Chronological Period/18th Century
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The Journals of Captain Cook
$18.00 Add to cartThe writings of a first-rate scientist and daring adventurer–the subject of New York Times bestselling historian Hampton Sides’s The Wide Wide Sea
John Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacif… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Cook, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140436472
- Language: English
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The Matchlock Gun
$8.99 Add to cartA Newbery Medal Winner
In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his father was called away to watch for a- Author: Edmonds, Walter D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 23 1998
- ISBN10: 0698116801
- Language: English
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Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
$21.99 Add to cartOn July 9, 1755, British regulars and American colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock, commander in chief of the British Army in North America, were attacked by French and Native… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: Preston, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190658517
- Language: English
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Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride
$19.99 Add to cartThe first “manned” hot-air balloon is about to take off! But what are those noises coming from the basket?
Based on the (POSSIBLY) true report of a day in 1783, this si the story of (PERHAPS) the bra… [more below]- Author: Priceman, Marjorie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0689826427
- Language: English
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The Last of the Mohicans
$24.99 Add to cartA gorgeously crafted edition of a great American classic–James Fenimore Cooper’s epic tale of frontier life during the French and Indian War, complete with lush tip-in illustrations.
Chingachgook and- Series: Scribner Classics
- Author: Cooper, James Fenimore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1442481307
- Language: English
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Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence
$19.99 Add to cartHere is the first-ever picture book about female Revolutionary War activist Prudence Wright, who rallied the first and only group of “minute women” to fight the British, changing history in the proces… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1644720574
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
$12.95 Add to cartOn September 17,1796, George Washington announced that he would leave the presidency. His famous farewell address encapsulates a view of the Union, the Constitution, and good citizenship that is an im… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 27 1999
- ISBN10: 1557094543
- Language: English
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Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777
$34.95 Add to cartWinner, 2024 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps’ humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years … [more below]
- Author: Bohm, Jason Q.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216265
- Language: English
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
$18.95 Add to cartAs Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What b… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0393340023
- Language: English
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of How the World Moves–the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History
In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a h- Author: Nabokov, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140281592
- Language: English
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Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
$18.99 Add to cartThe true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.
When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying ma- Author: Bardoe, Cheryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0316278203
- Language: English
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
$13.95 Add to cartIn 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together. Their tour of the Hebrides res… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Johnson, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198798741
- Language: English
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The Side-By-Side Declaration of Independence: With Side-By-Side Plain English Translations, Plus Definitions and More!
$17.99 Read more“An absolute necessity for anyone looking for a kid-friendly history book.”—Time for Kids, Kid Reporter
“This engaging and surprisingly entertaining effort seems like the perfect choice to accompany
- Series: Great Documents Collection #1
- Author: Miles, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1638190488
- Language: English
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Letters from an American Farmer
$14.95 Add to cartWritten by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: “What, then, is the American, this new man?”, as a new nation took shape b… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Crèvecoeur, J Hector St John de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554749
- Language: English
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Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics: 1776-1963
$19.99 Add to cartWhat they didn’t teach you in school about Benjamin Franklin, The Freeemasons, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, the Spanish American War, Prohibition, and more.
In this updated paperback edition, there i- Author: Jeffries, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1510769102
- Language: English
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In the Founders’ Footsteps: Landmarks of the American Revolution
$38.00 Read more“Beautifully alive.”–Wall Street Journal
A tour through the original thirteen colonies in search of historical sites and t
Winner of the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from The Society of Colonial Wars- Author: Doren, Adam Van
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1567926622
- Language: English
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Labels of Empire: Textile Trademarks – Windows Into India in the Time of the Raj
$100.00 Read moreIt was said that at one time Great Britain clothed the world. In the 1880s, when the British textile industry was at its most prosperous to date, much of the world’s population wore clothing made from… [more below]
- Author: Meller, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081251
- Language: English
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If a Pirate I Must Be: The True Story of Black Bart, King of the Caribbean Pirates
$16.99 Read moreIn a page-turning tale brimming with adventure, author Richard Sanders tells of the remarkable exploits of Bartholomew Roberts (better known as Black Bart), the greatest of the Caribbean pirates. He d… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1510772634
- Language: English
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Alexander Hamilton: A Plan for America
$4.99 Read moreThe life of Alexander Hamilton, a key leader in the United States after the Revolutionary War, is introduced in this early reader biography.
Alexander Hamilton was one of America’s founders. He was the
- Series: I Can Read Level 2
- Author: Albee, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0062432907
- Language: English
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Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
$15.95 Read moreRecent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax “constitutional conservatism” lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America’s founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic c
- Series: Discovering America
- Author: Hogeland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: February 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0292757530
- Language: English
