19th Century
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A New History of Lexington, Kentucky
$21.99 Read moreLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city’s history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Ockerman Jr, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146854
- Language: English
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North of America: Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution
$35.00 Read moreHow the United States was created–a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries and scoundrels
The story of the Thirteen Colonies’ struggle for independence- Author: Lennox, Jeffers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0300226128
- Language: English
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Lost Oregon Treasure
$24.99 Read moreTales of Oregon’s lost wealth isn’t all gold mines and prospectors, it’s also stories of crime, greed; and occasionally murder. From the Lost Blue Bucket Mine to a hidden cave in the Owyhee Breaks, ru… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Redman, Arthur H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155519
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Daniel Parker, Frontier Universalist
$36.95 Read moreA vastly informative and rare early-American pioneer autobiography rescued from obscurity.
In this remarkable memoir, Daniel Parker (1781-1861) recorded both the details of everyday life and the extra
- Author: Parker, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0821424297
- Language: English
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Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission
$20.00 Add to cart” A] well-researched and splendidly written chronicle of the Jamestown, its captain, and an Irish priest who ministered to the starving in Cork city…Puleo’s tale, despite the hardship to come, surel
- Author: Puleo, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 125079711X
- Language: English
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
$39.95 Read moreWinner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperfections, Black Americans long ag
- Author: Hord, Fred Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044681
- Language: English
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Bearing the Torch: The University of Tennessee, 1794-2010
$24.95 Add to cartBearing the Torch stands as a comprehensive history of the University of Tennessee, replete with anecdotes and vignettes of interest to anyone interested in UT, from the administrators and chancellors
- Author: Hutton, T. R. C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1621906876
- Language: English
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The Age of Empire: 1875-1914
$21.00 Add to cartErica Hobsbawm discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War. Hobsbawm combines vast er… [more below]
- Series: History of the Modern World
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679721754
- Language: English
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The Death of Joachim Murat: 1815 and the Unfortunate Fate of One of Napoleon’s Marshals
$42.95 Read moreThe only English-language book on the fall and death of Joachim Murat and the final act in the drama of the Napoleonic Wars.
Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon’s finest c… [more below]
- Author: North, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1399058401
- Language: English
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The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
$21.00 Read moreLike Winchester’s Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history
In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel c- Author: Klingaman, William K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1250042755
- Language: English
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Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon
$30.00 Read moreThis one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) is widely remember- Author: Irmscher, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 19 2022
- ISBN10: 022675667X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
$19.95 Read more- Series: Kentucky Voices
- Author: Walker, Frank X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196450
- Language: English
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The Battle of Magersfontein: Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld, 10-12 December 1899
$49.95 Read moreMagersfontein is an iconic battle, fought during the South African War of 1899-1902, also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Over 30 years of research informs this book, the first source referenced hi… [more below]
- Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
- Author: Benneyworth, Garth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1915113792
- Language: English
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Wicked Cleveland
$21.99 Read moreAward-winning true crime author Jane Turzillo brings together the strippers, gangsters, robbers, shady politicians, and more from Cleveland’s rough and rowdy past.
From world-class museums and popular
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Turzillo, Jane Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2022
- ISBN10: 146715024X
- Language: English
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Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War
$19.00 Read moreIn this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking w… [more below]
- Author: Stiles, T. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 28 2003
- ISBN10: 0375705589
- Language: English
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The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry
$24.95 Read more“An engaging account of the Toledo War of 1835, a serious confrontation whose outcome established the borders of the state of Michigan. Faber expertly narrates the history of a dispute conducted by fa
- Author: Faber, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0472050540
- Language: English
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A Culinary History of Mobile
$24.99 Read moreJoin author Christopher Andrews on a delectable romp through the long food history of Mobile, Alabama .
From its founding in 1702 by the French, Mobile has had a lot on its plate. Indeed, the story
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Andrews, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149055
- Language: English
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Lost Mackinac Island
$23.99 Read moreWhether prehistoric and glacially slow or swift and modern, countless changes to Mackinac Island have driven much of its history out of sight and memory. Eons ago, waves washed away soft rock to leave… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Pucci, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149187
- Language: English
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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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The Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde: An Annotated Selection
$29.95 Read moreAn authoritative edition of Oscar Wilde’s critical writings shows how the renowned dramatist and novelist also transformed the art of commentary.
Though he is primarily acclaimed today for his drama a- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271823
- Language: English
