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The Age of Revolutionby Winston ChurchillISBN 1568495064 (1-56849-506-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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America: A Concise History To 1877by David Brody, Lynn Dumenil, James HenrettaISBN 1572594012 (1-57259-401-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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American Civil War Fortifications (1) : Coastal Brick and Stone Fortsby Angus Konstam, Alina Illustrazioni, Donato SpedaliereISBN 1841764426 (1-84176-442-6)
Softcover, Osprey Publishing, Limited
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Americas History, Chapters 1-33by James A. HenrettaISBN 1572591390 (1-57259-139-0)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Andrew Carnegieby David NasawISBN 1594201048 (1-59420-104-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Andrew Carnegie'Book summary:Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom "The New York Times Book Review" has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst", brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists - in what will prove to be the biography of the season. Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel. His rags to riches story has never been told as dramatically and vividly as in Nasaw's new biography. Carnegie, the son of an impoverished linen weaver, moved to Pittsburgh at the age of thirteen. The embodiment of the American dream, he pulled himself up from bobbin boy in a cotton factory to become the richest man in the world. He spent the rest of his life giving away the fortune he had accumulated and crusading for international peace. For all that he accomplished and came to represent to the American public - a wildly successful businessman and capitalist, a self-educated writer, peace activist, philanthropist, man of letters, lover of culture, and unabashed enthusiast for American democracy and capitalism - Carnegie has remained, to this day, an enigma. Nasaw explains how Carnegie made his early fortune and what prompted him to give it all away, how he was drawn into the campaign first against American involvement in the Spanish-American War and then for international peace, and how he used his friendships with presidents and prime ministers to try to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. With a trove of new material - unpublished chapters of Carnegie's Autobiography; personal letters between Carnegie and his future wife, Louise, and other family members; his prenuptial agreement; diaries of family and close friends; his applications for citizenship; his extensive correspondence with Henry Clay Frick; and, dozens of private letters to and from presidents Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, and British prime ministers Gladstone and Balfour, as well as friends Herbert Spencer, Matthew Arnold, and Mark Twain - Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, deftly placing his life in cultural and political context as only a master storyteller can. [via]
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Benjamin Franklin: A Biographyby Ronald W. ClarkISBN 184212272X (1-84212-272-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin: A Biography'Book summary:This fully documented account of ' the first American' gives a detailed and lively picture of the writer who invented the lightning conductor; the politician who spent years as emissary in London trying to prevent the American War of Independence; the statesman who, when war came, served as the United States representative in Paris, intriguing for French aid and American victory. In a series of masterly chapters Ronald Clark unravels the story of the successful printer and publisher whose electrical research brought him membership of the Royal Society, whose lobbying work played a part in the repeal of the notorious Stamp Act - one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the author and printer of Poor Richard's Almanack. [via]
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Best Little Stories from the White Houseby C. Brian Kelly, Ingrid SmyerISBN 1581824661 (1-58182-466-1)
Softcover, Cumberland House
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The Bones of the Earthby Howard MansfieldISBN 1593761392 (1-59376-139-2)
Softcover, Shoemaker & Hoard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bones of the Earth'Book summary:The Bones of The Earth is a book about landmarks, but of the oldest kindsticks and stones. For millennia this is all there was: sticks and stones, dirt and trees, animals and people, the sky by day and night. The Lord spoke through burning bushes, through lightning and oaks. Trees and rocks and water were holy. They are commodities today and that is part of our disquiet. Howard Mansfield explores the loss of cultural memory, asking: What is the past? How do we construct that past? Is it possible to preserve the past as a vital force for the future? He writes eloquently on the land and time, on how to be a tourist of the near-at-hand, and on the forces that try to topple us. From the author of In the Memory House and The Same Ax, Twice comes The Bones of The Earth, a stunning call for reinventing our view of the future.[via]More editions of The Bones of the Earth:
