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The American Frontier: Opposing Viewpointsby Mary Ellen JonesISBN 1565100859 (1-56510-085-9)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experienceby Gabriel KolkoISBN 1565842189 (1-56584-218-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Around the World in 72 Daysby Jason MarksISBN 1563151030 (1-56315-103-0)
Softcover, Sterling House Pub
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Better Dead Than Red: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madnessby Michael BarsonISBN 1562829742 (1-56282-974-2)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Brief History of American Cultureby CrundenISBN 1563248654 (1-56324-865-4)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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The Call of the Wildby Jack LondonISBN 1562542540 (1-56254-254-0)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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Cobbby Al StumpISBN 1565121449 (1-56512-144-9)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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The Cold War & the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Yearsby David Montgomery, Howard Zinn, Richard C. Lewontin, Immanuel Wallerstein, Laura Nader, Ira Katznelson, Richard Ohmann, Ray Siever, Noam ChomskyISBN 1565843975 (1-56584-397-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Colonistsby Jack CavanaughISBN 1564763463 (1-56476-346-3)
Softcover, Cook Communications Ministries intl
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 1566197074 (1-56619-707-4)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, And Helped Send George W. Bush to the White Houseby Sasha AbramskyISBN 1565849663 (1-56584-966-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in Californiaby Richard WalkerISBN 1565848772 (1-56584-877-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Cooking Up U.S. History: Recipes and Research to Share With Childrenby Suzanne I. Barchers, Patricia C. Marden, Leann MullineauxISBN 1563086824 (1-56308-682-4)
Softcover, Teacher Ideas Pr
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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Lettersby Frances Stonor SaundersISBN 1565846648 (1-56584-664-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Many intellectuals were still drawn to Stalin's Russia. Saunders superbly traces the crisis of conscience that McCarthyism and its associated book-burning caused, and the subsequent rise of more moderate ideals. This exhaustive account, despite neglecting some important side issues, is an essential book. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Ding Hao: America's Air War in China, 1937-1945by Wanda Cornelius, Thayne ShortISBN 1565545230 (1-56554-523-0)
Softcover, Firebird Pr
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War : The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Richard H. Minear, Art Spiegelman, Dr. SeussISBN 1565847040 (1-56584-704-0)
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Seuss, Richard H. MinearISBN 156584565X (1-56584-565-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel'Book summary:Before Yertle, before the Cat in the Hat, before Little Cindy-Lou Who (but after Mulberry Street), Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) made his living as a political cartoonist for New York newspaper PM. Seuss drew over 400 cartoons in just under two years for the paper, reflecting the daily's New Deal liberal slant. Starting in early 1941, when PM advocated American involvement in World War II, Seuss savaged the fascists with cunning caricatures. He also turned his pen against America's internal enemies--isolationists, hoarders, complainers, anti-Semites, and anti-black racists--and urged Americans to work together to win the war. The cartoons are often funny, peopled with bowler-hatted "everymen" and what author Art Spiegelman calls "Seussian fauna" in his preface. They are also often very disturbing--Seuss draws brutally racist images of the Japanese and even attacks Japanese Americans on numerous occasions. Perhaps most disturbing is the realization that Seuss was just reflecting the wartime zeitgeist.
Dr. Seuss Goes to War marks the first time most of these illustrations have appeared in print since they were first published. Richard H. Minear's introduction and explanatory chapters contextualize the 200 editorial cartoons (some of whose nuances might otherwise be lost on the modern reader). Those who grew up on Seuss will enjoy early glimpses of his later work; history buffs will enjoy this new--if playful and contorted--angle on World War II. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Dreamland : America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Centuryby Michael LesyISBN 1565844858 (1-56584-485-8)
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Enemy Aliens: Double Standards And Constitutional Freedoms In The War On Terrorismby David ColeISBN 1565849388 (1-56584-938-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalismby John GrayISBN 1565845927 (1-56584-592-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Felicity's New Sisterby Valerie Tripp, Dan AndreasenISBN 1562477625 (1-56247-762-5)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concordby Ray RaphaelISBN 156584730X (1-56584-730-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Footprints of a Regiment: A Recollection of the 1st Georgia Regulars, 1861-1865by W. H. AndrewsISBN 1563520303 (1-56352-030-3)
Hardcover, Longstreet Pr
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Gettysburgby Richard A. Brown, Earl Schenck MiersISBN 156324697X (1-56324-697-X)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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Gettysburg: Battle and Battlefieldby W.C. StorrickISBN 1566190320 (1-56619-032-0)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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Going for Greatby Carolee BrockmannISBN 1562477528 (1-56247-752-8)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Growing Up in Colonial Americaby Tracy BarrettISBN 1562945785 (1-56294-578-5)
Hardcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Halloween: An American Holiday, an American Historyby Lesley Pratt BannatyneISBN 1565543467 (1-56554-346-7)
Softcover, Pelican Pub Co Inc
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High Hopes for Addyby Connie Rose Porter, John Thompson, Dahl TaylorISBN 156247765X (1-56247-765-X)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Historians In Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, And Politics In The Ivory Towerby Jon WienerISBN 1565848845 (1-56584-884-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Historical Album of Pennsylvaniaby Charles A. WillsISBN 1562945955 (1-56294-595-5)
