Chronological Period/1851-1899
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Gandhi an Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
$20.00 Add to cartMohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography he recounts the story of his life and how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, wh… [more below]
- Author: Gandhi, Mohandas K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0807059099
- Language: English
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
$31.99 Add to cartNamed one of The Washington Post‘s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a “new birth of freedom,” Heather Cox Richardson arg- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190900903
- Language: English
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The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
$20.99 Add to cartA fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove–“a rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose love of politics, campaigning, … [more below]
- Author: Rove, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1476752966
- Language: English
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Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War
$53.33 Add to cartHow American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom
In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an Amer- Author: Clavin, Matthew J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1479823244
- Language: English
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The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
$19.99 Add to cart“A must-purchase picture book biography of a figure sure to inspire awe and admiration among readers.”–School Library Journal (starred review)
Extraordinary illustrations and lyrical text present p
- Author: Mangal, Mélina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1512483753
- Language: English
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Shades of Gray
$7.99 Add to cartIn the aftermath of the Civil War, recently orphaned Will must start a new life and overcome his prejudices.
Courage wears many faces… The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page,- Author: O’Brien, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0689826966
- Language: English
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Hindsight Bravo: Book 1 in the Dreams of Victory Series
$20.00 Add to cartOn an adrenaline-pumping journey, Master Sergeant Mike Mann and his elite team of soldiers paradrop into unknown territory over the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Something feels different about this mi
- Author: Mosby, J. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1950544419
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
$39.99 Add to cartWe are told that the present moment bears a strong resemblance to Reconstruction, the era after the Civil War when the victorious North attempted to create an interracial democracy in the unrepentant
- Author: Sinha, Manisha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1631498444
- Language: English
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Anna Karenina
$24.95 Add to cartAt its simplest, Anna Karenina is a love story. It is a portrait of a beautiful and intelligent woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties – to her marriage and to … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Tolstoy, Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0198800533
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
$10.99 Add to cartFirst appearing in 1845 The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, with its painfully vivid depiction of life in bondage, was both a bestseller in its day and one of the most powerful, authorita
- Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 151313356X
- Language: English
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Night Wherever We Go
$27.99 Add to cartA RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post – Atlanta Journal-Constitution – CrimeReads – Library Journal
A gripping, radically intimate debut novel about a group of enslaved women staging a covert re
- Author: Peyton, Tracey Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0063249871
- Language: English
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Little Town on the Prairie: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$19.99 Add to cartBased on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little Town on the Prairie is the seventh book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This ed
- Series: Little House #7
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 03 1953
- ISBN10: 0060264500
- Language: English
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On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864
$44.95 Add to cartWith On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeaste
- Author: Rhea, Gordon C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 468
- Publish Date: September 06 2017
- ISBN10: 0807167479
- Language: English
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Berlin. Portrait of a City
$70.00 Add to cartBerlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the wall was reunited. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 13 2007
- ISBN10: 3822814458
- Language: English
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The Red Coast: Radicalism and Anti-Radicalism in Southwest Washington
$24.95 Read moreThe Red Coast is a lively and readable informal history of the labor, left-wing, and progressive activists who lived, worked, and organized in southwest Washington State from the late nineteenth centu… [more below]
- Author: Goings, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 20 2019
- ISBN10: 087071967X
- Language: English
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Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
$24.95 Add to cartThe Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we commemorate its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery?
In their p
- Author: Willis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1439909865
- Language: English
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All about Madam C. J. Walker
$7.99 Read moreMadam C. J. Walker was a self-made millionaire who was beloved within her community for her philanthropy, and respected as a first rate business person. She was America’s first female self-made millio… [more below]
- Series: All about
- Author: Bundles, A’Lelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1681570939
- Language: English
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The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend
$35.00 Read moreFascinating documentation of a mysterious figure
In 1883, wearing a sixty-pound suit sewn from leather boot-tops, a wanderer known only as the Leather Man began to walk a 365 mile loop between the Conn
- Series: Garnet Books
- Author: DeLuca, Dan W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0819568627
- Language: English
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Little Women: Illustrated by M. E. Gray
$20.00 Read moreLouisa May Alcott’s beloved tale about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is presented in a beautiful Everyman’s Library Children’s Classics edition. The story of the four sisters’ dreams, quarrels, and romances … [more below]
- Series: Everyman’s Library Children’s Classics #0000
- Author: Alcott, Louisa May
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 530
- Publish Date: November 22 1994
- ISBN10: 0679436421
- Language: English
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Fevre Dream
$9.99 Add to cartA THRILLING REINVENTION OF THE VAMPIRE NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached b- Author: Martin, George R. R.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 055357793X
- Language: English
