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The War of 1812
$20.00 Read moreIn this fully illustrated introduction, acclaimed historian Carl Benn examines the War of 1812 and its significance in US history.
The war of 1812-1815 was a bloody confrontation that tore through th- Series: Essential Histories (Osprey Publishing)
- Author: Benn, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1472858565
- Language: English
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Streeterville: Chicago’s Most Exciting Neighborhood
$24.99 Read moreMeet the Chicagoans who had the vision — or the chicanery — to turn a worthless marsh into the amazing cityscape that is modern Streeterville.
The towering buildings between beautiful Lake Michigan a
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Klatt, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151572
- Language: English
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Chicago Marching: A History of Protest, Authority & Violence
$23.99 Read moreExamine the inflection points in Chicago’s history of protest. A word packed with meaning and emotion, “protest” can be synonymous with both free speech and rioting. Chicago’s citizens and city offici… [more below]
- Author: Rulli, Joseph Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151432
- Language: English
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48 Liberal Lies about American History: (That You Probably Learned in School)
$18.00 Read moreOver the last forty years, history textbooks have become more and more politically correct and distorted about our country’s past, argues professor Larry Schweikart. The result, he says, is that stude… [more below]
- Author: Schweikart, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1595230564
- Language: English
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Moondoggle: Franklin Roosevelt and the Fight for Tidal-Electric Power at Passamaquoddy Bay
$45.00 Add to cartFor 25 years, Franklin Roosevelt tried to build the world’s first tidal-electric power plant-by harnessing the Bay of Fundy’s giant tides. The enormous project would have dammed-up 110 square miles of… [more below]
- Author: Borton, Mark C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: April 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1608937143
- Language: English
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Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11
$21.99 Read more“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9/11, or who
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0062275658
- Language: English
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Blm: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution
$28.99 Read moreThe George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and dem
- Author: Gonzalez, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1641772239
- Language: English
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The Shattering: America in the 1960s
$22.00 Read moreOn July 4, 1961, the rising middle-class families of a Chicago neighborhood gathered before their flag-bedecked houses, a confident vision of the American Dream. That vision was shattered over the fol
- Author: Boyle, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1324036117
- Language: English
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Ohio Ice Cream: A Scoop of History
$21.99 Read moreCups, Cones & Claims to Fame in the Buckeye State
Drawing on a rich dairy heritage, Ohio has whipped up an ice cream industry worthy of tourism. The state has legitimate claims as the birthplace of th
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Cook, Renee Casteel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1467150967
- Language: English
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The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
$17.95 Read moreProhibition has long been portrayed as a “noble experiment” that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies. Now at last Lisa McGirr dismantles this cherished myth to r
- Author: McGirr, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353524
- Language: English
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Black Communities of Fairfax: A History
$24.99 Add to cartThe story of Black Fairfax has long been untold. The free Black population of Fairfax Court House dates to at least the 1820s. After the Civil War, newly freed Black citizens expanded the hamlet of Je… [more below]
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Willson, Etta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155497
- Language: English
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Historic Tales of Fort Benton
$23.99 Read more“…more romance, tragedy and vigorous life than many a city a hundred times its size and ten times its age.” – Historian Hiram M. Chittenden
Deep in the heart of Blackfoot country on the Upper Miss
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Robison, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154873
- Language: English
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Secret Wichita: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$27.00 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Whiteside, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064936
- Language: English
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Pittsburgh Sports in the 1970s: Tragedies, Triumphs and Championships
$24.99 Read moreSports in the Steel City has never reached the highs and lows that fans in Pittsburgh experienced in the 1970s.
Most remembered may be the multiple championships celebrated in city during the era, incl
- Series: Sports
- Author: Finoli, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1467155004
- Language: English
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The Georgia Farmers’ Strike: The American Agricultural Movement vs. Jimmy Carter
$23.99 Read moreAuthor Lee Lancaster retraces the movement of a remarkable time in our nation’s agricultural history.
In 1976, America sent a peanut farmer from Plains to Washington, D.C. Farmers throughout the nat
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Lancaster, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154253
- Language: English
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Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History
$23.99 Read moreBounce off the ropes for a high-flying jaunt through the history of Magnolia State professional wrestling. At its peak, professional wrestling was arguably the most popular sport in Mississippi. The p… [more below]
- Series: Sports
- Author: Martin, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467154288
- Language: English
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Cracker Horses and Cattle: A History of Florida’s Heritage Breeds
$24.99 Read moreJoin author Carol Matthews on a galloping romp through the long history of Florida’s cracker horses and cattle.
The first horses and cattle to set foot on the North American continent stepped onto Flo
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Matthews, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151009
- Language: English
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House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre
$14.95 Read moreOn September 11, 1857, some 120 men, women, and children from the Arkansas hills were murdered in the remote desert valley of Mountain Meadows, Utah. This notorious massacre was, in fact, a mass execu
- Author: Novak, Shannon A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 27 2008
- ISBN10: 1607811693
- Language: English
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Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives
$22.00 Read moreThe variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single place. But since 1981, the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives has striven to do just that, amassing a wea… [more below]
- Author: D’Emilio, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2020
- ISBN10: 022672753X
- Language: English
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Historic Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks
$21.95 Read moreHistoric Illinois: A Tour of the State’s Top National Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state’s national… [more below]
- Author: O’Connor Davis, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: December 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493055399
- Language: English