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Booknotes On American Characterby Brian LambISBN 1586483420 (1-58648-342-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Booknotes On American Character'Book summary:Over the past twenty-five years, C-SPAN has established itself as a national treasure. And Booknotes, the flagship of its book programming, has become the premier place to see serious, thoughtful nonfiction get its television due. Over the past fifteen years, Brian Lamb, the CEO of C-SPAN and host of Booknotes, has interviewed 765 authors on the program, and these deep and wide-ranging interviews have been the basis for three bestselling Booknotes books. Now, in a new collection, Booknotes: On American Character, Lamb has selected seventy original pieces that reveal something about America: the nation's people, history, and character.[via]
Here are biographies of artists, businessmen, politicians, and inventors; stories of events famous, infamous, and less well-known in the nation's history; a look at how politics works in America and how the nation responds to conflict. Our leading historians, journalists, and public figures draw from a diverse set of sources to examine what kind of nation and people we are. The result is a valuable addition to the Booknotes legacy and a welcome read for any fan of the program.More editions of Booknotes On American Character:
Booknotes on American Character: People, Politics, and Conflict in American Historyby Brian LambISBN 1586482327 (1-58648-232-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Gettysburgby William C. Davis, Bell I. WileyISBN 1579120121 (1-57912-012-1)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War Vol. 2: Vicksburg to Appomattoxby William C. Davis, Bell I. WileyISBN 157912013X (1-57912-013-X)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Colonial American Troops 1610-1774by Rene Chartrand, David RickmanISBN 1841763241 (1-84176-324-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Colonial American Troops 1610-1774'Book summary:From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries the burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell mainly upon locally raised volunteers. This first of a fascinating three-part study includes a general introduction and chronology, and chapters on Crown troops in North America; and begins a colony-by-colony review of militias and provincial units. The text is illustrated with rare early images and with eight specially commissioned full colour plates. [via]
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Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (3by Rene ChartrandISBN 1841764833 (1-84176-483-3)
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The Color Purpleby Alice WalkerISBN 1568496281 (1-56849-628-1)
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The Complete Book of U.S. Presidentsby William A. DeGregorioISBN 1569802866 (1-56980-286-6)
Softcover, Barricade Books, Incorporated
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Congress And Its Membersby Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. OleszekISBN 1568029357 (1-56802-935-7)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Congress And Its Members'Book summary:The tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and Congress as a collection of re-election-minded politicians has proven to be a powerful and effective way to understand Congress and the legislative process. Over nine editions, thousands of students have benefited from Davidson and Oleszek's tightly organized framework, as well as from their engaging and vivid narrative. Helping students understand the institution's evolution, Congress and Its Members paints broad brush strokes, while effectively showing enough color and detail to ground students in important concepts.
Each chapter of the tenth edition will feature new analysis of the most recent and important scholarship. While the authors discuss the overall position and prospects for congressional government, they will include up-to-the-minute details on:
- the 2004 congressional elections and ongoing party realignment indicating Republican dominance for the foreseeable future;
- the state of campaign finance, including performance under the McCain-Feingold legislation;
- the majority leader's efforts to strengthen his powers and the role of the new Democratic leaders in challenging the GOP's agenda;
- party realignment from the standpoint of floor voting, including the decline of the middle;
- the consequences of war for the legislative branch and for the separation of powers, as well as reorganization due to homeland security and intelligence reform;
- the new rules for the 109th Congress, with the possibility of changes in the Senate's filibuster rule and unusual procedures to pass legislation;
- the outlook for a second term president and the role of the minority party in challenging an assertive White House;
- big government conservatism, new regulatory trends, the rules and tools for effective oversight, and the shadow government of contractors;
- legislative-judicial conflicts, including controversies in naming judges to the federal bench;
- the return of deficits, the growing use of earmarks, congressional budget reforms, and the conflict between discretionary versus entitlement spending.
