United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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History of the American Frontier
$29.95 Add to cartA Masterwork and Winner of The Pulitzer Prize for History
Frederic L Paxson’s History of the American Frontier offers a sweeping account of the American West and the country’s westward expansion from- Author: Paxson, Frederic L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 566
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1722506903
- Language: English
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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack and the Fight for Survival in Early America
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV+ series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes “a vivid account” (The Wall Street Journal) of a forgotten chapt… [more below]
- Author: Swanson, James L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1501108174
- Language: English
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Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod: A Massachusetts Incongruity
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the start of the Puritan era through the end of the Revolutionary War, Boston was the central hub of the slave trade. Slaves were brought onboard ships from the African coast with regularity, oft
- Author: Pregot, Michael V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9798888192290
- Language: English
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Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier
$35.00 Add to cartWe are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brou
- Author: Parkinson, Robert G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1324091770
- Language: English
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U.S. History for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartExplore the good, the bad, and the ugly of the United States history
Looking for the essentials of more than 200 years of United States history? Starting at the early civilizations, U.S. History For D
- Author: Wiegand, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1394324731
- Language: English
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The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution
$32.00 Add to cartThe surprising story of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous invention–and a new take on the Founding Father we thought we knew.
The biggest revolution in Benjamin Franklin’s lifetime was made to fit in a- Author: Chaplin, Joyce E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 037461380X
- Language: English
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The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
$29.00 Add to cartTimed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events: Paul Revere’s legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the story Americans have hear
- Author: Kennedy, Kostya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 125034137X
- Language: English
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American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEuropeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery m… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Williams, Heather Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0199922683
- Language: English
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The Pig War and the Pelican Girls: 21 Extraordinary and Forgotten Stories from American History
$21.95 Add to cartWhether you’re an armchair historian or a lover of all things unusual and astonishing, this collection of obscure history shows that life surely is stranger than fiction.
- Author: Cuhaj, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088270
- Language: English
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The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim’s Journey on the Great Wagon Road
$32.00 Add to cartIn the bestselling tradition of Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail and Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, The Road That Made America is a lively, epic account of one of the greatest untold stories … [more below]
- Author: Dodson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1476746745
- Language: English
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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
$20.00 Add to cartThe Instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller! What really happened at the notorious Salem witch trials.
With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable recor- Series: Bill O’Reilly’s Killing
- Author: O’Reilly, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1250358418
- Language: English
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The Treacherous World of the 16th Century & How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America’s Freedom
$25.00 Add to cartDiscover the facts you’ve been missing from the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving story
Did freedom of religion & conscience exist in 16th century Europe?
How did kings of Spain, France & England, & Turkish Sul- Author: Federer, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: December 06 2017
- ISBN10: 0989649148
- Language: English
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African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
$40.00 Add to cartIn this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of f… [more below]
- Author: Fischer, David Hackett
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: May 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1982145099
- Language: English
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Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
$32.50 Add to cartRobert Rogers, commander of Rogers’ Rangers during the French and Indian War, was the war’s best-known colonial military hero and, in the ensuing peace, one of the best-known Americans of any descript… [more below]
- Author: Klotz, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1594164290
- Language: English
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Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
$29.99 Add to cartIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch,
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 393881164
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
$12.95 Add to cartOn September 17,1796, George Washington announced that he would leave the presidency. His famous farewell address encapsulates a view of the Union, the Constitution, and good citizenship that is an im… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 27 1999
- ISBN10: 1557094543
- Language: English
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
$18.95 Add to cartAs Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What b… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0393340023
- Language: English
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
$18.99 Add to cartConfessing to “familiarity with the devils,” Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her ne
- Author: Karlsen, Carol F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 17 1998
- ISBN10: 0393317595
- Language: English
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Common Sense (Deluxe, Hardbound Edition)
$9.99 Read moreThis keepsake edition presents Thomas Paine’s persuasive and impassioned case for America’s independence from Great Britain.
- Published in 1776 and destined to become an important piece of historic lite
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: November 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1441344136
- Language: English
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In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
$21.00 Add to cartAward-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.
In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were l- Author: Norton, Mary Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0375706909
- Language: English
