Chronological Period/1851-1899
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Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
$22.95 Add to cartLike countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them f… [more below]
- Series: Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn
- Author: Garland, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0684872633
- Language: English
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Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scotland Yard’s Prime Suspect
$21.95 Add to cartAn investigation into the man Scotland Yard thought (but couldn’t prove) was Jack the Ripper. Dozens of theories have attempted to resolve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper, the world’s m… [more below]
- Author: House, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0470938994
- Language: English
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Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating…. A major work by a leading historian at the top of his game–at once engaging and tightly argued.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Dazzling cultural history: smart, provocative, and
- Series: American History
- Author: Lears, Jackson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 08, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060747501
- Language: English
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Brigades of Antietam: The Union and Confederate Brigades during the 1862 Maryland Campaign: The Union and Confederate Brigades
$44.95 Add to cartThe first in a series of books about the Battle and the Maryland Campaign.
While the 1862 Maryland Campaign has been extensively studied, a comprehensive treatment of the part played by each unit has b
- Author: Gottfried, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: August 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0578964287
- Language: English
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Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-To-Table History of How Beef Changed America
$25.27 Add to cartHow beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food system
By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal.- Series: Histories of Economic Life #3
- Author: Specht, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209189
- Language: English
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The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game
$19.99 Add to cartChris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life’s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor wou… [more below]
- Author: Achorn, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393775
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Second Edition: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$27.00 Add to cartThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: May 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1469633361
- Language: English
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Robert E. Lee on Leadership: Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision
$19.99 Read more“A masterpiece–the best work of its kind I have ever read. Crocker’s Lee is a Lee for all leaders to study; and to work, quite deliberately, to emulate.” — Major General Josiah Bunting III, superint… [more below]
- Author: Crocker, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1684514916
- Language: English
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Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893
$33.99 Add to cartThe scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government
An engrossing ferry to 19th century America, Benjamin Harrison is sure to capture every political enthusiast’s attention. Join Char- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Calhoun, Charles W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069526
- Language: English
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One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
$22.99 Add to cartA groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernity’s greatest tragedy: concentration camps.
For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. Firs- Author: Pitzer, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 0316303569
- Language: English
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An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1
$17.98 Add to cart“I don’t know how long before i shall have to go into the field of battle. For my part i don’t care. I don’t feel afraid to go. I don’t believe there are any Rebel’s bullet made for me yet.”–Pvt. Lyo… [more below]
- Author: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 29 1996
- ISBN10: 0195102436
- Language: English
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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
$19.99 Add to cartOne month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee’s harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln’s assassination just f
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winik, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0060899689
- Language: English
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Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West
$34.95 Add to cart2023 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History
Union General is the first biography of Samuel Ryan Curtis, the most important and most successful general on either side in the Civil War west of the M- Author: Shea, William L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640125183
- Language: English
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My Dearest Julia: The Wartime Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Wife
$19.95 Read moreThe Civil War’s greatest general as you’ve never seen him before: A revealing collection of letters written by Ulysses S. Grant to his wife, Julia, perfect for American history buffs.
Grant’s intima… [more below]- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 183
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1598535897
- Language: English
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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant: Volume Two
$38.95 Add to cartThis digital reproduction of the C.L. Webster Shoulder Board Set, Volume 2 of 2. Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point reluctantly and graduated in the middle of his
- Author: Grant, Ulysses S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 654
- Publish Date: December 19 1998
- ISBN10: 158218190X
- Language: English
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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
$20.00 Add to cartIn this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 11 2008
- ISBN10: 1400078334
- Language: English
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My Dear Amie: Letters Home from Capt. Samuel Camp Kelly
$24.95 Add to cartI would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself and how I acquired these letters. My name is Steve Lawler and I am an avid history buff, antique picker and have been researching Civil War for 3
- Author: Lawler, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: December 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1665307609
- Language: English
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My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin
$29.95 Add to cart“My father’s life represented many layers of the human experience–freedman and Native American, farmer and rancher, rural educator and urban professional.”–John Hope Franklin
Buck Colbert Franklin (- Author: Franklin, John Hope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0807125997
- Language: English
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Light on the Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days
$21.95 Add to cartOnce President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, which granted 160 acres of free land to anyone with the grit to farm it for five years, the rush to the Great Plains was on. Solomon D. Butcher
- Author: Plain, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0803235208
- Language: English
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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
$40.99 Add to cartLos Angeles is a city founded on blood. Once a small Mexican pueblo teeming with Californios, Indians, and Americans, all armed with Bowie knives and Colt revolvers, it was among the most murderous lo
- Author: Faragher, John Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: February 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353656
- Language: English