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The Corruption of American Politics: What Went Wrong and Whyby Elizabeth DrewISBN 1585670499 (1-58567-049-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Corruption of American Politics: What Went Wrong and Why'Book summary:Elizabeth Drew, longtime Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, provides an up-close look at the scandalous roots of America's political culture. With its focus on campaign-finance reform, The Corruption of American Politics is not a flashy read but a surprisingly engrossing one, full of vivid characterizations and sly observations (one senator, for example, is described as "unburdened by brilliance"). Drew places her subject in the larger context of what has happened to American political life since Watergate. The public has lost most of its faith in government, she writes, warning: "Lack of trust creates the risk of susceptibility to demagoguery, or of abuses of the democratic process." Her behind-the-scenes descriptions are a real strength--she has incredible access to Washington's movers and shakers--but they also give rise to a weakness: the politicians who double as sources tend to come off well, while the reverse is true for those who didn't invite Drew into their confidence. In addition, readers who lean conservative may detect a whiff of liberal bias on these pages; yet they need not agree with all of Drew's judgments to appreciate her journalism. For a glimpse at how Washington really works--from the naked partisanship of Congress to the White House spin machine--Elizabeth Drew is hard to beat. --John J. Miller [via]
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veilby W. E. B. Du Bois, Joe R. FeaginISBN 1591020573 (1-59102-057-3)
Softcover, Humanity Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil'Book summary:First published in 1920, this groundbreaking work by the pioneering African American scholar W. E. B. Du Bois is not only original and probing in its brilliant ideas but also experimental in presentation, ranging from detailed sociopolitical analyses to lyrical and poetic presentations.
After an opening autobiographical essay, Du Bois launches a series of critical commentaries on some of the most important issues pertaining to white-black relations. Perhaps the most provocative of these, titled "The Souls of White Folk," presents the first major analysis in Western intellectual history of white identity and the meaning of whiteness. In a trenchant assessment he explores the arrogance of the white perspective that tries to "make children believe that every great soul the world ever saw was a white man's soul."
Many of his criticisms, in this essay and in others, of a world social and economic system that marginalizes people of color still resonate today, especially in debates over globalization. Another still very relevant issue addressed in this book was the fate of Africa after colonialism. Du Bois was also farsighted in his advocacy of women's rights, in his emphasis on the critical importance of childhood education for all races, and in his critiques of an unjust economic system that concentrates power and wealth in the hands of a few.
Complete with an insightful introduction by University of Florida Graduate Research Professor of Sociology Joe Feagin, this new edition of a classic work in Black Studies will make available to a wide audience the influential ideas of a leading African American scholar and advocate of reform. [via]More editions of Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil:
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Days of Darknessby William G. WilliamsISBN 1572492627 (1-57249-262-7)
Hardcover, White Mane Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Days of Darkness'Book summary:Days of Darkness is the story of the battle as seen through the eyes of those who were forced to hide from the fight yet deal with its consequences.
Williams brings the stories and the experiences of many Gettysburg residents to life through this novel treatment of history. [via]
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanceby Barack ObamaISBN 1568361629 (1-56836-162-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military Historyby Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles, David Stephen HeidlerISBN 1576070662 (1-57607-066-2)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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The Era of Good Feelingsby George DangerfieldISBN 1597400327 (1-59740-032-7)
Hardcover, Acls History E-Book Project
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Era of Good Feelings'Book summary:Here is history as delightful as it is profound. Exploring the period between Jeffersonian democracy and Jacksonian democracy, George Dangerfield describes the personalities and experiences, American and European, which furthered the political transition "from the great dictum that central government is best when it governs least to the great dictum that central government must sometimes intervene strongly on behalf of the weak and the oppressed and the exploited." The book, winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes, throws new and fresh light on an important formative period in American history.
"An agile piece of historical writingwitty, selective, and illuminating."New Yorker.
