Chronological Period/1851-1899
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Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters: US Navy Gunboats versus Confederate Gunners and Cavalry on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, 1861-65
$24.95 Add to cartGunboats versus cavalry? Preposterous Not so fast. This unique form of Civil War combat is covered extensively for the first time in Iron Maidens and the Devil’s Daughters by Mark Zimmerman, author o
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: September 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0985869259
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad Records: Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
$18.00 Read moreA riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: these are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.
- Author: Still, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1984855050
- Language: English
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Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks
$23.95 Add to cartAn encyclopedic account of search and rescue in the national parks from 1870 to the present. New edition contains SAR from 1998-2004.
- Author: Farabee Jr, Charles R. Butch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: April 07 2005
- ISBN10: 1589791827
- Language: English
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Sophie’s War: The Journal of Anna Sophie Franziska Guenther
$19.95 Add to cartDear Reader, I am afraid for us. So begins Sophie’s journal on Christmas Eve, 1861. And no wonder. She lives in Comfort, Texas, during the Civil War, and her father makes no secret of being a Unionist… [more below]
- Author: Shefelman, Janice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1571688803
- Language: English
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Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley
$34.95 Add to cartA rigorously researched biography of the founder of modern magick, as well as a study of the occult, sexuality, Eastern religion, and more
The name “Aleister Crowley” instantly conjures visions of dia- Author: Kaczynski, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: August 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1556438990
- Language: English
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Geronimo: Twenty-Three Years as a Prisoner of War
$22.95 Add to cartWhen Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the US Army, General Miles made a number of promises for the surrender terms that were in fact false. Geronimo: Prisoner of Lies provides insights into ho
- Author: Farmer, W. Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074407
- Language: English
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Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai’i
$29.95 Add to cartIn 1893 a small group of white planters and missionary descendants backed by the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai’i and established a government modeled on the Jim Crow South. In Nation Wi… [more below]
- Author: Coffman, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0822361973
- Language: English
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Six Weeks in Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity
$19.95 Add to cartThe Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor’s wife and the m
- Author: Wakefield, Sarah F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: April 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0806134313
- Language: English
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Hershey: Milton S. Hershey’s Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
$19.99 Add to cartExtensively researched and vividly written by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael D’Antonio, Hershey is the fascinating story of the unique American visionary Milton S. Hershey.The name Hershey… [more below]
- Author: D’Antonio, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 09 2007
- ISBN10: 074326410X
- Language: English
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Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride
$28.99 Add to cartIn this revisionist biography, award-winning historian Michael Wallis re-creates the rich anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a young man who became a legend in his time and remains an enigma
- Author: Wallis, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 17 2008
- ISBN10: 039333063X
- Language: English
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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
$10.99 Add to cart“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus … [more below]
- Series: Sally Lockhart Mysteries
- Author: Pullman, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 09 2008
- ISBN10: 037584516X
- Language: English
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Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North
$27.00 Add to cartIn 1893, Fridjtof Nansen set sail in the Fram, a ship specially designed and built to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and travel with the sea’s drift closer to the … [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Nansen, Fridtjof
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0375754725
- Language: English
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Anna and the King of Siam
$17.99 Add to cartThe bestselling book that inspired the musical play and film The King and I
“Enchanting. . . . The author wears her scholarship with grace, and the amazing story she has to tell is recounted with humor
- Author: Landon, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 03 1999
- ISBN10: 0060954884
- Language: English
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Fortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops
$29.95 Add to cartFortress Nashville: Pioneers, Engineers, Mechanics, Contrabands & U.S. Colored Troops tells the story of how the heavily fortified logistics and transportation hub became the key to victory in the Wes
- Author: Zimmerman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0578379368
- Language: English
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself
$12.95 Add to cart‘It will be seen in these pages that I have lived several lives in one: first, the life of slavery; secondly, the life of a fugitive from slavery; thirdly, the life of comparative freedom; fourthly, t… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0198835329
- Language: English
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Sit-Ins, Drive-Ins and Uncle Sam
$20.99 Add to cartREV UP YOUR ENGINE, TURN UP YOUR AM RADIO, AND TAKE A SPIN INTO THE 1960s. CRUISE DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, PARK ON THE LAST ROW OF DRIVE-IN THEATERS, AND ENJOY POP MUSIC ALONG THE WAY. GRAB A FRONT-ROW S
- Author: Slawter, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: January 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1639881859
- Language: English
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The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863
$99.98 Add to cartIn The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23-July 4, 1863, noted Civil War scholar Timothy B. Smith offers the first comprehensive account of the siege that … [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0700632255
- Language: English
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The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
$29.95 Add to cartFirst published in 1974, The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock grew out of a magazine article coauthored by Jan Reid. His first book was a sensation in Texas. It portrayed an Austin-based live music exp… [more below]
- Author: Reid, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0875657761
- Language: English
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The Bourbon King: The Life and Crimes of George Remus, Prohibition’s Evil Genius
$24.00 Add to cartOn the 100th anniversary of The Volstead Act taking effect comes the epic, definitive story of the man who cracked the Prohibition system and helped inspire The Great Gatsby.
“[Batchelor] makes this- Author: Batchelor, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1635767385
- Language: English
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The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863
$116.65 Add to cartIt was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the l… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629068
- Language: English
