Chronological Period/1851-1899
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The Town That Started the Civil War
$19.00 Add to cartBefore the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . .
“A fascinating, gripping narrative.”–James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
On a- Author: Brandt, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: July 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0440503965
- Language: English
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Hitler’s Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life
$19.00 Add to cartA Washington Post Notable Book
In this brilliant and original exploration of some of the formative influences in Adolf Hi
With a new chapter on eugenicist Madison Grant’s The Passing of the Great Race- Author: Ryback, Timothy W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0307455262
- Language: English
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The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
$40.99 Add to cartThe Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Rich… [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of the United States
- Author: White, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 968
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199735816
- Language: English
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Eugenics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIn 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word “eugenics” to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin’s theory of … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Levine, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0199385904
- Language: English
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
$19.98 Add to cartThe Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed–four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number … [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: McPherson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0195173309
- Language: English
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The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History
$18.00 Read moreThe author of The Journey of Crazy Horse presents a legendary battle through the eyes of the Lakota
The saga of Custer’s Last Stand, has become ingrained in the lore of the American West, and the key- Author: Marshall, Joseph M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113690
- Language: English
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No Place for a Woman: The Struggle for Suffrage in the Wild West
$31.58 Add to cartNo Place for a Woman explores the history of the fight for women’s rights in the West, examining the conditions that prevailed during the vast migration of pioneers looking for free land and opportuni… [more below]
- Author: Enss, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072412
- Language: English
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From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War
$19.95 Read moreFilled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War
Despite all we know about the Civil War, its cau
- Author: Martin, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1770416382
- Language: English
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Lions of the Dan: The Untold Story of Armistead’s Brigade
$18.95 Add to cartA presentation of never-before-published information and overlooked details of Pickett’s Charge drawn from primary sources.
- Author: Brandau, J. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1642793086
- Language: English
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The Dreaded 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry: Marauding Mountain Men
$21.99 Add to cartTennessee’s Thirteenth Union Cavalry was a unit composed mostly of amateur soldiers that eventually turned undisciplined boys into seasoned fighters. At the outbreak of the Civil War, East Tennessee w… [more below]
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Storie, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 159
- Publish Date: October 22 2013
- ISBN10: 1626191123
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives
$39.95 Add to cartDespite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln’s American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the over… [more below]
- Author: Deutsch, Kenneth L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574885898
- Language: English
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The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West
$17.99 Add to cartThe award-winning history of the women who went West to work in Fred Harvey’s restaurants along the Santa Fe railway — and went on to shape the American Southwest
From the 1880s to the 1950s, the Ha- Author: Poling-Kempes, Lesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 04 1994
- ISBN10: 1569249261
- Language: English
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A Land Remembered Goes To School, Teachers Guide Edition
$6.00 Add to cartAn elementary school teacher’s manual for using A Land Remembered to teach language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Educati
- Series: Land Remembered
- Author: Smith, Patrick D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: March 15 2001
- ISBN10: 1561642282
- Language: English
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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
$18.99 Add to cartLearn to unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of a great, forbidding adventure and “a fascinating examination of the seven key traits of history’s most famous explorers…[with] infusio… [more below]
- Author: Dugard, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1451677588
- Language: English
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A History of the Civil War: The Conflict That Defined the United States
$12.99 Read moreIn this illustrated account of the bloodiest war fought on American soil, civil war expert Brooks Simpson recounts the events of the war from the opening salvo at Fort Sumter through the battlefields
- Series: Sirius Military History
- Author: Simpson, Brooks
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1398826146
- Language: English
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A Civil War Legacy: The Saga of East Tennessee Outlaw James Wright and John Templeton
$35.99 Add to cartIn Marvin’s third publication, teenager James Wright, born about 1851, is saddened and disillusioned after his father, Samuel Wright, was killed in 1864 by Confederates. is horrible act brings thought
- Author: Byrd, Marvin J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1957262508
- Language: English
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The Antietam Journal, Volume 4
$15.00 Add to cartVolume IV of The Antietam Journal contains articles about the Battle of South Mountain, George B. McClellan in the Maryland Campaign, command turnover in the Maryland Campaign, Sharpsburg’s civilians,
- Author: Pawlak, Kevin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: July 25 2022
- ISBN10: 9798218170684
- Language: English
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life
$14.95 Read more254 pages, 4 3/4 x 8 inches, paperback, first volume in the South Dakota Biography Series
- Series: South Dakota Biography
- Author: Hill, Pamela Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 097779556X
- Language: English
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Chained to the Land: Voices from Cotton & Cane Plantations
$14.95 Add to cartDuring the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration sent workers to interview over 2,200 former slaves about their experiences during slavery and the time immediately after the Civil War. The intervie
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Tanner, Lynette Ater
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0895876264
- Language: English
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Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics
$19.95 Add to cartThe only thorough treatment of Lincoln’s Indian policy during the Civil War and the corrupt “Indian System” of government aid that mainly benefited ambitious whites.
- Author: Nichols, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0873518756
- Language: English
