Chronological Period/18th Century
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Don’t Read Poetry: A Book about How to Read Poems
$30.00 Read moreAn award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys–and challenges–of the genre
In Don’t Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduc… [more below]- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0465094503
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
$28.99 Read moreAmazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce’s extraordinary role as a human right
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0061173002
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$10.95 Read moreThe authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”–J. H. Plumb, New- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0300098588
- Language: English
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I Am Mozart, Too: The Lost Genius of Maria Anna Mozart
$18.99 Read moreTo everyone who has heard of my famous younger brother but has never heard of me.
I Am Mozart, Too is a picture book biography about Wolfgang’s older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, who was a child prodigy- Author: Ades, Audrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 22, 2022
- ISBN10: 0374314764
- Language: English
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Calico Captive
$9.99 Add to cartIn the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself ins
- Author: Speare, Elizabeth George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0618150765
- Language: English
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Freedom’s Pen: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Freed Slave and Poet Phillis Wheatley
$8.99 Add to cartDaughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
1761–Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Africa and brought to America as a sl
- Series: Daughters of the Faith
- Author: Lawton, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0802476392
- Language: English
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Who Was Daniel Boone?
$6.99 Read moreCalled the “Great Pathfinder”, Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky. A symbol of America’s pioneering spirit Boone was a skilled outdoorsman and an avid rea… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Kramer, S. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0448439026
- Language: English
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American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
$21.99 Add to cartPowerful and riveting, this Newbery Honor-winning narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever, the toll it took on the nation’s capital–and the eventual triumph over the disease.
Long before
- Author: Murphy, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0395776082
- Language: English
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Who Was Abigail Adams?
$6.99 Add to cartAbigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to “remember the ladies” and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for eq… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Kelley, True
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 23 2014
- ISBN10: 0448478900
- Language: English
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Rush Revere and the First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans
$21.00 Add to cartFrom America’s #1 radio talk show host and #1 New York Times bestselling author, the second book in a series for young readers with a history teacher who travels back in time to have adventures with e… [more below]
- Series: Rush Revere #2
- Author: Limbaugh, Rush
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1476755884
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Spy
$7.99 Add to cartThis historic time-travel fantasy is a riveting sequel to a bestselling classic.
Ten-year-old Matt Carlton and six friends are accidentally swept back in time–to Boston in 1776 The British now occupy… [more below]
- Series: Time Travel Adventures
- Author: Woodruff, Elvira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0545104882
- Language: English
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Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
$18.99 Add to cartListen up You’ve all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The d… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0689858086
- Language: English
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Rush Revere and the American Revolution: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans
$21.00 Add to cartThe American revolution has begun–and Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the time-traveling crew are ready to ride into the action
Join us on this incredible time-travel adventure Liberty, my wis- Series: Rush Revere #3
- Author: Limbaugh, Rush
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 1476789878
- Language: English
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Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
$0.00 Read moreBefore Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter–with 59 cannons in tow.
In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ti- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 22, 2013
- ISBN10: 1596432667
- Language: English
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
$9.99 Read moreThroughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker atta
- Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0152018921
- Language: English
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Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
$7.99 Add to cartNewbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s beloved novel about a boy who would do anything to paint is now available in a refreshed paperback edition.
Benjamin West was born with an extraordinary- Author: Henry, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 148140394X
- Language: English
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Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
$9.99 Read moreFrom Edgar Award winning author Katie Alender comes this delightfully creepy ghost story about Paris, murder, and one killer queen.
21st century girl. 18th century ghost. Heads will roll!
Colette Iselin
- Author: Alender, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338837516
- Language: English
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Loyalty
$16.99 Read moreNewbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a young Loyalist turned British spy navigating patriotism and personal responsibility during the lead-up
- Author: Avi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0358248078
- Language: English
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Rush Revere and the Presidency
$21.00 Add to cartJoin Rush Revere on another action-packed journey Rush and his friends head back in time to the early days of our independent nation to watch the early American presidents George Washington, John Ada… [more below]
- Series: Rush Revere #5
- Author: Limbaugh, Rush
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1501156896
- Language: English
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Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride
$8.99 Read moreOn a dark, cold, and rainy night in April 1777, Sybil Ludington sets out on a journey to warn American soldiers that danger is headed their way. The British are coming They have already attacked a ne
- Series: On My Own History
- Author: Amstel, Marsha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1575054566
- Language: English