"George Dangerfield writes with gusto, sense, and authority. His agreeable, eloquent book is full of people, conflicts, ideas, and color. It is a learned book, and witty and skillful; on every page it is thoughtful, clever, and original."Saturday Review. "History exploded with mature perception, pointed anecdote, and lively interpretation."New York Times. [via]More editions of The Era of Good Feelings:
Everyday Life in the Wild Westby Candy MoutonISBN 1582972117 (1-58297-211-7)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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Fighting Men of the Civil Warby William C. Davis, Russ A. PritchardISBN 1571451935 (1-57145-193-5)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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Founding Fathers, Secret Societies: Freemasons, Illuminati, Rosicrucians, And the Decoding of the Great Sealby Robert Hieronimus, Laura CortnerISBN 1594770875 (1-59477-087-5)
Softcover, Destiny Books
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" Reveals the Founding Fathers spiritual vision for America as encoded in the Great Seal
" Traces the influence of the Iroquois League of Nations upon the Constitution
" Exposes the deep connections the Founding Fathers had with the Freemasons and other secret societies
All children growing up in America learn who the Founding Fathers were. Most, however, never learn of the founders connections to the Freemasons, the Rosicrucians, and other esoteric orders. In Founding Fathers, Secret Societies Robert Hieronimus investigates these important connections and how their influence can be traced throughout our most significant national documents and symbols, especially the Great Seal. He reveals in detail how the reverse of the Great Seal--which appears on the back of the one-dollar bill--is a blueprint that conveys the secret destiny of America. By understanding the kabbalistic meaning of the Great Seals reverse, he shows how our current era presents unique opportunities for the fulfillment of our Founding Fathers spiritual vision. [via]
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wadeby Ann FesslerISBN 1594200947 (1-59420-094-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Give Me Liberty: The Uncompromising Statesmanship of Patrick Henryby David J. Vaughan, George GrantISBN 1581823231 (1-58182-323-1)
Softcover, Cumberland House
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Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terrorby Mahmood MamdaniISBN 1770091564 (1-77009-156-4)
Softcover, Jacana Media
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A Great and Godly Adventure: The Pilgrims & the Myth of the First Thanksgivingby Godfrey HodgsonISBN 1586483730 (1-58648-373-0)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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The Great Democraciesby Winston ChurchillISBN 1568495072 (1-56849-507-2)
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
- How has the rest of the scientific community received Diamond's theory?
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Hell's Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds & Steel Magnolias of the New and Old Southby Seale BallengerISBN 1573240966 (1-57324-096-6)
Softcover, Conari Pr
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Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hateby Neil BaldwinISBN 1586481630 (1-58648-163-0)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Historical Maps of Civil War Battlefieldsby Michael SharpeISBN 1571451331 (1-57145-133-1)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Yearsby Kyle Roy WardISBN 1595580441 (1-59558-044-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. Historyby Kyle Roy Ward, Dana LindamanISBN 1595580824 (1-59558-082-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canalby Ovidio Diaz EspinoISBN 1568582668 (1-56858-266-8)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Jeb Stuart : The Last Cavalierby Burke DavisISBN 1580800750 (1-58080-075-0)
Softcover, Burford Books
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John The Painter: Terrorist Of The American Revolutionby Jessica WarnerISBN 156858315X (1-56858-315-X)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Kit's Story Collectionby Valerie Tripp, Walter RaneISBN 1584854464 (1-58485-446-4)
Hardcover, Pleasant Co Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kit's Story Collection'Book summary:Girls can enjoy all six beloved Kit stories in one keepsake volume. Set in 1934, each story reveals more of this resourceful girl who has bright hopes during the dark days of the Great Depression. The richly illustrated hardcover offers a glimpse into Kit's world. Inside, this book features even more full-color illustrations and words of inspiration that will delight girls who love Kit. [via]
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore Cooper, Stephen RailtonISBN 1593080654 (1-59308-065-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last of the Mohicans'Book summary:[via]The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:During the fierce French and Indian wars, an adroit scout named Hawkeye and his companion Chingachgook weave through the spectacular and dangerous wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful Munro sisters from the Huron renegade Magua.The Last of the Mohicans is the most popular of James Fenimore Coopers five Leatherstocking Tales. With its death-defying chases and teeth-clenching suspense, this American classic established many archetypes of American frontier fiction.
