Books of American Wisdom
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Documents of Freedom Boxed Set (America 250 Edition)
$40.00 Add to cartThis handsome three-book set, elegantly stamped in celebration of America 250 and proudly made in the USA, features the three most historic founding documents of the United States of America: The Decl
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Fathers, Founding
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: November 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1429008040
- Language: English
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Civil Disobedience
$12.95 Read moreOriginally published in 1849 as Resistance to Civil Government, Thoreau’s classic essay on resistance to the laws and acts of government that he considered unjust was largely ignored until the Twentie… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557094179
- Language: English
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Common Sense
$12.95 Add to cartThomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the co… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1557094586
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
$12.95 Add to cartOn 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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The Path of the Law
$12.95 Read moreThe Path of the Law is the single most important essay about law ever written. The perfect gift for anyone who ever entered law school, it defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Holmes, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1557091749
- Language: English
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Articles of Confederation
$12.95 Add to cartThis pocket-sized hardcover edition contains the preamble, conclusion, and all thirteen articles that make up the Articles of Confederation. The original document–one of the United States’ first gove… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Founding Fathers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 29 2006
- ISBN10: 1557094608
- Language: English
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The Gettysburg Address
$12.95 Add to cartThe Gettysburg Address was delivered on the afternoon of November 19, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the battlefield of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle. Included in this edition is the … [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Lincoln, Abraham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 15 2010
- ISBN10: 1557090734
- Language: English
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Constitution of the United States
$9.95 Add to cartThe landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on S… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Founding Fathers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1429095334
- Language: English
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Strenuous Life
$12.95 Add to cartTeddy Roosevelt lived a full and accomplished life and shared many of his beliefs in this book, where he tells how to live life to its most productive and fullest.
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Roosevelt, Theodore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 23 1992
- ISBN10: 1557091420
- Language: English
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Great Law of Peace
$14.95 Read moreBoth a narrative and a constitution, the Great Law of Peace established the governance system of the Iroquois Confederacy. Its powerful themes of justice, cooperation, grief, health, and peace continu… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Books, Applewood
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1557090432
- Language: English
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
$12.95 Read moreOne of the most memorable speeches in American history, Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? is now available in an elegant hardcover edition. Douglass first delivered the fam… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1429095636
- Language: English
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A Message to Garcia
$12.95 Add to cartElbert Hubbard wrote this literary trifle in one hour after supper. Its management advice is both timeless and provocative. In the 111 years since it was written, more than 40 million copies have been… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Hubbard, Elbert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: February 01 1993
- ISBN10: 1557092001
- Language: English
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Gospel of Wealth
$12.95 Add to cartThis classic breakthrough essay by Andrew Carnegie about the responsibilities of those of great means to use their wealth for the good of society first appeared in the North American Review in 1898.
Au… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Carnegie, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: May 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1557094713
- Language: English
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The American Flag: A Handbook of History & Etiquette
$9.95 Add to cartThis handsome guide to the American flag is a concise collection of the history and etiquette of the U.S. flag in an elegant hardcover edition. The book includes details of the laws relating to the U…. [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Applewood Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 1557090718
- Language: English
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
$12.95 Add to cartIn 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt served as chairwoman of the United Nations committee to create this declaration of moral conscience, now used by Amnesty International as their founding document. This hardc… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1557094551
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin’s Book of Virtues
$12.95 Add to cartThis pocket-sized hardcover edition contains all thirteen “moral virtues” as Benjamin Franklin wrote them in his memoirs, first posthumously published in 1791. In the heart of this larger work–today … [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1429093552
- Language: English
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The Way to Wealth
$12.95 Add to cartThe first American book on personal finance, “The Way to Wealth” by Benjamin Franklin is still the best and wisest money book ever written. Originally published in 1758 as the preface to “Poor Richard… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: September 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0918222885
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour
$9.95 Add to cartCopied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington’s 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 01 1989
- ISBN10: 155709103X
- Language: English
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Declaration of Independence
$9.95 Add to cartDrafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America’s founding political philosophy. At once a cherished symbol of liberty and an expressi… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Jefferson, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1557094489
- Language: English
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Constitution of the United States
$9.95 Add to cartThe landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on S… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Founding Fathers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1557091056
- Language: English
