Chronological Period/1851-1899
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells
$18.00 Add to cartBorn to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women’s rights advocate, and journalist. Wells’s refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be la
- Author: Bay, Mia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 080901646X
- Language: English
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Red Cloud: Warrior-Statesman of the Lakota Sioux
$21.95 Add to cartPerhaps no Indian leader of the mid-nineteenth century was as well known in his time as the great Lakota Sioux Red Cloud. Although his fame later was eclipsed by that of the legendary heroes who crush… [more below]
- Series: Oklahoma Western Biographies #13
- Author: Larson, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: April 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0806131896
- Language: English
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Six Armies in Tennessee: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns
$21.95 Add to cartWhen Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against the Confederacy in the trans-Appalachian theater. The Federal success along the river opened the way fo… [more below]
- Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War
- Author: Woodworth, Steven E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0803298137
- Language: English
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Mosby’s Rangers
$23.99 Add to cartA Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
- Author: Wert, Jeffry D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0671747452
- Language: English
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Reconstruction: A Concise History
$20.99 Add to cartThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the b… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190865695
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$15.99 Add to cart“This may be the most important story ever written by a slave woman, capturing as it does the gross indignities as well as the subtler social arrangements of the time.”-Kirkus Review
“Of female slave
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Jacobs, Harriet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1513221140
- Language: English
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
$14.95 Add to cartThis powerful and unflinching memoir by young mother and fugitive slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 -1897), remains among the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman.
- Author: Jacobs, Harriet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: June 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1722503025
- Language: English
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Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition
$19.95 Read moreKatherine Franke makes a powerful case for reparations for Black Americans by amplifying the stories of formerly enslaved people and calling for repair of the damage caused by the legacy of American s
- Author: Franke, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1642594709
- Language: English
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A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution
$26.95 Add to cart2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root reveals how Frederick Douglass’s fight for an antislavery Constitution helped to shape the course of American hi- Author: Root, Damon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1640122354
- Language: English
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Historic Photos of Broadway: New York Theater 1850-1970
$47.99 Add to cartThe history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. From this valuable archive, author Leonard Jacob
- Series: Historic Photos
- Author: Jacobs, Leonard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: June 18, 2008
- ISBN10: 1683369548
- Language: English
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When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War
$24.95 Add to cartThe Confederacy extinguished the lights in all the lighthouses it controlled long before any shots were fired at Fort Sumter. When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During th… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Mary Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149304706X
- Language: English
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The Irish at Gettysburg
$24.99 Add to cartAt the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. This was most evident at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the c
- Series: Civil War
- Author: Tucker Phd, Phillip Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138525
- Language: English
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Lynching at Port Jervis
$18.00 Add to cartAn account of a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racism.
On June 2, 1892, in the small, idyllic village of Port Jervis, New York, a young Black ma- Author: Dray, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1250867134
- Language: English
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Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War
$12.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in Two Miserable Presiden
- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1250075785
- Language: English
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The Japanese Empire
$30.00 Add to cartThe Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and beca… [more below]
- Author: Paine, S. C. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: March 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1107676169
- Language: English
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Sailing Alone Around the World
$16.95 Add to cart“The classic of its kind.” —Travel World
“One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure.” —Sports Illustrated
“The finest single-handed adventure story yet written.” —Seafarer
Chall- Author: Slocum, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 1956
- ISBN10: 0486203263
- Language: English
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Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
$23.00 Read moreNow an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln’s Dilemma.
One of the Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1088
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0143110764
- Language: English
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My First Summer in the Sierra
$16.00 Add to cartMy First Summer in the Sierra presents Muir’s journal entries from his first long-term adventure in Yosemite and the surrounding area, when he helped drive a flock of sheep through the foothills towar… [more below]
- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1597143391
- Language: English
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The Future of War: A History
$18.99 Add to cartAn award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this u… [more below]
- Author: Freedman, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 154174277X
- Language: English
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1,417 Days in Rebellion: A History of the 19th Georgia Regiment
$16.95 Add to cartThe Civil War is the greatest tragedy ever experienced by our nation. The repercussions of the war are still alive today, almost 160 years after the final shots were fired in April 1865. Many books ha
- Author: Payton, Allan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
