United States - 19th Century
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Frontier Fake News: Nevada’s Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters
$21.95 Read moreWhen readers see the names Mark Twain and Dan De Quille, fake news may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these legendary journalists were some of the original, and most prolific, fake ne
- Author: Moreno, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1647790867
- Language: English
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When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
$31.99 Add to cartBrilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nin… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 0871406896
- Language: English
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Frontier Terror: Murder, Lynching, and Vigilantes in the Old West
$36.33 Add to cartAuthor Michael Rutter examines the growing pains of the American West through the lens of vigilantes, outlaws, mob violence, and lynchings that occurred between 1840 and 1920, proving that oftentimes
- Author: Rutter, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067729
- Language: English
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American Traitor: General James Wilkinson’s Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice
$34.95 Read moreA fresh examination of the life and crimes of the highest-ranking federal official ever tried for treason and espionage
American Traitor examines the career of the notorious Gen. James Wilkinson, whose
- Author: Cox, Howard W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1647123429
- Language: English
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Pirates, Raiders & Invaders of the Gulf Coast
$24.99 Read moreAuthors Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman chart a Gulf Coast odyssey with French adventurers, English colonists, Spanish Dons, American filibusters, Indian warriors, African Maroons, and pirate outlaws .
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Starrett, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153230
- Language: English
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The War of 1812
$20.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history.
The war of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through th- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Benn, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1472858565
- Language: English
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Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume I: Missouri River Between Camp River DuBois (Illinois) and Fort Mandan (North Da
$30.00 Read moreThe Lewis and Clark Expedition bicentennial is producing an unprecedented flurry of interest in the United States, and an array of commemorative activities are being planned in the regions visited by
- Series: Cartographic Reconstruction #1
- Author: Plamondon II, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: September 13 2000
- ISBN10: 087422232X
- Language: English
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Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives
$30.00 Read moreThe never-before-told story of the extraordinary women behind a trailblazing British magazine.
During the 1890s, British women for the first time began to leave their family homes to seek work, accom- Author: Adams, Jad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147891
- Language: English
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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915
$30.00 Add to cartA penetrating, character-filled history “in the manner of David McCullough” (WSJ), revealing the deep roots of our tormented present-day politics.
Democracy was broken. Or that was what many American- Author: Grinspan, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1635574625
- Language: English
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
$21.99 Add to cartThe history of the Erie Canal is a riveting story of American ingenuity. A great project that Thomas Jefferson judged to be “little short of madness,” and that others compared with going to the moon,
- Author: Bernstein, Peter L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0393327957
- Language: English
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National Geographic the Old West
$49.99 Add to cartThis definitive history of the American West is full of legendary tales of tragedy and triumph, from Lewis and Clark’s epic 1803 expedition to the showmanship of Buffalo Bill. Lavishly illustrated wit… [more below]
- Author: Hyslop, Stephen G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 142621555X
- Language: English
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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
$22.00 Add to cartSon of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell.
Custer’s Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history–more- Author: Connell, Evan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0865475105
- Language: English
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Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism
$30.00 Read moreThe story of how Daniel Webster popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation’s identity and inspire Abraham Lincoln to preserve the Union
When the United States was fou- Author: Paul, Joel Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0593189043
- Language: English
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War
$25.00 Add to cartFrom the author of the popular “Letters from an American” newsletter: a sweeping story of how Northerners, Southerners, and Westerners together created modern America in the years from Abraham Lincoln… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0300136307
- Language: English
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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
$19.99 Read moreThe bestselling author of Overthrow and The Brothers brings to life the forgotten political debate that set America’s interventionist course in the world for the twentieth century and beyond.
How shou- Author: Kinzer, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1250159687
- Language: English
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Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey
$29.95 Read moreThe road to hell is paved with good intentions…and gold dust.
When Henry Jenkins’s sawmill business goes bust and his family loses their Indiana farm to foreclosure, he sees gold as the answer to hi
- Author: Lyon, Eilene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070061
- Language: English
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What Would Mrs. Astor Do?: The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age
$30.00 Read moreA richly illustrated romp with America’s Gilded Age leisure class–and those angling to join it
Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States’ population doubled, acco- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1479826855
- Language: English
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The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War
$18.00 Read moreHow partisan politics lead to the Civil War
What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this bril- Author: Holt, Michael F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2005
- ISBN10: 0809044390
- Language: English
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What Lies Beneath Colorado: Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards
$22.95 Add to cartWhat Lies Beneath Colorado Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards explores the hidden personal trials and triumphs discovered in Colorado’s oldest cemeteries, bringing the history of the state to life. Cov
- Series: What Lies Beneath
- Author: Lyon, Eilene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1493076183
- Language: English
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Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier
$29.95 Add to cartIn Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent Maura Jane Farrelly explores the history of the Gilded Age United States, using the lives of three people from prominent East Coast families who moved to Wyoming… [more below]
- Author: Farrelly, Maura Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 482
- Publish Date: July 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496237056
- Language: English