An engrossing Western by Americas first great novelist, The Last of the Mohicans is a story of survival and treachery, love and deliverance.
Stephen Railton, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, has written books on Cooper, Mark Twain, and the American Renaissance, and has created major websites on Twain, Uncle Toms Cabin, and American culture.More editions of The Last of the Mohicans:
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Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Lettersby Andrew CarrollISBN 1568361963 (1-56836-196-3)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Liberatorsby Robert HarveyISBN 158567284X (1-58567-284-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830by Robert HarveyISBN 1585670723 (1-58567-072-3)
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Condorcanqui's revolt is all but forgotten today. But it set off events that continue to reverberate, writes Robert Harvey. Less than half a century later, across Latin America, "Spain's empire had vanished without a trace, as had Portugal's dominion over Brazil." This astoundingly rapid loss of empire was the work of a handful of sometimes flawed but gifted reformers such as Simón Bolivar, José de San Martín, and Bernardo O'Higgins, who followed George Washington's then recent example and organized great armies of liberation against powers they had come to regard as foreign. These leaders paid a great price--all of them, and others Harvey profiles, died violently--for revolts that sometimes replaced one inhumane regime with another, but that, Harvey observes, at least pointed the way toward "the independence and self-respect for which the Liberators fought so hard."
A former correspondent for The Economist, Harvey writes with particular attention to England's relations with Latin America, from failed invasions of Argentina and Nicaragua to more fruitful alliances with progressive movements throughout the hemisphere. By linking developments in Latin America to political movements in North America and Europe, he does much to remove the air of isolation and exceptionalism that surrounds so much historical writing about the region. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesseeby James E. SeaverISBN 1582182337 (1-58218-233-7)
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The Minute Men: The First Fight-Myths and Realities of the American Revolutionby John R. GalvinISBN 1574880497 (1-57488-049-7)
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Monk Swimmingby Malachy McCourtISBN 1568956711 (1-56895-671-1)
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The Mountain Menby George Laycock, Tom Beecham, Paul SchulleryISBN 1592286550 (1-59228-655-0)
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My American Journeyby Deborah Hedstrom, Sergio MartinezISBN 1576730662 (1-57673-066-2)
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My Antoniaby Willa CatherISBN 1583485090 (1-58348-509-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.
Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.
As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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The New Worldby Winston ChurchillISBN 1568495056 (1-56849-505-6)
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Our Nation's Archive : The History of the United States in Documentsby Erik Bruun, Jay CrosbyISBN 1579120679 (1-57912-067-9)
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Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Frauds - American History From Bancroft And Parkman To Ambrose, Bellisles, Ellis, And Goodwinby Peter HofferISBN 1586482440 (1-58648-244-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Frauds - American History From Bancroft And Parkman To Ambrose, Bellisles, Ellis, And Goodwin'Book summary:Woodrow Wilson, a practicing academic historian before he took to politics, defined the importance of history: "A nation which does not know what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today." He, like many men of his generation, wanted to impose a version of America's founding identity: it was a land of the free and a home of the brave. But not the braves. Or the slaves. Or the disenfranchised women. So the history of Wilson's generation omitted a significant proportion of the population in favor of a perspective that was predominantly white, male and Protestant.[via]That flaw would become a fissure and eventually a schism. A new history arose which, written in part by radicals and liberals, had little use for the noble and the heroic, and that rankled many who wanted a celebratory rather than a critical history. To this combustible mixture of elements was added the flame of public debate. History in the 1990s was a minefield of competing passions, political views and prejudices. It was dangerous ground, and, at the end of the decade, four of the nation's most respected and popular historians were almost destroyed by it: Michael Bellesiles, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose and Joseph Ellis.
This is their story, set against the wider narrative of the writing of America's history. It may be, as Flaubert put it, that "Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times." To which he could have added: falsify, plagiarize and politicize, because that's the other story of America's history.