Hardcover, Lerner Publishing Group
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A Historical Album of Virginiaby William CockeISBN 1562945963 (1-56294-596-3)
Hardcover, Lerner Pub Group
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Hoofbeats of Dangerby Holly HughesISBN 1562477587 (1-56247-758-7)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 1565848373 (1-56584-837-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times'Book summary:While American military forces seek to defeat an enemy that has no nation and American citizens ponder a future inextricably linked to the threat of terrorism, legendary writer Studs Terkel steps forward with a remarkable volume of oral histories that sheds new light on fighting for a just cause in uncertain times. As the title of Hope Dies Last suggests, Terkel's interviews all deal with the notion of finding hope in difficult times and holding on to that hope (of a better job, a better life, justice, peace) despite often overwhelming odds. Terkel draws his subjects from an incredibly broad range of backgrounds: pardoned Illinois death row inmate Leroy Orange discusses the events of his life, 94-year-old famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith talks about Enron, undocumented Guatemalans tell of trying to merely survive in modern America. While each testimonial is compelling in its own way, they combine to form a mosaic of human tenacity. Often, as in the case of 1960s civil rights activists, the subjects' ideas are accepted in the long run, for others, including a resident of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project, the struggle is only just beginning. Terkel, 91 years old at the time of this book's publication, draws from a wealth of human experience but is spry enough to take on new causes and skillfully profile youthful activists with emerging causes. And Hope Dies Last is still a Studs Terkel book, full of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's brand of blue-collar, rabble-rousing, union-card-waving brand of broad shouldered Chicago liberalism that makes the current wave of political writers seem a bit green and petty by comparison. For all of their success in selling books that accuse one another of being liars and idiots, those writers would do well to get out and meet even a few of the people that Studs Terkel has been talking to for years. --John Moe [via]
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 156584937X (1-56584-937-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hope Dies Last is Studs Terkel's inspiring new oral history of social action in America. An alternative, more personal history of the "American century," Hope Dies Last forms a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.
For Terkel, these interviews represent a change that has taken place in the last few years of uncertainty in America. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion, to the now-retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who hope for a better world. Terkel's subjects express with grace and warmth their secret hopes and dreams, combining to tell an inspiring story of optimism and persistence that resonates with the eloquence of conviction. [via]
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I'll Be Home for Christmas: Lighted Path Collectionby Thomas Kinkade, Anne Christian BuchananISBN 1565075943 (1-56507-594-3)
Hardcover, Harvest House Pub
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In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharonby Joan DruettISBN 1565124359 (1-56512-435-9)
Softcover, Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Joke's on Georgeby Michael Tunnell, Kathy OsbornISBN 1563979705 (1-56397-970-5)
Softcover, Boyds Mills Pr
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Josefina's Craft Bookby Tamara England, Mark Salisbury, Jamie Young, Geri Strigenz BourgetISBN 156247670X (1-56247-670-X)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Kirsten on the Trailby Janet Beeler Shaw, Renee GraefISBN 1562477641 (1-56247-764-1)
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Legends and Lore of the American Indiansby Terri HardinISBN 1566190398 (1-56619-039-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legends and Lore of the American Indians'Book summary:1993 Barnes & Noble Books, 2nd printing, 1566190398. Depending on where they settled at the turn of the 20th century, tribes are divided into four geographical sections. Customs, creation myths, god & goddesses for each tribe. [via]
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The Life of Washingtonby Peter S. Onuf, Mason L. WeemsISBN 1563246996 (1-56324-699-6)
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Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Kneeby Robert Allen Warrior, Paul Chaat SmithISBN 1565844025 (1-56584-402-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Lincoln As I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemiesby Harold HolzerISBN 156512166X (1-56512-166-X)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Love and Death in the American Novelby Leslie FiedlerISBN 1564781631 (1-56478-163-1)
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Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hellby Ed IngebretsenISBN 1563248727 (1-56324-872-7)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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May It Please the Court :The First Amendment: Live Recordings and Transcripts of the Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court in Sixteen Key First Amendment Casesby Peter IronsISBN 1565843304 (1-56584-330-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Molly Takes Flightby Valerie Tripp, Nick BackesISBN 1562477676 (1-56247-767-6)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Nashville Talesby Louise Littleton DavisISBN 1565544994 (1-56554-499-4)
Softcover, Firebird Pr
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The New Victorians: Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Agesby Stephen PimpareISBN 156584839X (1-56584-839-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Not June Cleaver: Women and Gender in Postwar America, 1945-1960by Joanne MeyerowitzISBN 1566391709 (1-56639-170-9)
Hardcover, Temple Univ Pr
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This collection of fifteen revisionist essays charts new directions in American women's history and provides connections to scholarship that, until recently, has focused primarily on the years before 1945 and after 1960. The contributors explore the work and activism of postwar American women and also point to the contradictions and ambiguities in postwar concepts of gender.
