19th Century
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Hölderlin’s Madness: Chronicle of a Dwelling Life, 1806-1843
$25.00 Read moreOne of Europe’s greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europe’s greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin.
What does it mean to inhabit a place or a self? What- Series: Italian List
- Author: Agamben, Giorgio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1803091150
- Language: English
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National Geographic the Old West
$49.99 Add to cartThis definitive history of the American West is full of legendary tales of tragedy and triumph, from Lewis and Clark’s epic 1803 expedition to the showmanship of Buffalo Bill. Lavishly illustrated wit… [more below]
- Author: Hyslop, Stephen G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 142621555X
- Language: English
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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure: The Great Brewster Journal of 1891
$23.99 Read moreIn 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England’s prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the A… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Schorow, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1467151688
- Language: English
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When the White Pine Was King: A History of Lumberjacks, Log Drives, and Sawdust Cities in Wisconsin
$22.95 Add to cart“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding of many of Wisconsin’s communities, Jerry Apps does an outstanding job bringing Wisconsin’s logging a… [more below]
- Author: Apps, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0870209345
- Language: English
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Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
$22.00 Read moreSon of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell.
Custer’s Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history–more- Author: Connell, Evan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0865475105
- Language: English
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Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism
$30.00 Read moreThe story of how Daniel Webster popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation’s identity and inspire Abraham Lincoln to preserve the Union
When the United States was fou- Author: Paul, Joel Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0593189043
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave Written by Himself
$14.95 Add to cartA new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis.
A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0872865274
- Language: English
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In Order That Justice May Be Done: The Legal Struggle of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembina Chippewa, 1795-1905
$38.95 Read moreWhen the cultural identity of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembina Chippewa was challenged by European Americans–who conceived of progress in terms of cultivated farmland–a tribal-federal conundrum o… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1946163562
- Language: English
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West from Appomattox: The Reconstruction of America After the Civil War
$25.00 Read moreFrom the author of the popular “Letters from an American” newsletter: a sweeping story of how Northerners, Southerners, and Westerners together created modern America in the years from Abraham Lincoln… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Heather Cox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0300136307
- Language: English
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Inventing Idaho: The Gem State’s Eccentric Shape
$26.95 Add to cartAs Idaho’s State Historian, the question Keith Petersen heard most was, “How did Idaho get such a strange shape?” That curiosity is fitting, because those peculiar borders have held enormous influence
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224187
- Language: English
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Mark Twain’s Notebooks: Journals, Letters, Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and Doodles
$19.95 Read moreThe original and insightful collection that combines Mark Twain’s journal writings with his rarely seen sketches and doodles. Fascinating and often hilarious, this is a complete record of the thoughts… [more below]
- Series: Notebook
- Author: de Vito, Carlo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 1579129978
- Language: English
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The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America
$18.00 Read moreNow in paperback! In this gripping narrative, Winston Groom brings his signature storytelling panache to the intricately crafted tale of three of our nation’s most fascinating founding fathers–Alexan… [more below]
- Author: Groom, Winston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 142622320X
- Language: English
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Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle
$25.00 Read moreThe rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination
“A masterful biography. . . . Ward’s struggles to find freedom,- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Blackett, R. J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0300254946
- Language: English
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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
$19.99 Read moreThe bestselling author of Overthrow and The Brothers brings to life the forgotten political debate that set America’s interventionist course in the world for the twentieth century and beyond.
How shou- Author: Kinzer, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1250159687
- Language: English
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The Destruction of the Imperial Army: Volume 1 – The Opening Engagements of the Franco-German War 1870-71
$79.95 Read moreThis volume is the most comprehensive account of the defeat of the French Imperial Army published in the last 100 years. It includes a detailed order of battles and the casualty returns for all major … [more below]
- Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
- Author: Bird, Grenville
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1915113814
- Language: English
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Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey
$29.95 Read moreThe road to hell is paved with good intentions…and gold dust.
When Henry Jenkins’s sawmill business goes bust and his family loses their Indiana farm to foreclosure, he sees gold as the answer to hi
- Author: Lyon, Eilene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070061
- Language: English
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The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
$29.95 Read more“It is interesting to watch how the expressions change as you progress through the book, from optimistic in the beginning, to almost hopeless by the end… The pictures alone will offer hours of view
- Author: Berton, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1550464531
- Language: English
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What Would Mrs. Astor Do?: The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age
$30.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated romp with America’s Gilded Age leisure class–and those angling to join it
Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States’ population doubled, acco- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1479826855
- Language: English
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True Tales of Tennessee: Earthquake to Railroad
$23.99 Read moreThe Beginnings of the Volunteer State Tennessee was a remote place in 1810. By 1850, some of the most influential people in America had come from Tennessee, such as Sequoyah, David Crockett, the filib… [more below]
- Series: American Chronicles
- Author: Carey, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153893
- Language: English
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When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation’s Rise from the Ashes
$29.95 Read moreAn insightful re-examination of one of the most dangerous moments in US history, the British assault on Washington, DC
Perhaps no other single day in US history was as threatening to the survival of th
- Author: Watson, Robert P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 164712350X
- Language: English
