Chronological Period/1851-1899
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The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
$20.00 Add to cart“My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”–James M. McPherson
In th- Series: Civil War Trilogy #2
- Author: Shaara, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 28, 1996
- ISBN10: 034540727X
- Language: English
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The extraordinary account of James Garfield’s rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author … [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0767929713
- Language: English
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Horse
$19.00 Add to cart“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Horse isn’t just an animal story–it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME
“A thrilling- Author: Brooks, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 0399562974
- Language: English
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
$20.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked the
- Series: Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1865-69
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 06, 2001
- ISBN10: 0743203178
- Language: English
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
$9.00 Add to cartThe classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen and a foreword by Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and The Republic of … [more below]
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143107321
- Language: English
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Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War
$20.00 Add to cart“Captivating . . . [Lowenstein] makes what subsequently occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired on the battlefield or at the White House.”… [more below]
- Author: Lowenstein, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0735223572
- Language: English
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Wild, Beautiful, and Free
$16.99 Read moreFrom award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong.
Born the
- Author: Scott, Sophfronia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1542036062
- Language: English
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Fools Crow
$17.00 Add to cartThe 25th-anniversary edition of “a novel that in the sweep and inevitability of its events…is a major contribution to Native American literature.” (Wallace Stegner)
In the Two Medicine Territory of- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Welch, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 25, 2011
- ISBN10: 0143106511
- Language: English
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Hondo (Louis l’Amour’s Lost Treasures)
$8.99 Add to cartAs part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the- Series: Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures
- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 059312992X
- Language: English
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Bendigo Shafter (Louis l’Amour’s Lost Treasures)
$8.99 Read moreAt what point does a group of strangers become a community?
When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughne- Series: Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures
- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 29, 2017
- ISBN10: 0425286088
- Language: English
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
$21.00 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the cunni… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0375725601
- Language: English
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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
$20.00 Add to cartThis groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow o
- Author: Blackmon, Douglas A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0385722702
- Language: English
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Caddie Woodlawn
$19.99 Add to cartCaddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935, was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Now it is in a bra… [more below]
- Author: Brink, Carol Ryrie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 1973
- ISBN10: 0027136701
- Language: English
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Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
$18.99 Add to cartA galaxy of legendary figures from the annals of Western history
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson, the bestselling author of Intellectuals and Creators, approaches the subject o
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 02 2008
- ISBN10: 0061143170
- Language: English
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Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs
$30.00 Read moreOn the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure
A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues t- Author: Smith, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1250141265
- Language: English
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Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War
$19.99 Add to cartThey were both prewar failures–Grant, forced to resign from the Regular Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, holding four different jobs, including a much-loved position at a southern military
- Author: Flood, Charles Bracelen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 24 2006
- ISBN10: 0061148717
- Language: English
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Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
$17.99 Add to cart“Spare, poetic words sit as lightly as snowflakes.”–Wall Street Journal
“An enchanting glimpse of a dancer whose name has come to be synonymous with her most famous role.”–School Library Journal, sta… [more below]- Author: Snyder, Laurel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1452118906
- Language: English
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The First Fast Draw
$8.99 Add to cartEast Texas wasn’t much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he’s come back to farm the land that’s rightfully his. Only
- Author: L’Amour, Louis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: February 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0553252240
- Language: English
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
$42.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – One of Modern Library‘s 100 best nonfiction books of all time – One of Esquire‘s 50 best biographies of all time
“A towering biography . . . a… [more below]- Author: Morris, Edmund
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: November 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1400069653
- Language: English
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction (Loa #350): An Essay Toward a History of the Part Whichblack Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstructdemocracy i
$45.00 Add to cartA definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War’s aftermath and the legacy of racism in America
Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois’s now classi- Author: Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1097
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1598537032
- Language: English
