Chronological Period/17th Century
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Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks: Fifty Of The Grittiest Moments In The History Of Hardscrabble New England
$16.95 Add to cartThe story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating stories of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks will take the top fifty wil… [more below]
- Author: Mayo, Matthew P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0762759682
- Language: English
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
$22.99 Add to cartIn an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the
- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312422601
- Language: English
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The Royal Way of the Cross
$16.99 Add to cartAbove all, Francois Fenelon desired to love God. Out of this love came a desire to share the truth of a life lived in the light of the Cross. His individual writings document his desire to find truth
- Series: Living Library
- Author: Fenelon, Francois de Salignac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0941478009
- Language: English
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The Principia
$15.99 Add to cartA groundbreaking work in the field of physics and mathematics. In this monumental work, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, laying the foundation for classical mechanics an… [more below]
- Author: Newton, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 716
- Publish Date: February 12 2024
- ISBN10: 9358562161
- Language: English
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Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
$29.99 Add to cartJames Merrell’s brilliant book is an account of the “go-betweens,” the Europeans and Indians who moved between cultures on the Pennsylvania frontier in efforts to maintain the peace. It is also a refl
- Author: Merrell, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319768
- Language: English
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Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico
$35.00 Add to cartThis book opens new dimensions on race in Latin America by examining the extreme caste groups of colonial Mexico. In tracing their experiences, a broader understanding of the connection between mestiz… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies #105
- Author: Vinson III, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1107670810
- Language: English
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Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were
$24.99 Add to cart“Ryken’s Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to
- Author: Ryken, Leland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: February 19 1991
- ISBN10: 0310325013
- Language: English
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Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America
$30.00 Add to cartNow in paperback, Massacre on the Merrimack is a riveting true story of murder, captivity, revenge, and escape, set against the fiery backdrop of America’s pre-colonial past. It’s the incredible tale … [more below]
- Author: Atkinson, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493029983
- Language: English
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Captain William Hilton and the Founding of Hilton Head Island
$21.99 Add to cartAuthor Dwayne W. Pickett details the life of William Hilton, his exploration of the Carolina coast and the founding of an iconic island.
Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Isla
- Author: Pickett, Dwayne W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141917
- Language: English
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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain
$21.99 Add to cart“Compelling…A masterly feat…A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history.” —The Wall Street Journal
In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie ta- Author: Massie, Allan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1250024927
- Language: English
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Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
$27.99 Add to cartIn December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf’s blood into one of Paris’s most notorious madmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting expos? of
- Author: Tucker, Holly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0393342239
- Language: English
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Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy
$18.99 Add to cart“A dramatic tale. . . . Sherry brings the pirates vividly to life with his rousing telling of their daring cruises and outrageous feats. . . . I heartily recommend Raiders and Rebels to anyone who enj
- Author: Sherry, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0061572845
- Language: English
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Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope
$18.99 Add to cartFor a decade in the seventeenth century a woman ran the Catholic Church, through her brother-in-law and reputed lover, Pope Innocent X. Cardinals bowed down to her and princes feted her as she made in
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Herman, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: September 08 2009
- ISBN10: 0061245569
- Language: English
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True Path of the Ninja: The Definitive Translation of the Shoninki (the Authentic Ninja Training Manual)
$12.95 Add to cartTrue Path of the Ninja is the first authoritative translation in English of the Shoninki–the famous 17th-century ninjutsu manual.
Authors Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami worked closely with Dr. Naka- Author: Cummins, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 4805314397
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
$24.95 Add to cartThe emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and t… [more below]
- Series: Verso World History (Paperback)
- Author: Febvre, Lucien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 18 2012
- ISBN10: 1844676331
- Language: English
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The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner’s Journey to the New World
$34.95 Read moreA Common Man’s Survival After Being Captured at the Battle of Dunbar and Sold into Servitude in America
In the winter of 1650-51, one hundred fifty ragged and hungry Scottish prisoners of war arrive… [more below]- Author: Gardner, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 20 2018
- ISBN10: 159416312X
- Language: English
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The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
$26.00 Add to cartFrom acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.
“There is nothing s- Author: Fraser, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1250108578
- Language: English
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Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
$18.95 Add to cartLondon, 1857: A pair of teenage girls holding a sign that says “Fugitive Slaves” ask for money on the corner of Blackman Street. After a constable accosts them and charges them with begging, they end
- Author: Jensen, Oskar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011421
- Language: English
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Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist
$20.99 Add to cartA fascinating slice of true-crime history that unfolds in 1695, when law enforcement was unheard of and modern money was little more than a concept
When renowned scientist Isaac Newton took up the po
- Author: Levenson, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0547336047
- Language: English
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The History and Archeology of the Iroquois Du Nord
$61.78 Add to cartIn the mid-to late 1660s and early 1670s, the Haudenosaunee established a series of settlements at strategic locations along the trade routes inland at short distances from the north shore of Lake Ont
- Series: Mercury
- Author: Von Bitter, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0776639803
- Language: English
