19th Century
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Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant
$32.95 Read moreProceeds from this volume will go to support the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Grant Monument Association.
Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio nati… [more below]
- Author: Mackowski, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216141
- Language: English
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The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac: Volume 2 – From the Gettysburg Retreat Through the Shenan
$34.95 Read more“Al Ovies combines an impressive array of source material and intricate analysis to craft a historical gem. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Civil War cavalry and later war actions in the … [more below]
- Author: Ovies, Adolfo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216176
- Language: English
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Dickensland: The Curious History of Dickens’s London
$28.00 Read moreThe intriguing history of Dickens’s London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years
“Jackson paints a vivid and detailed picture of the ci- Author: Jackson, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266200
- Language: English
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
$40.99 Add to cartThe Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel W… [more below]
- Series: Oxford History of the United States (Hardcover)
- Author: Howe, Daniel Walker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: October 29 2007
- ISBN10: 0195078942
- Language: English
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Heirs of the Founders: Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
$22.00 Add to cartFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War comes “a historical spellbinder” (The Christian Science Monitor) about a trio of political giants in… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0525433902
- Language: English
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River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
$27.00 Read moreWinner of the SHEAR Book Prize
“Few books have captured the lived experience of slavery as powerfully.”
Honorable Mention, Avery O. Craven Award
–Ari Kelman, Times Literary Supplement “[One] of the mos- Author: Johnson, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0674975383
- Language: English
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The US Marine Corps 1775-1859: Continental and United States Marines
$21.00 Read moreFeaturing specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps’ early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment.
- Series: Elite #251
- Author: Field, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851544
- Language: English
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
$40.00 Add to cartThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1451683235
- Language: English
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A New History of Lexington, Kentucky
$21.99 Read moreLexington is known as the Horse Capital of the World, but the city’s history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one… [more below]
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Ockerman Jr, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1467146854
- Language: English
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North of America: Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution
$35.00 Read moreHow the United States was created–a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries and scoundrels
The story of the Thirteen Colonies’ struggle for independence- Author: Lennox, Jeffers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0300226128
- Language: English
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Lost Oregon Treasure
$24.99 Read moreTales of Oregon’s lost wealth isn’t all gold mines and prospectors, it’s also stories of crime, greed; and occasionally murder. From the Lost Blue Bucket Mine to a hidden cave in the Owyhee Breaks, ru… [more below]
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Redman, Arthur H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155519
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Daniel Parker, Frontier Universalist
$36.95 Read moreA vastly informative and rare early-American pioneer autobiography rescued from obscurity.
In this remarkable memoir, Daniel Parker (1781-1861) recorded both the details of everyday life and the extra
- Author: Parker, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0821424297
- Language: English
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Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission
$20.00 Add to cart” A] well-researched and splendidly written chronicle of the Jamestown, its captain, and an Irish priest who ministered to the starving in Cork city…Puleo’s tale, despite the hardship to come, surel
- Author: Puleo, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 125079711X
- Language: English
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Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
$39.95 Read moreWinner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln
Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln’s imperfections, Black Americans long ag
- Author: Hord, Fred Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044681
- Language: English
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Bearing the Torch: The University of Tennessee, 1794-2010
$24.95 Add to cartBearing the Torch stands as a comprehensive history of the University of Tennessee, replete with anecdotes and vignettes of interest to anyone interested in UT, from the administrators and chancellors
- Author: Hutton, T. R. C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1621906876
- Language: English
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The Age of Empire: 1875-1914
$21.00 Add to cartErica Hobsbawm discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War. Hobsbawm combines vast er… [more below]
- Series: History of the Modern World
- Author: Hobsbawm, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679721754
- Language: English
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The Death of Joachim Murat: 1815 and the Unfortunate Fate of One of Napoleon’s Marshals
$42.95 Read moreThe only English-language book on the fall and death of Joachim Murat and the final act in the drama of the Napoleonic Wars.
Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon’s finest c… [more below]
- Author: North, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1399058401
- Language: English
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The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
$21.00 Add to cartLike Winchester’s Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history
In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel c- Author: Klingaman, William K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1250042755
- Language: English
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Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon
$30.00 Read moreThis one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851) is widely remember- Author: Irmscher, Christoph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 19 2022
- ISBN10: 022675667X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York
$19.95 Read more- Series: Kentucky Voices
- Author: Walker, Frank X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196450
- Language: English