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A Patriots History Of The United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery To The War On Terrorby Michael Allen, Larry SchweikartISBN 1595230327 (1-59523-032-7)
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As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin.
A Patriots History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, Americas discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of Americas true and proud history. [via]
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Railroads: Their Origins And Problemsby Charles Francis AdamsISBN 1596054638 (1-59605-463-8)
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The Real Deadwood: True Life Histories of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Outlaw Towns, and Other Characters of the Lawless Westby John AmesISBN 1596090316 (1-59609-031-6)
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The Right Nation: Conservative Power In Americaby Adrian Wooldridge, John MicklethwaitISBN 1594200203 (1-59420-020-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Right Nation: Conservative Power In America'Book summary:With a unique blend of insight, balance, and wit, two of our most renowned America watchers brilliantly anatomize the conservative movement and explain how it has stamped its program so deeply into American life.
The Right Nation is not "for" liberals, and it's not "for" conservatives. It's for any of us who want to understand one of the most important forces shaping American life. How did America's government become so much more conservative in just a generation? Compared to Europe-or to America under Richard Nixon-even President Howard Dean would preside over a distinctly more conservative nation in many crucial respects: welfare is gone; the death penalty is deeply rooted; abortion is under siege; regulations are being rolled back; the pillars of New Deal liberalism are turning to sand. Conservative positions have not prevailed everywhere, of course, but this book shows us why they've been so successfully advanced over such a broad front: because the battle has been waged by well-organized, shrewd, and committed troops who to some extent have been lucky in their enemies.
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, like modern-day Tocquevilles, have the perspective to see this vast subject in the round, unbeholden to forces on either side. They steer The Economist's coverage of the United States and have unrivaled access to resources and-because of the magazine's renown for iconoclasm and analytical rigor-have had open-door access wherever the book's research has led them. And it has led them everywhere: To reckon with the American right, you have to get out there where its centers are and understand the power flow among the brain trusts, the mouthpieces, the organizers, and the foot soldiers. The authors write with wit and skewer whole herds of sacred cows, but they also bring empathy to bear on a subject that sees all too little of it. You won't recognize this America from the far-left's or the far-right's caricatures. Divided into three parts-history, anatomy, and prophecy-The Right Nation comes neither to bury the American conservative movement nor to praise it blindly but to understand it, in all its dimensions, as the most powerful and effective political movement of our age. [via]More editions of The Right Nation: Conservative Power In America:
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Roughing Itby Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne ClemensISBN 1598180401 (1-59818-040-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roughing It'Book summary:"This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and its object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science. Still, there is information in the volume . . ." Thus begins Mark Twain's Prefatory to Roughing It. The book is a humorous account of Twain's six years spent in Nevada, San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands (as Hawaii was known at the time) and is comprised of various anecdotes and tall tales, told as only Mark Twain can tell them. [via]
Secret Lives Of The First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About The Women of The White Houseby Cormac O'Brien, Monika SuteskiISBN 1594740143 (1-59474-014-3)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Shiloh 1862: The Death of Innocenceby James ArnoldISBN 1841761044 (1-84176-104-4)
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The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indiansby Patrick M. MaloneISBN 1568331657 (1-56833-165-7)
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Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell and the Making of Gone With the Windby Darden Asbury PyronISBN 1588180972 (1-58818-097-2)
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Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honorby Russell S. BondsISBN 1594160333 (1-59416-033-3)
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Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnamby David H. Hackworth, Eilhys EnglandISBN 1590710029 (1-59071-002-9)
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The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhowerby Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 1578062063 (1-57806-206-3)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Terrorism and Warby Howard Zinn, Anthony ArnoveISBN 1583224939 (1-58322-493-9)
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Theodore Ro0Sevelt and the Great White Fleet: American Sea Power Comes of Ageby Kenneth WimmelISBN 1574881531 (1-57488-153-1)
