United States - 19th Century
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Dread Danger
$29.99 Add to cart- Author: Gordon, Lesley J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1108729193
- Language: English
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The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul
$22.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE MIDLAND AUTHORS AWARD FOR HISTORY – LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE – A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – The “illuminating” (New Yorker) story of the Great Chic… [more below]
- Author: Berg, Scott W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0804171513
- Language: English
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The Voyageur
$22.95 Add to cartNute’s best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoemen, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, … [more below]
- Author: Nute, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: March 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0873512138
- Language: English
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The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868
$18.95 Add to cartThe Snake War is one of the least known of the many clashes of culture that occurred in the American West during the 19th century. People have long relished tales of the underdog and celebrated lost c… [more below]
- Author: Michno, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0870044605
- Language: English
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A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South
$22.00 Read moreThe story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South–from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth i… [more below]
- Author: Cozzens, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0593082702
- Language: English
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The Greatest Stories of the Old West Ever Told: True Tales and Legends of Famous Gunfighters, Outlaws and Sheriffs from the Wild West
$11.94 Add to cartStep back in time and immerse yourself in the rugged landscapes, daring outlaws, fearless lawmen, and untamed frontier spirit that defined an era.
Introducing The Greatest Stories of The Old West Ever
- Author: Hunt, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 9798890950109
- Language: English
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Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis
$49.58 Add to cartThis book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question that animated the Civil War: the constitutiona… [more below]
- Series: Studies in Legal History (Paperback)
- Author: Nicoletti, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: October 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1108401538
- Language: English
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Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch
$24.95 Add to cartThe Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, an… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 398
- Publish Date: May 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0803277784
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
$19.00 Read moreFrom an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memories of those who experienced it
Between October 8-10,
- Author: Smith, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0802159125
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
$22.99 Add to cart“Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope” (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the Califor… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1541672542
- Language: English
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
$32.99 Add to cartNamed one of The Washington Post‘s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction
While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a “new birth of freedom,” Heather Cox Richardson arg- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0190900903
- Language: English
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The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters
$20.99 Add to cartA fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rove–“a rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose love of politics, campaigning, … [more below]
- Author: Rove, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1476752966
- Language: English
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The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America
$32.50 Read moreBestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache war leader Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final f… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0385547285
- Language: English
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Seven Social Movements That Changed America
$39.99 Add to cartHow do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America’s most influentia
- Author: Gordon, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 163149371X
- Language: English
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Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship Between Freemasonry and Mormonism
$24.95 Add to cartThe apparent parallels between Mormon ritual and doctrine and those of Freemasonry have long been recognized. That Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other early church leaders were, at least for a time… [more below]
- Author: Homer, Michael W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: December 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1647692121
- Language: English
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Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery
$35.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history that reveals the interdependence of the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor.
The industrializing North and the agricu- Author: Rockman, Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0226723453
- Language: English
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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
$23.00 Add to cart“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society.”-… [more below]
- Author: Swarns, Rachel L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0399590870
- Language: English
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Bandit Heaven: The Hole-In-The-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West
$30.00 Add to cartFrom multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time–and the lawmen tasked with rootin
- Author: Clavin, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1250282403
- Language: English
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The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
$18.00 Add to cartIt is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, … [more below]
- Author: Bailey, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 29 2005
- ISBN10: 080214229X
- Language: English
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring
A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011- Author: Horwitz, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0312429266
- Language: English
