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1812
Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; unified the United States with a renewed sense of national purpose; and set the stage for westward expansion |
Walter R. Borneman |
2009-12-08 |
$12.99 |
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1898
In this remarkable evocation of the American past, David Traxel chronicles the extraordinary events of 1898--a year without rival in United States history for its extravagant adventure and far-reaching significance. Displaying a rare combination of graceful ...more |
David Traxel |
2009-09-29 |
$15.95 |
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Age of Betrayal (E-Book)
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Jack Beatty |
2010-01-22 |
$15.95 |
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Banquet at Delmonico's: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America
In Banquet at Delmonico's, Barry Werth, the acclaimed author of The Scarlet Professor, draws readers inside the circle of philosophers, scientists, politicians, businessmen, clergymen, and scholars who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to ...more |
Barry Werth |
2009-01-02 |
$27.00 |
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California Ranchos, Second Edition
The original volume from which this book is taken, Burgess McK. Shumway's "Ranchos of California: Patented Private Land Grants Listed by County," was one of a series of noteworthy research projects produced by the Federal Writ-ers Project of the Works ...more |
Burgess McK. Shumway |
2009-11-07 |
$9.95 |
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Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy
The Mormon handcart tragedy of 1856 is the worst disaster in the history of the Western migrations, and yet it remains virtually unknown today outside Mormon circles. Following the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, its second Prophet |
David Roberts |
2009-08-09 |
$26.00 |
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Driven Out
Chapter 1 GOLD! "PEACEABLY IF WE CAN, FORCIBLY IF WE MUST" On February 2, 1848, a vanquished Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and ceded California to the United States, unaware that just nine days earlier, nuggets of pure gold had been found |
Jean Pfaelzer |
2010-02-25 |
$27.95 |
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Eagles and Empire
"A lively history."— Kirkus |
David A. Clary |
2009-07-26 |
$30.00 |
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Final Voyage
A maritime adventure set against a lush historical backdrop. I n 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America's most distinctive commodities: |
Peter Nichols |
2009-10-15 |
$26.95 |
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James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government
In the first study that combines an in-depth examination of Madison's National Gazette essays of 1791-92 with a study of The Federalist, Colleen Sheehan traces the evolution of Madison's conception of the politics of communication and public opinion throughout ...more |
Colleen A. Sheehan |
2009-03-28 |
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Mass Migration Under Sail
Dr Cohn provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the economic history of European immigration to the antebellum United States, using and evaluating the available data as well as presenting new data. This analysis centers on immigration from the ...more |
Raymond L. Cohn |
2009-05-08 |
$68.00 |
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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roo
Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Now with a new introduction ...more |
David McCullough |
2009-08-03 |
$16.00 |
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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel
A Pulitzer Prize winner explores the role of the first machine gun in transforming America into a superpower Although it was little used during the American Civil War-the time in which it was invented-the Gatling gun soon changed the nature of warfare ...more |
Julia Keller |
2010-02-23 |
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Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West and the woman he loved
Clarence King is a hero of nineteenth-century western history. Brilliant scientist and witty conversationalist, bestselling author and architect of the great surveys |
Martha A. Sandweiss |
2009-03-27 |
$24.95 |
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Revolt of the Tar Heels: The North Carolina Populist Movement, 1890-1901
During the 1890s, North Carolina witnessed a political revolution as the newly formed Populist Party joined with the Republicans to throw out do-nothing, conservative Democrats. Focusing on political transformation, electoral reform, and new economic policies ...more |
James A. Beeby |
2010-03-03 |
$50.00 |
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Selling Your Father's Bones: America's 140-Year War against the Nez Perce Tribe
Part historical narrative, part travelogue, and part environmental plea, Selling Your Father's Bones recounts one of the most astonishing journeys in the history of the American West. ...more |
Brian Schofield |
2009-03-27 |
$26.00 |
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Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West
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Philip L. Fradkin |
2009-08-03 |
$20.95 |
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Sultana
A powerful account of a surprisingly forgotten tragedy of the Civil War A stunning wartime account of human endurance and adventure, and an exploration of just how much the human body and mind can take, Sultana follows several young Union soldiers |
Alan Huffman |
2009-04-27 |
$26.99 |
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The Age of Gold
Â"I have found it.Â" These words, uttered by the man who first discovered gold on the American River in 1848, triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. CaliforniaÂ's gold drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth. ...more |
H. W. Brands |
2009-05-02 |
$17.95 |
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The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History
A gripping account of the legendary battle, told from the Lakota perspective. The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota and white settlers. The men who led the battle-Crazy Horse, ...more |
Joseph M. Marshall III |
2010-02-26 |
$24.95 |
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