Including examinations of such aspects of postwar women's history as the arrival of Chinese women immigrants in New York City; women's changing presence in the labor force and in union organization; and the precarious lives of women abortionists, lesbians, and single mothers, the authors effectively demonstrate how postwar women's identities were not only an expression of their gender but also of their class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, occupation, and politics.
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Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensoredby Mary GabrielISBN 1565121325 (1-56512-132-5)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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Oswald Talked: The New Evidence in the JFK Assassinationby Ray LA Fontaine, Mary LA FontaineISBN 1565540298 (1-56554-029-8)
Hardcover, Pelican Pub Co Inc
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Paul Robeson: A Biographyby Martin DubermanISBN 1565849418 (1-56584-941-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A People's History Of The Vietnam Warby Jonathan NealeISBN 1565849434 (1-56584-943-4)
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 156563134X (1-56563-134-X)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub
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Power and Culture : Essays on the American Working Classby Herbert G. GutmanISBN 1565840100 (1-56584-010-0)
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A Practical View of Christianityby William Wilberforce, Kevin Charles Belmonte, Charles ColsonISBN 1565631765 (1-56563-176-5)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub
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Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990by Joseph M. HernonISBN 1563249383 (1-56324-938-3)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Traditionby Timothy Patrick McCarthy, John Campbell McMillian, Eric FonerISBN 1565846826 (1-56584-682-6)
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Radicalism is as American as apple pie. One can scarcely imagine what American society would look like without the abolitionists, feminists, socialists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists who have fought stubbornly to breathe life into the promises of freedom and equality that lie at the heart of American democracy.
The first anthology of its kind, The Radical Reader brings together more than 200 primary documents in a comprehensive collection of the writings of America's native radical tradition. Spanning the time from the colonial period to the twenty-first century, the documents have been drawn from a wealth of sourcesspeeches, manifestos, newspaper editorials, literature, pamphlets, and private letters. From Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" to Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics," these are the documents that sparked, guided, and distilled the most influential movements in American history. Brief introductory essays by the editors provide a rich biographical and historical context for each selection included.
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" Common Sense, Thomas Paine
" Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln
" Confession, Nat Turner
" Last Speech to the Jury, John Brown
" Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, Sarah Grimke
" Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention
" Life in the Iron Mills, Rebecca Harding Davis
" Speech to Striking Coal Miners, Mother Jones
" Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.
" The Ballot or the Bullet, Malcolm X
" The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
" Silent Spring, Rachel Carson [via]More editions of The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American Radical Tradition:
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Freedomby Ira Berlin, Steven F. Miller, Marc FavreauISBN 1565845870 (1-56584-587-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Freedom'Book summary:Millions of Americans have read works of literature, from The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass to Beloved that attempt to portray life under slavery. But only a few people alive today have heard the actual voices of men and women who experienced those dark days firsthand. Now, for the first time, historic recordings of former slaves recounting their own experiences of slavery are made available to the American public in Remembering Slavery. Early in the 1930s, interviewers from the Federal Writers' Project combed the South in search of former slaves. The interviewers spoke with hundreds of elderly people about their experiences in slavery and preserved the voices of some on primitive recording devices. The recordings were placed in the Library of Congress and have never been heard by the wider public. Now, remastered using state-of-the-art equipment, the recordings offer the only known opportunity to hear the voices of former slaves. This groundbreaking book-and-tape package of interviews and transcripts includes more than a dozen of the only known original recordings of people who actually experienced enslavement. They remember relationships between master and slave; survival techniques in the face of hardship; family life, marriage, and childhood under slavery; experiences behind Confederate and Union lines during the Civil War; and, finally, the coming of freedom. Dramatic readings by prominent African Americans of untaped interviews complement the incomparable recordings, to create a full, firsthand picture of African American life before Emancipation. The reading and the primary source recordings edited by Smithsonian Productions will be broadcast nationally on public radio in the fall of 1998. [via]
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Samantha's Winter Partyby Valerie Tripp, Dan AndreasenISBN 1562477668 (1-56247-766-8)
Hardcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Slavery And Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memoryby James Oliver Horton, Lois E. HortonISBN 1565849604 (1-56584-960-4)
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Slaves without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum Southby Ira BerlinISBN 1565840283 (1-56584-028-3)
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Small Parts in Historyby Sam LlewellynISBN 1566190290 (1-56619-029-0)
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The Smuggler's Treasureby Sarah Masters BuckeyISBN 1562477579 (1-56247-757-9)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Song for Jeffreyby Constance FolandISBN 1562477544 (1-56247-754-4)
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Spanking The Donkey: Dispatches From The Dumb Seasonby Matt Taibbi, David ReesISBN 1565848918 (1-56584-891-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spanking The Donkey: Dispatches From The Dumb Season'Book summary:An up-close look at the democratic race for the White House it isn't pretty.
