United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
$29.99 Add to cartIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch,
- Author: Shorto, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 393881164
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
$12.95 Read moreOn September 17,1796, George Washington announced that he would leave the presidency. His famous farewell address encapsulates a view of the Union, the Constitution, and good citizenship that is an im… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 27 1999
- ISBN10: 1557094543
- Language: English
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
$18.95 Add to cartAs Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What b… [more below]
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0393340023
- Language: English
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
$18.99 Add to cartConfessing to “familiarity with the devils,” Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her ne
- Author: Karlsen, Carol F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 17 1998
- ISBN10: 0393317595
- Language: English
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Common Sense (Deluxe, Hardbound Edition)
$9.99 Add to cartThis keepsake edition presents Thomas Paine’s persuasive and impassioned case for America’s independence from Great Britain.
- Published in 1776 and destined to become an important piece of historic lite
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: November 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1441344136
- Language: English
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In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
$21.00 Add to cartAward-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.
In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were l- Author: Norton, Mary Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0375706909
- Language: English
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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America
$29.95 Read moreIn the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally
- Author: Eustace, Nicole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1631495879
- Language: English
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A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse
$49.95 Read moreIn the winter of 1692 something terrible and frightening began in Salem Village. It started with several villagers having strange fits, screaming, and unnaturally contorting themselves, and ended with… [more below]
- Author: Gagnon, Daniel A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1594163677
- Language: English
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
$19.00 Read more“‘The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America, ‘ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”–Wall Street Journal
A master- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0143130064
- Language: English
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The Road to Ticonderoga: The Campaign of 1758 in the Champlain Valley
$34.95 Read moreThe British campaign to capture Fort Carillon on the Ticonderoga Peninsula in 1758 resulted in the largest battle of the French and Indian War. Crafted by Prime Minister William Pitt, the scope and sc… [more below]
- Author: Laramie, Michael G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 159416407X
- Language: English
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The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity
$20.00 Add to cartBANCROFF PRIZE WINNER – King Philip’s War, the excruciating racial war–colonists against Indigenous peoples–that erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in Am… [more below]
- Author: Lepore, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 27 1999
- ISBN10: 0375702628
- Language: English
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Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition
$24.95 Read moreOften viewed in isolation, the Jolliet and Marquette expedition in fact took place against a sprawling backdrop that encompassed everything from ancient Native American cities to French colonial machi… [more below]
- Author: Walczynski, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0252087356
- Language: English
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Unfaltering Trust: How Pilgrim Edward Fitz Randolph Jr. and His Descendants Helped Build America
$23.99 Add to cartWhen he left England in 1630 in search of religious freedom and opportunity during the Great Migration to the New World, pilgrim Edward Fitz Randolph Jr. could never have imagined the vast impact his
- Author: Ziegler, Roy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1532086199
- Language: English
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General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
$24.95 Add to cartThe classic account of the lives & exploits of the most notorious pirates of the Golden Age-from Anne Bonny to Blackbeard
- Author: Captain Johnson, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: May 04 2010
- ISBN10: 1599219050
- Language: English
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The First Colonists: Documents on the Planting of the First English Settlements in North America, 1584-1590
$16.00 Add to cartSixteenth-century narratives collected by Richard Hakluyt and drawings by John White offer remarkable firsthand evidence of the first voyages and attempts at colonization of the New World by the Engli… [more below]
- Author: Quinn, David Beers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: January 01 1982
- ISBN10: 0865261954
- Language: English
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Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
$29.99 Add to cartJames Merrell’s brilliant book is an account of the “go-betweens,” the Europeans and Indians who moved between cultures on the Pennsylvania frontier in efforts to maintain the peace. It is also a refl
- Author: Merrell, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319768
- Language: English
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The Mayflower: A Captivating Guide to a Cultural Icon in the History of the United States of America and the Pilgrims’ Journey from E
$25.99 Add to cartDid you know that not every passenger aboard the Mayflower was a Pilgrim?
In fact, of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, only about 40 were fleeing England for religious reasons. And if you want to l
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1637163967
- Language: English
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My Family: A Window into the Secrets, Successes, and Sins of Early New Orleans and Beyond
$17.99 Add to cartMy Family: A Window into the Secrets, Successes, and Sins of Early New Orleans and Beyond is a collection of complex life stories that interweave and meander through the ever-changing world of eightee
- Author: Prather, Michelle Freret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1737592681
- Language: English
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The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina
$10.00 Add to cartOriginally published in 1960, this paperback is the most popular title ever published by the Historical Publications Section and has never gone out of print. It contains a separate chapter about Black… [more below]
- Author: Rankin, Hugh F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 92
- Publish Date: January 01 1960
- ISBN10: 0865263310
- Language: English
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The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights
$4.99 Add to cartThe United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1787-1789) is a foundational document of American democracy. Written by delegates attending the Constitutional Convention, a gathering intended to re
- Series: Mint Editions (Historical Documents and Treaties)
- Author: Editions, Mint
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 22
- Publish Date: April 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1513279629
- Language: English
