Chronological Period/18th Century
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Forgotten Founding Father: The Heroic Legacy of George Whitefield
$28.99 Add to cartFor many of those who are even familiar with his name, George Whitefield is thought of as a preacher, a man connected with the Great Awakening in the 1700s. While this is true, it is only part of the
- Series: Leaders in Action
- Author: Mansfield, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01, 2001
- ISBN10: 1581821654
- Language: English
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Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May – September 1787
$19.99 Add to cart“Remarkable…If you read only one book on the Constitution in your life, this could be it” (Los Angeles Times): the classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dram… [more below]
- Author: Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: September 30 1986
- ISBN10: 0316103985
- Language: English
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extre… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Doyle, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198840071
- Language: English
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Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution
$39.95 Read moreIn this eye-opening account, Eli Merritt reveals the deep political divisions that almost tore the Union apart during the American Revolution. So fractious were the founders’ political fights that the
- Author: Merritt, Eli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: June 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0826222811
- Language: English
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Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution
$23.99 Add to cartA “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans–women,… [more below]
- Author: Holton, Woody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1476750386
- Language: English
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
$15.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author, Newbery Honor recipient, and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin presents both the heroism and the treachery of one of the Revolutionary War’s most infamous
- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1250024609
- Language: English
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
$18.95 Add to cartThe Protestant ethic — a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one’s life in the service of God — was made famous by sociologist and political economist M… [more below]
- Series: Economy Editions
- Author: Weber, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 04 2003
- ISBN10: 048642703X
- Language: English
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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley
$10.99 Add to cartKidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, a young girl is purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family in Boston. Phillis Wheatley–as she comes to be known–has an eager mind and it
- Series: Great Episodes
- Author: Rinaldi, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 015205393X
- Language: English
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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743
$80.00 Add to cartA magnificent, never-before-published collection of every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo, and more — nearly 2,00… [more below]
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1631910019
- Language: English
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Masters of Empire
$28.99 Add to cartA radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view
In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Gre- Author: McDonnell, Michael a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0809068001
- Language: English
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Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World’s Greatest Scientific Expedition
$28.00 Add to cartThe story of the world’s largest, longest, and best financed scientific expedition of all time, triumphantly successful, gruesomely tragic, and never before fully told
The immense 18th-century scien- Series: Merloyd Lawrence Book
- Author: Bown, Stephen R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825198
- Language: English
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Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778
$28.00 Add to cartIn this major new history of the Continental Army’s Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and cold… [more below]
- Author: Herrera, Ricardo A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1469667312
- Language: English
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Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
$23.99 Add to cartIn this gripping chronicle of America’s struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled wi… [more below]
- Author: Ferling, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: April 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0195382927
- Language: English
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Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a “vivid, compelling, and unputdownable new biography” (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about the extra… [more below]
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1501166344
- Language: English
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The Civil War
$24.99 Add to cart“Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton.” —Baltimore Sun
Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton’s The Civil War is one of the m… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage Books
- Author: Catton, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: December 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0618001875
- Language: English
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The Anarchy
$35.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Cundill History Prize
ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR “Superb … A vivid and richly detail- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1635573955
- Language: English
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The High Ground: Why Civic Virtue Matters to America
$15.95 Add to cartWhy civic virtue matters to America.
America is at a crossroad. Current public opinion surveys report that Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track, and they are broadly pessimistic abo
- Author: Edgeworth, Dee R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: May 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887317120
- Language: English
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Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835
$17.95 Add to cart“An interesting and effective overview. . . . It is to the author’s considerable credit that she is able to re-create the values and behavior of Cherokee women through court records, myths, and observ
- Series: Indians of the Southeast
- Author: Perdue, Theda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0803287607
- Language: English
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Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate
$34.99 Add to cartA thorough, exciting examination of 18th-century pirate life, with wonderful details.
“Interesting and exciting . . . a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of an interesting life and int
–Publishers Weekly- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 2006
- ISBN10: 047175885X
- Language: English
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Lafayette
$41.99 Add to cartAcclaim for Lafayette
“I found Mr. Unger’s book exceptionally well done. It’s an admirable account of the marquis’s two revolutions-one might even say his two lives–the French and the American. It al- Author: Unger, Harlow Giles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0471394327
- Language: English
