Chronological Period/19th Century
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Fighting for the Forest: How Fdr’s Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America
$8.99 Add to cart“Informative, inspiring.” —Kirkus Reviews
In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps–one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New- Author: Pearson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1534429336
- Language: English
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The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
$17.95 Read moreThe long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself. But James Oakes’s b
- Author: Oakes, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1324020199
- Language: English
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Ollie Escapes the Great Chicago Fire
$8.99 Read moreTwelve-year-old Ollie is struggling to get by as an orphan in 1871 Chicago. He finds work as a servant for the wealthy Burnham family, including caring for five-year-old Leo Burnham. But Ollie has a l… [more below]
- Series: Smithsonian Historical Fiction
- Author: Alikhan, Salima
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1663921377
- Language: English
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Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas
$35.00 Read moreA bold new history of the origins and aftermath of the Texas Revolution, revealing how Indians, Mexicans, and Americans battled for survival in one of the continent’s most diverse regions
The Texas R- Author: Haynes, Sam W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1541645413
- Language: English
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Frontier Terror: Murder, Lynching, and Vigilantes in the Old West
$36.33 Add to cartAuthor Michael Rutter examines the growing pains of the American West through the lens of vigilantes, outlaws, mob violence, and lynchings that occurred between 1840 and 1920, proving that oftentimes
- Author: Rutter, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067729
- Language: English
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
$28.00 Read moreNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
A Chicag- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864126
- Language: English
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Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina
$45.00 Read moreNineteenth-century stoneware by enslaved and free potters living in Edgefield, South Carolina, highlights the central role of Black artists in the region’s long-standing pottery traditions
Recenterin- Author: Spinozzi, Adrienne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1588397262
- Language: English
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A Lantern in Her Hand
$8.99 Add to cartThe classic story of Abbie and Will Deal–pioneers who left everything behind for a new life on America’s frontier.
Abbie Mackenzie dreamed of becoming a fine lady like her aristocratic grandmother,- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Aldrich, Bess Streeter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140384286
- Language: English
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Under the Greenwood Tree
$11.95 Add to cart“Miss Fancy Day; as neat a little figure of fun as ever I see, and just husband-high.”
One of the most popular of Hardy’s novels, Under the Greenwood Tree is a delightful and humorous depiction of lif- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Hardy, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0199697205
- Language: English
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When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
$8.00 Read moreIn an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States Government, through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), funded the Federal Writers
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Yetman, Norman R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0486420701
- Language: English
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The Sweet Far Thing
$14.99 Add to cartThe gripping conclusion to the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners
- Series: Readers Circle (Delacorte) #3
- Author: Bray, Libba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0440237777
- Language: English
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Who Was Milton Bradley?
$6.99 Read moreMeet the man behind the board games: Milton Bradley.
Born in Maine in 1836, Milton Bradley moved with his family to the working-class city of Lowell, Massachusetts, at age 11. His early life consisted- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488477
- Language: English
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Hegewisch
$24.99 Read moreFounded in 1884 as the company town of the United States Rolling Stock Company, Hegewisch became Chicago’s most remote and isolated neighborhood in 1889. Surrounded by waterways and railroads, the com… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Ogorek, Cynthia L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160660
- Language: English
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A Storm in the Stars: A Novel of Mary Shelley
$18.00 Read moreIn London, early in the nineteenth century, five-year-old Mary Godwin, daughter of philosopher William Godwin, plays with her sister Fanny, mourns her deceased mother, and marvels as a hot air balloon
- Author: Zancanella, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1953002285
- Language: English
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Monadnock Originals: Colorful Characters from New Hampshire’s Quiet Corner
$23.99 Read moreThe Monadnock Region has been referred to as New Hampshire’s “forgotten corner.” It is a quiet region known for its historic New England villages and beautiful natural landscape. Overlooked tales from… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Rumrill, Alan F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152641
- Language: English
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US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883-1918
$20.00 Read moreExplores the history of the US Navy’s 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy.
After the American Civil War, the powerful US Navy was allowed to d- Series: New Vanguard #320
- Author: Herder, Brian Lane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472857038
- Language: English
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A History of the Barricade
$17.95 Read more- Author: Hazan, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1784781282
- Language: English
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1861: The Civil War Awakening
$22.00 Add to cartA gripping and original account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.
A- Series: Vintage Civil War Library
- Author: Goodheart, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: February 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1400032199
- Language: English
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Beauvallet
$19.99 Add to cartBestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, introduces the most daring and dashing hero of all.
“Mad Nicholas” to his friends, “Scourge of Spain” to his enemies, Sir Nicholas Beau
- Series: Historical Romances #5
- Author: Heyer, Georgette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1402219512
- Language: English
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American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
$27.95 Read moreOn a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon’s shadow descended on the American West, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. This rare celestial event–a to
- Author: Baron, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1631490168
- Language: English
