Chronological Period/1800-1850
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
$18.99 Add to cart“WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!”
In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped wou
- Author: Wallis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 1631494007
- Language: English
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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
$26.00 Add to cartThis is the story of a city that shouldn’t exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America’s most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, ba
- Author: Powell, Lawrence N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0674725905
- Language: English
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The Essential Lewis and Clark
$15.99 Add to cartThis compact volume of the journals of Lewis and Clark, compiled by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, includes all of the most riveting tales of their adventure–in their own words
The jou
- Series: Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Author: Jones, Landon Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 203
- Publish Date: March 19, 2002
- ISBN10: 0060011599
- Language: English
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The Time Traveler’s Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830
$19.95 Add to cartA vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellin… [more below]
- Author: Mortimer, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 163936384X
- Language: English
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Sacagawea
$10.99 Read moreTaking a rare look beyond the myths and legends surrounding Sacagawea’s life, this extraordinary illustrated history recounts the known facts about a remarkable woman and her contribution to one of Am
- Author: Erdrich, Liselotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1728492998
- Language: English
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Sharpe’s Prey: The Expedition to Denmark, 1807
$16.99 Add to cart“The greatest writer of historical adventures today.”
—Washington PostCritically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes r
- Series: Sharpe #5
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 23, 2012
- ISBN10: 0060084537
- Language: English
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Fool for Love
$7.99 Add to cartA very steamy love letter supposedly written by Simon Darby to Lady Henrietta Maclellan, who has written it to herself, becomes shockingly public within the “ton.” But nothing prepares Henrietta for t… [more below]
- Series: Duchess in Love #2
- Author: James, Eloisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0060508116
- Language: English
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The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband: A Bridgerton Prequel
$19.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents the second novel of the delightful Bridgerton Prequel series in a stunning new package.
There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically
- Series: A Bridgerton Prequel #2
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0063270099
- Language: English
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How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
$7.95 Add to cartAppealing art and descriptive text bring Lewis and Clark alive for young adventurers. Carefully chosen text from Lewis and Cark’s actual journals opens a fascinating window into this country’s excitin… [more below]
- Series: Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Author: Schanzer, Rosalyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0792267265
- Language: English
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Sense and Sensibility
$12.99 Add to cartA special edition from the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Featuring beautiful, heritage wallpaper patterns from Jan
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1035007819
- Language: English
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Walden and Civil Disobedience
$13.00 Add to cartHenry David Thoreau’s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts–part social experiment, part spiritual quest–is an enduringly influential American classic.
I- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 26 2014
- ISBN10: 804171564
- Language: English
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Pride and Prejudice
$9.00 Add to cartIntroduction by Anna Quindlen
Commentary by Margaret Oliphant, George Saintsbury, Mark Twain, A. C. Bradley, Walter A. Raleigh, and Virginia Woolf
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by P… [more below]- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2000
- ISBN10: 0679783261
- Language: English
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Sharpe’s Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, March 1811
$19.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the eleventh installment in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the si
- Series: Sharpe #11
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0060561564
- Language: English
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First Comes Scandal: A Bridgerton Prequel
$19.99 Add to cartThere were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In the fourth of the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #
- Series: A Bridgerton Prequel #4
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0063270110
- Language: English
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The Viscount Who Loved Me: Anthony’s Story, the Inspriation for Bridgerton Season Two
$19.99 Add to cart# 1 New York Times Bestseller
The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridg
- Series: Bridgertons #2
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 006313862X
- Language: English
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Emma
$17.99 Add to cartJane Austen’s Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility’ Observer
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spen- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0099589273
- Language: English
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A Night to Surrender
$9.99 Add to cart“An engaging love story with strong, believable characters. I can’t wait to read the sequels “
–Mary Balogh“Prepare to fall in love.”
–Julia QuinnPresenting the winner of the Avon FanLit contest, the
- Series: Spindle Cove #1
- Author: Dare, Tessa
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0062049836
- Language: English
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On a Wicked Dawn
$7.99 Read moreAmelia Cynster is stunned to hear these words from Lucien Ashford–the enigmatic sixth Viscount Calverton and the man she has always loved–just before the handsome rogue passes out at her feet. Dawn
- Series: Cynster Novels #9
- Author: Laurens, Stephanie
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 30 2002
- ISBN10: 0060002050
- Language: English
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Lady Whistledown Strikes Back
$9.99 Add to cartJoin the Bridgertons, and the rest of the ton, as they pore over (and gossip about) Lady Whistledown’s latest musings. The elusive Regency-era gossip columnist — popularized in # 1 New York Times bes
- Author: Quinn, Julia
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 387
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0060577487
- Language: English
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The Reluctant Countess: A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel
$9.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Would-Be Wallflowers series with an enemies-to-lovers romance between a proper earl and an entirely improper lady–whom he can’t stop thin
- Series: Would-Be Wallflowers #2
- Author: James, Eloisa
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 006313957X
- Language: English
