Chronological Period/1851-1899
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Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
$22.95 Add to cartThis collection of thirty-six narratives presents the Dakota Indians’ experiences during a conflict previously known chiefly from the viewpoints of non-Indians.
- Author: Anderson, Gary Clayton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 15 1988
- ISBN10: 0873512162
- Language: English
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Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre
$21.95 Add to cartOn the morning of January 23, 1870, troops of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry attacked a Piegan Indian village on the Marias River in Montana Territory, killing many more than the army’s count of 173, most of t… [more below]
- Author: Wylie, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 080615974X
- Language: English
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
$20.99 Add to cartSoon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C… [more below]
- Series: Lisa Drew Books (Paperback)
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0743431723
- Language: English
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The Doré Gallery: His 120 Greatest Illustrations
$21.95 Read moreThis superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Dor?, one of the nineteenth century’s most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world’… [more below]
- Series: Dover Pictorial Archives
- Author: Doré, Gustave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 24 1997
- ISBN10: 048640160X
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
$27.00 Add to cartMeryle Secrest’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright’s family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hu… [more below]
- Author: Secrest, Meryle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 652
- Publish Date: May 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0226744140
- Language: English
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The Wreck of the Portland: A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England’s Worst Maritime Disaster
$19.95 Add to cartThe SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England… [more below]
- Author: Conway, J. North
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493059467
- Language: English
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USS Olympia: Herald of Empire
$26.95 Add to cartThe USS Olympia is the oldest extant steel-hulled warship in the world. Constructed as part of a congressionally mandated program to build a modern fleet prior to the turn of the 19th century, she bec… [more below]
- Author: Cooling, B. Franklin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1591141265
- Language: English
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The Battle of Franklin: When the Devil Had Full Possession of the Earth
$31.99 Add to cartIn late November 1864, the last Southern army east of the Mississippi that was still free to maneuver started out from northern Alabama on the Confederacy’s last offensive. John Bell Hood and his Army… [more below]
- Author: Knight, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: October 21 2009
- ISBN10: 1540220362
- Language: English
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Hour of Peril
$25.00 Add to cart“It’s history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller.” —Harlan Coben
Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award-winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story
- Author: Stashower, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: January 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1250042666
- Language: English
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Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express
$22.00 Add to cart“WANTED. YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS. NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT RIDERS. WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED.”
The Pony Express is one of the mo
–California newspaper help-wanted ad, 1860- Author: Corbett, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0767906934
- Language: English
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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
$17.95 Read moreFrederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu’s transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere to a paradise seeded with movie stars, are at the heart
- Author: Randall, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 039335394X
- Language: English
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Come Juneteenth
$7.99 Add to cartSis Goose is a beloved member of Luli’s family, despite the fact that she was born a slave. But the family is harboring a terrible secret. And when Union soldiers arrive on their Texas plantation to a
- Series: Great Episodes
- Author: Rinaldi, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 152063927
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Special Bicentennial Edition
$15.95 Add to cartThis International best seller is the dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom.
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: January 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1722500395
- Language: English
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Phantoms of the South Fork: Captain McNeill and His Rangers
$22.00 Add to cartAt 3 a.m. on February 21, 1865, a band of 65 Confederate horsemen slowly made its way down Greene Street in Cumberland, Maryland. Thinking the riders were disguised Union scouts, the few Union soldier
- Series: Civil War Soldiers and Strategies
- Author: French, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1606354620
- Language: English
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The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg
$24.99 Read moreAbove and Beyond the Call of Duty
In early summer, 1863 Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia began moving northward. As Lee moved toward Maryland, the Union army followed, tak
- Series: Military
- Author: Gindlesperger, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155225
- Language: English
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His Sword a Scalpel: General Charles Stuart Tripler, MD, USA
$24.95 Add to cartCharles Stuart Tripler built a sterling reputation in the antebellum US Army. Veteran of the Seminole and Mexican-American wars, chief medical officer on the typhoid-ravaged voyage commanded by U.S. G
- Author: Dempsey, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 196130225X
- Language: English
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Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Cases
$19.95 Add to cartThis treasury of vintage crime offers a vivid picture of Minnesota from the time it achieved statehood in 1858 through 1917. It also traces the gradual changes in social attitudes from the days of fro… [more below]
- Series: Minnesota
- Author: Trenerry, Walter N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 15 1962
- ISBN10: 0873511808
- Language: English
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General James Longstreet
$21.00 Add to cartGeneral James Longstreet fought in nearly every campaign of the Civil War, from Manassas (the first battle of Bull Run) to Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, and was present at the sur… [more below]
- Author: Wert, Jeffry D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0671892878
- Language: English
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Wilson
$24.00 Read moreFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author, “a brilliant biography”* of the 28th president of the United States.
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still
*Doris Kearns Goodwin- Author: Berg, A. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0425270068
- Language: English
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America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
$21.99 Add to cartRich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent, comprehensive work tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Collins, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0061227226
- Language: English
