Topical/Civil War
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
$28.99 Add to cartFilled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.
Jam- Series: Oxford History of the United States (Paperback)
- Author: McPherson, James M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 936
- Publish Date: December 11 2003
- ISBN10: 019516895X
- Language: English
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
$32.50 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON’S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS
- Author: Harriot, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0358439167
- Language: English
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The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History
$9.95 Add to cartEven though the Bear River Massacre was a defining event in the history of the Northwest Band of the Shoshone, in Parry’s retelling the massacre did not trap his people in death, but offered them rebi
- Author: Parry, Darren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: November 29, 2019
- ISBN10: 1948218194
- Language: English
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The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War
$29.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara’s Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day… [more below]
- Series: Civil War Trilogy
- Author: Shaara, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0679643249
- Language: English
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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition
$23.00 Add to cart“Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.”
“Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained now
–Ron Chernow, author of Grant- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: May 06 2019
- ISBN10: 0674237854
- Language: English
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Soldier’s Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
$7.99 Read moreIn June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn’t know what a “shooting war” meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn’t wan… [more below]
- Author: Paulsen, Gary
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 12 2000
- ISBN10: 0440228387
- Language: English
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The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham Lincoln- Author: Kilmeade, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 052554058X
- Language: English
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Brighter Than Her Fears
$25.32 Add to cartThe 19th century women’s rights movement and the rise of public education intertwine with one woman’s story of struggle, perseverance, and love.
When her father dies and the family inn falls to ruin in
- Author: Ard, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1956183140
- Language: English
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Red Warning
$9.99 Read more“Intricately plotted with extraordinary characters and riveting action.” –Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In the Blood
In this electrifying thriller from the author of The Night Age
- Author: Quirk, Matthew
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0063111713
- Language: English
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The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History
$30.00 Add to cartThe vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in American history–Abraham Lincoln’s history-changing nomination to lead the Republican Party in the 1860 presid
- Author: Achorn, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 080216062X
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation
$30.00 Read moreLincoln’s spiritual journey from spiritual skeptic to America’s first evangelical Christian presidentbeliever–a conversion that changed both the Civil War and the practice of religion itself.
Abraham- Author: Zeitz, Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 198488221X
- Language: English
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Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army After Appomattox
$23.00 Add to cartThe Army of Northern Virginia’s chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confederates had pushed west at a relentless pace for nearly a week, thousands o… [more below]
- Author: Janney, Caroline E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1469674300
- Language: English
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Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
$21.00 Add to cart“Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current politics we recognize African-American history–the spot under our country’s rug where the terrorism… [more below]
- Author: Gates, Henry Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0525559558
- Language: English
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Add to cartA Newbery Honor Book, this warm, funny, & heart-wrenching Civil War novel introduces readers to the Battle of Gettysburg & “Little Round Top,” one of the most famous feats of bravery in U.S. history!
I… [more below]
- Author: Philbrick, Rodman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0439668212
- Language: English
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The Auburn Conference
$17.00 Read moreIt is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, … [more below]
- Author: Piazza, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 199
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 160938881X
- Language: English
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The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale
$17.95 Read moreIn July 1863 the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought outside the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. In The Last Brother the story of one small boy is told amidst the dramatic events of t… [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Noble, Trinka Hakes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1585362530
- Language: English
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
$20.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked the
- Series: Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1865-69
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 06, 2001
- ISBN10: 0743203178
- Language: English
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Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
$19.00 Add to cart“Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency.” –Ron Chernow
In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history departm- Author: Seidule, Ty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 11, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250239281
- Language: English
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The Other Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgerton Prequel
$9.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents the third novel of the delightful Bridgerton Prequel series in a stunning new package.
There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically
- Series: A Bridgerton Prequel #3
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0062388207
- Language: English
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Freedom Bird: A Tale of Hope and Courage
$19.99 Read more“Powerful storytelling and immersive art.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Vibrant writing and magical realism lift this story to one of triumph.” —Publishers Weekly
“Nolen’s lively prose style re… [more below]- Author: Nolen, Jerdine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0689871678
- Language: English
