Chronological Period/1851-1899
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My First Summer in the Sierra
$12.99 Read moreIn the summer of 1869, John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, joined a crew of shepherds in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The diary he kept while tending sheep formed the hear… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Americana
- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0486437353
- Language: English
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Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
$22.99 Read moreA sociological approach to appreciating the heroism and legacy of the Gullah statesman
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor
- Author: Billingsley, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1643364618
- Language: English
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Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt
$11.99 Add to cartWhen Lillian Trasher founded Egypt’s first orphanage, others thought that a lone American woman with no means of support would surely be killed or starve to death. But Lillian – certain of God’s guida… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1576583058
- Language: English
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Gettysburg in Color: Volume 2: The Wheatfield to Falling Waters
$37.50 Read moreArtificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg. And it is a marvelous pairing.
Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor maga… [more below]
- Author: Brennan, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216583
- Language: English
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography
$9.99 Add to cartDive into the world of the author of the beloved Little House series
From her pioneer days on the prairie to her golden years with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Series: Little House Nonfiction
- Author: Anderson, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 02 2007
- ISBN10: 0060885521
- Language: English
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Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature 1870-1918
$16.95 Add to cartEmpire Writing is the first anthology to gather together British imperial writing alongside native and settler literature, interweaving short stories, poems, essays, travel writing, and memoirs from t… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Boehmer, Elleke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555591
- Language: English
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Crow
$9.99 Read moreThe summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, … [more below]
- Author: Wright, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0375873678
- Language: English
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Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass
$7.00 Read moreAuthor, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. This inexpensive c… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0486498824
- Language: English
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A Family Apart
$6.99 Read moreThe middle-grade answer to Christina Baker Kline’s New York Times bestselling Orphan Train, this is a shockingly timely historical adventure.
Imagine being taken from your home. Imagine your mother i- Series: Orphan Train Adventures (Paperback)
- Author: Nixon, Joan Lowery
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 18 1995
- ISBN10: 0440226767
- Language: English
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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
$18.99 Read moreIn a riveting biography that reads like a crime novel, Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Campbell Bartoletti uncovers the true story of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, one of the most m
- Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 0544313674
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Poet
$22.00 Add to cartRilke’s Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before hi… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0679642323
- Language: English
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The Dragon Lantern
$16.99 Read moreThe Dragon Lantern is the second book in the award-winning, action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz.
Archie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and F- Series: League of Seven #2
- Author: Gratz, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0765338262
- Language: English
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Mahatma Gandhi
$15.99 Read moreNew in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the father of India, in this true story of his life. As a young teenager in India, Gandhi led a rebellious life and w… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #25
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1786037874
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist
$11.99 Read moreOnce a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around him. Overcoming poverty and racism, George became a brilliant scientist and a… [more below]
- Series: Heroes of History
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: November 19 2001
- ISBN10: 1883002788
- Language: English
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Storm Over Key West: The Civil War and the Call of Freedom
$29.95 Add to cartA few weeks after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect, James Montgomery sailed into Key West Harbor looking for black men to draft into the Union army. Eager to oblige him, the military commande… [more below]
- Author: Pride, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1683340930
- Language: English
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The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation
$24.95 Read moreFor more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.
Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure tha
- Author: Newman, Carey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 145983612X
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
$20.00 Read moreFresh from his escapades with Tom Sawyer, with six thousand dollars in the bank, Huck Finn faces a new challenge: his father, Pap, who wants Huck’s fortune and will stop at nothing to get his hands on… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1435172752
- Language: English
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With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War
$7.99 Add to cartJohnny made a promise to his father, who was wounded fighting for the South. He promised to take care of the family and not run off to fight. Without Pa, Johnny’s family can barely scrape by. But when… [more below]
- Author: Collier, James Lincoln
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0440219833
- Language: English
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The Keystone Jacket and Dress Cutter: An 1895 Guide to Women’s Tailoring
$10.95 Read moreWith opulent fashions the ultimate in style, women of the late Victorian era wore a great deal of silks and satins. Daring combinations of bright colors were in. So were large hats, profusely trimmed…. [more below]
- Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes
- Author: Hecklinger, Chas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 11 2006
- ISBN10: 0486451054
- Language: English
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Duke Kahanamoku: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Read moreGet to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.”
Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Oly- Series: You Should Meet
- Author: Calkhoven, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1481497006
- Language: English