Spanking the Donkey is a campaign diary like no other. Celebrated reporter Matt Taibbi turns a withering eye on the kissing contest of puffed-up martinets and egomaniacal fantasists more generally known as the 2004 Democratic primaries.
Taibbi's contempt for the whole charade, and for most of those involved (including a generous helping of his fellow journalists), makes for a searing and highly entertaining account. His refusal to take the proceedings seriously leads him to volunteer for Wesley Clark's New Hampshire campaign in the guise of an adult-film director, while his take on a John Edwards press conference in New York City is filtered through the haze of hallucinogenic drugs. Taking up residence in slums and halfway houses as he follows the circus around the country, Taibbi juxtaposes an idiotic dog-and-pony show in which clashes of plainly identical candidates are presented as real controversies, with the quite separate concerns of the ordinary Americans whose lodgings he shares. The gap between the antiseptic exercise in faint patriotic optimism that is mainstream politics and the harsh realities of life for the millions of Americans that the electoral parade simply passes by has never been more sharply, or hilariously, sketched. [via]
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension Of American Racismby James W. LoewenISBN 156584887X (1-56584-887-X)
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Uncommon Grace: Reminiscences and Photographs of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassisby J.C. Suares, J. Spencer BeckISBN 1565660773 (1-56566-077-3)
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Was Jefferson Davis Right?by Walter Donald Kennedy, James Ronald KennedyISBN 156554370X (1-56554-370-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Was Jefferson Davis Right?'Book summary:Jefferson Davis, captured, imprisoned, and charged with 1) conspiracy and culpability in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) conspiracy to cause the deaths of Northern P.O.W.'s at Andersonville, Georgia, a detention camp; 3) participating in and attempting to assist in the growth of the system of slavery; and 4) treason against the United States of America, was never afforded his constitutional right to a trial. [via]
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White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the Presidentby John PradosISBN 1565848527 (1-56584-852-7)
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The Wit & Wisdom of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 156619721X (1-56619-721-X)
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Woodland Indiansby C. Keith WilburISBN 1564406253 (1-56440-625-3)
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Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War IIby Joshua B. FreemanISBN 1565847121 (1-56584-712-1)
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Works of Jonathan Edwardsby Jonathan Edwards, Patrick H. AlexanderISBN 1565630858 (1-56563-085-8)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Works of Jonathan Edwards'Book summary:Widely recognized as a great theologian, an influential preacher and a prolific writer, Jonathan Edwards played a prominent role in helping to spark the spirit of revivalism known as the Great Awakening in the eighteenth-century America. Edwards' sermons, while intellectually engaging, were also accessible to the common people and often generated highly emotional responses. His foremost desire was to help people transform from mere believers in Christian doctrine to converted Christians who were moved to action by the principles of their belief.
This two-volume collection of Edwards' works features important sermons of the Great Awakening as well as Edwards' memoirs and other essays. First published in 1834, here is what makes this new edition of "The Works of Jonathan Edwards" the best available:
"More readable." This edition has larger, more readable type than previous editions.
"More complete." This edition contains all matter included in the first collected American edition, various original extracts from the diary and papers of Edwards, several smaller pieces printed originally in a separate form, and a memoir by descendant Sereno E. Dwight.
For anyone interested in the roots of Christianity and revival in colonial America, "The Works of Jonathan Edwards" is a fundamental resource.
"Jonathan Edwards . . . was among the noblest and ablest Christians of his age, and can now be seen, two centuries after, as one of the greatest theologians ever given by God to his church. As a saint and scholar, evangelist and educationalist, pastor and teacher, missionary and metaphysician, he showed a grasp of the grandeur of God's sovereignty and the glory of divine grace equaled only by men of the caliber of John Owen and John Calvin."
--J. I. Packer"Edwards is widely recognized as being probably the greatest American theologian. His writings, though sometimes difficult, are often inspiring. Full doctrinal agreement is not a prerequisite to profiting from this great man of God."
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Yankee Doodleby Gary ChalkISBN 1564582027 (1-56458-202-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yankee Doodle'Book summary:In a whimsical retelling of the American Revolution, characters such as mice, rabbits, frogs, pigs, and bears--dressed in authentic garb--participate in the crossing of the Delaware and the Boston Tea Party. [via]
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