, crossing the Delaware River to regroup. However, with morale at a critical low and the terms of enlistment of many of his troops set to expire... Read more >
Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $12.99
This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... 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 >
The Continentals' first battle
Written by David Smith
Illustrated by Graham Turner
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the COntinentals' first battle of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). General Sir William Howe's NewYork campaign gave the British their best chance of destroying the Continental Army and George Washington's resistance to colonial power. Having initially assembled his forces on Staten Island, Howe succeeded in dividing the Continentals, defeated... Read more >
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Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing
Written by Michael Austin
Format: Trade Paperback, 253 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.00
This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates. In 2011, Glenn Beck released a "modern translation" of the Federalist Papers and a new biography of George Washington. In the same year, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, published a... Read more >
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How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom.
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How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America
Written by Thomas J. Craughwell
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $19.95
This culinary biography recounts the 1784 deal that Thomas Jefferson struck with his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along “for a particular purpose”— to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James’s cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom.
Thus... Read more >
