Chronological Period/19th Century
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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century
$46.67 Read moreA panoramic global history of the nineteenth century
A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transiti- Series: America in the World #20
- Author: Osterhammel, J?rgen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1192
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169802
- Language: English
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The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend
$35.00 Read moreFascinating documentation of a mysterious figure
In 1883, wearing a sixty-pound suit sewn from leather boot-tops, a wanderer known only as the Leather Man began to walk a 365 mile loop between the Conn
- Series: Garnet Books
- Author: DeLuca, Dan W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 30 2008
- ISBN10: 0819568627
- Language: English
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A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877 1886
$35.95 Read moreEdward P. Kohn is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University in Turkey. Kohn has written extensively on Theodore Roosevelt, and… [more below]
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Kohn, Edward P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1438455135
- Language: English
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The Golly Sisters Go West
$5.99 Add to cartA funny introduction to pioneer life, perfect for classrooms and homeschoolers
The Golly Sisters are heading west. They’ve got new dresses and the best show on either side of the Mississippi. But can t
- Series: I Can Read Level 3
- Author: Byars, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 18 2003
- ISBN10: 0064441326
- Language: English
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Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
$25.00 Add to cartA Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Slate, Kirkus Reviews
In 1839, nearly 20,000 British troops poured through the mountain passes into Afghanistan and installed the exiled Shah Shuja on the thron- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0307948536
- Language: English
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The Kill: La Curee
$15.95 Add to cartThe Kill (La Cur馥) is the second volume in Zola’s great cycle of twenty novels, Les Rougon-Macquart, and the first to establish Paris – the capital of modernity – as the centre of Zola’s narrative w… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Zola, Émile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536929
- Language: English
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring
A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0312429266
- Language: English
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The House of Dies Drear
$8.99 Read moreA family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award-winning book from Virginia Hamilton.
The house held secrets, Thomas knew,- Author: Hamilton, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1416914056
- Language: English
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To Be a Slave
$8.99 Read moreWhat was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United States, their work in the … [more below]
- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Lester, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0142403865
- Language: English
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Wuthering Heights
$10.00 Add to cartConsidered lurid and shocking by mid-19th-century standards, Wuthering Heights was initially thought to be such a publishing risk that its author, Emily Bront , was asked to pay some of the publicatio
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Bront?, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 24 1996
- ISBN10: 0486292568
- Language: English
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A Family Sketch and Other Private Writings: Volume 5
$32.43 Add to cartThis book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain’s private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, … [more below]
- Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Wr #5
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 07 2014
- ISBN10: 520280733
- Language: English
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Marcus Daly’s Road to Montana
$23.99 Add to cartThe Making of a Copper King! Born in 1841 to tenant farmers, Marcus Daly came from rural Ireland to New York as a boy. Having learned the big city’s harsh lessons, he traveled west to the gold… [more below]
- Author: Wahler, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153591
- Language: English
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America’s First Interstate: The National Road, 1806-1853
$29.95 Add to cartThe story of America’s first government-sponsored highway
The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, thi
- Author: Pickenpaugh, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1606353977
- Language: English
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The Highlander Takes a Bride: Highland Brides
$9.99 Add to cartA bold, seductive laird meets his passionate match in a scintillating Highland romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands
Sword fighting, swearing, and riding astride come naturally to
- Series: Highland Brides #3
- Author: Sands, Lynsay
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0062273590
- 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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My Last Duchess
$9.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Wildes series with a prequel about the Wilde children’s parents, Hugo, Duke of Lindow, and Ophelia, Lady Astley.
Every Duke needs a Duchess
- Series: Wildes of Lindow Castle #6
- Author: James, Eloisa
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0063036347
- Language: English
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
$6.99 Add to cartThe perfect biography to “bite into” at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0448439689
- Language: English
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Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery
$39.95 Read moreThe nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as “a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science”; yet, over the next 150 ye… [more below]
- Author: Barnett, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 23 2015
- ISBN10: 0500518106
- Language: English
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The Saga of the Pony Express
$17.00 Add to cartAmerica in the mid-1800s was a land of burgeoning cities, westward expansion, economic optimism, and political turmoil. Threatened by civil war and Indian uprisings, the government needed better commu… [more below]
- Author: DiCerto, Joseph J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: June 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0878424520
- Language: English
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A Storm of Horses
$19.95 Read moreAn inspiring picture book about Rosa Bonheur, the most famous female painter of her century, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the artist’s birth
In a stunning ode to underrepresente- Author: Sanderson, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718481
- Language: English
