Chronological Period/19th Century
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The Portable Frederick Douglass
$25.00 Add to cartA new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leader
This compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick D… [more below]- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0143106813
- Language: English
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
$9.99 Add to cartUncle Tom’s Cabin was a sensation upon its publication in 1852. In its first year it sold 300,000 copies, and has since been translated into more than twenty languages. This powerful story of one slav… [more below]
- Series: Aladdin Classics
- Author: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: June 01 2002
- ISBN10: 068985126X
- Language: English
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A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
$19.99 Read moreHow did Central Park become a vibrant gem in the heart of New York City? Follow the visionaries behind the plan as it springs to green life.
In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads a- Author: Yazdani, Ashley Benham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0763696951
- Language: English
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles
$7.99 Read moreHarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen,
- Series: Collins Classics
- Author: Hardy, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0008542120
- Language: English
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Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend
$25.00 Add to cart“Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a moredeeply researched and convincing account.” –Evan Connell, authorSon of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
“The book to end- Author: Tefertiller, Casey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 11 1999
- ISBN10: 0471283622
- Language: English
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Don’t Read Poetry: A Book about How to Read Poems
$30.00 Read moreAn award-winning poet offers a brilliant introduction to the joys–and challenges–of the genre
In Don’t Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduc… [more below]- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0465094503
- Language: English
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My Dearest Lilla: Letters Home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox
$29.95 Add to cartJacob D. Cox experienced more facets of the Civil War than most officers: by land and sea, in both Western and Eastern Theaters, among the inner political circles of Ohio and Washington, DC, in territ… [more below]
- Series: Voices of the Civil War
- Author: Schmiel, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 162190797X
- Language: English
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A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era
$49.95 Add to cart- Author: Cornelius, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 197660009X
- Language: English
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Sutter’s Mill and the California Gold Rush: Separating Fact from Fiction
$31.32 Read moreIn 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. Word quickly spread, and the California Gold Rush was on! Thousands of people went to California in hopes of finding gold and strik… [more below]
- Series: Fact vs. Fiction in U.S. History
- Author: Kim, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1666339652
- Language: English
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The Shivering Sands
$16.99 Add to cart“One of the supreme writers of gothic romance, a compelling storyteller whose gripping novels have thrilled millions.”–RT Book Reviews
Her sister’s mysterious disappearance will lead her to a deadly s
- Author: Holt, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1402277490
- Language: English
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Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter
$7.95 Add to cartAt the age of 23, pioneering reporter Nellie Bly faked dementia in order to expose abuses of patients in Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in New York City. Such investigative journalism was unusual in… [more below]
- Author: Bly, Nellie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0486835448
- Language: English
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Josefina: Sunlight and Shadows
$7.99 Read moreA storm and flash flood hit the ranch hard, and many animals are lost. But Josefina and her sisters are determined to save the family business. Their aunt, Tia Dolores, wants to try some bold new idea… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Tripp, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371569
- Language: English
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A Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
$9.99 Add to cartA fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste.
Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled in the toe of a warm boot? In the shirt pocket of Cel
- Series: Nest for Celeste #1
- Author: Cole, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21 2012
- ISBN10: 61704121
- Language: English
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The Firekeeper’s Son
$9.99 Read moreA tale rooted in Korean history about family, beauty, and peace.
Linda Sue Park’s beautiful picture book is about Sang-hee, son of the village firekeeper.
In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the coun
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 20 2009
- ISBN10: 0547237693
- Language: English
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The Prairie Traveler
$12.95 Add to cartFilled with helpful information that was essential for safe travel west as well as a fascinating view of the strenuous life faced by prairie travelers before the era of the railroad.
- Author: Marcy, Randolph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1986
- ISBN10: 918222893
- Language: English
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The Highlander Takes a Bride: Highland Brides
$9.99 Read moreA bold, seductive laird meets his passionate match in a scintillating Highland romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands
Sword fighting, swearing, and riding astride come naturally to
- Series: Highland Brides #3
- Author: Sands, Lynsay
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0062273590
- Language: English
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Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
$6.99 Read moreThe perfect biography to “bite into” at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple t… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Holub, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 08 2005
- ISBN10: 0448439689
- Language: English
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
$9.99 Read moreWith an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christchurch University College
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin
- Series: Wordsworth Classics
- Author: Brontë, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 05 1996
- ISBN10: 1853264881
- Language: English
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The Keep
$18.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – “Part horror tale, part mystery, part romance … utterly fantastic.”—O, The Oprah Magazine – The bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad brilliantly co
- Author: Egan, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 10 2007
- ISBN10: 1400079748
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
$9.99 Add to cartThis quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAACP Image Award winner and Caldecott Honor illustrator Kadir Nelson, a foreword by National Book Award finalist J
- Author: Petry, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062668269
- Language: English
