United States - 19th Century
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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
$21.00 Add to cartIn September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an … [more below]
- Author: Denton, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0375726365
- Language: English
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Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
$23.99 Add to cartIt was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United Stat… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History (Oxford)
- Author: Ferling, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 20 2005
- ISBN10: 019518906X
- Language: English
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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
$32.00 Read moreA New York Times bestseller!
“Lively and absorbing. . .” — The New York Times Book Review “Engrossing.” –Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle
Three noted- Author: Burrough, Bryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1984880098
- Language: English
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Montana Battlefields 1806-1877: Native Americans and the U.S. Army at War
$18.95 Add to cartMontana’s era of Indian Wars consisted of nearly a century of skirmishes, battles, and large-scale wars between the U.S. military and native nations, including Blackfeet, Sioux, Northern Cheyennes, Ar… [more below]
- Author: Fifer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1560373091
- Language: English
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Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
$16.95 Read moreIn May 1830, the United States launched an unprecedented campaign to expel 80,000 Native Americans from their eastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River. In a firestorm of fraud an
- Author: Saunt, Claudio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0393541568
- Language: English
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Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West
$35.00 Add to cartThe true story of the Black Hills gold rush settlement once described as “the most diabolical town on earth” and of its most colorful cast of characters, from Wild Bill Hickok to Calamity Jane to Al S… [more below]
- Author: Cozzens, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0593537858
- Language: English
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Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
$24.00 Add to cart“The story of the Cherokee removal has been told many times, but never before has a single book given us such a sense of how it happened and what it meant, not only for Indians, but also for the futur… [more below]
- Author: Inskeep, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 17 2016
- ISBN10: 014310831X
- Language: English
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Smithson’s Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836-1906
$39.95 Add to cartDiscover the incredible history of the Smithsonian as it grew to meet the needs of a nation
Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world’s largest museum and research complex during its- Author: Crouch, Tom D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1588347915
- Language: English
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The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation
The epic of the American West became a- Author: Hutton, Paul Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1524746134
- Language: English
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John Quincy Adams: Speeches & Writings (Loa #390)
$45.00 Add to cart21 essential works trace a great statesman’s lifelong engagement with the promise of America and the legacy of the Founding Fathers
“Few presidents ever thought about words as carefully as John Quincy- Author: Adams, John Quincy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 159853808X
- Language: English
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Dread Danger
$29.99 Add to cart- Author: Gordon, Lesley J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1108729193
- Language: English
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The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul
$22.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE MIDLAND AUTHORS AWARD FOR HISTORY – LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE – A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – The “illuminating” (New Yorker) story of the Great Chic… [more below]
- Author: Berg, Scott W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0804171513
- Language: English
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The Voyageur
$22.95 Add to cartNute’s best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoemen, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, … [more below]
- Author: Nute, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: March 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0873512138
- Language: English
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The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868
$18.95 Read moreThe Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. People have long relished tales of the underdog and celebrated lost c… [more below]
- Author: Michno, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0870044605
- Language: English
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A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
$22.00 Add to cartThe story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South–from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth i… [more below]
- Author: Cozzens, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0593082702
- Language: English
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The Greatest Stories of the Old West Ever Told: True Tales and Legends of Famous Gunfighters, Outlaws and Sheriffs from the Wild West
$11.94 Add to cartStep back in time and immerse yourself in the rugged landscapes, daring outlaws, fearless lawmen, and untamed frontier spirit that defined an era.
Introducing The Greatest Stories of The Old West Ever
- Author: Hunt, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 9798890950109
- Language: English
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Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis
$35.00 Add to cartThis book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question that animated the Civil War: the constitutiona… [more below]
- Series: Studies in Legal History (Paperback)
- Author: Nicoletti, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: October 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1108401538
- Language: English
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Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch
$24.95 Add to cartThe Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, an… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: May 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0803277784
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
$19.00 Add to cartFrom an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memories of those who experienced it
Between October 8-10,
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0802159125
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
$22.99 Add to cart“Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope” (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the Califor… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1541672542
- Language: English
