Chronological Period/1851-1899
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We Have Taken A City: The Wilmington Racial Massacre and Coup of 1898
$19.95 Add to cartIn 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina was the scene of what many describe as the only successful coup d’ etat in the history of the United States, when angry whites overthrew the duly elected government… [more below]
- Author: Prather, Sr. H., Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: February 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0972324089
- Language: English
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Mystery of E Troop
$20.00 Add to cartThe men of Company E rode big gray horses that stood out amidst the confusion during the afternoon of June 25, 1876. Twenty-eight of these men were found dead in a ravine after the fighting ceased. Bu… [more below]
- Author: Michno, Gregory F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0878423044
- Language: English
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Leadville
$14.00 Add to cartLeadville is a first-rate frontier epic, with romance and excitement enough for ten cities. The real story of Leadville, Colorado is beyond the portals–it is of the men who worked the mines, of thund… [more below]
- Author: Voynick, Stephen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 15 1984
- ISBN10: 0878421718
- Language: English
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The Irish General: Thomas Francis Meagher
$24.95 Add to cartIrish patriot, Civil War general, frontier governor–Thomas Francis Meagher played key roles in three major historical arenas. Today he is hailed as a hero by some, condemned as a drunkard by others.
- Author: Wylie, Paul R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: March 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0806141859
- Language: English
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The Germans from Russia in Oklahoma
$9.95 Add to cartIn 1980, the University of Oklahoma Press published a ten-book series titled Newcomers to a New Land that described and analyzed the role of the major ethnic groups that have contributed to the histor… [more below]
- Series: Newcomers to a New Land
- Author: Hale, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: January 04 2011
- ISBN10: 080611620X
- Language: English
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
$19.00 Add to cartOriginally published in 1998 and a best seller in its hardcover and paperback publications, Gary Kinder’s Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea tells the story of the sinking of the SS Central America, a … [more below]
- Author: Kinder, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 20 2009
- ISBN10: 080214425X
- Language: English
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Rebel Gold: One Man’s Quest to Crack the Code Behind the Secret Treasure of the Confederacy
$19.99 Add to cartWhat if a secret society, founded during the Civil War, accumulated a fortune in gold coins in the hopes of someday funding a second war between the states? What if they buried their treasure in a vas… [more below]
- Author: Brewer, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0743219694
- Language: English
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
$27.99 Add to cartFletcher Pratt Award
McLemore Prize In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy–perhaps in all the South–than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Major Gen- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623450
- Language: English
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Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
$18.99 Add to cartBeyond the River brings to brilliant life the dramatic story of the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad.
From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you ca- Author: Hagedorn, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0684870665
- Language: English
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Freud: A Life for Our Time
$49.99 Add to cart“A magisterial contribution to the history of ideas. A fresh, illuminating perspective on one of the pivotal figures of our time.” –J. Anthony Lukas
“[This] remarkable biography… briskly traces the
- Author: Gay, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 866
- Publish Date: May 17 2006
- ISBN10: 0393328619
- Language: English
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBeneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamen… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0195367804
- Language: English
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Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America’s Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
$18.99 Add to cart“Reads like a nail-biting thriller.” — Library Journal, starred review
A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood–the deadliest flood in U.S. history–from NBC h
- Author: Roker, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062445537
- Language: English
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My Life and Work: An Autobiography of Henry Ford
$14.99 Add to cartThis book is the original autobiographical work by Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. In this book, Ford details how he got into business, the strategies that he used to become a wealthy a… [more below]
- Author: Ford, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: May 06 2008
- ISBN10: 0979311985
- Language: English
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Upton and the Army
$24.95 Add to cartEmory Upton (1839-1881) was “the epitome of a professional soldier,” according to Stephen E. Ambrose. Indeed, his entire adult life was devoted to the single-minded pursuit of a military career. Upton
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0807118508
- Language: English
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Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill
$24.95 Add to cartFort Sill, located in the heart of the old Kiowa-Comanche Indian country in southwestern Oklahoma, is known to a modern generation as the Field Artillery School of the United States Army. To students … [more below]
- Author: Nye, Wilbur S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0806118563
- Language: English
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Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
$22.95 Add to cartLike countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them f… [more below]
- Series: Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn
- Author: Garland, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0684872633
- Language: English
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Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scotland Yard’s Prime Suspect
$21.95 Add to cartAn investigation into the man Scotland Yard thought (but couldn’t prove) was Jack the Ripper. Dozens of theories have attempted to resolve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper, the world’s m… [more below]
- Author: House, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0470938994
- Language: English
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Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920
$18.99 Add to cart“Fascinating…. A major work by a leading historian at the top of his game–at once engaging and tightly argued.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Dazzling cultural history: smart, provocative, and
- Series: American History
- Author: Lears, Jackson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 08, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060747501
- Language: English
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Brigades of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Brigades during the 1862 Maryland Campaign: The Union and Confederate Brigades
$44.95 Add to cartThe first in a series of books about the Battle and the Maryland Campaign.
While the 1862 Maryland Campaign has been extensively studied, a comprehensive treatment of the part played by each unit has b
- Author: Gottfried, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: August 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0578964287
- Language: English
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Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-To-Table History of How Beef Changed America
$25.27 Add to cartHow beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food system
By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal.- Series: Histories of Economic Life #3
- Author: Specht, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209189
- Language: English
