Chronological Period/1851-1899
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George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist
$11.99 Read moreOnce a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around him. Overcoming poverty and racism, George became a brilliant scientist and a… [more below]
- Series: Heroes of History
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: November 19 2001
- ISBN10: 1883002788
- Language: English
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Storm Over Key West: The Civil War and the Call of Freedom
$29.95 Add to cartA few weeks after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect, James Montgomery sailed into Key West Harbor looking for black men to draft into the Union army. Eager to oblige him, the military commande… [more below]
- Author: Pride, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1683340930
- Language: English
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The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
$24.95 Read moreFor more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure tha
- Author: Newman, Carey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 145983612X
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
$20.00 Read moreFresh from his escapades with Tom Sawyer, with six thousand dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who wants Huck’s fortune and will stop at nothing to get his hands on… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172752
- Language: English
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With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War
$7.99 Read moreJohnny made a promise to his father, who was wounded fighting for the South. He promised to take care of the family and not run off to fight. Without Pa, Johnny’s family can barely scrape by. But when… [more below]
- Author: Collier, James Lincoln
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0440219833
- Language: English
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The Keystone Jacket and Dress Cutter: An 1895 Guide to Women’s Tailoring
$10.95 Read moreWith opulent fashions the ultimate in style, women of the late Victorian era wore a great deal of silks and satins. Daring combinations of bright colors were in. So were large hats, profusely trimmed…. [more below]
- Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
- Author: Hecklinger, Chas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451054
- Language: English
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Duke Kahanamoku: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Read moreGet to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.”
Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Oly- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Calkhoven, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1481497006
- Language: English
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Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
$29.95 Read moreSelected by Civil War Interactive as One of the Top Civil War Books of All Time
On April 12, 1862–one year to the day after Confederate guns opened on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War–a tall,- Author: Bonds, Russell S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1594160783
- Language: English
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The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy
$28.95 Read moreThe story of the unique relationship between Lee and Jackson, two leaders who chiseled a strategic path forward against the odds and almost triumphed.
Why were Generals Lee and Jackson so successful i- Author: Keller, Christian B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1643131346
- Language: English
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Hidden Cargo
$27.95 Read moreFive months after the end of the Civil War, Acting Navy Lieutenant Everett Townsend is awaiting discharge in Key West. The end of the war has left him uncertain about his future and full of regret abo
- Author: Lloyd, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072315
- Language: English
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Tennessee Rose
$7.99 Read moreAlabama, 1856. Tennessee Rose is a dark bay Tennessee Walking Horse with a rose-shaped marking on her forehead. She loves dashing around the plantation in the running walk that her breed is famous for… [more below]
- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #9
- Author: Kendall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0375870067
- Language: English
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Great Speeches
$5.00 Add to cartFor someone who claimed he had been educated by littles — a little now and a little then — Abraham Lincoln displayed a remarkable facility in his use of the written word. The simple yet memorable el… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Lincoln, Abraham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 20 1991
- ISBN10: 0486268721
- Language: English
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Marie Curie
$8.99 Read moreNow in paperback! In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
When Marie was- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #6
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284067
- Language: English
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House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
$14.95 Read moreOn September 11, 1857, some 120 men, women, and children from the Arkansas hills were murdered in the remote desert valley of Mountain Meadows, Utah. This notorious massacre was, in fact, a mass execu
- Author: Novak, Shannon A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 27 2008
- ISBN10: 1607811693
- Language: English
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All about Julia Morgan
$7.99 Read moreAll About Julia Morgan was a finalist for the 2019 Foreword Magazine INDIE Awards for juvenile non-fiction.
- Series: All about
- Author: Perry, Phyllis J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1681570955
- Language: English
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The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom
$17.95 Read moreFrom the acclaimed historian and bestselling author: a page-turning account of the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln–two men moved to radically different acts t… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0525563458
- Language: English
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All Roads Led to Gettysburg: A New Look at the Civil War’s Pivotal Battle
$29.95 Read moreIt has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. General Lee, the old story goes, marched blindly into Pennsylvania while his chief cavalryman Jeb Stuart ro
- Author: Harman, Troy D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 081177063X
- Language: English
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth
$8.99 Read moreAn ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life – and the life of his nephew Axel – is changed for ever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parch… [more below]
- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Verne, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0141321040
- Language: English
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Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
$8.99 Read moreKeesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday–New Year’s Eve That’s why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costu… [more below]
- Series: Smart about Art
- Author: O’Connor, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 18 2002
- ISBN10: 044842519X
- Language: English
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River Master: John Wesley Powell’s Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
$16.95 Read moreIn 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological s… [more below]
- Author: Kuhne, Cecil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1682685187
- Language: English
