Locality/Richmond-Petersburg
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The Petersburg Campaign: Volume 1 – The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864
$22.95 Read moreThe wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 whe… [more below]
- Author: Bearss, Edwin C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: September 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1611215323
- Language: English
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The Petersburg Campaign: Volume 2 – The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865
$22.95 Read moreWinner, 2014, The Douglas Southall Freeman Award
The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting b… [more below]- Author: Bearss, Edwin C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1611215331
- Language: English
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Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring: A Spy on History Book
$9.95 Add to cartYour Mission: Find Mary’s secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes
It’s a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the- Series: Spy on History
- Author: Alberti, Enigma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1523507713
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail
$32.00 Read moreThe inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation’s first HBCUs
In The Devil’s Half Acre, New York Times bestsell
- Author: Green, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1541675630
- Language: English
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Rebel Richmond: Life and Death in the Confederate Capital
$37.50 Add to cartIn the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence. A remarkable drama unfolded in the… [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Ash, Stephen V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1469650983
- Language: English
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African Americans of Petersburg
$31.99 Add to cartThe city of Petersburg has distinguished itself as a special place for African American history. African Americans in Petersburg have overcome racial and political obstacles placed in their paths. The… [more below]
- Author: Luqman-Dawson, Amina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: January 14 2009
- ISBN10: 1531634222
- Language: English
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Izzy’s Fire: Finding Humanity In The Holocaust
$19.99 Add to cartThe story of how an impoverished three-member Catholic farm family saved thirteen Jews from the Holocaust in Lithuania, seven of them escapees from Kovno Ghetto. All sixteen lived and as of 2015, five… [more below]
- Author: Beasley, Nancy Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: May 01 2015
- ISBN10: 098618280X
- Language: English
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Trace: Scarpetta (Book 13)
$9.99 Add to cartDr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.
Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he nee- Series: Scarpetta #13
- Author: Cornwell, Patricia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 03 2012
- ISBN10: 425250318
- Language: English
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Charlotte Spies for Justice: A Civil War Survival Story
$9.99 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Charlotte lives on a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where the American Civil War is raging. All around her, citizens and the Confederate army are fighting to protect slavery — the … [more below]
- Series: Girls Survive
- Author: Smith, Nikki Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496584465
- Language: English
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Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
$19.99 Add to cartA stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
Henry Brown doesn’t know how old he is. Nob… [more below]
- Author: Levine, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 10 2008
- ISBN10: 043977733X
- Language: English
