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A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare
A gripping tale of shipwreck and survival that changed the fate of the colonies and enriched our literary legacy
In 1609, aspiring writer William Strachey set sail aboard the Sea Venture, bound for the New World. Caught in a hurricane, the ship separated |
Hobson Woodward |
2009-06-21 |
$25.95 |
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Border Wars of New England
Originally published over 75 years ago, The Border Wars of New England is Samuel Adams Drake's enlightening compact historical description of what has been commonly referred to as King William's and Queen Anne's Wars. Handsomely illustrated with numerous ...more |
Samuel Drake |
2008-10-20 |
$4.95 |
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Cry of the Tomahawk
The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania is an area rich in history, none of which is more fascinating than in its origin. Settled not by the people of Pennsylvania, but rather of Connecticut due to conflicting land grants, it produced a titanic struggle between ...more |
James B. Miller |
2010-03-06 |
$6.00 |
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Freedom Just Around the Corner
A powerful reinterpretation of the founding of America by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian. The creation of the United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years," states Walter McDougall in his preface to Freedom Just Around |
Walter A. McDougall |
2009-04-27 |
$17.99 |
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George Washington's Secret Navy
In 1775 General George Washington secretly armed a handful of small ships and sent them to sea against the world's mightiest navy. From the author of the critically acclaimed Benedict Arnold's Navy, here is the story of how America's first commander-in-chief--whose |
James L. Nelson |
2010-02-22 |
$26.95 |
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Libations of the Eighteenth Century: A Concise Manual for the Brewing of Authentic Beverages from the Colonial Era of America, a
A manual dedicated to recreating the brewed beverages that existed in the American Colonies. All of the historic recipes were documented as dating from 1800 or earlier, and all were taste-tested. The book consists of more than fifty recipes for ale, beer, ...more |
David A. Woolsey |
2009-03-27 |
$12.00 |
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Montcalm and Wolfe: The Riveting Story of the Heroes of the French & Indian War
The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in five brutal years of war; ...more |
Francis Parkman |
2008-10-24 |
$4.95 |
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Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson
In the late-seventeenth century, Quakers originated a unique strain of constitutionalism, based on their theology and ecclesiology, which emphasized constitutional perpetuity and radical change through popular peaceful protest. While Whigs could imagine ...more |
Jane E. Calvert |
2009-05-08 |
$79.00 |
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Slavery in White and Black
Southern slaveholders proudly pronounced themselves orthodox Christians, who accepted responsibility for the welfare of the people who worked for them. They proclaimed that their slaves enjoyed a better and more secure life than any laboring class in the ...more |
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese &
Eugene D. Genovese |
2009-05-15 |
$64.00 |
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The American Spirit in Literature
Excerpt : "We are but strangers in an inn, but passengers in a ship," said Roger Williams. This sense of the transiency of human effort, the perishable nature of human institutions, was quick in the consciousness of the gentleman adventurers and sober ...more |
Perry Bliss |
2009-03-28 |
$6.95 |
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The Birth of Virginia's Aristocracy
The Birth Of Virginia's Aristocracy explains how the first civil society formed in Virginia, what purposes it served, who its members were, and what happened to it as it aged. The transformation of Virginia's leading families into an "aristocracy" was ...more |
2nd James C. Thompson |
2010-01-17 |
$9.95 |
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The French and Indian War
In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would decide the fate |
Walter R. Borneman |
2009-12-08 |
$12.99 |
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The History of Philip's War: Commonly Called the Great Indian War of 1675 and 1676
This is a digital reprint of the 1827 edition.
Metacomet, younger son of Massasoit, was also known as King Philip. In 1662, he succeeded his brother Wamsutta as sachem or chief of the Wampanoag tribe. Metacomet earnestly attempted to maintain his father’s |
Thomas Church |
2008-10-16 |
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The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick and his father, Thomas Philbrick, present the most significant and readable original works that were used in the writing of Mayflower, offering a definitive look at a crucial era of America's history. The ...more |
Nathaniel Philbrick |
2010-02-15 |
$15.00 |
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The Name of War
King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war--colonists against Indians--that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American history. Some even argued that the massacres and outrages on both sides were too ...more |
Jill Lepore |
2009-09-29 |
$16.95 |
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The Story of Georgia's Boundaries: A Meeting of History and Geography
Georgia's boundaries are more than mere lines on a map. They reflect centuries of wars and treaties, political maneuvering and litigation, heroic actions and human error. From the arrival of Europeans in the New World through legislative resolutions in ...more |
William J. Morton |
2009-10-28 |
$11.00 |
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What If . . . All Your Dreams Came True (What If . . .)
Winner of the the 1998 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Society King Philip's War, the excruciating racial war--colonists against Indians--that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in American |
Sara James |
2010-01-14 |
$9.99 |
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