19th Century
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If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg. Volume 2: June 22-30, 1863
$34.95 Read moreAward-winning authors Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg are back with the second and final installment of “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania” The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of t… [more below]
- Author: Mingus, Scott L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216117
- Language: English
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Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
$17.95 Read moreHailed by critics and embraced by readers, “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” is one of the richest and most insightful accounts of Thomas Jefferson in a generation. Following her Pulitzer Prize-winning
- Author: Gordon-Reed, Annette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492519
- Language: English
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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater
$19.95 Read moreFrom the American Battlefield Trust, the collection of their popular battle maps of the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
“I just love those maps that you guys send to me.” It is a phrase tha- Series: Maps from the American Battlefield Trust #2
- Author: American Battlefield Trust
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1682619931
- Language: English
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The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music
$29.95 Read more“**A New Yorker “Best Book of the Year”**
“An excellent work of history.”–The Wall Street Journal A rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music. When one thinks of “great” classical music- Author: Walsh, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362363
- Language: English
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A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
$20.00 Read moreDecember 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abraham Lincoln’s government threatened to fracture, this
- Author: Matteson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 039388242X
- Language: English
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Lewis and Clark Trail Maps: A Cartographic Reconstruction, Volume II: Beyond Fort Mandan (North Dakota/Montana) to Continental Divide and Snake Ri
$30.00 Read moreIn Volume II, Martin Plamondon presents a cartographic reconstruction of the Corps of Discovery’s trek across the northwestern United States in 1805-06. Beginning a short distance above Fort Mandan, 1
- Series: Cartographic Reconstruction #2
- Author: Plamondon II, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 14 2002
- ISBN10: 0874222427
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad in Ohio
$23.99 Read moreOhio was at the heart of it all. During a dark time in United States history, thousands of freedom seekers traveled the Underground Railroad through Ohio. The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fu… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Schulz, Kathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153206
- Language: English
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, here is the true story of the one-hundred-year-odyssey of the author’s Chinese-American family, combining years of research with “fascinating fa… [more below]
- Author: See, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0307950395
- Language: English
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Sea of Troubles: The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War
$35.00 Read moreIn the second half of the eighteenth century, approximately three quarters of the Mediterranean coastline and its hinterlands were controlled by a vast Islamic power, the centuries-old Ottoman Empire…. [more below]
- Author: Rutledge, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0863569501
- Language: English
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Hölderlin’s Madness: Chronicle of a Dwelling Life, 1806-1843
$25.00 Read moreOne of Europe’s greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europe’s greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin.
What does it mean to inhabit a place or a self? What- Series: Italian List
- Author: Agamben, Giorgio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1803091150
- 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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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891
$23.99 Read moreIn 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England’s prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the A… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Schorow, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151688
- Language: English
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When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin
$22.95 Add to cart“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding of many of Wisconsin’s communities, Jerry Apps does an outstanding job bringing Wisconsin’s logging a… [more below]
- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0870209345
- Language: English
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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
$22.00 Read moreSon 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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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself
$14.95 Add to cartA new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis.
A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865274
- Language: English
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In Order That Justice May Be Done: The Legal Struggle of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembina Chippewa, 1795-1905
$38.95 Read moreWhen the cultural identity of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembina Chippewa was challenged by European Americans–who conceived of progress in terms of cultivated farmland–a tribal-federal conundrum o… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1946163562
- Language: English
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War
$25.00 Read moreFrom 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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Inventing Idaho: The Gem State’s Eccentric Shape
$26.95 Add to cartAs Idaho’s State Historian, the question Keith Petersen heard most was, “How did Idaho get such a strange shape?” That curiosity is fitting, because those peculiar borders have held enormous influence
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224187
- Language: English
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Mark Twain’s Notebooks: Journals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and Doodles
$19.95 Read moreThe original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain’s journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts… [more below]
- Series: Notebook
- Author: de Vito, Carlo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1579129978
- Language: English
