Chronological Period/19th Century
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Sense and Sensibility
$14.99 Add to cartTwo sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 19 2016
- ISBN10: 1909621692
- Language: English
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Beautiful Useful Things: What William Morris Made
$18.99 Read moreAward-winning author Beth Kephart and illustrator Melodie Stacey’s poetic picture book, Beautiful Useful Things, is about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure t… [more below]
- Author: Kephart, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1951836332
- Language: English
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Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey
$29.95 Read moreThe road to hell is paved with good intentions…and gold dust.
When Henry Jenkins’s sawmill business goes bust and his family loses their Indiana farm to foreclosure, he sees gold as the answer to hi
- Author: Lyon, Eilene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070061
- Language: English
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Dandelions
$9.99 Read moreEager to start a new life in a new land, Zoe and her family journey west to the Nebraska Territory in the 1800s.
When Zoe and her family arrive at their claim, nothing distinguishes it from the miles a
- Author: Bunting, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0152024077
- Language: English
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The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
$29.95 Read more“It is interesting to watch how the expressions change as you progress through the book, from optimistic in the beginning, to almost hopeless by the end… The pictures alone will offer hours of view
- Author: Berton, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1550464531
- Language: English
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Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 – June 1, 1862
$34.95 Read more“The author’s new and important study concentrates on the Fair Oaks part of the battle. His research is thorough, he has walked the ground, and his narrative brings the battle to life.” — Doug Crensh… [more below]
- Author: Vignola, Victor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216826
- Language: English
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Dance at Grandpa’s
$9.99 Read moreWith the My First Little House picture book series, the youngest readers can share in the joy of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books in these illustrated adaptations of the beloved series!
Laura,
- Series: Little House Prequel
- Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0064433722
- Language: English
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The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850
$35.00 Read moreThe first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway
Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails l- Author: Gwyn, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0300267894
- Language: English
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Moon and the Mars
$24.95 Read moreA vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated–and decided–the Civil War, from the Draft Riots and the the decisive entry of Black sold… [more below]
- Author: Corthron, Kia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1644213168
- Language: English
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True Tales of Tennessee: Earthquake to Railroad
$23.99 Read moreThe Beginnings of the Volunteer State Tennessee was a remote place in 1810. By 1850, some of the most influential people in America had come from Tennessee, such as Sequoyah, David Crockett, the filib… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Carey, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153893
- Language: English
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
$12.00 Add to cartRegarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain’s work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan’s page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Cont?. (Twain’s alter
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0486424596
- Language: English
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Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
$34.00 Add to cartWidely recognized as “one of the nation’s foremost scholars on the slave era” (Boston Globe), Bancroft Prize-winning historian Ira Berlin has changed the way we think about African American life in sl
- Author: Berlin, Ira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 428
- Publish Date: November 27 2007
- ISBN10: 1595581731
- Language: English
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The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
$9.99 Add to cartWith murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively readable and perfect for the Common Core.
Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty- Author: Miller, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1984892444
- Language: English
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
$14.99 Read moreUncle Tom’s Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the consciences and hearts of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1529011868
- Language: English
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When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation’s Rise from the Ashes
$29.95 Read moreAn insightful re-examination of one of the most dangerous moments in US history, the British assault on Washington, DC
Perhaps no other single day in US history was as threatening to the survival of th
- Author: Watson, Robert P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 164712350X
- Language: English
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A Calder at Heart
$27.00 Read moreIn a tale perfect for fans of Yellowstone, the legendary New York Times bestselling author brings America’s frontier to vivid life in a saga of love, hope and endurance in 1919 Montana, as the end of … [more below]
- Series: The Calder Brand
- Author: Dailey, Janet
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1496727460
- Language: English
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Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium
$27.95 Read moreLincoln’s life and leadership through the lens of the Bible
How did Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong study of scripture influence him as a man and, ultimately, as president? Historian Gordon Leidner believ- Author: Leidner, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0809339005
- Language: English
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Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President
$5.99 Add to cartIn 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sends Lewis and Clark out West to explore. He tells them to make maps, draw pictures, and collect plants. Most importantly, he tells them to send presents. What kin… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading
- Author: Redmond, Shirley Raye
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0375811206
- Language: English
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Abraham Lincoln, 2nd Edition: Redeemer President
$29.99 Read moreThe story of Abraham Lincoln’s faith and intellectual life–updated and revised with a new preface–from the three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize and best-selling Civil War-era historian Allen Guelz
- Series: Library of Religious Biography (Lrb)
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 539
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 080287858X
- Language: English
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The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War
$18.00 Read moreHow partisan politics lead to the Civil War
What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this bril- Author: Holt, Michael F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20 2005
- ISBN10: 0809044390
- Language: English