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet: American Sea Power Comes of Ageby Kenneth WimmelISBN 1574882392 (1-57488-239-2)
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The Things They Carriedby Tim O'Brien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638270 (1-58663-827-0)
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyoby Ted LawsonISBN 1574885081 (1-57488-508-1)
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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War Historyby T.R. FehrenbachISBN 1574883348 (1-57488-334-8)
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Three Men of Boston : Leadership and Conflict at of the American Revolutionby John R. GalvinISBN 1574881116 (1-57488-111-6)
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Times to Rememberby Rose Fitzgerald KennedyISBN 1568495676 (1-56849-567-6)
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Touched by Fire : A National Historical Society Photographic Portrait of the Civil Warby William C. DavisISBN 1579120016 (1-57912-001-6)
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
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This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
We Interrupt This Broadcast: Relive the Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg to the Death of Princess Dianaby Joe GarnerISBN 1570713286 (1-57071-328-6)
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We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg Explosion to the Attacks of September 11by Joe GarnerISBN 1570719748 (1-57071-974-8)
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We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg to the Death of John F. Kennedy Jr.by Joe GarnerISBN 1570715351 (1-57071-535-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg to the Death of John F. Kennedy Jr.'Book summary:Beginning with the explosion of the dirigible Hindenburg in 1937, this book and double-CD collection of audio broadcasts recalls a series of dramatic events so urgent that they interrupted scheduled broadcasting in America. The text of this package includes capsule explanations of such events as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the death of Elvis, accompanied by dramatic black-and-white stock photos. Introduced by the sonorous voice of TV journalist Bill Kurtis, the recordings of the news broadcasts revive the panic and thrill of some of the defining moments (mostly American) of the 20th century. This updated second edition includes three new events: the impeachment of President Clinton, the tragic shootings at Columbine High School, and the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. in an airplane crash. New recordings from the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald, the Apollo 13 mission, and the Munich Olympics tragedy have also been added.
We Interrupt This Broadcast offers, in some ways, a strange view of the past. News that interrupts broadcasts is always sensational and usually tragic. Of the 41 recordings, only five or so don't involve assassinations, explosions, death, or defeat. Furthermore, only the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana represent the female side of modern events. Nevertheless, these recordings will fascinate many listeners too young to have heard the original broadcasts, and those who were alive at the time might enjoy hearing them again in all their crackling, nostalgic glory. --Maria Dolan [via]
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William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Handby John M. TaylorISBN 1574881191 (1-57488-119-1)
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A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor--who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987)- -offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with balance. Why did Seward, front-runner for the 1860 GOP presidential nomination, lose his party's nod to the relatively unknown Lincoln, and why has he been so completely eclipsed by him since? Taylor depicts a politico whose manifold talents were often undermined by his own ambiguity (even Seward admitted that he "found myself an enigma to myself''). Intellectual, shrewd, diligent, convivial, and even charitable toward enemies, Seward was also willing to trim his sails in pursuit of political objectives. Linking up with Albany political boss Thurlow Weed, he worked ably for liberal causes as New York's governor and, later, in the Senate, where he became leader of the antislavery faction. Losing his bid for the Presidency because of his alliance with Weed and his statements about a "higher law'' and "irrepressible conflict'' with the South, Seward later undercut his political base still further by meddling with other Cabinet members' business and clashing with Radical Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Taylor does not fully explain why Seward muted his opposition to slavery during the secession crisis in the hope of reconciling the South, and fails to criticize Seward's mistakes adequately (e.g., saber-rattling gestures toward England and France that Lincoln rightly rejected). Yet Taylor correctly praises him for keeping the South in diplomatic isolation, bucking up the melancholy Lincoln's spirits, and having the vision to push through the initially scorned Alaska purchase ("Seward's Icebox''). An orthodox but sensible treatment of a dedicated politician-statesman who was sometimes too clever and complex for his own good. [via]More editions of William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand:
Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understandby James M. McPhersonISBN 1570033897 (1-57003-389-7)
Softcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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